Written answers
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Departmental Meetings
Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have had with an organisation (details supplied), including its representatives, from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12745/24]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department and I have had a number of engagements with the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) since 2019. In each of the years from 2019 to 2023, my officials and I met with the Community and Voluntary Pillar for a pre-budget meeting and the NWCI attended each of these meetings. In addition to this, the NWCI were also part of a Civic Forum meeting that I attended in November 2023.
With regard to the bodies under the aegis of my Department, I am advised that the Public Appointments Service (PAS) had some engagement with the NWCI in the context of the development of the PAS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy in 2019, through the attendance of a representative of the NWCI at a strategy development focus group. In addition, a representative of the NWCI was involved in a shortlisting process for a senior role in a public body in both 2020 and 2023.
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