Seanad debates

Friday, 13 September 2002

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht, 2002: An Dara Céim (Atógáil). Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2002: Second Stage (Resumed).

 

The process leading to the vision could examine how we can achieve real equality – equality between rural and urban areas; equal access to health and education services; equality for the new Irish, those emigrants who have come to our shores and who can enrich our culture and equality between men and women. That does not mean sending more women into the work force, it means allowing men and women to be comfortable with the lives they have chosen for themselves. Women should not be pressurised into working and should have full recognition if they choose to stay at home to rear their children. Equally, they should not face any kind of discrimination if they wish to join the work force. As I look around this House and the Dáil I can see how far we must go to give real power to women.

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