Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It just seems like this is Groundhog Day in that we are back here again. It worries me that what was done 20 years ago suddenly recurs. Let me give a flavour of the exact circumstances then. Much to the surprise of the lady who was giving out leaflets about me at my local church, I arrived for mass. She handed me a leaflet also. Basically, it stated I was trying to destroy religion in Ireland and turn all the children of the religious into atheists, and that I should be roundly condemned. I think I was so condemned by many people but the world has changed. It has not changed as much as we would like, but it has changed nevertheless.

This ultimately boils down to curricula vitae. I am never certain why people ask for one's religion or why one must state one's gender.