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"A Uachtaráin, ní hé seo an chéad uair go bhfuilimid ag caint faoin ábhar seo. Faraor, ní hé an uair dheireanach ach oiread mar tá sé soiléir go bhfuil go leor le déanamh chun cothromaíocht idir na gnéis a bhaint amach san Aontas.
Dá bhrí sin, is trua nach féidir linn glacadh leis an tuarascáil seo d’aon ghuth, mar a dúirt mo chomhghleacaithe, de bharr go bhfuil rudaí ann nach mbaineann linn cosúil le ginmhilleadh, cúrsaí sláinte, cúrsaí traenála, agus cúrsaí oideachais; rudaí a bhaineann leis na Ballstáit. Bíodh sin mar atá, ba mhaith liom díriú ar mo thír féin, Éire, anois.
Ireland ranks slightly above the European average in the Gender Equality Index. In some areas we are good and in some areas we are not too good. For instance, in our national parliament, only 27 of the 166 TDs are female. As a result of that, in next year’s elections, parties will have to have 30% females among their candidates. On the other hand, here in Brussels and Strasbourg, six of our eleven MEPs are women, and indeed, 12 of the 14 in the island of Ireland are women.
So things are improving in some respects and not in others. At the same time, some of the most powerful positions in Ireland are held by women: Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister), Minister for Justice, Attorney General, Chief Justice, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and Garda Commissioner. The European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, is an Irishwoman and two of our last three Presidents, Mary McAleese and Mary Robinson, were excellent Presidents. That shows that, if women are given the opportunity, they can do the job. So that is something we need to work on.
However, one area which we are not happy about is that, perhaps because of the recession, the pay gap between men and women has widened in Ireland to 14.4%. That is something that must be addressed as a matter of urgency."@en1
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