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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)

Paul McAuliffe: For example, would Ms Duffy like to see a prescribed quota on radio panels?

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

Paul McAuliffe: I agree on the data and that should be a given. It is something we should take up directly. How do we prescribe the outcome while at the same time not getting into the nitty gritty?

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

Paul McAuliffe: In Ms Duffy's experience, do those red flags go up? Do those red lights go on?

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

Paul McAuliffe: Of course, but in general, in Ms Duffy's experience, does it happen?

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

Paul McAuliffe: The collection of data itself is the driver without having specific prescriptions in place.

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

Paul McAuliffe: I think the Chair would agree that is also the experience of the Seanad. Now that we have more women in the Chamber, it has broadened the discussion. It has also happened at local authority level.

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

Paul McAuliffe: I have a further question for Ms Duffy. Has that been raised with the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, specifically?

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

Paul McAuliffe: The specific issue of the year long monitoring.

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

Paul McAuliffe: That is something we should bring to his attention.

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

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, it is a really good argument.

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

Paul McAuliffe: The point on tokenism is really important too. It is something that we really struggle with in politics. Even with a quota system, we still have to challenge that. I imagine it is also why the witnesses did not bring a man with them today to provide a bit of gender balance on the panel.

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

Paul McAuliffe: I agree.

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

Paul McAuliffe: After the Taoiseach being here last week, we might do it on an all-island basis through the shared island unit.

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

Paul McAuliffe: That might be one route.

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

Paul McAuliffe: I am not a Minister yet.

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

Paul McAuliffe: Will there be a second round after your contribution, Chair?

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

Paul McAuliffe: I am in danger of mansplaining the conversation that just happened-----

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

Paul McAuliffe: Exactly.

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

Paul McAuliffe: I will go back to a conversation that was once had about putting a ticket together for electoral politics and reaching the target. If people are struggling to reach the target and only have the option to put who they might deem unelectable women on the ticket, they are doing something wrong and the quota is actually just the light shining in on a problem, rather than the solution or the...

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

Paul McAuliffe: I am conscious of time.