Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2021-07-05
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Mary Seery Kearney (FG), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I have some sympathy for the proposal made by Senator Bacik but the wording "if they maintain a website" is not practical when so many industries are living completely on LinkedIn and do not have websites. In the age of social media, where they are present, it is too precise. However, the point regarding who will maintain it is an important one. I would like to think that a presence on a centralised website, as described by the Minister, would be pointed to for reputational enhancement as well as the actual effect of bringing equity of pay. When prescribing the regulations, the Minister should ensure the reference to that centralised website is within ethical audits that are easily accessible and searchable and also something to which the WRC in the context of an inspection would go to ensure the publication of the details is in order, which I have no doubt it will be. I know that the reference to the WRC is already there, hence my point.

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Sitting date: 2021-07-05