Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

I look forward to discovering the results of the research. I wrote to the organisations and asked for their suggestions on how to attract more women into the Defence Forces. The research will go deeper than this aspect. Women who have served in the Defence Forces will be interviewed about their experience of life there and women who have not served in the Defence Forces will be interviewed about their perceptions of life in the Defence Forces. Both perceptions and experiences will be compared. It will be an interesting report, which I expect to receive in approximately eight weeks. I have no difficulty with publishing it. If Deputy Costello believes it is a good idea to write to the various organisations, I have no difficulty with sending them a reminder.

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