Policy & Publications

Safe Ireland Publications 2024

Review of Pay and Conditions in the Domestic Violence Sector

Safe Ireland Review of Pay and Conditions in the Domestic Violence Sector

Safe Ireland Family Courts Bill 2022 Summary Submission April 2024

Safe Ireland Family Courts Bill 2022 Summary Submission

Safe Ireland Probation Service Statement of Strategy 2024 to 2026 Submission

Safe Ireland Submission on Online Safety Codes for VSPS to Coimisiun na Mean and related matters

Safe Ireland Submission on Online Safety Codes for VSPS to Coimisiún na Meán and related matters

Safe Ireland Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice in respect of the Garda Siochana (Recording Devices) Bill General Scheme

Safe Ireland Submission to the Coroner Reform Consultation (Part 2)

Safe Ireland Publications 2023

Safe Ireland Safe Practice Guide

Safe Ireland Garda Strategic Plan 2025-2027 Submission

Revised Version Safe Ireland Observations on the DSGBV Agency Bill 2022

Revised Version of Safe Ireland Observations on the Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Agency Bill 2023

Safe Ireland Observations on the Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Agency Bill 2023

Safe Ireland Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill 2023 General Scheme Submission August 2023

Safe Ireland Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill 2023 General Scheme Submission

Safe Ireland Criminal Justice Legal Aid Bill GS Opening Statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice October 2023

Safe Ireland Task Force on Safe Participation in Political Life submission August 2023

Submission to Coimisiὐn na Meẚn on the Online Safety Codes for Video-Sharing Platform Services (VSPS)

Safe Ireland Submission to Coimisiὐn na Meẚn on the Online Safety Codes for Video-Sharing Platform Services (VSPS)

Safe Ireland Submission on the Family Courts Bill 2022

Safe Ireland Recommendations/Observations on Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022 as initiated

Safe Ireland Recommendations/Observations on Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022

Safe Ireland Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 as amended in Dail Select Committee Further Observations and Recommendations

Safe Ireland Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 as amended in Dáil Select Committee – Further Observations and Recommendations

Safe Ireland Submission to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on the General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill

Safe Ireland Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on the General Scheme of the
Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill

Safe Ireland/RCNI Joint GREVIO Report

Safe Ireland Submission on Civil Legal Aid Review

Safe Ireland Publications 2022

Domestic Abuse and Housing – Pathways to Safety and Stability

Safe Spaces Refuge Design Guide

Safe Ireland Safe Spaces Series: Safe Space Refuge Design Guide

Safe Ireland Pre-Budget 2023 Submission

Safe Ireland Response to Compensation for Victims of Crime Consultation by Law Reform Commission

Safe Ireland Submission to the Garda Inspectorate

Safe Ireland Submission to the Open Consultation on Parental Alienation

Safe Ireland Publications 2021

Oireachtas Committee on Justice Women’s Domestic Abuse Refuges SAFE IRELAND SUBMISSION August 2021

Oireachtas Committee on Justice Women’s Domestic Abuse Refuges – SAFE IRELAND SUBMISSION, August 2021

No Going Back – Safe Ireland Pre-Budget Submission 2022

No Going Back BUDGET 2022 – PRE-BUDGET SUBMISSION

No Going Back Discussion Paper – March 2021

No Going Back – A sustainable strategy and infrastructure to transform our response to DSGBV in Ireland. Discussion Paper March 2021

Safe Ireland Submission to the Family Justice Oversight Group Consultation Topics – Phase 1 Consultation

Tracking the Shadow Pandemic – Lockdown 2

Assessing the Social and Economic Cost of DV

Assessing the Social and Economic Costs of DV

Safe Ireland Publications 2020

Tracking the Shadow Pandemic – Summary Graphs

Tracking the Shadow Pandemic – Full Report

Tracking the Shadow Pandemic – A report on women and children seeking support from Domestic Violence Services during the first 6months of Covid -19

Budget 2021 Submission – Safe Homes, Safe Communities

Submission to the Department of Justice Criminal Justice Strategy

2020 Programme for Government Priorities – Tackling Domestic Violence and Coercive Control

Safe Ireland Summary Priorities Programme for Government 2020 – Tackling Domestic Violence and Coercive Control

