Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 24 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality
Recommendations of Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I am glad to hear that we will be listening to the experiences of sex workers on that.
I have a follow-up question. Something the assembly asked us to bear in mind when placing this before the Oireachtas was that everyone must be supported in achieving their own potential regardless of their gender identity.
Many households in the country are receiving the census documents at present and are being asked to tick boxes for data in that regard. While we have come a long way, there are areas where we do not really recognise people's right to identify as non-binary. Would that be included in the scope of some of this work? I am particularly concerned about data collection, public health data collection, disaggregated data and also in the sphere of education and many other areas.
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