Quinn supports quota for women TDs

The Labour Party leader Ruairi Quinn says that he would support the introduction of a quota system if it would allow more women to be elected to Dáil Eireann.

Quinn supports quota for women TDs

The Labour Party leader Ruairi Quinn says that he would support the introduction of a quota system if it would allow more women to be elected to Dáil Eireann.

The Labour leader says that his party already operates a gender balance policy in relation to its national council but he says that the electoral methods of other countries show that quotas can work.

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