COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 11, 2018

QUESTION NO.18

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

"To ask the Chief Executive to issue a report into what way South Dublin County Council intends marking and remembering the 25th Anniversary of the Decimalisation of Homosexuality in Ireland this June’’

REPLY:

In accordance with the Council's agreed Flags Protocol, the Rainbow Flag will fly in support of the Pride Movement and to demonstrate the Council’s commitment to equality and the inclusion of all its citizens. 

A talk is scheduled for 23rd June by Tonie Walsh from the National Queer Archive on LGBTQ+ history in Ireland in the County Library, Tallaght and consideration is currently being given to the possibility of bringing a traveling exhibition of the National Queer Archive from the National Library to County Library for the week of the 18th-24th of June. These events are being planned and organised by the LGBTQ+ Network for Council employees which is a voluntary staff network.