Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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116. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Level Project Toolkit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60812/21]

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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On 23 November my Department, through Enterprise Ireland (EI), launched The Level Project: Accelerate Equality, Accelerate Success. The Level Project is a new initiative targeted at CEOs and managers of business in Ireland which has its origins in EI’s Action Plan for Women in Business, recognising that increasing the number of women in middle and senior management, as well as on boards, leads to more successful, sustainable, and profitable businesses. This is a long-term strategy requiring systemic change across the enterprise base.

The Level Project includes a suite of actions Enterprise Ireland is undertaking to influence and support change in Irish enterprise including providing companies with a toolkit resource that enables them to assess their current situation and put in place a strategy and Action Plan.

The Online Action Planning Toolkitis available free to all companies at www.levelproject.ie. This toolkit helps companies to assess their current situation and put in place practical actions to enhance gender balance in their senior teams. The output of the toolkit is a focused Action Plan which will help to signpost the way ahead for companies starting on this journey or to reinforce and accelerate the approach by companies already on a pathway to more diverse leadership.