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dcterms:Date	"2015-11-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preventive measures to tackle the gender pension gap in the EU (debate)2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Lynn Boylan2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, as my colleague said, the gender pension gap in my home state of Ireland has increased since the economic crisis began. The result is that many women are denied economic independence, and the dignity that comes with it, in their retirement. We know the pension gap results from the cumulative impact of factors, including the pay gap, but we must also acknowledge when we talk of preventative measures and tackling the gender pension gap that austerity policies are exacerbating, rather than reducing, this inequality. Policies implemented by successive Irish governments since 2008 have worsened the situation for women in Ireland. The government reduced pension entitlements for new employees in the public service, and specific sectors dominated by women – teaching and nursing – have been targeted by other measures, reducing their salaries and pensions. We also have one of the highest levels of low-paid jobs in the developed world, after the US, and more than 60% of low-paid jobs are held by women, a trend that we see across the European Union. Yet childcare costs are among the highest in the world, and more than 40% of the average wage in Ireland. This has the effect of entirely excluding some women from participating in the productive economy and forcing others into precarious low-paid jobs that prevent them from paying into any sort of pension scheme. There are many steps we can take to tackle the gender pension gap, but first we must acknowledge the disastrous impact of austerity policies on women and immediately reverse them."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Lynn Boylan,"1 "on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group"1
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