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

We will certainly do that. We are keen to work across Government and different Departments to get this right and make some real changes in these areas. One of the things I have been pleased to be involved in in the past number of years is increasing the number of women on State boards and company boards. We have made real progress in that regard. It is more or less 50:50 or 45:55 on State boards and well over 30% on the boards of listed companies. Where it is still pretty weak is at the C suite - CEO, CFO and CPO. Boards are much better while leadership positions are really not great. These things will only fundamentally change in the workplace if there is an equal number of women in those senior positions in the first place. That is not to say men cannot be harassed by women but it is much less likely to occur. Again, it is something that is very much on the agenda.

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