copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2022-02-26): A quarter of CoI accepted and enrolled candidates are women. For the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, its figures of less than 4% female candidates are considerably lower than the phrase "don’t have nearly as many women as men" would suggest. For the Methodist Church in Ireland, a third of its candidates are women. Speaking on the radio during a discussion about attracting people to work in vocational Christian ministry across Ireland, the Church of Ireland’s Revd Canon William A Murphy said that "approximately a third of our [ministry] candidates would be women". [...] It is the Methodist Church in Ireland who can claim that a third of their ministry candidates are female.
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2020-07-08): Despite the population being more or less evenly split between males and females, only 22.5% of TDs are women, who represent one-quarter of appointments to cabinet and junior ministries. The introduction of gender quotas in 2016 saw a doubling of female candidacy to 31% in the 2020 general election, compared with 2011. Despite this, 36 female TDs were elected in the February general election, an increase of just one since 2016. [...] Indeed, research in Irish and international contexts shows that women tend to receive portfolios related to traditional feminine roles as care-givers and mothers such as children, education, social welfare, justice, equality and the arts. Last week’s female cabinet and junior ministerial appointments were to portfolios in justice, education, the arts, social protection and health. [...] Over 100 years since Irish women first got the right to vote and could stand for election, just 22 women have held senior ministerial office in Ireland prior to last week's appointments. They could all fit in a minibus. Forget senior hurling, it’s time for senior camogie!
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2024-02-14): In the Church of Ireland, the Bishops' Selection Conference is an annual panel of church members, representing both clergy and laity, who assess candidates offering themselves for consideration for training for the ordained ministry. The Selection Panel is composed of a bishop, a priest, two members of the laity, and a representative of the Church of Ireland Theological College. Candidates can be men or women from any of the dioceses in the Church of Ireland, seeking either to enter stipendiary ministry or non-stipendary ministry (NSM).
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2021-05-16): The easiest place for the party to seek out female candidates will be in the Seanad, with Fiona O'Loughlin expected to run in Kildare South, Lisa Chambers in Mayo, Niamh Smyth in Cavan-Monaghan, and Erin McGreehan in Louth. [...] In Mayo, where the two current TDs are male, former TD and senator, Michelle Mulherin, is seen as a "very credible" third candidate. [...] In Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael has almost always ran three candidates but has never put forward a woman, that will have to change.
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2024-09-26): An online conversation about Called: Women in Ministry in Ireland written by Anne Francis took place this week. [...] "a starting point for conversations as gathering women’s views on ministry in Ireland has not happened before, particularly across denominations." [...] The evening continued with further discussion on how those present could relate to experiences shared in the book. There was a sense of agreement in how this has been a starting point for conversations as gathering women’s views on ministry in Ireland has not happened before, particularly across denominations.
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2024-01-26): Female minister from Co Down included in ‘one of largest’ Presbyterian Moderator shortlists Five ministers are in the running to become the next moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI) including a female cleric from Co Down.
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2020-05-25): On his appointment to succeed Canon Hartin in September 1989, he had had twenty-three years’ experience of both TCD and the Church of Ireland ordination training, so was well placed to take on his new role, heading up a course that had seen many changes over the past quarter centuryThe increasing number of women in training, had an immediate effect for good on the life of the College [...] The greatest change of the decade was the increasing number of women in training, which, though unpopular in some quarters, had an immediate effect for good on the life of the College. Over twenty years later it is generally agreed that it has had an important (and improving) effect on the life of the Church of Ireland as a whole. In 1993, having spent five years in the Theological College as Lecturer in Applied Theology, the Revd Ginnie Kennerley, one of the first women ordained in the Church of Ireland, moved on to an incumbency in Glendalough diocese. Her position was assigned in 1994 to the Revd Jeremy Young, a Church of England priest of some thirteen years’ parochial experience with a strong interest in social psychology. There were further staff changes in the Theological College towards the turn of the millennium: in 1998, a new lecturer in Church History and Theology, Dr Andrew Pierce, was appointed and the post held by Tom Gordon was re-designated Director of Extra- Mural Studies in 1996, his chaplaincy position being allotted to Revd Norman McCausland.
