Domestic abuse policy without data ‘ludicrous’

It is “ludicrous” to address the problem of domestic abuse without any official statistics, director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) Orla O’Connor has said.

A network of organisations, including the NCWI and the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) is calling on An Garda Síochána, Tusla, the HSE, the Courts Services, and the Central Statistics Office to come together to record data accurately.

“It seems ludicrous to write policy without knowing clearly and comprehensively the facts behind it,” Ms O’Connor said yesterday.