Rape Crisis Network Ireland queries State obligation to fund good data collection

Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) is to ask the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) to clarify if the Government has a legal obligation to fund good data collection in the context of Tusla pulling funding for its database.

RCNI executive director Clíona Saidléar said their database’s standard has already deteriorated since Tusla withdrew funding. While data for 2016 has been imputed into their system, the RCNI cannot stand over it, Ms Saidléar said.

“It’s been damaged in the process of de-funding. We haven’t been able to clean the 2016 data. We won’t be able to stand over or verify it.”