“20 years ago, we had more women in the cabinet than we have now – and yet we have more TDs,' said a former Fianna Fáil minister.
Junior Ministers are being appointed today – but will they fix the current gender imbalance in Government?she was “very disappointed” with the number of women appointed to cabinet.“Now, that’s a really bad way to go, I think it sends a very bad message to women around the country.“20 years ago, we had more women in the cabinet than we have now – and yet we have more TDs.”
“I was never a fan of quotas, I came around to them on the basis that I thought, ‘Well, it’s at least just getting women on the tickets’,” she said.
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