On 24th February, Fianna Fáil TD Niamh Smyth asked the following questions in the Dáil:
To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Gender Recognition Act 2015 means that a man who self-identifies as a woman is entitled to access any and all female-only spaces and services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Gender Recognition Act 2015 means that a man is entitled to have their transgender belief that they identify as a woman outweigh the right of a woman or girl to object to their presence in a female only space; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Gender Recognition Act 2015 means that a man who self-identifies as a woman is perceived by this legislation to be safe to access female only spaces irrespective of the physiological differences between male and female bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
I've emailed Deputy Smyth thanking her for asking these questions, and pointing out how the proposed hate speech legislation will further stifle vital conversation on this issue. I'm also going to contact my local FF representatives with a copy of the email I sent her. I have never voted FF in my life but recently there isn't a single left wing party I have any respect for.
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TD (Irish MP) asks if GRA means that men can access women's spaces
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Mermoose · 12/03/2021 07:22
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