Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

There is an opportunity to succeed if one stays at it long enough. However, being in public life means being available 100 hours per week and that is a very difficult occupation. The minimum commitment to public life is 100 hours per week, including working on Sundays and, in my area, Christmas Day. It is a pleasure and an honour to serve, but that is the commitment required. That is the reason it is so difficult to break through. I encourage the introduction of any possible measures to increase participation by ladies in public life.