Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to pay tribute to the Tánaiste for his passion and commitment to this. Even in his answers tonight, when I asked him about the strengthening of the Reserve, he showed his commitment to that. Also, when I asked the Tánaiste about the support we are giving to the retention of Defence Forces members, he showed his commitment in answering that question. Most critical is that we get more women into the Defence Forces. That is so important to me because women can play a huge role in this and it is something we need to work on more. I welcome the Tánaiste's commitment and that big find last week was important. It was huge, with a €150 million value, and I am sure that had been worked on for months. All agencies were involved and all the different bodies worked together. Again I want to say well done to all.

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