Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I also wish to refer to the discussion on the use of "endeavour" versus "strive". When we look at the dictionary definition, to endeavour is to try hard to achieve something, while strive is defined as to make great efforts to achieve something. The difference is to try hard or to make great efforts. To be honest, I do not see a huge amount of difference between those two definitions. If the Minister really wants to strengthen the language, rather than say "shall strive to support", he would have said "shall support". It is as simple as that. That is all the Minister needed to do. The Minister argues for one definition over another and I just cannot see the difference.

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