As I said this morning at the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service, I find it frightening that the Dáil and Seanad do not reflect the fact that women make up half of our society. I am not used to male dominated environments and since being born have never found any opposition to me as a woman. Growing up I always believed women were better until I heard other opinions in my late twenties. We need leadership from the top and calls for more women to come forward. There is quite an aggressive and combative environment in the corridors, if not here in the Chamber.