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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (4 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: In a ruling delivered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on 11 January 2006 in the case of Sørensen and Rasmussen v Denmark, the Court ruled that it is a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) for a person to be compelled to be a member of a specific trade union in order to be employed in a Danish enterprise. The question at issue was whether it is a...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (13 Apr 2011)

Richard Bruton: In the so-called "Wilson" judgment, (Wilson, National Union of Journalists and Others v. United Kingdom [2002] ECHR 552) the European Court of Human Rights Court found in favour of a UK-based journalist and a group of British dockworkers, who were denied pay increases after they refused to sign personal contracts. Their unions had appealed a UK law courts decision on the issue. The ECHR...

Topical Issue Debate: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (31 May 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...paranoia, severe anxiety, depression, hallucinations, disorientation and loss of consciousness. In 1976 the Irish Government took the British Government to the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, which found the British Government guilty of torture. The British appealed and managed to have the judgment overturned in 1978 when the ECHR judged that the five techniques used to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Conventions (4 Apr 2017)

Charles Flanagan: ...to safeguard its institutions and principles, including in the area of human rights. The protection of human rights in Northern Ireland law, incorporating the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), is one of the key principles underpinning the Good Friday Agreement. At their first meeting in London on 26 July 2016, the Taoiseach and Prime Minister May reaffirmed that the Good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

...waited decades for truth and justice. The breaches of the Good Friday Agreement relate to the way the agreement guaranteed the specific incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR, as well as issues relating to the devolution settlement. There are specific issues under Articles 2 and 3 of the ECHR that require independent and effective investigations into certain...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...with human rights provisions in other European jurisdictions. All continental European countries, with the exception of Belarus, are signatories to the European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR, which has been defined as a key value of Europe and is frequently referenced in EU literature, even though it is a Council of Europe document. The British Government's current position is to rule...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 28 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
Chapter 29 - Clinical Indemnity Scheme
2012 Annual Report and Accounts - National Pensions Reserve Fund (13 Feb 2014)

Mr. Ciaran Breen: Let me refer back to what we did at the time. Immediately following the Louise O'Keeffe case and because it was then the law of the land - this was well in advance of the ECHR judgment - we wrote to the lawyers for cases with similar facts and issues to the Louise O'Keeffe case, approximately 135 cases at the time. We wrote to people on the basis that we were asking them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill and the UK Government's Plans around the Human Rights Act: Amnesty International UK (10 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Ms Gr?inne Teggart: On the scenario where we get a judgment from the ECHR, it is to be hoped that would be in an inter-state case. That is part of the reason that, as I mentioned earlier, it is so important that the Irish Government takes that case. That would short-circuit the matter by a number of years compared with victims having to take individual cases through the various domestic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (15 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: The ex gratia scheme, was established on foot of the specific circumstances arising from the O’Keeffe case and in response to the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). It was established in 2015 to provide an effective remedy for a specific category of people, namely those persons who had commenced domestic litigation but who had discontinued those proceedings...

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This Bill seeks to place the existing practice by the security forces on a statutory basis in line with the European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR. I did not know we had security forces. Will the Bill take account of the Morris report?

Written Answers — European Court of Human Rights Judgments: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (16 May 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the expert group established as a result of the A, B and C case in the ECHR; and if he will confirm if they will receive oral or written submissions from interested parties [24141/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Expert Group on the A, B and C v. Ireland Judgment (18 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a copy of the Expert Group Report following the ABC judgements by the ECHR as confirmed by the Tánaiste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52230/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is, but Dr. Ó Domhnaill may have taken legal advice on this. This was his question. How can we clarify the law to satisfy the ECHR without writing new law?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Claims Agency Reviews (4 Mar 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Claims Agency is reviewing its day school abuse cases to identify those that come within the parameters of the judgment of the ECHR in this case. This review is ongoing and I will be reporting back to Government when this review is complete.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legal Matters (8 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Claims Agency is reviewing its day school abuse cases to identify those that come within the parameters of the judgment of the ECHR in this case. I expect to receive this review very shortly following which I will be reporting back to Government on the matter

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse Issues (10 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Claims Agency is reviewing its day school abuse cases to identify those that come within the parameters of the judgment of the ECHR in this case. I expect to receive this review very shortly following which I will be reporting back to Government on the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Draft Commission of Investigation (Mr. Ronan MacLochlainn) Order 2014: Motion (16 Jul 2014) See 2 other results from this debate

Niall Collins: Was there a cost to the State in defending the case before the ECHR?

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Yes, but ECHR law in this area is evolving and many countries are reviewing their legislation. Some of the legislation to which Senators have referred was put in place quite some time ago.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: International Agreements (7 Feb 2017) See 7 other results from this answer

Catherine Murphy: 591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures in place to ensure Ireland’s obligations under the TFEU, the ECHR and other applicable international laws are fully complied with in preclearance areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5376/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

...should not be taken as accepting that data retention as a principle is permissible or desirable. We are addressing the requirements needed to bring the general scheme into line with EU law and ECHR norms.