Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

A key element of the Lisbon strategy is the commitment to tackle gender inequality and ensure that a greater number of women are facilitated to take up their place in the workforce. Is the Minister of State aware that there is a pay gap between men and women's earnings across the European Union of 15%, a figure also reflected in the Irish experience? Is he aware that the Taoiseach, in his report on the Lisbon Agenda, stated that the ESRI had been commissioned to do a report on the graduate gender pay gap in Ireland? Will the Minister of State indicate the current status of the report? Has it been completed and presented?

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