Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 January 2022
355. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3495/22]
View answerThe high-level goal of the Defence Organisation is to ‘provide for the military defence of the State, contribute to national and international peace and security and fulfil all other roles assigned by Government’.
Defence outputs are delivered under a single programme in Vote 36 (Defence) under a range of subheads. While there is no dedicated subhead, capital or current, for domestic, sexual and gender based violence, a range of HR supports, including the Personnel Support Service and a counselling helpline, are provided for within existing expenditure.
As the Deputy will be aware, my Department has been working on the terms of reference for an Independent Review to examine the effectiveness of systems, policies and procedures currently in place to address workplace issues relating to discrimination, bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, and sexual misconduct in the Defence Forces.
