Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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That is not the reason for that. For other reasons, membership of our Defence Forces in this country has reduced over the years. For economic reasons, there were alternatives. If people are poor and looking for jobs, they will do whatever they feel they have to do at that particular time. That is not the way it should be but it is the way it is. On the other hand, in a situation, which we have in this country now, where there is full employment, there are options. People have many more options than they had in 1939 and around that era. It is not as simple as it looks. We will not argue about it anymore. Nobody argues with the Vice Chair. I call the last speaker.