Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 December 2021
117. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way the recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality will be used constructively going forward. [53379/21]
View answerThe Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality, which submitted its report to the Oireachtas on 2 June, has made 45 recommendations towards gender equality in Ireland. The Programme for Government “Our Shared Future” includes a commitment that the Government will respond to each recommendation of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality.
As the Minister with responsibility for Gender Equality, many of the recommendations fall under my remit, including the recommendations for amendment to the Constitution; recommendations on equality legislation; on encouraging women in leadership; some of the recommendations on gender equality in pay and in the workplace, recommendations focusing on early learning and childcare and some recommendations under the broad heading of care. Many other recommendations of the Citizen’s Assembly fall under the responsibility of a number of my Ministerial colleagues and I will work with them to provide these with the necessary in-depth consideration. The recommendations will be a key element in the successor strategy to the National Strategy for Women and Girls which will be developed next year.
