Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Last week, the Minister for Justice and Equality stated that the Government does not intend to proceed with a referendum to amend the reference in the Constitution to women’s place in the home. Is it intended, following advice from the National Women's Council and the Stay-At-Home Parents Association, to proceed with a consultative forum whereby a wording which recognises the value of all the caring work done in the home and which could be included in the Constitution could be agreed? If the Government does not proposed to go ahead with a referendum, will it proceed with the other mechanisms the National Women's Council and the Stay-At-Home Parents Association have indicated they want to be put in place?

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