Gender Balance in Irish Govt

The electorate don't decide the composition of the Government.

Each individual voter gets to cast their single transferable vote on the ballot paper which lists the candidates in their constituency.

I’m not a fan of gender quotas for their own sake; however, for representative democracy, in government and in leadership positions at commercial and public organisations, I think it is often necessary to have a truly representative sample of the voices and views of citizens, constituents and consumers/customers.

How do you propose doing that?

We have Oireachtas mandates for TD elections and the EU mandates that 40% of NEDs at listed companies are women. That will eventually trickle down. While some would say that political

parties often choose no-hoper candidates, I suspect more subatantial women candidates will consider standing where in the past they may not have done so.

In what way are women "over represented in the make up of our govt?"

So the OP comes along makes a statement he knows will generate certain responses and then never posts again.

Yeah I'm going to say that this entire thread is simply bait.