Results 1-10 of 10 for blasphemy speaker:Gerry Adams

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: The programme for Government commits to holding a number of constitutional referendums, including one on Article 40.6.1 on the offence of blasphemy. This arises from the good work of the Constitutional Convention. The Taoiseach will recall that an English actor, Stephen Fry, gave an interview to Gay Byrne on the issue of faith and God and, as a result of a single complaint, we had the...

Citizens' Assembly: Motion (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...to London but would not get one if he or she stayed at home. Perhaps the Minister of State, Deputy English, might clarify the position before the debate concludes. The convention proposed referendums to remove from the Constitution the offence of blasphemy and to provide a constitutional right to housing. A proposal was also made for a referendum on the article covering a...

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

Gerry Adams: ...as I can ascertain, any explanation. The programme for Government proposes that referendums be held on a further two of the outstanding issues - to amend the Constitution to remove the offence of blasphemy, and to give the office of Ceann Comhairle constitutional standing - yet we have no date for either. There is a proposal for a referendum on the article in the Constitution that...

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

Gerry Adams: ...on the Constitution, although the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, told the Dáil that this recommendation was accepted and that a referendum would be held to remove the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution. The law defines blasphemy as publishing or saying something that is grossly abusive or insulting in respect of matters held sacred by any religion,...

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

Gerry Adams: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Atheist Ireland and their discussions on a blasphemy referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15221/15]

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

Gerry Adams: ...land that is at the centre and heart of what is happening elsewhere within the region. We could also consider the holding of a referendum as proposed by the Constitutional Convention on the removal of the blasphemy clause from the Constitution. Finally, will the Taoiseach bring proposals to the EU meeting shortly to tackle the migrant issue? There are three points here. The first is...

Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)

Gerry Adams: The blasphemy issue has already been raised and it strikes me that the members of the Constitutional Convention will be very disappointed about this. They put in much work on these issues, as the Taoiseach knows; he has commended them on it. Given last week's horrific events in Paris, will the Taoiseach review his position on the blasphemy clause? In deference to the folks who cannot live...

Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...months for the Government to respond to its recommendations. The official response to the convention's fourth report, on electoral reform, was due last December. The deadline for the Government's response to the fifth report, on the right of citizens resident outside the State to vote, was in March. The deadline for the Government's response to the sixth report, on blasphemy, was in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...I attended, whether citizens living outside this State, including citizens in the North, should be allowed to vote in presidential elections here, which debate I also attended, and the offence of blasphemy. It is important citizens can voice their views on such issues as soon as possible. Is there any possibility they will have an opportunity to do so before this term of Government runs out?

Constitutional Convention: Motion (10 Jul 2012)

Gerry Adams: ...the clause on the role of women in the home and encouraging greater participation of women in public life; (vii) increasing the participation of women in politics; (viii) removal of the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution; (ix) the fundamental reform of Seanad Éireann; and (x) other relevant constitutional amendments that may be recommended by it; recognises: — that this...