Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Ireland is very much in a leadership position in regard to UNSCR 1325. We have adopted a national action plan which has been published. My Department has committed considerable resources towards the preparation of the national action plan. In 2009, a total of €485,000 came from the Department's stability fund; in 2010 the figure was €412,500. As I stated in my reply, officials from my Department will meet with civil society groups next week to discuss the formation of the monitoring group and the appointment of an independent chair.

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