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Fri 03 Mar 2010Setback for Kenny as proposal on quotas for women defeated
A PROPOSAL backed by Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny to impose quotas of women candidates was rejected by his parliamentary party this week after one of its most prominent female TDs strongly opposed it.
The party leadership wanted to set targets to ensure that 20 per cent of its candidates in the next local election would be female, rising to 25 per cent for European elections.
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