Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the €4.982 million under the Revised Estimates for gender mainstreaming and positive action; the allocation for the implementation of the national women's strategy and for the equality for women's measure, EWM; the amount and when it will be allocated with the EWM for the four strands that were announced, access to employment, development of female entrepreneurship, career development for women in employment and fostering women as decision makers; and when there will be a public announcement on funding to all those who applied by July 2008, in view of the fact that this is making the work done by many groups uncertain until further clarification. [19492/09]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The first strand of the Equality for Women Measure (Access to Employment) was launched in Summer 2008 and it attracted a high level of interest, with over 150 applications being received. All the project proposals have been appraised but the extremely difficult Exchequer position has made it difficult to commit funding, and the matter continues to be kept under review. My Department is now in the process of completing its review and the decisions taken on the outcome will be made known in the near future.