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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Ms Joyce and the witnesses for keeping so much to the time and for being so concise. I really appreciate that. I should say that we heard from AkiDwA in our hearings. I invite colleagues to indicate. As Senator Higgins has to leave early, she asked to be brought in first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Senator Higgins. The questions were directed to Ms Joyce from the National Traveller Women's Forum and to Ms Harford from the 30% Club. I invite Ms Joyce to respond first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We try to put a time limit of eight minutes on each exchange to ensure as many members as possible can get in. I will ask Ms Harford to respond to Senator Higgins's comment. I will come back to Women on Air when we have heard from Deputy Paul McAuliffe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It has not happened yet in the Dáil, but you are right. It was certainly evident to me having served three terms in the Seanad. In the fourth term, there were so many more women. There is a significant difference in culture and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: That is very good, and it is in line with the citizens' assembly recommendation No. 31 about the annual publication of details of monitoring by media organisations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Thank you, Deputy McAuliffe. I am conscious that we are overtime but Ms Duffy might just want to address Senator Higgins's last questions. I said we would come back to them. I know Ms Joyce wants to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We might in further engagement drill down to how that monitoring project might work. We might come back to that. I am conscious both Ms Joyce and Ms Harford want to speak, and I have still to call Deputy Cronin. I might ask Ms Joyce to speak briefly and go back to the 30% Club following Deputy Cronin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Ms Joyce is promoting the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Ms Joyce and Deputy McAuliffe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Ms Harford. That is great and helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Deputy Cronin. There were questions for Ms Joyce and Ms Duffy there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It is really interesting and good to hear the practical detail of how the course is run. Well done. I call on Deputy Carroll MacNeill. Perhaps Ms Harford can come back in after that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I will go to the witnesses from the 30% Club first, because I am conscious that Ms Harford did not get in on the last round. She may wish to comment on some of the earlier exchanges as well as Deputy Carroll MacNeill's question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Ms Joyce. She made very strong points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Ms O’Caoimh. We have had hearings on stereotypes in education. The secondary school period certainly seems to be a very difficult issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Deputy Carroll MacNeill. We hear her. As there are no other colleagues indicating, I will intervene myself. I thank everyone for the fascinating discussion we have had. I have a question for each group.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Yes. We have time if the witnesses have time. Could Ms Duffy from Women on Air elaborate on the year-long monitoring project and how that would work? She says it would concentrate on a number of key high-audience programmes in public and independent sectors. We all appreciate her point about how useful and valuable it would be as a way of gathering data and of illustrating the affinity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Okay. That is very clear. I thank Ms Duffy. That is really helpful for us. Would Ms Joyce like to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: That is a very good answer

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: That is fine. We will not keep you much longer. I apologise to colleagues because we have gone well over time.