Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the Economic and Social Research Institute research commissioned in 2017 as part of the new initiatives for achieving gender balance in the Civil Service. [37065/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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One of the actions set out in the Civil Service Renewal Plan is to improve gender balance at each level by reviewing supports and policies to ensure these are impactful and measurable. This action is particularly important at senior management levels in the Civil Service where women are under-represented. I announced a series of initiatives earlier this year for achieving gender balance in the Civil Service including research by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) based on the 2015 Civil Service Employee Engagement Survey.

The ESRI is currently finalising this research report and when finalised it will be published and made available on my Department’s website. At that stage, the Deputy can be provided with a copy of the report.