Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said he would like to see half of the cabinet made up of women if he was made taoiseach after the next general election.

NEARLY half of women voters suffer “gender disenfranchisement” because they lack a female TD representing their Dáil constituency, it was claimed last night.

IN 2004, a worldwide poll ranking female representation in national politics put Ireland in 63rd position.

THE lack of debate on the fact that women who, despite being the majority of the electorate, occupy only 13% of Dáil seats is remarkable. Cllr Deirdre Clune (Irish Examiner, January 23) argues that women’s under-representation is not due to their reluctance to vote for women candidates.