Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will deal with the second question first. I note the Deputy took a different viewpoint on the women's health task force from that taken by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the National Women's Council of Ireland, and the European Institute of Women's Health, all of whom welcomed the establishment of the task force. That is fine. It is not chaired just by a man. The task force is co-chaired by the Secretary General, who happens to be a man. When one is the Minister, one cannot find a more senior official in the Department to appoint than the Secretary General. One can be a committed feminist and be a man. It is very important. I am sure the Secretary General is-----