Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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15. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the gender pay gap report from his Department. [3343/23]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The 2022 Gender Pay Gap Report for the Department of the Taoiseach was published on 23 December 2022. The report sets out the gender pay gap statistics incorporating 240 staff employed during the reporting period June 2021 to June 2022.

The information in the report was calculated in accordance with the principles laid out in the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021, which requires organisations to report on their gender pay gap, that is, the difference in the average hourly wage of men and women across the workforce.

For 2022, the Department’s gender pay gap is 8.82% in favour of male employees. This means that the average hourly rate of pay for male employees was 8.82% higher than the average hourly rate for female employees during the relevant pay period.

Publishing the Department’s gender pay gap data helps the Department to bring a specific focus on gender diversity and to continue the alignment of our actions for improvement in gender equality as part of the broader work to enhance equality, diversity and inclusion across the Department.