Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality

Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Darragh O'Connor:

With regard to parental leave in the Nordic countries, the father has to take it. It is a case of "use it or lose it". When people embrace it, all of a sudden, that does shift the dynamic around that caring role and there is an expectation that it should be fulfilled.

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