Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

If the Minister is looking at a strategy in this area, expectations must be a big factor. If he were to compare the Defence Forces to the Garda, I am sure he would find a different level of representation in different types of community. One must ask why that is so. It is similar in the case of a college. It is a kind of quota that Senator Brian Hayes is suggesting and I can see why a quota might be helpful. Generally I am not one to push for quotas. The Minister needs to improve the overall level. It is a little like the circumstances in college. It has to do with overall expectation and making sure that everybody from different types of communities has the same right to expect to go to college, to be a member of the Garda or whatever. How the Minister goes about achieving that would be the issue.