Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Select Committee on Defence and National Security
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised)
2:00 am
Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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It is very important. We know why we do not have enough - at certain points in history, it was not a safe place. The Defence Forces have established a female-specific recruitment team that co-ordinates attendance at cross-service female-specific recruitment teams at national and regional level. Male and female representation is present at all recruitment events, and gender perspective-----