Defence Forces
Dail Éireann — 2021-11-18
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Sorca Clarke (SF), Longford-Westmeath

It is acknowledged that the current level of 6% of female participation needs to be worked on. Any moves to encourage females into participation, regardless of what campaign that may be, has to be reflected in the built infrastructure where we will ask these people to work and to spend a significant portion of their time. That simply is not evident here.
I have no issue with passing these plans over to the Minister, but they are publicly available. This is not secret information. The plans are out on www.etenders.gov.ie .
This is not good enough. This cannot be allowed to happen again. If it is possible to change these plans I would strongly recommend that that is given due consideration but this should never be seen again on any plans for the Defence Forces.

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Sitting date: 2021-11-18