Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

As the Taoiseach knows, library workers have been subjected to a campaign of harassment and intimidation in recent months by far-right activists who are objecting to books on LGBTQ+ sexuality. Nowhere has this been more the case than in Cork city. Library staff have been subjected to abuse, have had "paedophile" slurs hurled against them, and have been filmed against their wishes. The film was put up online.

This Friday, these workers will march from Cork City Library to Cork City Hall with their union, Fórsa, other Cork City Council work colleagues and members of the LGBTQ+ community to demand that Cork City Council management takes action to protect their health and safety. Does the Taoiseach agree that more needs to be done in Cork and across the country to protect the best interests of library workers who provide such an important public service?

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