An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Seanad Éireann — 2022-07-07
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Lynn Ruane (IND), University of Dublin

Like her mother and my mother, Jaelynne will, thankfully, be a woman on the right side of history.
It is disingenuous to talk about hate campaigns. None of us operates here in isolation. We can all see what other people are doing and hear what they are saying. I know from my communication with the members of the Traveller community who contact me about people using their Facebook posts and platforms to target the Traveller community, a vulnerable group, that there are groups that are not safe in society, including trans groups and LGBTQI+ groups. These are the communities in society that are currently not safe from hate. We should always use our platform in here responsibly. Regardless of whether we agree or disagree with those communities, we should never make their situation more unsafe by how we drum up-----

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Sitting date: 2022-07-07