Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am not mentioning their names. I mentioned one name that the Minister is already aware of. There is an appalling list of failures by An Garda Síochána. The woman was terrorised out of her home.

I also have a problem with the sexualisation of children in our schools, in mathematics, geography and history classes. There is a space for relationships and sexuality education, RSE, but what is going on is not on. People will come in here and describe us as homophobes who are anti-this, that and the other, but we are standing up for values that have stood us well in this country. As Deputy Healy-Rae said, there is a rush to a position of anything goes in schools. We have trans toilets and all of these issues going on. I am aware of a school where a person has identified as a cat and the whole school has to be changed. We need to cop ourselves on, get a hold of ourselves here and stand up for our morals and rights.

I will not take any lectures from people in here on the hard left who want to lecture us every day, calling us far right and God knows what they do not call us. I stand for my beliefs and they have stood us well always.

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