Alan Shatter
Ceist:76 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Finance the action he proposes to take on the recommendations contained in the report Motherhood, Work and Equal Opportunity of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Women's Rights.
Vol. 414 No. 6
76 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Finance the action he proposes to take on the recommendations contained in the report Motherhood, Work and Equal Opportunity of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Women's Rights.
The practice in dealing with equality matters in the Civil Service is to engage in full consultation with the staff interests through a standing union-management committee which meets on a regular basis. The report is currently under discussion at this committee and their detailed comments on it are awaited. It can be said, however, that the report's recommendations are based on research that was carried out some years ago and since then there have been ongoing developments in the area of equal opportunities in the Civil Service which have overtaken certain of the recommendations concerned.