Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2020
935. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11821/20]
View answerMy Department has adopted a Diversity, Inclusion and Equality Policy and associated Action Plan. The aim of this policy is to promote diversity, inclusion and equality, to create a unifying context to co-ordinate my Department’s actions in relation to existing obligations and commitments under equality and human rights legislation, and to ensure that my Department meets its public sector duty under Section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014.
