Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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Thank you so much Ms Farrell and Dr. Maher for a very succinct and clear overview. I commend you and Women for Election on all the great work in mentoring and supporting women to come forward as candidates. All of you have identified that as a crucial point. The figures on the low levels of participation of women you have give are very stark indeed, in particular outside Dublin where we need to focus specifically, especially at local level. We often focus too much on Dáil representation but it is very helpful to get those figures on local elections.

I welcome our final witness, Dr. Fiona Buckley, from UCC who has been a long-standing champion of increased participation by women in politics. She is a leading academic in the field.