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

Dr. Laura Cahillane:

Exactly. If that case had arisen of a woman being forced into employment out of economic necessity when she wished to stay at home and mind her children, it is quite likely that a constitutional right would have been found but that case was never taken.

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