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Helen McEntee: First minister to give birth while serving in Irish Cabinet

Comments Helen McEntee, Ireland s Minister for Justice, is now the first person in the history of the Irish State to become pregnant, take maternity leave, and give birth all while serving as a Cabinet minister. As it stands, there are no provisions for members of Cabinet to avail of parental leave. However, Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirmed in March that McEntee would be granted a six-month maternity leave, and promised reforms surrounding parental leave for politicians. I’m pleased to announce that Government has facilitated the maternity leave of Minister @HMcEntee Having a family should in no way conflict with a career in public life.

Catherine Day: Importance of care key Citizens Assembly theme

Maternity leave In the course of their work, members were sometimes surprised to learn where Ireland stands in comparison to other countries – for example, Ireland’s ranking for parliamentary representation worsened over the lifetime of the assembly to 100th out of 187 countries. Many of our members were also unaware that publicly elected representatives do not have the right to maternity leave. Catherine Day is chair of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality and a governor of The Irish Times Trust. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill The recommendations adopted by the citizens will require constitutional and legislative change in important areas if adopted. For example, the assembly voted by 80 per cent to replace the infamous “woman in the home clause” which dates back to 1937. They voted to replace it with language that is not gender-specific and would oblige the State to take reasonable measures to support care within the home and wider communi

Ireland s role in €3m EU project designing the future of democracy

Ireland’s role in €3m EU project designing the future of democracy Image: © Stephan Dinges/Stock.adobe.com Two Irish research institutions are part of an international project to evaluate democratic processes and experiment with new participatory models. This month marked the beginning of an EU-funded research project to examine participation and deliberation in democracies. The EUComMeet project has received €3m in funding under Horizon 2020, the EU’s funding instrument for research and innovation. It sets out to find an effective response to the challenges facing liberal representative democracies. To do this, researchers will experiment with the system of governance and representation of the European Union itself.

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