Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 September 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Unemployment Blackspots: Discussion

9:30 am

Ms Susanne Rogers:

They would not be able to work there. I refer to basic infrastructure. As the Deputy said, I genuinely believe people are trying to do their best by all of their communities. That is why the members are here. They represent the people who put them in these chairs. At the same time, if somebody physically cannot get into the building, there are big questions to be asked. The Deputy commented about the all-female panel. We do not want to get into tokenism. At the same time, we are not homogenous. We do not represent women across the country either.