Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 July 2017

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Equality Budgeting: Discussion with the National Women's Council of Ireland

2:00 pm

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Ms Allen stated that the National Women's Council of Ireland is very keen to try to represent those people who, for a variety of reasons, want to concentrate on that caring role. As I stated, the individualised tax system very much discriminates against it. There are no two ways about that and in recent budgets we have not done anything about it. What would the council suggest for the 2018 budget that might support that choice for the people who are caring?