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

That certainly gives us another perspective. I thank our guests for their responses. I thank all of our witnesses for what has been a really interesting, stimulating and wide-ranging discussion that stayed within the remit of our recommendations, particularly 20, 23 and 24. We are very grateful for that. We have heard about the need to get to 50-50 by 2030. I remember when we had an ambition to get to 50-50 by 2020. We have passed that one but let us hope we can fulfil that target by 2030. We have seen it done in other countries and it has been really positive to hear the really good experiences and practices that are going on and the positive examples of how we can achieve greater equality and diversity in our politics. I thank Ms Gleeson and Ms Reilly from Women for Election; Ms Farrell and Dr. Maher from See Her Elected; and Dr. Buckley from University College Cork. We are grateful to them all for sharing their experience and expertise. We really appreciate and value their input.