Catherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is no harm to mention it. I just read it a few minutes ago. He proposes a situation where maternity and paternity leave could be shared and parental leave could be taken, moving more towards Scandinavian countries in this regard. That would be very welcome.

I thank Senator Bacik for her work in this area. There is clearly much work to be done in Ireland when it comes to the gender pay gap, but one could not stand up as a woman and speak against closing this gap.