Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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785. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of implementing a gender quota of 40% on the new social economic committees. [34845/13]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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819. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of implementing a gender quota of 40% on the new socioeconomic committees. [35280/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 785 and 819 together.

The operating guidelines for 'front-runner' Socioeconomic Committees reflect the Government's commitment on gender equality and require Socioeconomic Committees to aim for a minimum membership of 40 % men and 40% women. I foresee no specific cost in implementing the gender quota.