Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise the issue of visibility and safety for members of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, LGBTQI, community among both faculty and students in schools. BeLong To research from last year showed that more than three-quarters of LGBTQI students feel unsafe in post-primary schools. The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation, INTO, LGBT+ teachers’ group, a voluntary sub-group of the INTO, advocates for LGBT+ inclusion in our primary schools. It expressed its disappointment with the cineáltas implementation plan released last April. In that plan there is far less explicit focus on LGBTQI+ bullying when compared with the 2013 anti-bullying procedures. How can this be the right choice when we have seen such an increase in vile attacks? What is the Taoiseach going to do in order to make our schools safer and allow our teachers, faculty and students to feel visible in the school environment?

See this speech in context