Seanad debates

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

 

2:30 pm

Photo of Alice-Mary HigginsAlice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It was an incredibly rich and important discussion, for which there were three Senators from different roots in attendance. Will the Leader invite the Minister, Deputy Zappone, who represented the Government at the summit to come to the House to discuss the issues raised.I ask for even an hour's discussion on the mandate for the decade of action in terms of moving forward and delivering the changes that effectively will save lives and increase well-being across the world. There are huge opportunities for Ireland to be a leader and to show solidarity across the world on this issue.

I join others in wishing everyone a happy International Men's Day. Many people, including some extraordinary male parliamentarians, are doing extraordinary, new and interesting work to change narratives. Last week at the conference I mentioned, I met some extraordinary young male parliamentarians from Trinidad, Croatia and Ghana who have championed issues of gender equality. Some incredible men are working to change how we think about gender and are looking at new and constructive models for masculinity.

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