National Women’s Council of Ireland & SIPTU call for action on the Gender Pay Gap in Ireland on

Published: Thursday, March 01, 2012

Press Release

The Gender pay gap in Ireland is 17.1% according to a new publication launched by the EU Commission on the Gender Pay Gap today. Young women earn more than 90% of male wages but this falls to 71.5% in the 35-44 age and to only 61.4% group for women aged 55-64yrs. In Ireland only 123,000 women earn more than 50,000 per year in comparison to 254,000 men.

There are a number of reasons for the Gender Pay Gap, including the discrimination against women, undervaluing of women's work and skills, the low number of women in senior and leadership positions and the fact that women continue to have the primary responsibility for care in our society.

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