Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 March 2024
564. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings, she or officials from her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department have had with an organisation (details supplied), including its representatives, from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12749/24]
View answerMy Department in its current configuration was established in September 2020. Neither I nor officials from my Department have had any direct engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings, with the National Women’s Council of Ireland since then.
However, I am advised that a representative from the NWCI attended the following events in which I or my officials were in attendance; March 2020 'Celebrate the Changemaker', November 2020 Women's Parliamentary Caucus in which the NWCI provided secretariat support, April 2021 the Director of the NWCI attended a meeting of Women's Voices, and a representative spoke at the launch of the Advisory Committee on the Representation of Women and Women’s Stories within the collections of the National Cultural Institutions in September 2023.
The Deputy may wish to note also that my Department is represented on the Steering Committee for the National Strategy on Women and Girls chaired by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, the membership of which includes representatives of the National Women's Council of Ireland.
With regard to Agencies/Bodies under my Department's remit, such arrangements would be an operational matter for the respective Agency/Body.