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2024-06-16): People will no doubt make up their own minds about this. Sadly, however, the stiff-necked stance of those clergy and laity who refuse to countenance a female moderator is all the more regrettable because the Presbyterian Church was the first main Protestant denomination in Ireland to ordain a female minister, the Rev Ruth Patterson, in 1976. Since then the Presbyterian Church in Ireland has backtracked, with the fundamentalists cleverly creating for themselves a let-out conscience clause. Several excellent female candidates have allowed their names to go forward for election in the past half-century or so but all have been rejected by the church. [...] Women are the backbone of Irish Presbyterianism. They deserve much better from their male colleagues. Meanwhile, many broader-minded Presbyterians are leaving to join other Reformed denominations that treat women leaders and potential leaders with the respect and understanding to which they are entitled.
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2024-09-24): More than a third of candidates selected to run in the upcoming general election are women, as speculation over the date intensifies. [...] Aontú has 48pc female candidates so far, while the Social Democrats has selected 47pc women. [...] Female candidates selected in Fine Gael total 39.4pc, with two conventions yet to be held.
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2024-09-26): In this article, Dr Anne Francis shares key findings from her study on the theme of Women in Ministry in Ireland. The full report can be accessed here. Details of an opportunity to participate in the next phase of this research are available in our events section. It is a rare thing to occasionally do what you want. Having left my full–time role in Cambridge I decided to pursue a research project to explore the experience of women in ministry in Ireland and record their perspectives and concerns. This study is a result of my engagement with these women in the four corners of Ireland. [...] The Women in Ministry in Ireland Project investigates the experience of women who minister in Ireland, across the Christian denominations. It focuses on the experience of women whose main life choice is Christian ministry. The key research question is what is your experience as a female minister at this time?
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2001-06-16): CLOSE to half the ordinations in the Church of Ireland this year are women, three of whom enter the ministry on Sunday, writes Grainne Cunningham.
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Called: The Women in Ministry in Ireland Research Project [...] This is not a quote from the Women in Ministry in Ireland report but from the BBC's Vicar of Dibley! Newly arrived vicar, Geraldine, is not what the congregation expect and not everyone is welcoming. How does the character feel as she delivers the one-liners? How is it for her to arrive as a new minister and face a gendered response in addition to the challenges of a new parish? The Women in Ministry in Ireland project has investigated the experience of female ministers across the denominations, in the North and the Republic of Ireland. They are parish sisters, priests, chaplains and worship leaders; evangelists and spiritual guides. Some are ordained and some are not. They come from the four largest denominations and some other Protestant traditions. Although the circumstances of women's ministry varies in these churches it was my wish allow any differences in experience to come from the research rather than impose it by dividing the group at the outset. Women in ministry on this island already inherit Ireland's sectarian past. Doing this research across the churches may, in a small way, undermine sectarian thinking and allow new connections to be formed across the historical divides.
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2021-09-30): The Commission on Ministry presented a Bill dealing with gender balance amongst parochial nominators to General Synod this morning (Thursday September 30). Bill No 2 seeks to ensure that those who act as parochial nominators at a time of vacancy have within their ranks a measure of gender balance and thus assist in representing the demographic of the parish or group of parishes. Proposing Bill No 2, Hazel Corrigan (Hon Sec) said the Commission on Ministry wished to ensure there was gender balance amongst parochial nominators rather than to have an entirely male or entirely female group of parochial nominators. "Typically, it is the parochial nominators who meet with candidates and discuss the needs of the parish and these changes would ensure that candidates are not meeting an either all male or all female group of parochial nominators. It is important that the parochial nominators, in as far as possible, represent the breadth of the parish or parishes and including both male and female together will help to do this," she said. [...] Canon Gillian Wharton (Hon Sec) said that the Commission on Ministry had given the matter serious consideration. It is hoped in time that gender balance will also apply to diocesan nominators, she said, but there are some dioceses in which there are very few women clergy. She explained that the commission is not suggesting that there be gender balance but rather that there be at least one man and one woman among the parochial nominators. She agreed that no one wanted to be the token person there because of their gender. She said it was necessary to make a difference now.
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2020-11-25): The video, to be shown at this year’s meeting of General Synod, features contributions from 62 female Church of Ireland clergy. The ordination of women to the priesthood was approved by the General Synod of the Church of Ireland on May 15 1990 and the new video will be shared at the 2020 General Synod, taking place in an online format on December 1 and 2, and as part of a service to be televised on RTÉ One on Sunday December 13 at 11am. [...] There are currently around 100 female clergy serving in the Church of Ireland, among 500 serving clergy in total.
