The Government today published an independent audit conducted on how responsibility for Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence (DSGBV) is segmented across different government departments and agencies.
On foot of the audit, Minister of State for Civil and Criminal Law Hildegarde Naughton and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman agreed that the Department of Justice will continue to have lead policy responsibility for domestic, sexual and gender based violence.
The Department of Justice will now lead the development across government of the new strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence, which will be published by the end of the year.The third national Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence will outline how the Government will radically improve services and supports for victims and will be the most ambitious plan to date.
Ministers Naughton and O’Gorman believe that genuine engagement and partnership with organisations working on the ground in this sector is vital to the success of the new national strategy.The recommendations of the audit, commissioned by the Department of Justice, will be considered by Ministers Naughton and O’Gorman as part of the development of the new national strategy.
The publication of the audit is a commitment in the Programme for Government and is part of range of actions undertaken by the Government tackle the scourge of Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence.
The actions include: A €30m allocation by Minister O’Gorman to Tusla in 2021; the highest allocation for DSGBV services made to date. This includes €28m in core funding and €2m to address Covid-19 challenges.
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