Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Second Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2025-05-21
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Anne Rabbitte (CC), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I apologise to everybody in the House for the noise of my phone. I welcome the guests of Senator McCarthy in the Visitors Gallery: Gerard and Virginia Lane from the Philippines, former Irish honorary consul to Indonesia; and Stephanie Woolard from Melbourne, Australia. Also most welcome are the following visitors in the Public Gallery, whom I did not introduce properly earlier: from All Together in Dignity Ireland, Tara Doherty, Craig Byas and Nessan Vaughan; from the European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland, Paul Ginnell; and from the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed, Rebecca Gorman. I thank them for being here for the entire proceedings this afternoon.

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Sitting date: 2025-05-21