Maximum sentence for assault to be doubled
Helen McEntee: Justice minister hopes to bring this legislation to Cabinet in the coming weeks and to have it enacted by the end of the year. File picture: Conor Ó Mearáin
The maximum sentence for assault is to be doubled as part of measures contained in a zero-tolerance strategy to tackle domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence.
The Government's €363m five-year strategy will also focus on education from an early age on issues such as consent, healthy sexual relationships, and domestic violence, to be covered in an age-appropriate manner from primary school through to third level.
