Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Appointment of UN Secretary General: Motion
10:00 am
Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Yes and we should also support the idea of gender equality. We have some upstanding women who have contributed so much. People like Helen Clark, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, and Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, have contributed so much at UN level. Gender equality is to be considered in the increasing role women will play.