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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: Is a separate report being produced on the application of benchmarking to other welfare payments?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: Will it be ready for the Government in anticipation of next year's budget?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: We will look at that because we are interested in putting timelines on the action plan for implementation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: I thank Mr. Lawler. That is helpful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: I will ask Mr. Lawler to answer that one. Other members then want to come in. I will come back to Senator Higgins in a second round for the other questions, if that is okay. I call Mr. Lawler. I think the point was about the gendered analysis of beneficiaries under the private pension tax relief.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: That is helpful to hear. We need to go back and look at that recommendation of the Commission on Pensions. There is a gender analysis included in the recommendations in its report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: We will not have sight of that report before we get to finalise our report, when I think about the timing. However, it is good to know that is there so I thank Mr. Hession for that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: I thank the Senator. A range of issues have been raised. I identified four specific ones. I do not know which of our guests wants to respond first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: The point is about inequity. I see Senator Doherty wants to get in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: If Senator Doherty wishes to take up any of the points from Senator Higgins's last contribution, she can do so. Will the Senator confirm that she is in the precincts of Leinster House? She is muted.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: Senator Doherty is on mute again. We cannot hear her.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: That is okay. To clarify, what is the Bill the Senator mentioned at the start of her contribution? She dropped out during the reference and I did not pick it up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: The second question was on the Judge Catherine Murphy report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: Yes, that is fine. We had a discussion earlier on foot of Senator Higgins's question on the gender impact of new rules around pension entitlements. I am not sure whether Senator Doherty was present for that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: I thank the Senator for that. Does she have any other questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: Senator Higgins wants to get in on a third round. At this point, I wish to ask a question relating to recommendation 11. We have covered a broad range of issues within the remit of the witnesses and the remit of the committee. Mr. Hession said that while recommendations 10 to 12, inclusive, on the care of older people and the care of people of disabilities do not fall directly within the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: Not yet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: We will have to check whether we will have those in time for our report. I do not think we will but it would be interesting. I thank Mr. Hession for that. If no one else is indicating, we will give Senator Higgins the last word and will just have short round with her.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: We will have the last response.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: We will leave the questioning there and come back to our witnesses.