Gender Balance

2423. Deputy Sorca 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]

2524. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and 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]

2525. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has assessed the finding that average pay increases for men (6.%) exceeded those for women (5.4%) in 2025; whether further measures are being considered to support equitable pay progression; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25836/26]

109. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of female WTE accounts executive and senior accounts executive posts employed by Enterprise Ireland as of 17 February 2026, in tabular form. [15341/26]

53. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline the current level of compliance by State boards with the Government’s long-standing target of achieving a minimum of 40% representation of women on all State boards; the measures the Minister has taken to improve gender balance where boards have not met this targ…

493. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will give consideration to the introduction of gender quotas for political parties in local elections, in advance of the 2029 local elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64940/25]

33. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is working with the Department of Education and Youth to improve gender balance in STEM subject uptake at second level, with a view to influencing third-level course choices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54977/25]

930. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the means by which the delivery of the “Balance for Better Business” initiative will be delivered; if there is a timeframe for the delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43049/25]

2151. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the decline in gender balance on national call research review panels over the period 2022-2024 and for the decline in the number of female participants in ACORNS over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40757/25]

966. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason there is still only an output target of just one female research professor since 2023 under his Department’s equality budgeting indicator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32535/25]

439. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5856/25]