A study of gender in senior civil service positions in Ireland

Helen Russell, Dorothy Watson, Emer Smyth, Selina McCoy, Raffaele Grotti, Oona Kenny, A study of gender in senior civil service positions in Ireland, ESRI Research Series No. 66, 2017, ESRI, Dublin.

Abstract

Women make up the majority of those employed in the civil service but are underrepresented at the most senior grades, where key policy and operational decisions are taken. Action 8 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan commits to improving gender balance at e