Deputy Pringle calls for new gender-based violence legislation to address concerns raised by organisation

A Donegal Deputy says legislation for the proposed Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Agency must address concerns raised by organisations working in the field.

Deputy Thomas Pringle added that the stark rise in sexual assault in people aged under 16 in Donegal has led to the Donegal Rape Crisis Centre having to extend its services to include those aged as young as 12.

He added that shockingly the service could only do so because of funding received from The Late Late Toy Show:

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