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International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I want to start by paying tribute to my fellow women, the length and breadth of the State and beyond. International Women's Day gives us the opportunity to take stock and to celebrate the achievements of women in Ireland and around the world. It also allows us to recognise and acknowledge where more needs to be done. I want to pay tribute to the many women whose work does not get...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputies for their contributions to our statements on International Women's Day. This is the fourth time I have had the opportunity to deliver the speech on behalf of the Government and to listen to Deputies. During those four years there has been criticism that not enough has been done. There is always more for every government to do. There is more for this Government to do...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I concur with every word that an Teachta Nolan has said. It is rather ironic we are having this debate when we are having a vote this coming Friday to erase the words "mother" and "woman" out of the Constitution, and to diminish them in many ways. I take great faith and solace from my late mother, Mary, who was a woman of faith who worked so hard, and the late Breda Laffey, a great woman of...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Michael Collins: International Women's Day, celebrated annually on 8 March, serves as a powerful reminder of the strides women have made in various fields, be it politics, science, arts or social justice. It is a day to honour the trailblazers who shattered glass ceilings, the activists who fought for equality, and the everyday heroes who uplift their communities. Yet, against this backdrop, the...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: The essence of this day is being undermined by the Government's superficial gestures and lack of substantial support for women. The Government's decision to hold a referendum on gender on International Women's Day is a disheartening example of this trend. This move, rather than being a genuine effort to uplift women, appears to be a cynical and hollow gimmick. It reduces a potential...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate, and that the Minister is still here. I welcome his written speech, and he has set out various issues I hope I will get a chance to look at, including equality in the workplace, carers, children, etc. Then he goes on to use this opportunity to say yes, yes for the referendums. I might come back to that. This is my eighth year doing...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We now go to the Rural Independent Group. Deputy Nolan sharing time with her colleagues.

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Carol Nolan: There is something almost laughably absurd about these statements, particularly from the Government side and indeed from those on the so-called Opposition side. Here we are today celebrating International Women’s Day, and yet if I were to ask almost anyone on that side of the Chamber to define what a woman is, the look of panic would immediately arise. There has been a consistent...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Deputy for bringing that heart-rending story to the attention of the House. It is easy to stand up here and talk about great successes, be they in sport or wherever, but to highlight something of that nature is a real public service. I thank her again.

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

John McGuinness: There is a great deal to celebrate in the achievements of women in this country over the decades. It is also fair to say that a significant amount remains to be done. Political parties in this House are not supporting women within their organisations as they should. This is why we do not get women coming forward for election. That has to change. The current system whereby a certain...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: Guím Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan shona ar gach bean in Éirinn agus ar fud an domhain. Is mian liom aitheantas a thabhairt do mhná le róil ceannaireachta mar tá sé thar a bheith tábhachtach go mbeadh mná ina n-eiseamláirí do na glúnta níos óige. I wish all women in Ireland and around the world a very happy...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I am really delighted to speak today in recognition of International Women's Day. At the minute, Lieutenant General Jibril Rajoub, president of the Palestinian Football Association, is meeting with the sports committee. We should recognise the Bohemians Football Club women's team who are going to play the Palestinian women's team. That is very important given the really brutal...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Deputy.

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It would be wrong if I did not mention at this stage my long-suffering wife, Annemarie, and my mother, Marian. I owe them many apologies and thank them very much. Go raibh maith agaibh.

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú. I call Deputy Verona Murphy.

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Verona Murphy: Thank you, Cheann Comhairle. I nearly called you Leas-Cheann Comhairle for a minute such is the excitement.

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I have been called lots of things, most of them not repeatable.

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Verona Murphy: I, too, wish all my colleagues, fellow family members and all females today a very happy International Women's Day. In particular, though, I thought about coming in here year after year to talk about International Women's Day and about what changes. I want to mention two very special women today, Rita and Caitlin Gaffney, whom I spoke to, and I have their permission to divulge this story...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The struggle for women's liberation and equality has made many advances, primarily as a result of the struggle of women themselves and social movements demanding equality and liberation. Despite the formal acknowledgment and recognition that oppression and all forms of gender-based discrimination women have suffered should end, they persist. That is why it is important to celebrate...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: Last week, the Taoiseach gave us an insight into his thinking about care and the role of the family. When speaking about the demand from people for a right to care and supports from the State, the Taoiseach explained his position that State support for care is a last resort. He said, "I do not actually think that is the State's responsibility, to be honest. I do think that is very much a...