Results 1-7 of 7 for blasphemy speaker:Eamon Gilmore

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (21 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...to Pakistan at the time called upon the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad to convey our concern at the conviction and sentence. He also expressed our disquiet at the nature of Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Officials in my Department keep in regular contact with the Embassy of Pakistan on this and a number of other issues. At European level, freedom of religious belief and...

Constitutional Convention: Motion (10 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...The participation in presidential elections of citizens who are resident outside the State is no small issue. All of these are very substantial issues. Deputy Alex White mentioned the removal of blasphemy from our Constitution. When such issues are addressed by the constitutional convention and if and when they are addressed by way of a referendum, we will all discover that in the minds...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: As stated in my reply on 3 May, the government remains concerned about the case of Mrs Asia Bibi. Since Mrs Bibi was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to death in November 2010, a number of representations have been made to the Pakistan government on this issue, both bilaterally and within the respective frameworks of the European Union and the United Nations. Officials from the...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government remains concerned about the case of Mrs. Asia Bibi. In November 2010 a Punjab court found Mrs. Bibi guilty of blasphemy, sentencing her to death by hanging. This is the first time that a woman has been sentenced to death in Pakistan under its blasphemy law. When the case came to the attention of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ambassador accredited to...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (2 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I am gravely concerned about the case of Mrs. Asia Bibi. In November 2010 a Punjab court found Mrs. Bibi guilty of blasphemy, sentencing her to death by hanging. I understand that this is the first time a woman has been sentenced to death in Pakistan under its blasphemy law. My information is that Mrs. Bibi's case is to be the subject of an appeal to the High Court in Punjab. Her detention...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (9 Jun 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I am gravely concerned about the case of Mrs. Asia Bibi. In November 2010, Mrs. Bibi was sentenced to death by hanging in a Punjab court for blasphemy. I understand that this is the first time a woman has been sentenced to death in Pakistan under its blasphemy law. When reports of the case came to the attention of my Department, a senior official contacted the Embassy of Pakistan to...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ...Stage in the Dáil on 14 May 2008 and the Government took nine months to bring it before the committee. It was not until the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform discovered the issue of blasphemy as a possible political issue that he showed any great urgency in completing the legislation, on the core principles of which there has been general political agreement. Now, he wants...