Combatting domestic, sexual and gender-based violence

In her address to the IIEA, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee outlines her work on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV) and the putting in place of integrated prevention measures. As a key priority for the EU and the Council of Europe, the Minister discusses DSGBV in the context of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of Europe and examine the role played by Ireland in tackling this issue at a multilateral level. About the Speaker: Helen McEntee TD is the Minister for Justice. She was appointed to this role in June 2020. Helen was elected to Dáil Éireann in a By-Election in March 2013, and re-elected in the February 2016 general election. Deputy McEntee was appointed by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD to be Minister for Mental Health and Older People at the Department of Health in May 2016 as part of the new Partnership Government. In June 2017, as part of a government reshuffle by newly appointed Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD, Minister McEntee was promoted to the position of Minister of State for EU Affairs.