Social Welfare Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2021-12-17
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Heather Humphreys (FG), Cavan-Monaghan

I thank the Senators for raising this. It was raised in the Dáil too, by Deputies Kerrane and Duncan Smith. While I did not accept it in the Dáil, I gave a commitment that my Department will carry out a report on this issue. We will feed it into the Oireachtas committee. I give that commitment to Senators too. I will ask my officials to carry out a report on the issue. I will refer a report to the Oireachtas committee on gender equality, which I believe is chaired by Deputy Bacik.

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Sitting date: 2021-12-17