Government criticised for failing victims of sexual abuse

THE Government was criticised yesterday for its continuing failure to publish a blueprint for improving treatment services for victims of sexual assault.

The Rape Crisis Network of Ireland (RCNI) said a review submitted to the Department of Health late last year had still not been published.

The review called for three of the State's four sexual assault treatment units (SATUs) to be given statutory funding and for two more units to be built.