Meetings

Assembly on
Gender Equality
5 December 2020
Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality
5 December 2020
The Agenda for this meeting can be viewed here.
Saturday’s Proceedings
Please note that the information in the presentations and papers and its interpretation is based on the specialist expertise of the speakers who are independent of the Assembly and its Chair and Secretariat.
Members give feedback from breakout rooms
Each breakout group nominated a member to give feedback from their discussion.
A video of this feedback is available here & transcript is available here.
Morning Session
Dr Catherine Day opened the morning session
Her opening remarks can be viewed here.
The Economist – The benefits of paternity leave
Members heard a short video from The Economist on the benefits of paternity leave, video can be viewed here.
Dr Mary Murphy, Maynooth University
Dr Mary Murphy delivers her presentation on Work and Social Protection, which was accompanied by a slideshow presentation. Dr Murphy also provided papers on Making activation work for Women, A Women’s model for social welfare reform, The Future of the Irish Social Welfare System: Participation and Protection (NESC) and Pensions: What Women want.
Dr Adele Whelan, ESRI
Dr Adele Whelan delivers her presentation on Gender Gap in Retirement Incomes, which was accompanied by a slideshow presentation. Dr Whelan also provided a paper on ESRI Research, Gender, Pensions and Income in Retirement, accompanied by an infographic.
Q&A
Dr Mary Murphy and Dr Adele Whelan answered questions posed by Assembly members during a Q&A session. The video can be watched here.
Lived Experience
A video of this discussion where speakers shared their personal experiences can be viewed here.
A paper has been submitted by each speaker and can be accessed by clicking on their name.
- Finian Murphy
- Mary Walsh
- Kathy Cunningham
- Moderated by Tom Arnold
Advocacy panel: Work & Pay
A video of this discussion can be viewed here.
A paper has been submitted by each speaker and can be accessed by clicking on their name.
- Bríd O’Brien – Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed
- Laura Bambrick – Irish Congress of Trade Unions
- Sandra McCullagh – National Women’s Council of Ireland
- Moderated by Sandra Healy – DCU
Dr Eoin O’Malley, Dublin City University
Dr Eoin O’Malley delivers his presentation on Making Public Policy, Making Policy Work, which was accompanied by a slideshow presentation.
Christopher Ryan, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Christopher Ryan delivers his presentation on Focused Policy Assessment: Paid Parents’ Leave Scheme, which was accompanied by a slideshow presentation & paper.
Afternoon Session
Dr Catherine Day introduced the afternoon session
Her remarks can be viewed here.
The citizens then moved into their breakout groups
Advocacy: St Vincent de Paul
Dr Tricia Keilthy delivers a perspective from St Vincent de Paul, which was accompanied by a slideshow presentation.
After their discussions members returned for a plenary session where, Dr Catherine Day concluded the Second Work meeting
The Chair’s closing remarks can be viewed here.
Citizens also received a summary paper prepared by the Secretariat.
Click here to view additional questions responded to by speakers.