Catherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a plug for the Senator's book.

With regard to the child care issue, I agree with Senator Keane's comments. It would be regressive of this country to move in a direction in which we did not consider the social and lifestyle aspects that are so important to working. It goes without saying that people work for money. However, there is a much wider issue involved with people working and it is not all about women. I am getting tired of women being singled out in this type of scenario, because it should be a gender neutral situation. That the bankers who contributed so hugely to this country's economic downfall would be making decisions on policy, as Senator Keane said, is absolutely outrageous.