Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge what the Minister and the Leader have said and I also accept their bona fides. I appreciate that Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has work ongoing in this area around conversion practices. LGBT Ireland launched a campaign last week in the Museum of Literature Ireland on St. Stephen's Green. I commend it for its work in this area. I also commend the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, on his work in respect of this matter. As Senator Higgins mentioned, there was a Bill in the Seanad in 2018, a specific section of which banned the advertising of conversion practices, which happen in Ireland, in the jurisdiction in the North and overseas. Irish people and youths have found themselves overseas for this reason. It would be beneficial to have a reference to conversion practices in this Bill in addition to the outright ban that I hope the Government will legislate for.