An Irish politician has been labelled “a disgrace” and “a fucking asshole” for raising in parliament the gender of another parliamentarian’s child.Danny Healy-Rae, a TD, or member of the Irish Dail, made the comments about the child of another TD, Paul Murphy, during a debate about the country’s Finance Bill.During an argument about which members of the house had voted for certain taxes, Healy-Rae turned to Murphy and said, “What do you know? Sure, you don’t know if your own baby is a boy or a girl!”In an interview,
Murphy the Irish Times he and his partner would not be gendering their child, saying, “We’re not gendering it. So we’re not describing Juniper as a boy, we’re describing Juniper as a baby, but it is male.”He added that they would be using the pronoun “they” for the child.Healy-Rae’s comments caused uproar in parliament.According to local reports
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here, Murphy responded by telling Healy-Rae to “fuck off”, calling him “a fucking asshole.”A voice can be heard in this footage calling Healy-Rae “a fucking asshole.”Healy-Rae responds: “Well, it is the truth. He told it loud. I did not make it up; he told us himself.”Another voice is heard calling Healy-Rae “a disgrace”.The speaker of parliament then calls on Healy-Rae to withdraw the remark, calling it “personal and inappropriate.”“It’s the truth, but if it’ll please ye, I’ll withdraw it,” Healy-Rae responds. “But it’s for the individual themselves I’m concerned.”Another member, Ged Nash, is then seen saying to Healy-Rae: “You’re an asshole.” Credit: Oireachtas via Storyful