State should enforce election gender balance, say Greens

WOMEN must make up 40% of candidates in all future local and general elections to achieve more equality, the Green Party demanded yesterday.

At the moment only 13% of TDs are women, compared to 30% of the European Parliament members, while worldwide our record is worse.

We rank 59 out of 120 nations when it comes to women parliamentary representation and are on a par with the average sub-Saharan African state, according to the Green Party.