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Micheál Colreacy is a TD for Sligo/North Leitrim and is Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. He shared his thoughts on the referendums in this short video. “Its about equality. I don’t see how a person can be a republican without equality. …I don’t think I,. or society, or government has the right to put any limits …
Martin Ferris is Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Agriculture and shared this short video in support of a YES vote. “I believe it’s a human rights issue that people have equality and have access to justice the same as all the rest of us.”
Leo Varadkar is the Minister for Health and has been a TD since 2007. For him, a yes vote is a choice toward liberty, toward equality for all. He rightly points out the harsh discriminations that existed in Ireland in the past which we find unacceptable today; and the truth about how marriage as an institution has evolved. He also tackles …
Jonathan O’Brien is a Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central and the party’s Education spokesperson. ‘As we approach the centenary of the 1919 Rising, one of the cornerstones of the Proclamation.. was the issue of equality. This referendum is about just that – it’s about giving equality to all citizens.’
Brian Stanley is a TD for Laois-Offaly and is the Sinn Fein spokesperson on the Environment. He believes that it is appropriate that the right to civil marriage should be extended by the state to all couples that want to avail of it. ‘We have to recognise that the Proclamation of 1916, read by Padraig Pearse on the steps of …
Sean Crowe is a TD for Dublin South-West and is the Sinn Fein spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence. He feels that his day-to-day work is all about nation-building, and as part of that, he sees that equality, such as that offered by the equal marriage referendum, is important. ‘This referendum is about equality, it’s about including people, it’s …
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin is a TD for Cavan-Monaghan and the Sinn Fein spokesperson on health. He has always believed that equality is the cornerstone of republicanism and will be voting yes on Friday 22nd May. I’m urging people to come out on May 22nd, locally and nationally, to give their support to marriage equality, to recognise the right of all loving …
Ruairí Quinn, T.D., was appointed Minister for Education and Skills in March 2011 and served until July 2014. He has been a public representative since 1974 and a T.D. representing the people of Dublin Bay South (Dublin South-East) since 1977. “Civil partnerships and all the other things are second-best, and second-best produces second class citizens. That’s why I will be …
Jan O’Sullivan is the Minister for Education and Skills, and has been a Labour Party TD for Limerick City since 1998. “It’s very important that we have equality fully embedded in the Constitution. I’m lucky – I’ve been happily married for a long time now, and I want to make sure that my children and grandchildren have the same opportunity …
Gerry Adams is the leader of Sinn Féin. Originally from Belfast, he is presently a TD for Louth. He says everyone who supports equality must come out and vote for this important amendment which provides citizens who are gay or transgender with the same rights and entitlements as other citizens. “The Proclamation, which is our mission statement, is as relevant …