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
\u201cHere today, we must commit ourselves to our founders\u2019\u00a0vision. Redoubling our efforts to the building of a fair and inclusive republic is how we can best honour the founders of this State and, more importantly, the people of today\u2019s Ireland whom we serve.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Social Democrats co-leaders R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD and Catherine Murphy TD today commemorate the centenary of the first D\u00e1il\u2019s Democratic Programme – and call for a fairer and more inclusive republic where all children can achieve their potential.<\/p>\n
The TDs are this afternoon attending a joint sitting of the current D\u00e1il and Seanad in the Round Room of the Mansion House in Dublin, where the first D\u00e1il met one hundred years ago today.<\/p>\n
In her address as co-leader of the Social Democrats, Deputy Shortall highlights:<\/p>\n
\u201cOn\u00a0this day, one hundred years ago,\u00a0the members of the first D\u00e1il\u00a0gathered together to build a new Ireland.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was not merely an act of rebellion, but also an act of creation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was not enough for our forebears to throw off colonial rule. They wanted to build, for the first time on our island, a state that would be governed for, and by, all our people. And, as their final act on that historic day, they passed the Democratic Programme, a promise to build a new and fairer nation for their children.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are their children. Our children are their children too.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat first Democratic programme was not a heady, unrealistic statement of a revolutionary government \u2013 it was a visionary blueprint for a progressive new state.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe members of the first D\u00e1il declared that their first duty as elected representatives of this State was to make provision for the physical, mental and spiritual well-being of all children of this country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey promised to eradicate poverty, and critically, to use the country\u2019s wealth and resources for the benefit of all of its people.<\/p>\n
\u201cRegrettably, we do not live in that Ireland yet. Over the past one hundred years we have taken bold steps towards achieving it, but there have been many backwards steps too.<\/p>\n
\u201cTime and again we have reneged on our responsibilities to recognise our children as full citizens, and to vindicate their rights to achieve their potential.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere today, we must commit ourselves to our founders\u2019\u00a0vision. Redoubling our efforts to the building of a fair and inclusive republic is how we can best honour the founders of this State and, more importantly, the people of today\u2019s Ireland whom we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n
ENDS<\/p>\n
21st January 2019<\/p>\n
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