Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 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 (Resumed)
9:00 am
Ms Catherine Cox:
Yes, it is interesting. We said we would support the words, "the State shall endeavour to support persons caring". Having said that, we would much prefer the wording, "the State shall support". Nevertheless, we are willing to be reasonable. If the State gives a commitment to endeavour to support persons caring, it would brings us further. We do not want to remove the support element. We want to keep that and we want recognition but we also want support. We are willing to accept the phrase, "endeavour to support".
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