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Seanad: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Mark Wall: ...get a chance to contribute to that debate later but I welcome the fact we are getting rid of the sexist and outdated language contained within that article. I welcome also the support of Family Carers Ireland and Treoir for that amendment and the proposed recognition of care and caregivers in our Constitution for the first time. We have debated in this House on numerous occasions the...

Seanad: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: ...Connolly said is worthy of note in that regard because it applies here too. This is not about delivering meaningful, enforceable rights and stronger constitutional protection for women, families and carers, as well as other groups who experience discrimination and disadvantage, such as people with disabilities; this is about focusing on symbolic recognition alone. The Government is very...

Seanad: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: ...19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This wording falls pitifully short of that. I tell the Minister what it is. I have had a couple of inflection points in my life as a carer. I will give a couple of examples. One was when my son progressed from pediatric care to adult services. This was in 2019. I contacted the disability services manager in our CHO,...