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2021-10-08): The Revd Stephen Farrell (Dublin) thought that gender balance should be a given, but, "rather than patching up a sinking ship", wanted Synod go much further by "taking a look at the whole system, not just a succession of Bills". So did the Revd Paul Arbuthnot (Cork, Cloyne & Ross), who suggested "going for a wholesale review" of Chapter 4 of the constitution rather than ‘"piecemeal reform". [...] Canon Gillian Wharton (Dublin) acknowledged that "nobody wanted to be a token person on anything," but urged the Synod to look at breadth rather than tokenism. "Every parish has at least one man and one woman who have the parish’s interests at heart, and, to be fair to candidates, they should not be exclusively male or female," she said. She described the provisions of the Bill as "initial steps, beneficial in the short-term. They don’t remove the need to look at it holistically."
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2020-11-30): The 30th anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Church of Ireland will be marked at its General Synod this week. [...] The Church of Ireland's first woman deacon, Rev Katharine Poulton, was ordained to that role three years previously in June 1987. In 2010 she was the first woman Dean of Ossory and installed that Easter at St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny. [...] Currently about one in five of the Church of Ireland’s 500 serving clergy are woman.
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2023-12-30): Supported by the resources and organisation of the CEEC, not to mention this deliberate concealment of challenging views on sexuality and women’s ministry, conservative evangelical candidates performed well in the elections. The results saw many independent candidates displaced, along with a reduction in traditional catholic representation, although inclusive candidates supported by Inclusive Church maintained good numbers. Contrary to the CEEC campaign, Inclusive Church had a deliberate policy of transparency, publicly promoting a list of candidates who had signed up to a broad inclusion statement so voters would have clear information to base their decisions.
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2019-01-25): In fact, there was confusion about whether women could stand as candidates at all and the Sinn Féin convention passed a resolution stating that no candidate should stand "other than a man who took part of the fight of Easter Week". As a result, women’s preparation for candidacy was rushed with suffragists working tirelessly to support the two women candidates, putting up posters, giving speeches and organising numerous meetings and rallies. Already, women were being left behind by the male leadership in Sinn Fein. [...] Sadly, as we know, that progress towards gender equality was short-lived for Irish women, following independence the new state’s deep conservatism, patriarchal control and influence of the Catholic Church pushed women back into their homes. It would be another 60 years before Ireland had its second woman minister, Maire Geoghan Quinn. Today, women make up 22% of the Dail, 30% of the Seanad and only four of 15 ministers. [...] 11 – Margaret Ward, 2017, https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/hanna-sheehy-skeffington-fighting- ireland-s-masculine-monopoly-1.3242516 12 – The Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act: Gender quotas allow parties’ state funding to be cut by 50% unless 30% of candidates are women. The threshold will increase to 40 per cent from 2023 onwards. Up to and including the 2011 general election, the proportion of women in Dáil Éireann never exceeded 16 per cent. This was despite significant socio-cultural change over the past thirty years and the presence of a proportional electoral system, factors usually associated with facilitating women’s representation.
Claim: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women. (Revd Canon William A Murphy, 2018-08-05)
Evidence (2024-06-25): There are now many thousands of readers in the Anglican churches, including around ten thousand in the Church of England[1] and around 300 in the Church of Ireland. They are equally split between women and men.[2]
Claim: Northern Ireland were once net contributors of revenue to HM Treasury. (Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 2016-04-14)
Evidence (2016-04-14): The claim is true up until the 1930s. But data show that Northern Ireland has run a fiscal deficit since 1966. The most recent figure, from 2013-14, is a subvention of £9.2 billion.
Claim: Northern Ireland were once net contributors of revenue to HM Treasury. (Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 2016-04-14)
Evidence (2022-03-22): Currently, the only significant revenue raising undertaken by Stormont is regional rates, a property tax paid by households and businesses. Since 2015, Northern Ireland has had the power to cut corporation tax, albeit the treasury first needs to be satisfied the executive's finances are on a sustainable footing. [...] "Our analysis shows that, hypothetically, had Northern Ireland devolved income tax 20 years ago, for example, the NI budget would have been favourably impacted in the early years, but then significantly adversely affected, in the years following the financial crash," he said.
