Frances Fitzgerald MEP @FitzgeraldFrncs@respublicae.eu

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our #EuroClinic today in Dun Laoghaire with @barrymward ☕️

Great energy, interesting queries - lots to follow up on 🇮🇪🇪🇺

Great to catch up with our public reps from @DLFineGael 🙌🏻

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1664657592109481984

🌺🏅🌸| Congratulations to @MarieKeating who were awarded a gold medal at @BordBiaBloom this year for their garden themed “Catching Cancer Early”.

Well done to the whole team for such a terrific garden 🌺 💐

#Bloom2023

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1664331579781423105

Positive vote today in #EuropeanParliament on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive #CSDDD 🌎🗣️🌳

Discussions now move to trilogue negotiations between the Parliament, the Commission, and the Council, to agree the final wording.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1664241328215949315

RT @EPPGroup: 🚨What a milestone we have finally reached in the fight against gender-based violence.

The @EUCouncil just approved the EU’s accession to the #IstanbulConvention.

“For the first time, the EU will have strong tools to take these crimes seriously”, says @arbakokalari. https://t.co/OiGqNZyKif

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1664240666992361473

Amidst all the votes & debates in @europarl_en this week it was lovely to take some time out to explore the Rugby exhibition on display 🏉

Some familiar faces @IrishRugby

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1664239982838530049

A standing ovation for the President of Georgia,
@Zourabichvili_S as she delivers a strong and pro-European speech to MEPs in Brussels.

The EU is supporting Georgia along its path to candidacy status and promotion of EU values 🇪🇺🇬🇪

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663906100834435073

RT @EPPGroup: What exactly is the #IstanbulConvention? What does it do, and what can it do?

Listen to our podcast and hear MEP @FitzgeraldFrncs explain.

Tune in here ⤵

🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gvTEfRm4ceQKrhZ5rjkUm

#endVAWG https://t.co/OhAVLBIygn

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663883889129996288

RT @FertilityEurope: Infertility is a widespread issue – we must make sure that everyone has #equalaccess to the #fertilitytreatment they need, says MEP @FitzgeraldFrncs

Join our event on 6 June
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-imperative-of-equal-access-to-fertility-treatments-across-europe-tickets-634083479757 https://t.co/i1e1FG41ro

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663564582231867404

🚨🇮🇪🇪🇺| Seans deireanach le cur isteach ar sheal oiliúna le Parlaimint na hEorpa!

Last chance to apply for a traineeship with the European Parliament! @Europarl_GA

The link to the application for the Irish translation unit is available here: https://ep-stages.gestmax.eu/4804/2/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663542941451968512

The first-ever #EuropeanCareStrategy was published last September for Carers and Care Receivers after an energetic campaign with key stakeholders.

Todays results underline the need to implement the strategy at national level.

📃https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_5169

(8/8)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663515329086062593

The geographical spread when analysing the results by sex was of particular interest to me ⬇️

All results are available here: https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpsr/censusofpopulation2022-summaryresults/healthdisabilitycaringandvolunteering/

(7/8)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663515325436948480

The proportion of the population providing regular unpaid care varied from county to county.

In Mayo, 7% of the population identified as unpaid carers, the highest in Ireland.

Dublin City had the lowest proportion of the population providing unpaid care at 5%.

(6/8)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663515322043736067

There were increases in the proportion of the population providing unpaid care across most age groups.

People aged between 50 and 59 were the group most likely to be providing regular unpaid care.

(5/8)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663515318948339714

In 2022 the number of women providing unpaid care versus men each week was 181,592 versus 117,536 - therefore a #EuropeanCareStrategy must take account of the larger proportion of women providing unpaid care in our society.

(4/8)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663515316222152705

Between 2016 and 2022, there were increases in both the number of people providing regular unpaid care and the number of hours of care provided each week.

The number of unpaid carers increased by 53% to over 299,000.

(2/8)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663515310517895168

Fascinating statistics in @CSOIreland Census 2022 results-but one particular area stands out to me & that is the results on #Care

Today's result reinforce the need to implement a #EuropeanCareStrategy which will support those providing unpaid care, particularly women.

🧵(1/8)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663515307099422723

🇪🇺🇮🇪📝| EU Constituency Clinic - Dún Laoghaire
with Sen. @barrymward

🕑Friday June 2nd, 12-2pm
📍Walters, Dún Laoghaire

If you have any EU or DL related issue drop in for a chat with myself and Barry.

#EuroClinic
#PuttingDublinAtTheHeartOfEurope

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1663150132420833287

RT @barrymward: Dublin's #MEP, @FitzgeraldFrncs and I will be holding an open #euroclinic in @Waltersbar, in #DúnLaoghaire, on Friday afternoon between 12 and 2.

Please drop in and join us for a cup of tea or coffee ☕️☕️☕️

🇪🇺 🇮🇪 #dunlaoghaire #clinic #Europe #Dublin https://t.co/beK79eEbmA

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1662955115249057798

🇱🇹🇪🇺🇸🇪| Today I am attending a conference organised by @sweden2023eu in Vilnius, Lithuania on the topic of #genderequality and #VAW

Along with my MEP colleague @evinincir I will be addressing delegates on the work in @europarl_en on the EU Directive to combat #VAW

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1662034567581118464

RT @ENoMW: It was good to exchange with the two MEPs co-rapporteurs on the VAW directive @FitzgeraldFrncs and @evinincir . As a migrant and refugee women led platform, whose large group of constituents are affected disproportionately by specific types of male violence, such as exploitation… https://t.co/ipYmPscX63 https://t.co/NHZGjUrWLF

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1662019056851902464