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Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: ------with referendum commissions to be independent in their analysis and give people full information so they can vote Yes or No to whatever question is asked, and the matter of blasphemy is one such question.

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I note the comments in the current controversy about this matter. I understand that there have been no public prosecutions for blasphemy under the 2009 Act. I also understand the last prosecution for blasphemy by public authorities in Ireland is thought to have been in 1855, which is quite a distance back. The current statutory provision for the offence of blasphemy is section 36 of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (28 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----when we will have the wording on blasphemy. As I said to Deputy Micheál Martin, the Government has not actually decided whether to hold a referendum this year. We are waiting for the report on the eighth amendment. We have not decided what we are doing next year. If we are to hold a referendum, we must prepare a White Paper, a strategy and a structure that will allow everybody...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (28 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...published a detailed options paper last week to set out the range of options available to give effect to the recommendation of the Convention on the Constitution. As regards the sixth report, on the offence of blasphemy, the Programme for a Partnership Governmentsays that a referendum will be held on removing the offence from the Constitution. The seventh progress report made...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (7 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...Government, the Government is committed to holding constitutional referenda on the following matters: Article 41.2.1, regarding a "woman's life within the home"; Article 40.6.1, on the offence of blasphemy; Ireland's participation in the Unified Patent Court; and giving the office of Ceann Comhairle constitutional standing. Three of these proposals arise from the Constitutional...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (15 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...the elected representatives of the House. There is no wording for a proposal to have a referendum on the right to vote for those over 16 years of age. There is a commitment to hold a referendum on blasphemy, but the question is rather technical. The question of women was raised as well. The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality set out the position on her Department's...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (15 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...the franchise before a decision could be made on the holding of a referendum. That analysis is ongoing and will be considered by the Government in due course. As regards the sixth report, on the offence of blasphemy, the programme for Government states that a referendum will be held on removing the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution. The seventh report made recommendations...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Referendum Campaigns (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: ..., the Government is committed to holding Constitutional referendums on the following matters: - Article 41.2.1, regarding a "woman's life within the home" - Article 40.6.1, on the offence of blasphemy - Ireland's participation in the Unified Patent Court - Giving the Office of Ceann Comhairle constitutional standing. The Programme for a Partnership Government also commits the Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...will be considered by Government in due course. I have asked the Minister of State with responsibility for the diaspora to make this a real priority. As regards the sixth report on the offence of blasphemy, the programme for a partnership Government says that a referendum will be held on removing the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution. The seventh report made...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Referendum Campaigns (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: ..., the Government is committed to holding Constitutional referendums on the following matters: - Article 41.2.1, regarding a "woman's life within the home" - Article 40.6.1, on the offence of blasphemy - Ireland's participation in the Unified Patent Court - Giving the office of Ceann Comhairle constitutional standing. I should add that the Programme for a Partnership Government also commits...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Amendments (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: ..., the Government is committed to holding Constitutional referendums on the following matters: - Article 41.2.1, regarding a "woman's life within the home" - Article 40.6.1, on the offence of blasphemy - Ireland's participation in the Unified Patent Court - Giving the office of Ceann Comhairle constitutional standing. A timescale has not yet been established for these referendums. The...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (17 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...Women in Politics, on 10 October 2013, - to the Third Report, on Same Sex Marriage, on 17 December 2013, - to the Fourth Report, on Electoral Reform, on 18 December 2014, - to the Sixth Report, on Blasphemy, on 2 October 2014, and - to the Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Reports, on amending the Constitution to give citizens resident outside the State the right to vote in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Gerry Adams raised the question of blasphemy. The Government made a decision that there should be a referendum on the issue. I am glad to note the support of the Opposition parties, which is different from what applied in the past. The issue can be carried forward by way of agreement. Whatever Government the people select in the future can decide to follow through on that decision...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: The one on blasphemy was considered along with a number of others. It was a choice. It could have been the one on blasphemy. As the Deputy said, there is a deal of substance in this. It might have added greatly to confusion and all the interest that was found in the referendum on marriage equality. It might be right or it might be wrong. We held two referenda, one of which was accepted...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...schools can play, particularly in isolated communities. Deputy Martin mentioned a number of groups with which I met. I met with the Islamic community. We discussed the question of the law on blasphemy. It referred to the great value placed on religion in Ireland and indicated the Islamic community's support for the protection afforded in Article 46.1 of the Constitution which...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...of Ireland the matters discussed were education issues, hospital chaplaincy, religious declarations under the Constitution and the census. With regard to the holding of a referendum on blasphemy, I pointed out that the Government had decided to put two referendums before the people in May 2015 and that a referendum on blasphemy would not be held in the lifetime of the current...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (9 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...that people outside the State would have the right to vote in presidential elections. The fifth report was scheduled and debated here two weeks ago and will come in, having been rescheduled. On blasphemy, we said that, yes, there will be a referendum under the next Administration, and we informed the Islamic community of that last week. On Dáil reform, the convention made...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (9 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...of women and women in politics; on 17 December 2013 to the third report on same-sex marriage; on 18 December 2014 to the fourth report on electoral reform; and on 2 October 2014 to the sixth report on blasphemy. In the process of responding to these reports of the convention, the Government has committed to establishing an electoral commission, as recommended in the convention's fourth...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Overseas Visits (9 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...Ireland might put forward for consideration. When I met with representatives of the Islamic community here last week, they raised the question of the recommendation of the Constitutional Convention on blasphemy. I indicated to the community that the Government accepted the recommendation of the Constitutional Convention that there should be a referendum on the blasphemy question but that...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...of people who might be eligible to vote depending on the criteria set down. The Government has not made a decision on how best to consult on these practical arrangements. Reduction of the voting age, blasphemy, women's rights and the role of women in the home are matters which will be responded to in the four reports which have yet to be debated by the Dáil. It is hoped that this...