Lisa McDonald (Fianna Fail)

I would not welcome that either. There is a message that participation in politics is not for women and that women are not capable of doing the job. We are very capable of doing it. Let us remember that no women are before the tribunals. There were no women involved in the economic mess we face. The Irish political world would be a better place if there were more women involved. Like everything, it is about the yin and yang - women complement men and men complement women. We need the voices of both in national parliamentary decision making.