Results 1-11 of 11 for blasphemy speaker:Leo Varadkar

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...before the people vote on the proposition in May, they will understand what they are being asked, just as they understood what they were being asked in the referendums on the eighth amendment and blasphemy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy. The blasphemy referendum will happen on Friday at the same time as the presidential election. The Government is asking people to vote "Yes" in that referendum. We see it as part of an ongoing drive to modernise our Constitution to make it a 21st century Constitution for a 21st century republic following on from the decision to remove the constitutional ban on divorce,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...timetable for a number of referendums on constitutional amendments to be held in 2018 and 2019. The first of these was a referendum on the Eighth amendment which was passed in May 2018. Referendums on blasphemy and “woman’s life within the home” are next in line to be held. The new collaborative model is operating effectively in the Oireachtas with the Business...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...marriage equality referendum and amendment was the most transformative outcome from that process to date. The Government has also accepted the case for a referendum on a number of other issues, namely: giving citizens resident outside the State the right to vote in presidential elections; removing the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution; and amending the outdated Article on a...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...which we have given an indicative schedule for are those which will actually make a difference to people's lives. It may be a minor difference in some cases, for example, ending the prohibition on blasphemy. In other cases the difference could be very significant, such as allowing people to get divorced more quickly. I do not see how this water referendum would make a blind bit of...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...to report by Christmas. Further referendums are to be held concurrent with the presidential election, whether or not the position is contested, in winter of 2018, dealing with women in the home, blasphemy and the possibility of plebiscites on directly elected mayors. Then, in summer 2019, concurrent with the local and European elections, referendums are to be held to extend the franchise...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...referendums, there are many potentially in train. There is also one on divorce, with Deputy Josepha Madigan having a Bill to liberalise our divorce laws. There are potential referendums on blasphemy, on the patent court, which is slightly in abeyance now because we do not know what the UK is going to do but that does not mean we should not go ahead with it, extending the vote on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...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; giving the office of Ceann Comhairle constitutional standing; and Ireland's participation in the Unified Patent Court. Three of these proposals arise from the Convention on the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Amendments (27 Jun 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ..., 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 - Giving the office of Ceann Comhairle constitutional standing - Ireland's participation in the Unified Patent Court. Three of these proposals arise from the Convention on the...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Colscaradh) 2016: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Divorce) Bill 2016: Second Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...amendments is building up, which I jotted down the other day. There is a likelihood of a referendum on the eighth amendment next year. There is also a need to have referenda on issues such as blasphemy, the place of women in the home, the patent court and several other matters, including the extension of voting rights in presidential elections to citizens living abroad.

Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy's party could have dealt with blasphemy in the Defamation Act.