Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Durkan for raising this matter. Today the Cabinet approved the appointment of Ms Catherine Day as chairperson of the new Citizens' Assembly on gender equality. The secretariat is already established so the next step now is to select the citizens. It is intended that the assembly will meet for the first time before the end of the year. I extend the thanks of the House to Ms Catherine Day, former head of the European Commission Service, for agreeing to chair the assembly.

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