The men's support group, Amen, has called on those affected by interim barring orders to seek compensation from the State.
Meanwhile, Women's Aid said it was already receiving calls from women whose partners, the subject of interim barring orders, were re-entering the home.
This follows the ruling of the Supreme Court yesterday that such orders, granted in the absence of the person being barred, were unconstitutional.
A spokesman for the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, said he, and the Attorney General, Mr Rory Brady, would be reviewing the legislation urgently. The spokesman stressed that the other protections in the Domestic Violence Act - safety orders, protection orders and barring orders following a full hearing - were still available to protect those threatened by domestic violence.
The Labour Party's spokeswoman on law reform, Ms Jan O'Sullivan, said that the interests of the victims of domestic violence must be paramount in such a review of the legislation.
"Certainly, there is a strong case for reviewing the time limit of temporary barring orders," she said, "but what is needed in the interim, while this legislation is being reviewed, is the provision of the necessary staff and resources to ensure that full hearings on barring orders are dealt with as speedily as possible."
Women's Aid said that the ruling left a vacuum. "Court delays and lack of refuge spaces meant that women and children could be at serious risk while awaiting a full hearing for a barring order.
"Delays are usually in the region of six to eight weeks, but currently stand at 10 to 12 weeks. This means that women wait between two and three months before a violent partner can be barred from the home.
"Interim barring orders were introduced as an interim measure between application date and the date of the full hearing. Women's Aid has always recommended that a period of no longer than seven days should pass before a full hearing takes place."
In its statement AMEN said: "It is incredulous \ that legislators should have allowed such a draconian piece of legislation to be put on the statute books without any regard for checks and balances and the need to safeguard against abuse."