Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

We have two MEPs and are far from being impaired by their input. One cannot make a direct analogy with the make-up of the respective political groupings in the House, although parties must consciously strive to achieve gender balance. It is important to ensure women from across the range of experience, particularly among the various health interests, make an input. We should encourage and facilitate a greater balanced input by males and females and these amendments are constructed to achieve that end.

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