Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

There is a very particular context and backdrop to the discussion we are having here on LGBTQI+ rights and Pride. That is the fact that one of the most marginalised and oppressed sections of the LGBTQ community has been subjected to the most appalling, unjustified and untruthful attacks over three days on our national, publicly owned broadcaster, RTÉ, for which we all pay through our licence fee. That is the context and reality of this discussion. Day after day, representatives of a fringe hate group of transphobes - let us be honest, that is what they are - were allowed to dominate our airwaves. Their aim was to peddle transphobia, including lies about the trans community, lies about the history of trans rights in this country and lies about the National Women's Council of Ireland. In this, they were aided and abetted by a particular broadcaster who has a notably terrible record on the rights of marginalised people.

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