Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the long delay on his Department's behalf in producing a national women's strategy which Ireland originally committed to at the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995; if he will provide details on when the strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29833/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The national women's strategy now being developed builds upon the national plan for women, which was published in 2002 and which effectively covered the period of the national development plan to end 2006. Work on the new strategy is well advanced. It is being overseen by an interdepartmental committee of senior officials and is the subject of consultation with the Equality Authority and with a consultation group made up of the social partners and the National Women's Council of Ireland. I am hopeful that the draft strategy will be submitted to Government for its approval within the next few months.