Sharon Keogan (Independent)
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I will now ask Mr. Joyce some questions. As a trade union confederation, ICTU's core mission is to protect workers' rights in areas such as pay, conditions and job security. Will Mr. Joyce explain why ICTU is advocating for the inclusion of gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics in the equality legislation? How does this align with the organisation's mandate to represent the economic and workplace interests of its members? The majority of its voters opposed the Government's attempt to remove women from the Constitution and the majority of Irish people supported protecting single-sex spaces and sex-based protections, so I am sceptical of whether the majority hold the same views as the witness's confederation on this issue. I could be wrong. Has ICTU consulted its members more broadly and extensively on this question?