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miss the mandatory deadline of 7 June 2026 for transposing the EU pay transparency directive, a directive designed to close the gender pay gap and empower workers with information that they are entitled to. These are not isolated oversights. They form a pattern of choices that consistently favour

much about it and I hope that today's discussions will be beneficial to growing the game further. At the outset, I pay tribute to the Irish senior women's and men's teams for their truly inspiring performances over the past few months. The double success … some demand-led funding. Such targeted funding, for example, prioritises the delivery of swimming infrastructure as highlighted in the recently published Swimming Pool Gap Analysis Report. Other areas for prioritised investment could be socially deprived areas of our inner cities and facilities therein. We should also consider priority

Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all the companies that are reporting on the gender pay gap. [24523/26

Equality if her Department has examined recent labour-market research indicating a 17% gap in salary expectations between men and women entering the workforce; the implications this may have for long-term gender pay disparities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25835/26