Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2023
525. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 7 March 2023, the groups or organisations his Department consulted with or that provided an input into the drafting of his Department's gender, equality, diversity and inclusion action plan launched in mid-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12539/23]
View answerThe Department of Foreign Affairs is fully committed to ensuring that our staff and our workplace are representative and reflective of the people and society that we serve.
The Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Action Plan was developed through wide-scale consultations within the Department, both in Ireland and across our Mission network overseas.
In 2021, we worked with the Irish Centre for Diversity on a benchmarking and certification process. Following the award of bronze certification for equality and diversity by the Irish Centre for Diversity in March 2022, we developed targets, outcomes, and actions in consultation with key stakeholders across the Department, including the Department's Sub-Committee on Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and members of the Management Board. This was in addition to the continued contribution and support of voluntary staff Working Groups on: Gender, LGBT+, Social Inclusion, Disability, Multicultural, and Parents & Carers.
This process of consultation across the Department resulted in the Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Action Plan being adopted in June 2022. Work is now underway on its implementation.
