Grace O'Sullivan (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Back in the 1980s and early 1990s I sailed on many Greenpeace ships. I was lucky because on those multinational crews were lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex people. That was the community of which I was part. I was lucky enough to be able to embrace that community at an early stage of my life and as a member of the Green Party, which has also campaigned for the rights of all of these communities since its foundation. I bow my head to Senator Norris and I thank him for all he has done for the communities here in Ireland. I also bow my head to the Leader of the House, Senator Buttimer, and I anticipate all of the work of our young Senators, such as Senator Warfield, and of those who will come to make sure that we, as a society and as a people, will be better for all that is being done now for the rights of, and fairness and equality for, the citizens of Ireland.