Claim: Northern Ireland were once net contributors of revenue to HM Treasury. (Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 2016-04-14)
Evidence (2021-05-20): London had the highest net fiscal surplus per head at £4,030 while Northern Ireland had the highest net fiscal deficit per head at £5,440. [...] London and the South East raised the most revenue in the UK at £167.3 billion and £130.6 billion. These two regions provided 36% of the UK's total revenue. Northern Ireland raised the least amount at £19.8 billion in FYE 2020. This ranking remained unaffected when measuring on either a geographic or population basis. [...] London had the largest change to its next fiscal balance since FYE 2011: increasing its surplus from £2.8 billion to £36.1 billion. This was caused by a larger increase in total revenue in London than in total expenditure. Northern Ireland saw a slight increase in its net fiscal deficit, increasing from £10.1 billion to £10.3 billion.
Claim: Northern Ireland were once net contributors of revenue to HM Treasury. (Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 2016-04-14)
Evidence (2015-04-01): Measuring Northern Ireland’s share of revenue raised for the UK Exchequer (in the form of taxes and duties) also faces difficulties. The postcodes of individuals and firms are used to accurately apportion revenue from Inheritance Tax and locally-raised property rates on a regional basis. However, estimates are used to calculate the regional contribution from other taxes. Different methodologies are used for different taxes.[10] [...] DFP Northern Ireland Net Fiscal Balance Report: provides an overview of public sector finances in Northern Ireland (NI) for the financial years 2007-08 to 2011-12. The expenditure and revenue analysis determines the ‘net fiscal balance’ for NI, estimated as aggregate public sector revenue less aggregate public sector expenditure. [...] [12] HMRC (2013) A Disaggregation of HMRC tax receipts between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. HMRC warns that as the methods are still at the experimental stage they should be treated with caution (page 5). Accompanying statistics tables and methodological notes are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disaggregation-of-hmrc-tax-receipts. Notably, the report indicates that, since 1999, Northern Ireland’s per capita contribution to public revenues has grown most rapidly.
Claim: Northern Ireland were once net contributors of revenue to HM Treasury. (Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 2016-04-14)
Evidence (2017-05-22): - London had the highest net fiscal surplus per person at £3,070 and Northern Ireland the highest net fiscal deficit per person at £5,440, in FYE 2016. [...] Although this is our first production of country and regional public sector finances other organisations have, and do, produce similar statistics. Most notable of these organisations are Her Majesty’s Treasury (HM Treasury), Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Scottish government and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Each of these publications have for many years attributed public sector expenditure and/or revenue to one or more geographic areas. More information on these other publications can be found in the scoping study released alongside the February 2016 consultation. [...] Table 2 shows the net fiscal balance of the Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS1) countries and regions from the FYE March 2014 to the financial year ending March 2016. It can be seen that in FYE 2016 Northern Ireland had the highest net fiscal deficit when North Sea revenue was included both on a geographic and population share basis. London had the highest net fiscal surplus on both allocations of North Sea revenue.
Claim: Northern Ireland were once net contributors of revenue to HM Treasury. (Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 2016-04-14)
Evidence (2024-06-06): All countries and regions had an increase in revenue raised in FYE 2023; London raised the highest amount of revenue (£216.4 billion) and Northern Ireland the lowest (£21.5 billion). [...] London raised the most revenue in FYE 2023, at £216.4 billion. The South East raised the second largest revenue, of £164.8 billion. Northern Ireland raised the lowest revenue amount, at £21.5 billion. [...] The UK's net fiscal deficit per head in FYE 2023 was £1,894, an increase of £9 compared with FYE 2022. In FYE 2023, London had the highest net fiscal surplus per head, while Northern Ireland had the highest net fiscal deficit per head.
Claim: Northern Ireland were once net contributors of revenue to HM Treasury. (Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 2016-04-14)
Evidence (2023-12-20): - For Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Table A.21 shows the relative contributions of the devolved administrations, Whitehall departments and local government under each functional heading. This table covers the latest outturn year only. [...] In order to provide information on the allocation of expenditure split by Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the English regions, the Treasury asks UK government departments and devolved administrations to undertake an annual statistical exercise. This is based on expenditure data published in July each year in HM Treasury’s Public Spending Statistics release. [...] Accompanying this release is a spreadsheet which sets out the methods which have been used to assign spending to Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the English regions. All segments with expenditure (or income) of £10 million or more in 2022-23 have been included. This covers over 99% of identifiable expenditure in that year. This should increase transparency for users and provide a basis going forward for departments and HM Treasury to monitor and improve the methodologies being used.