My Department is committed to ensuring that equality, diversity and inclusion are values that are promoted and upheld for all staff.
Providing tangible support to promote these values my Department recently assisted members of its LGBT+ Staff Network, Le Chéile, by purchasing Pride-themed merchandise.
The items purchased for my Departmental staff participating in the Dublin Pride Parade on Saturday, June 24th were as follows:
- 30 t-shirts, printed front and back - €420.16
- 35 printed hand waver flags and 1 printed banner - €354.86
50 rainbow-coloured lanyards for staff ID cards were also procured at a cost of €205.73 for staff use during Pride and beyond.
My Department will continue to actively support key initiatives to promote equality, diversity and inclusion as per Action 16 of the Our Public Service framework.