Safe Ireland 2020 Programme for Government Submission – Global Pandemic, National Epidemic – Working to End Domestic Abuse & Coercive Control

Safe Ireland Covid-19 DV Emergency Rent Supplement Proposal

Safe Ireland Covid-19 Domestic Violence Emergency Rent Supplement Proposal

#NoMoreExcuses2020 – Manifesto for a Safe Ireland for All

Safe Ireland Submission on Family Court Bill General Scheme

Safe Ireland Publications 2019

Safe as Mayo – A Vision Strategy to Make Mayo the Safest County

Safe as Mayo – A Vision Strategy to Make Mayo the Safest County 2020 – 2025

Domestic Abuse Services National Statistics 2018

Gender Matters 2019

Gender Matters 2019: Summary findings of research on public attitudes to gender equality and roles, domestic abuse and coercive control in Ireland.

Budget 2020: Investing in our Shared Ambition for a Safe Ireland. Budget 2020 Submission.

Budget 2020 Submission: Investing in our National Ambition for a Safe Ireland

Submission on Online Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences

Safe Ireland Familicide and Domestic Homicide Review Submission

Submission to the Independent In-Depth Study on Familicide & Domestic Homicide Reviews

Safe Ireland Review 2017/2018

Safe Ireland Submission on the Modernisation of the Electoral Registration Process

Submission on the Modernisation of the Electoral Registration Process

Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality on Reform of the Family Law System

Safe Ireland Publications 2018

Submission to the Commission on the Future Policing of Ireland

Safe Ireland Publications 2017

National Domestic Violence Service Statistics 2016

Review 2015-2016

Domestic Violence Bill 2017: SAFE Ireland Recommendations for Legislative Amendments April 2017

Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Safe Ireland Recommendations for Legislative Amendments April 2017

SAFE Ireland List of Proposed Amendments to the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016 for the Dáil Select Committee

Safe Ireland List of Proposed Amendments to the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016 for the Dáil Select Committee

Changing Culture and Transforming the response to Gender Based Violence in Ireland. SAFE Ireland’s Submission to the National Women’s Strategy 2017-2020

Changing Culture and Transforming the response to Gender Based Violence in Ireland. Safe Ireland’s Submission to the National Women’s Strategy 2017-2020

BRIEFING for Members of the Oireachtas Legislative Amendments Recommended to: Domestic Violence Bill 2017 March 2017

BRIEFING for Members of the Oireachtas Legislative Amendments Recommended to: Domestic Violence Bill 2017. March 2017

SAFE-Ireland-Domestic-Violence-Bill-2017-Recommendations-for-Legislative-Amendments-February-2017

BRIEFING NOTE: Recommendations for Legislative Amendments: Domestic Violence Bill 2017. February 2017

Transforming the Response to Gender Based Violence in Ireland: The importance of CEDAW to help make Ireland the safest country in the world for women and children

Safe Ireland Publications 2016

National Domestic Violence Service Statistics 2015

The State We Are In 2016

No Place to Call Home

No Place to Call Home. Domestic Violence and Homelessness: The State we Are In

Make It Happen

Make It Happen INASC Toolkit

In Search of Justice – Women and the Irish Legal System

Justice Sought, Justice Lost – An assessment of the effectiveness of DVA protection orders and specific needs

Safe Ireland Publications 2015

SAFE Ireland Submission to the JOCJDE Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2015 General Scheme

SAFE Ireland Vision Strategy 2015 – 2020

Safe Ireland Vision Strategy 2015 – 2020

Vision Strategy Summary 2015-2020 – Summary

Safe Ireland Vision Strategy Summary 2015 – 2020

National Domestic Violence Service Statistics 2014

SAFE Ireland Annual Review 2013-2014

On Just One Tuesday on the 4th November 2014

On Just One Tuesday on the 4th November 2014  – A National One Day Count of Women and Children Accessing Domestic Violence Services in Ireland

A Framework, Principles and Standards for Specialist Domestic Violence Services in Ireland

A Framework for Domestic Violence Service Provision to Women and Children in Ireland

The Lawlessness of the Home

The Lawlessness of the Home – Women’s experiences of seeking legal remedies to domestic violence and abuse in the Irish legal system

