Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Common Agricultural Policy: Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group
Ms Vanessa Kiely O'Connor:
-----on the farm under pressure. There are so many factors and so many stages of life where women face some challenges. If a majority of policymakers are men, we will not have the desired influence because our voices will have been forgotten. While we might be appreciated by our husbands or partners, if we are to have everybody on board and move agriculture forward, we really need to get going on this.