PQ 12
12 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for his views of female genital mutilation as a cultural issue rather than a human rights issue; and the further reason he does not consider women fleeing female genital mutilation to meet the refugee status criteria of fearing persecution on the grounds of membership of a particular social group, in view of the fact that the Refugee Act 1996 specifies that women are to be considered a particular social group. [3525/06]
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12 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for his views of female genital mutilation as a cultural issue rather than a human rights issue; and the further reason he does not consider women fleeing female genital mutilation to meet the refugee status criteria of fearing persecution on the grounds of membership of a particular social group, in view of the fact that the Refugee Act 1996 specifies that women are to be considered a particular social group. [3525/06]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2006-02-02/12/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2006-02-02/pq_12