Seán was joined by Chairperson of the Citizen's Assembly Dr Catherine Day.
The Citizen's Assembly released their Report on Gender Equality this week.
One of the recommendations of the report was to aim to reduce the gender pay gap in increments by 2035.
Publicly funded childcare and the gender imbalance in politics in Ireland were some of the issues discussed.
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