Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 January 2018
397. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if research or investigations have been undertaken or commissioned into the occurrence of murder-suicide or familicide here; his views on whether it is important to develop some understanding of the factors driving these behaviours; and if he will direct his Department to undertake or commission research and investigations into such difficult occurrences. [3189/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraMurder and familicide are criminal acts and fall under the remit of the Department of Justice. Policies aimed at prevention and reduction of suicide are the responsibility of my Department.
The National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) is part of the HSE’s Mental Health Division and its role is to support, inform, monitor and co-ordinate the implementation of Ireland’s National Strategy to Reduce Suicide Connecting for Life.
NOSP is currently participating in a collaborative literature review with the European Network of Psychiatrists. This review is in its early stages, extracting data for collation, so publication of its findings are expected to be in 2019 at the earliest.
