Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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I accept that, but I have some experience of analysing equality strategies and the extent to which they are implemented by Government Departments. In some cases we see some of these strategies, not particularly this one but other I worked on, where some of the actions over a number of years were not implemented. My general point is that sometimes we are very good at producing glossy documents and good strategies but it is ensuring that there is a change on the ground that matters. The very poor statistics I set out at the start need to change and that is what is most important.

On the other barriers, how many staff in the Department are dedicated to working on the strategy on a full-time basis?