Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

No. 76 on the legislative list is the Red Cross (amendment) Bill. Recent media reports on the resignation of the secretary general and the heads of finance and communications of the Irish Red Cross, which would indicate there is something going on within that particular organisation, suggest the need for some urgency in respect of the introduction of that legislation.

Some weeks ago, the Tánaiste, having communicated with the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy O'Sullivan, on the primary online database, POD, system, suggested that forms in which people are asked to identify whether they are black Irish, white Irish or of a particular ethnicity had been withdrawn. However, I understand they have not been withdrawn. Perhaps the Minister would clarify the position.

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