New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that Irish businesses continue to increase female representation at senior executive and board levels.
The CSO's latest Gender Balance in Business Survey shows that as of January 1, 2025, 32.3% of senior executives in Ireland were female, up from 30.4% in 2023 - the last time the survey was conducted.
The CSO said that 27.9% of Boards of Directors members in Ireland were female in 2025, compared with 24.6% in 2023.
Meanwhile, female chief executives increased slightly from 19% in 2023 to 19.2% in 2025, while there was also an increase in the percentage of female chief financial officers - up to 27.7% in 2025 from 25.7% in 2023.
But female chairpersons were down slightly from 18.7% in 2023 to 17.8% this year.
Today's figures show that 34.3% of enterprises in the Services sector had at least 40% female representation on their Boards of Directors this year.
They also reveal that 33.3% of enterprises had set targets for the representation of women in senior executive roles.
The CSO said that although the construction sector at 15.2% had the lowest level of female representation in Senior Executive roles in 2025, it has increased from 13.4% in 2023 and 9.5% in 2021.
Accommodation and food service activities at 41.9%, and Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities at 41.9% had the highest proportion of female senior executives in 2025, followed by financial and insurance activities (38.5%).
