McEntee 'certain' Gardaí take sexual violence seriously in light of cancelled 999 calls report

Helen McEntee said the report was "disappointing" and "worrying" but said she was convinced that gardaí are taking sexual violence seriously. 

The Justice Minister said it was "disappointing" that so many of the cancelled 999 calls related to domestic violence, given what she said was the "level of work being done" by gardaí. Picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

The Justice Minister has said she is "certain" that gardaí take sexual and gender-based violence seriously in light of Thursday's report into wrongly cancelled 999 calls.

The report, published on Thursday, found that a number of the 200,000 cancelled calls could have resulted in "serious harm" to victims, or in offenders not being brought to justice.