Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion
9:00 am
Ms Orla O'Connor:
We are not aware of any other constitutions that do it. That is not to say they do not. I am just not aware of it. I mentioned the UK Care Act which is more comprehensive. One of the issues is that so much legislation and policy in Ireland has been piecemeal. In terms of the legislation, we do not have examples like that where things are done in such a comprehensive way. That would need to be considered. During the Citizens' Assembly on the eighth amendment, international experts were brought in to discuss what good models of practice there were. It would be useful.
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