Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

Does the Minister acknowledge that if the Equality Authority were to decide to run a similar campaign to counteract racism, religious discrimination or discrimination against people because of their sexual orientation and put up posters of poor photographs of people with insulting labels attached to them, that would result in a national outcry? What is the Minister's personal view of this campaign? I have had overwhelming support for comments I publicly made criticising this campaign. Would the Minister consider that the reason people have not communicated their concern about this campaign to the Equality Authority and other organisations involved is because they simply felt that it was pointless to do so?

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