Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)

Question 41: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether the height requirement is the sole obstacle to increasing the number of women applying to join the Defence Forces; if the height requirement for women is the same for the Reserve and Permanent Defence Forces; if he will commission research into the reason the percentage of women in the Reserve Defence Force is considerably higher than the percentage of women in the Permanent Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11676/06]

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