Ms Mary Van Lieshout:

The very short answer to Senator O'Reilly's question is that women need to be at the table in developing the response and recovery plans relating to Covid so that all of the various ways in which it has disproportionately impacted on them are appreciated in the recovery plan. However, I would not leave it to a short answer. I will invite my colleagues to respond to some of the key points raised. Muna Abbas will speak to the questions on retraining and education, Suzanne Keatinge will also respond and we will invite Maeve Taylor to talk about gender-based violence and to speak to the Chairman's question about FGM.