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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Mr. Slattery spoke about pathways. An issue that has been highlighted repeatedly to the committee is the lack of availability of choice, particularly in second level schools. This is having a detrimental impact, particularly on subjects that are not necessarily academic based. We have been told that from entry to secondary school students are pigeonholed and their career options are being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank Mr. Slattery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: It was not inadequate. Many of them-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: -----had not received any form of RSE.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: My question was on what it looks like.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I thank Ms Honan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I am finished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Can I ask a question for clarification?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: It is just a clarifying question on foot of Deputy Carroll MacNeill's question. Perhaps Mr. Slattery can clarify. Previously when I asked him about apprenticeships and availability of subjects, he referred to capacity within the school and a minimum number of students. Does that apply to the subject Deputy Carroll MacNeill was speaking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: It could be less than that in my constituency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: There will never then be a situation whereby if a significant percentage of the parents of students going to that school decide, based on their personal ethos, that they want to remove their child from the class, the school would be able to say it does not have demand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Have our witnesses had the opportunity to look at the World Economic Forum's global gender gap report that was published yesterday? Believe it or not, it shows progress. It is now only going to take us 132 years to close the gender gap, versus the previous 136. The figure for gender parity in educational attainment has been put at 22 years. Will we get there before that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I have one specific question. I thank Professor O'Hagan for her time. She touched on the importance of gender budgeting at national level but also at other levels. She specifically mentioned local authorities. To my mind, it is not just that they complement each other, but that without the overall embedding of gender budgeting what we will actually see is badly spent taxpayers’...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I have one final question. On the equality budget, which Professor O'Hagan noted has been a piece of work since devolution, what metrics are used to measure progress? Is an overarching list of goals developed that are ticked off as achieved and reviewed at intervals along the way to ensure they are still fit for purpose? What new knowledge was gained from doing a piece of work like that?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: Our door is always open.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the cost-of-living and fuel costs of reinstating the Dublin-Galway bus route which would offer public transport options currently not available. [38702/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units that will be delivered in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2022 [38703/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of first-time applications for carers benefit that were granted 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [38705/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of first-time applications for carers benefit that were refused in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form [38706/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jul 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of first-time applications for carers allowance that were granted 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38707/22]