Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality

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

Mr. Barry Slattery:

Yes, and the Department. Our structures include development groups that look specifically at a curricular area, boards that have responsibility for the early childhood, primary, junior cycle and senior cycle sectors, and the council itself. We have working groups in specific areas of work. There are areas on which we need to engage with agencies and bodies not in our structures. An example of this is our work looking at pathways from school to further education and promoting apprenticeships. We established a standing committee with SOLAS that meets three or four times a year. We established technical working groups to look at specific areas. Structures have been put in place to ensure that we are able to work closely with all stakeholders on various topics, including addressing unhelpful gender norms and promoting gender equality throughout the curriculum.

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