Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)

This report has been awaited for almost a year. Will the Minister place more urgency on demanding completion of this report?

The Minister made great play out of trying to attract more females into the Defence Forces and he launched a campaign in that respect some time ago. Female members deserve a family-friendly workplace and for younger women, in particular recently married women, surely a child care facility in the workplace is critical in attracting more women into the Defence Forces. Such a facility is one of the many incentives the Minister must ensure is put in place. I appeal to the Minister to make such provision a priority and to ensure that this committee, which has been lingering for almost the past year in its work on this project, reports to him as soon as possible. He should set a deadline for completion of this report.

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