Violent men who seek to take part in a programme where they seek to change their behaviours and attitudes are not automatically allowed to join.
That's according to the CEO of MOVE - Men Overcoming Violence – Dr Michelle Walsh.
The programme aims to support the safety and wellbeing of women and their children who are experiencing, or have experienced violence or abuse in an intimate relationship.
Dr Michelle Walsh says MOVE is a programme whereby men take responsibility for their violence and change their attitude and behaviour.
Last week, a Kerry man who struck his wife with a livestock whip when she was holding an infant in her arms, was jailed for a year for coercive control.
The Central Criminal Court in Cork was told that the 50-year-old had self-referred to the MOVE programme.
MOVE's CEO Dr Michelle Walsh says a man is not automatically accepted onto the programme, he has to show a genuine desire to want to change.
Dr Walsh has 15 years' experience in the field of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.
She says perpetrator intervention programmes, such as MOVE Ireland, are effective in violent men changing their behaviours and attitudes.
Dr Walsh outlines some of the findings of initiatives like the Drive Project in the UK.
