Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
We need to work on the culture, along with all the other issues. We are not saying that other issues do not exist, but the culture is important. It is important to recognise that young people today have a different psychology than we would have had and that Senator Craughwell would have had in the 1970s. They look at the world differently, so we need cultural change. We cannot just say this; it must happen. It worries me when people have a cut at it. All that we did in the document we published, for example, was to use language to the effect that we wanted to prioritise cultural change. There was negative commentary about this aspect alone, which really worries me. Does this mean there is a certain lack of commitment? This is not aimed at the Senator. I just wish to articulate that point.
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