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Jun 23

@ibec_irl

@ibec_irl to their own delight, recently announced that it had issued new trans guidance with TENI.
In it they suggested that staff who are uncomfortable with trans identified males using female facilities should under go some sort of training.
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As it happens with a lot of these companies, their idea of women's rights aren't so shiny.
IBEC recently made a submission to the committee of the Work Life Balance Bill.
They are opposed to the extension of breastfeeding breaks from 6 months to 2 years,

worried about the "cost burden" to businesses.
They go on to imply women may use these breastfeeding breaks even if they are not breastfeeding, as a birth cert,
"does not establish that the employee is using paid time off for the purposes of breastfeeding."

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Jun 3

@SenatorKeogan

WOMEN are being removed from our Maternity Protection Act 1994 via the Work Life Balance Bill, with the "replacement of “woman” with “person".
@SenatorKeogan spoke in the Seanad about the removal of Women and female.
#WeWillBeHeard #SexNotGender

The law exists in a state of flux, as do the prevailing social opinions of the people it governs. These two aspects of our shared existence act upon each other — sometimes, changes in the law affect people’s opinions — more often, legislators and government wait to see which way

the wind is blowing before making a decision.
Where this balance fails is when government and legislators are beholden, not to the prevailing, widely held opinions of the public, but to the carefully curated and concentrated views of a vocal minority who have been given powerful

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Dec 7, 2021

Thank you once again Senator Keogan for standing up for children. Children are being indoctrinated in plain sight in this country. In their classrooms by their teachers who are unintentionally using harmful unvetted materials that breach Department guidelines on same. The speech.

"This Summer the Minister for Children launched a consultation seeking the public's view on a review of the equality acts-the deadline for submissions is 5pm tomorrow. Everyone should make their voice heard. There is significant concern among parents as to the presence of harmful

ideological beliefs being taught in schools, having been introduced by political lobby groups. The INTO LGBT teachers group has resources that introduce trans ideology to junior infants, children as young as four years old. The training video shows a teacher telling a class.....

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Dec 5, 2021

@rodericogorman

The public consultation on our Equal Status Acts is closing in three days.
We want to note that neither the press release by @rodericogorman nor the @dcediy webpage mentions that the proposal includes an amendment to the ESA to include gender identity under the gender ground.1

How are the general public equipped to make a meaningful submission without this very important information on the proposed amendments?
In the Programme for Government it states that
Gender Identity should be included in our ESA,2

@dcediy

on pg 77 of a 128 pg document, that is not linked in the press release or the @dcediy webpage on the consultation.
A tweet by the Minister on the matter talked about gender identity yet the press release and webpage do not.3

https://twitter.com/rodericogorman/status/1407339025208389632?s=20

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Nov 18, 2021

This was an epoch-making, trailblazing speech. We were witnessing a moment in history. The moment our country starts to pull back from the brink of next level Self ID. #WeWillBeHeard

A dystopian nightmare whereby any man, at any time, can ID into any female only space and he will be protected by our equality laws should this amendment go through.

@SenatorKeogan

In this speech, @SenatorKeogan exposed the government in its blatant disregard for women and children. No risk assessment. No Impact assessment. A minister for children who does not grasp that the premise of safeguarding IS worst case scenario.

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Nov 18, 2021

@SenatorKeogan

Listen to @SenatorKeogan in Seanad Éireann speaking about the proposed changes to our Equal Status Acts to include Gender Identity as a ground.
Time Stamp: 40 minutes.1/10

https://twitter.com/OireachtasNews/status/1461281423386714113?s=20

@SenatorKeogan

@SenatorKeogan highlighted significant concerns that many Irish people have about the proposed reforms to the Equality Acts.
"The issue, which needs to be carefully considered in any amendment to the law is that gender and sex are not the same and a lack of clarity as to 2/10

the definition of those terms has led to a position whereby obtaining a GRC to change your gender here in Ireland, results in someone even a man who has not had any surgery or hormones, does not intend to, being able to access all female only spaces as if they were a woman."3/10

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