Opening a debate on domestic abuse Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan highlighted figures released last week by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris that gardaí are responding to 30,000 domestic abuse calls every year. Mr Flanagan said the figures were stark, shocking and disturbing. The 30,000 calls about domestic abuse were about 500 to 600 a week. TDs repeatedly highlighted that one in four women suffer domestic abuse and 126 women have been killed in the last 32 years by a current or former partner. That is 3,256 victims of domestic abuse or violence who, having got themselves to the point of asking for help, were unable to secure safe accommodation and support when they needed it most.”

Source: The Irish Times December 11, 2019 22:30 UTC