Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to address the workshop, which sounds like an excellent idea. I propose that the Chairman invite the Working Group of Committee Chairmen to undertake such a workshop because there is no sense in this committee promoting equality budgeting and gender-proofed budgeting unless each line committee takes them on. It might be worth the Chief Commissioner's while writing to the chairman of each parliamentary party and each group to tell them that this workshop is available. We are here in our little committee room talking about this but if every committee put it on its agenda, its effectiveness could be far stronger.