Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am a bit concerned that the Chief of Staff does not know about it because it has been in the media.

A young woman left the Naval Service. I raise this issue very much in the context of Dr. Mellett saying he wants women to join the service and stay, yet here is an incredibly serious incident of harassment, of which top management is not aware. It strikes me that the systems are failing. I encourage him to go back and look at it because it is a very serious problem and might inform him of some of the reasons women find it difficult to stay. Reference was made to pregnant women. Will Dr. Mellett give us an assurance that he thinks women have not been intimidated? I have heard reports that they have. Has a survey of women ever been carried out? An analysis of the reasons women were leaving would have to be included.