Mary Wallace (Meath East, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy is aware of the excellent work of Professor Tom Keane on breast cancer and he is now moving on to the area of prostate cancer. I refer to the work being done in St James's Hospital. Many things are being done at present within existing services. This document is to policy proof that in respect of men.

I find myself on the opposite side of the table from where I have been for 20 years, with the Oireachtas women's rights committee. We examined how women in the workplace were not being treated equally, how many women in the Dáil were not being treated equally, the fact that so many teachers were female and the fact that so many principals were male, despite the fact that boys and girls were equal in school. Sometimes it is difficult to say that one thing will make a difference.

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