Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 June 2025

Committee on Children and Equality

Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children

2:00 am

Photo of Keira KeoghKeira Keogh (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Regarding the LGBTQIA+ inclusion strategy, the witnesses mentioned the need for a renewed and more ambitious approach. I join them in noticing the fall back of support for the community. Ten years on from the marriage referendum, the community talks about being frightened at present after getting to a point where they could hold hands in public. That safety has been eroded in recent times. On the points of feeling included, safe, having equal access to healthcare and having their full rights realised, could the witnesses speak more on that?