Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is not the case. If the Deputy looks at the terms of reference, we are asking this review group to advise us on the changes that are necessary in the Defence Forces in terms of structures, legal underpinning, procedures and end-to-end complaints procedures. There is, therefore, much work in that regard. This is a difficult area in which efforts have been made to respond to and change structures to accommodate and so on in the past. Clearly, that has not worked to the extent needed. We have now asked an experienced group of people to look at this and report back independently to me. We have discussed this with various different interested parties, including the Women of Honour, whose members' sincerity I absolutely acknowledge and whose role in raising this issue in a very public way has resulted in many of the actions that have subsequently taken place.

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