The Bill, if passed, will provide for free tampons, sanitary towels and reusable products in school bathrooms, educational institutions and public service bodies.
She said: “There’s no reason that period products shouldn’t be the same as let’s say providing soap or toilet roll within a public building. She said the Bill will be moved onto the order of paper next Tuesday in the Seanad but that she would like to see the legislation passed here quickly, by the end of the year.
“It affects people’s schooling, there is so much stigma associated with it particularly younger women don’t want to say they have their period, we don’t talk about them.
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