Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sure such a requirement would very quickly become an incentive to close the gap.

Let us have a sense of urgency, and get the Bill passed and get these laws on the Statute Book. Let us do our bit to gently encourage companies to close the gap once and for all. The message we need to send to the business community is that equality is a cornerstone of our democracy. We want to live in a just and fair society. Women are not being treated equally and continue to be paid less. Until we do our job as legislators and ensure they can no longer pay women less than men, that gap will persist and widen. Let us all work together in the spirit of equality and advancing women's rights to ensure that pay gap is closed once and for all.

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