RoI Senator: ‘Sex-swap madness must end’

Sex-swap legislation in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) is in need of urgent reform, a Seanad Éireann member has said.

Independent Senator Gerard Craughwell, who originally voted in favour of the Irish Republic’s Gender Recognition Act 2015 (GRA), said he is now “horrified” at its long-term impact on Irish society.

Since 2015, over 18s have been allowed to change their legal sex merely by self-declaration. The controversial law even extends ‘sex swaps’ to 16-year-olds – subject to parental consent and medical approval.

Gender ideology

Senator Craughwell, commenting on recent Government training on preferred pronouns, railed: “Has the entire country gone stark raving mad.

“We passed the Gender Recognition Bill. I fully supported it. I never expected to be handed a sheet defining some 58 genders.” He subsequently admitted having made a mistake backing gender self-ID.

In its current form, he suggested the law risked sexualising children and was shocked at those who sought to persuade him that children as young as ten “start thinking of transition from one gender (biological sex) to another”.

‘Repeal’

The Senator said: “The legislation has been abused and twisted beyond anything I could ever have imagined.”

He also argued that male sex offenders “subsequently identifying as female” were making a mockery of the GRA.

He added: “I believe that it’s not too late to bring the Bill back before the Oireachtas and repeal certain aspects of it.”