Lorraine Clifford Lee (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

They do their academic training between pockets of a traineeship that lasts two years, meaning that they do a couple of months here and there. Do the delegates believe the pay levels of new entrants are sufficient? Some 90% of social workers are female and there is a gender pay gap in Ireland. Traditionally, female dominated professions are low paid. Do the delegates have any comment to make on that fact? Is it a factor where pay levels for new entrants are low? I note the comment to the effect that some time ago a man might have got more than a female colleague.