Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

As Deputy Howlin wrote this morning, the principle of equality is at once simple and unsettling, often unwelcome, yet ultimately unquenchable and undeniable. The principle of equality is founded on the bond of our common humanity. It is based on our recognition in each other of an essential shared human experience. To deny equality is to look another in the eye and proclaim him or her to be a lesser person. It is to deny the bond of our common humanity.

Deputy Mansergh has given voice to the unspoken but real and reactionary mindset which is blocking the passage of the Bill.

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