Search for blasphemy speaker:Maire Devine (KildareStreet.com)

Seanad: Accessibility Issues for Voters with Disabilities: Statements (6 Nov 2018): Maire Devine: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit arís. It is good to see him back in the House. I also welcome the use of templates in polling stations in the recent referendums on the eighth amendment and on blasphemy, and the presidential election. It is a welcome move that allows those who are visually impaired to vote without assistance for the first time. It is allows the...
Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018): Maire Devine: ...a long time. It is only a few days to the presidential election. I wish all of the candidates well, in particular, a certain female candidate from the rebel county of Cork. I alert citizens to the blasphemy referendum which is being held on the same day. The confusion caused is obvious when one canvasses on the doorsteps. We need a "Yes" vote to support freedom of religion, belief...
Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016): Maire Devine: ...diaspora, but there was no specific reference to the citizens from the North. There were also proposals for other referenda, including, for example, to amend the Constitution to remove the reference to blasphemy and to provide a constitutional right to housing. There was also a proposal on the article that refers, laughingly, to women’s life within the home. A new convention...

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