The Lawlessness of the Home – Summary

The Lawlessness of the Home – Women’s experiences of seeking legal remedies to domestic violence and abuse in the Irish legal system – Summary

Safe Ireland Publications 2014

Some facts about domestic violence in Ireland in 2013

On Just One Day on the 5th November 2013

“On Just One Day on the 5th November 2013″ – A National One Day Count of Women and Children Accessing SAFE IRELAND Domestic Violence Services

Safety in a Time of Crisis

Safety in a Time of Crisis – Priorities for Protecting Women and Children affected by Domestic Violence – Safety Audit (March 2014)

Healing from Domestic Violence and Trauma

Healing from Domestic Violence and Trauma – Lessons learned from research on the biodynamic approach

Healing from Domestic Violence and Trauma – Executive Summary

Healing from Domestic Violence and Trauma – Lessons learned from research on the biodynamic approach – Executive Summary

SAFE Ireland Oral Submission to the Joint Committee on Justice – 19-02-2014

SAFE Ireland Oral Submission to the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on the issue of Domestic Violence. February 19th 2014

Safe Ireland Publications 2013

Some facts about domestic violence in Ireland in 2012

The impact of the Habitual Residence Condition on women seeking protection

The impact of the Habitual Residence Condition on women seeking protection and safety for themselves and their children from a domestic violence perpetrator

Submission to The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on the issue of Domestic Violence. June 2013

Submission to The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on the issue of Domestic Violence (June 2013)

On Just One Day on the 6th November 2012

“On Just One Day on the 6th November 2012″ – A National One Day Count of Women and Children Accessing SAFE IRELAND Domestic Violence Services

Safe Ireland Publications 2013

Some facts about domestic violence in Ireland in 2012

The impact of the Habitual Residence Condition on women seeking protection

The impact of the Habitual Residence Condition on women seeking protection and safety for themselves and their children from a domestic violence perpetrator

Submission to The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on the issue of Domestic Violence. June 2013

Submission to The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on the issue of Domestic Violence (June 2013)

On Just One Day on the 6th November 2012

“On Just One Day on the 6th November 2012″ – A National One Day Count of Women and Children Accessing SAFE IRELAND Domestic Violence Services

Safe Ireland Publications 2012

Some facts about domestic violence in Ireland in 2011

National One Day Census of Domestic Violence Services 2011

Safe Ireland Publications 2011

And Just Another Day on the 4th November 2010

“And Just Another Day on the 4th November 2010” – A National One Day Count of Women and Children Accessing SAFE IRELAND Domestic Violence Services

Some facts about domestic violence in Ireland in 2010

Lifelines to Safety

Lifelines to Safety – A National Study of Support Needs and Outcomes for Women Accessing Domestic Violence Services in Ireland

Safe Ireland Publications 2010

Some facts about domestic violence in Ireland in 2009

Outcome Evaluation of Domestic Violence Support and Information Services in Ireland – A Pilot Study 2009

In Just ONE Day On the 4th November 2009

“In Just ONE Day On the 4th November 2009” – A National One Day Count of Women and Children Accessing SAFE IRELAND Domestic Violence Services

Safe Ireland Publications 2009

Safety and Change – A national study of support needs and outcomes for women accessing refuge provision in Ireland

On the 4th November 2008

“On the 4th November 2008” – A National One Day Count of Women and Children Accessing SAFE IRELAND Domestic Violence Services

Safe Ireland Publications 2008

Strategic Plan 2008-2012

SAFE IRELAND Strategic Plan 2008-2012

Safe Ireland Publications 2024

Safe Ireland Publications 2023

Safe Ireland Publications 2022

Safe Ireland Publications 2021

Safe Ireland Publications 2020

Safe Ireland Publications 2019

Safe Ireland Publications 2018

Safe Ireland Publications 2017

Safe Ireland Publications 2016

Safe Ireland Publications 2015

Safe Ireland Publications 2014

Safe Ireland Publications 2013

Safe Ireland Publications 2013

Safe Ireland Publications 2012

Safe Ireland Publications 2011

Safe Ireland Publications 2010

Safe Ireland Publications 2009

Safe Ireland Publications 2008

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