Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality
Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Angela Smith:
I agree with those who have said that five days of leave is not enough. It needs to be at least ten. To ask for proof is inhuman and regressive to women's rights. We deal with women from all walks of life and many different backgrounds. Members would not believe some of the stories we hear. These are the women who are left behind and we are there to try to get them back to a place where they are more confident and to a place where they want to be.
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