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Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 10: In page 17, to delete lines 20 to 27.

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No.9: In page 16, to delete lines 3 to 10. The three amendments remove what is known as the demonstration test to demonstrate that these are hate crimes and therefore the crime itself becomes aggravated by hatred. This is very unusual in criminal law that one is not relying on motivation but instead seeking to rely simply on demonstration to establish that a particular...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 7: In page 11, line 35, after “characteristic” to insert “, in this respect, particular regard must be had to the importance of the right to freedom of expression by virtue of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, including the general principle that the right applies to the expression of information or ideas that offend, shock or...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Minister of State's answer does get to the heart of the problem. He says that people should be held responsible for their actions, even if the authorities intervene before they do anything. How can we hold people responsible for actions that they have not taken? That goes against the main thrust of our criminal law, which relates to actual crimes that take place, not bad thoughts that...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: It gets to the fundamental issue again. We are just going around in circles. This is material that is likely to incite violence or hatred, but the material can simply be sitting on a person's computer and no hatred has been incited. The Minister of State is saying the Garda will intervene before it is done, but the onus is then placed on the individual to prove that he or she was not...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: I have made the points I wished to raise on amendment No. 5. The points made by the Minister of State on the high bar that is needed are arguments not to have the religious defence. As there is a high bar, regular religious discourse will not fall into the realm of hate speech. It would do so only if it crosses a very high bar and is hateful. That is the context. That is the only...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: That was freedom of expression in operation. Freedom of expression is the freedom not to agree. Does the Minister of State accept there is a risk here, that we are engaged in a sensitive and risky area that touches on the right to freedom of expression and that although it is appropriate that hate speech and hate crime is dealt with, it is very important that the right to freedom of...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, to delete lines 1 to 30. This amendment and the later amendment relating to the demonstration test are the two most significant issues for us and where we have the greatest problem. Section 10 is very problematic. I read the transcript of the Committee Stage debate and the Minister did not fundamentally deal with this issue. Section 10 creates the...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, line 7, to delete “ “hatred” means hatred” and substitute “ “hatred” means a state of mind characterised as intense and irrational emotions of opprobrium, enmity, and detestation rooted in bias, prejudice or hostility”. We are going to withdraw amendment No. 1. I will speak to amendments Nos. 2, 3...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: We take the point on amendment No. 1 in the context of the case law that establishes what hatred means. To explain what we are doing in amendments Nos. 2 to 4, inclusive, we are saying that someone would be guilty of an offence if they communicated material to the public or behaved in a public place in a manner likely to incite violence or hatred against a person or group of persons....

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 2: In page 8, line 13, to delete “or hatred” and substitute “or intimidation, hostility or discrimination”.

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 3: In page 8, line 15, to delete “or hatred” and substitute “or intimidation, hostility or discrimination”.

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 4: In page 8, line 17, to delete “or hatred” and substitute “or intimidation, hostility or discrimination”.

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 5: In page 8, line 28, to delete “religious”. The purpose of this amendment is to remove as a defence for hate speech material that something is a reasonable and genuine contribution to religious discourse. Many very positive messages of solidarity, support and charity stem from religious discourse. Many other messages are issued - theological points...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: Will the Taoiseach join us in calling for Murphy International to reinstate the so-called Murphy 4. These are four workers with a combined 50 years' experience in the construction company Murphy International who were sacked in what was a very clear and blatant attempt at union busting. Murphy International is a massive company generating more than £1.27 billion in revenues last year....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the crisis facing many children who are in Tusla's care. I spoke to an impressive young man a couple of weeks ago. He is a 16-year-old who is in care. He has been in care for about ten years. He lived with his mother for the first five or six years of his life and then he was taken into care. He is currently 16 and lives with his grandmother. He said...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: Will it not be on Thursday afternoon when the Ceann Comhairle invites him?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: Will the Ceann Comhairle make sure we get lots of notice for it?

Twenty-Third Report of the Committee of Selection: Motion (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: It is not agreed on the grounds that it includes the removal of Deputy Neasa Hourigan from three committees which, in effect, is a punishment of her for voting against the eviction ban. She was right to vote against the eviction ban and she should not be punished on that basis.