Taoiseach 'too busy' to attend gender equality committee

Taoiseach Micheál Martin was unable to accept an invitation to appear before a committee tackling gender equality due to an 'extremely heavy work schedule'. Picture: Conor Ó Mearáin/Collins

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has turned down a request to appear before an Oireachtas committee tackling gender equality, on the grounds that he is too busy.

The committee, which is made up of cross-party TDs and senators, was established to consider the 45 recommendations contained in the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality.