Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD today called on the Minister for Health to intervene to compel the HSE to release smear slides to women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy so they can be independently reviewed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Government is shirking its responsibility to implement the decisions of the Constitutional Convention which proposed a series of alternatives and additions to the article on women in the home.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Speaking after the D\u00e1il Business Committee rejected the Government\u2019s attempt to railroad through a Bill to remove the \u2018Women in the Home\u2019 article of the Constitution, co leader of the Social Democrats and member of the committee R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Government is shirking its responsibility to implement the decisions of the Constitutional Convention which proposed a series of alternatives and additions to the article on women in the home. It is disrespectful to the processes that the Government has established to modernise our Constitution and to those citizens who were part of the process.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Convention voted that Article 41.2.1 should be amended to include all those who are involved in caring relationships in the home and voted by large majorities for explicit provisions on gender equality and for a positive duty on the State to increase women\u2019s participation in politics and public life.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Government, by proposing to rush through a simple repeal and hiding behind the fig-leaf of \u2018legal advice\u2019 are squandering the opportunity to have a much needed and serious discussion on the position of women in the State, in public and political life, and in how we value caring relationships in our families and communities\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf ever there was a time for the Government to give space and proper consideration to updating the Constitution to make it meaningful for contemporary Ireland, it is surely now, in the aftermath of a referendum campaign that has seen huge numbers of people examine the role of women in Irish life\u201d.<\/p>\n
ENDS<\/p>\n
12 July 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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