Cabinet to be given details of statutory domestic violence agency

Justice Minister Simon Harris has said that draft legislation to establish a statutory domestic violence agency will be brought to Cabinet within a month. Picture: Brian Lawless

Draft legislation to establish a statutory domestic violence agency will be brought to Cabinet within a month, Justice Minister Simon Harris has said.

The agency was announced as part of the Government’s ‘zero tolerance’ strategy to tackle domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence (DSGBV).