Department of Children, Disability and Equality

To ask the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what lobbying took place of the Minister and/or department officials with respect to the introduction of domestic violence leave, in the period January 2022 to January 2023 and to supply a list of those individuals and organisations. Details of any meetings held between the department and external organisations on the specific issue of domestic violence leave and the rate of pay for such leave, and of any meetings in which this was one of the issues discussed.