Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Gender Impact of Irish Budgetary Policy: ESRI

2:00 pm

Photo of Maria BaileyMaria Bailey (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have two questions that might be slightly off the topic. It is interesting that three quarters of those receiving carer's allowance are women and that more women are in caring roles. I presume the witnesses mean this is at home, childminding, nursing or teaching. Are they "internal" carers? What is the most prohibitive factor that stops women earning the same as men? Is it education, the cost of child care or the cost of living? Are there one or two areas that are prohibitive for women? Recent studies indicate that if there are five criteria for a job, a man would apply if he met two or three of them, whereas a woman is likely to want to meet all five of them. That is despite women multitasking. Is there a particular area that could be pinpointed where it is prohibitive to women earning the same as men?

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