Annie Hoey (Labour) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 32 seeks to insert a definition clarifying the groups to whom the improvement of diversity referred to in commission's diversity statements will apply. They have been taken from the commission's own diversity statements. I am quite surprised that Senator McDowell does not know what "civil status" is, considering the groups in question are all listed in the Equal Status Act. These groups have not been randomly plucked out of thin air. This is a list taken directly from the Equal Status Act. The amendment is being proposed as a measure for clarification for the commission's own diversity statements.If we cannot look to the Equal Status Act as a guiding principle for diversity and equality, it is a bit of a pickle.