Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Since no one is indicating, I will ask a final question before we let the witnesses go. It has to do with the text of the citizens' assembly recommendation No. 43, which calls not just for data gathering and regular publication, which we have discussed, but also for remedial action where necessary. I am interested in what remedial action is being taken on equality budgeting currently. Ms O'Loughlin mentioned that she could see the impact in terms of health, in that equality budgeting shone a light on the impact on specific groups and broke it down by gender and so on. What is the remedial action? Does that change the budgetary allocation? I believe Ms O'Loughlin stated it fed into the process, so I presume it can change the way resources are allocated. What other remedial actions might be relevant? Regarding gender pay gap surveys, Mr. Culhane stated there would be greatly increased data with the new legislation, but clear remedial action is set out in that legislation. Is similar remedial action required or being put into place for other areas where budgeting discloses gender discrimination or imbalances?