Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 31 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality

Recommendations of Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Clíona Saidléar:

It will if we ensure it does. It is very easy to look for quick and short-term solutions such as retrofitting old buildings and so on. We do not support such an approach. Our colleagues will lay out that it might take a little more time but if it is done right and there are trauma-informed spaces and resources, the long-term outcomes will be far better. We need to be vigilant to ensure we do not look for the quick and short-term solution that does not actually meet the ultimate goal.