Ms Fitzgerald has revealed that 11 major retailers have agreed to comply with the ‘Responsible Retailing of Childrenswear’ guidelines.
Dunnes Stores has become the latest retailer to agree to the guidelines — which ban the sale of sexually suggestive clothing, slogans and imagery.
The list of signatories includes Arnotts, Brown Thomas, Clerys, Debenhams and House of Fraser.
Marks & Spencer, Next, Penneys, Tesco and TK Maxx have also signed up to the guidelines.
In an interview with the Irish Independent, Ms Fitzgerald said it was a positive step that more retailers had signed up.
“It’s the one thing I find. People stop me on the street — parents and grannies — and they say ‘delighted you took a stand on that’,” she said.
“I think it reached a tipping point where many parents were saying: ‘I actually find it hard to find what I consider appropriate clothing for young children’.
NIALL O’CONNOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
Source: Independent.ie
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