Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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That is good. I want to ask the witnesses about the framework. All of this really good work is being done and we need a framework within which to put this, not least because resources will be needed for doing the work and, as the witnesses rightly say, in facilitating people to break down the barriers that are there, whether it be childcare, elder care or the many other things that hinder women, or practical things like transport, and all of those things.

What type of framework does the Government need to set up to do that, and also to prevent reinventing the wheel so that there is additionality all the time with respect to what is being done, and so there is not a competitive environment where people are not competing for resources but, rather, everybody who is doing the good work is adding on to that of others? What might that look like?

I very much welcome the comments by Leo Varadkar.

He said we need a transition fund but that we also need funding for all the work done in the preparation phase. What resources do we need to prepare? How do we make sure we get value for money and that money is channelled in the right direction?