Jen Cummins (Dublin South Central, Social Democrats)
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766. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to introduce a pay gap portal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65475/25]

Jen Cummins (Dublin South Central, Social Democrats)
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767. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the invitation list for feedback on the pay gap portal was decided. [65476/25]

Jen Cummins (Dublin South Central, Social Democrats)
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768. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an organisation (details supplied) will be included in her Department's review of their draft gender pay gap portal. [65477/25]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 766, 767 and 768 together.

The Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 introduced the legislative basis for annual gender pay gap reporting in Ireland.

The Regulations under the Act require organisations with over 250 employees to report on their gender pay gap across a range of metrics and publish a statement setting out, in the employers’ opinion, the reasons for the gender pay gap in their company and what measures are being taken, or proposed to be taken, to eliminate or reduce that pay gap. Organisations with over 150 employees were required to report from 2024, while those with over 50 employees are required to report this year, 2025.

The Department has developed a Gender Pay Gap Portal which launched on the 18th of November 2025 and is now available for employers to register an account and to report on their gender pay gap on a voluntary basis.

Gender Pay Gap reports that are submitted on a voluntary basis will be published and will become accessible for the public to see, compare, and review in 2026. They will remain on the Portal when it becomes mandatory for all employers in scope of the legislation in 2026.

Employers with over 50 employees must still publish their gender pay gap reports on their website or make it accessible to the public in some other manner where they do not have a website, by the deadline of 30 November 2025.

The Department is currently preparing the public side of the Gender Pay Gap Portal, and the Equality and Gender Equality Unit engaged with the Department's Research and Evaluation Unit, and the Data Analytics Unit, as well as an academic who officials previously engaged with in the context of the Pay Transparency Directive to discuss the visualisation of data on the Gender Pay Gap Portal.