A Fianna Fáil TD has raised the possibility of male quotas for local authority seats. “I fully support gender equality at local level,” Mr McAuliffe (44) said. “What we learned from the last local elections is that action that's required is from the political parties themselves. We did see a lot of positive progress with some of the smaller parties. But Ms Lane pointed out that the Citizens’ Assembly on the issue of gender equality had voted overwhelmingly in favour of the introduction of such quotas.

Source: Irish Independent June 08, 2021 20:20 UTC