Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Social Dimension of Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (Resumed)

2:30 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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I thought I did. If I did not mention it, this is an issue for Ms. O'Connor. I should have led on to individualisation from my point regarding women having a choice of going to work or not going, that being their entitlement and right. Individualisation has been cited as an obstacle or a method whereby women were forced to work in all circumstances even though it was not advisable for them to do so in certain situations. I apologise for going on so long.