Gender quota call for local elections

Gender quotas should be introduced for next year’s local elections, according to the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI).

“We are calling on the Government to replicate the success of the gender quota legislation at national level and introduce quotas for candidates for the local elections. The legislation should be in place for the upcoming local elections in 2019,” said Orla O’Connor, director of NWCI.

She was responding to Fine Gael’s announcement of a year-long programme celebrating the centenary of women getting the vote in Ireland.