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Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...artificial insemination procedures carried out in any setting outside the donor assisted human reproduction facility. A number of decisions were reached by the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, that referenced the importance of biological parentage as a component of one's identity. Genuinely, as it has been presented today, it would not be possible in the case of children born as a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (14 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...or knowledge in relation to child abuse that may bring closure to a survivor to come forward with that information. Prior to the Louise O’Keeffe case to the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, the domestic courts, up to and including the Supreme Court, had found that the State had no liability for day school abuse as it was not the owner or manager of the schools and, while it...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: On several occasions, I have raised with the Taoiseach and the former and current Ministers for Education and Skills, Deputies Bruton and McHugh, the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, judgment in the Louise O'Keeffe case and its aftermath and the degree to which victims have been shamefully, cynically and cruelly treated by the Government in recent years. The ultimate cruelty is to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Genetic Data (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: ...right to privacy, the Common Law duty of confidentiality between health professional and patient and the right to privacy provisions in and case law of the European Convention on Human Right (ECHR). At the core of the Regulations are two related national and internationally accepted principles. First, support for the longstanding principle of patient confidentiality as a key value in...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Citizenship Rights (8 May 2019)

.... I do not think this is correct but that is the line it has taken. That is worrying in the sense of looking at other provisions in the Good Friday Agreement such as the duty to incorporate the ECHR into Northern Ireland law. That is a core provision safeguarded under the agreement. It is what we have currently, through the Human Rights Act, yet the Home Office is now saying it does...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Data Protection Regulation (18 Apr 2019)

Simon Harris: ...the Health Research Regulations.  Further, the preparation of the Regulations had full regard to the privacy and confidentiality dimensions of the Constitution, Common Law and the European Convention on Human Right (ECHR). The Regulations emphasise explicit consent of the data subject as the default position, provide for high levels of transparency which is a new core data...

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...

Seanad: European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (6 Mar 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...island would be significantly treated differently due to residency, for example, citizens of Cork would have a major representation difference with Northern Ireland citizens. It is within EU and ECHR law to restrict voting rights based on residential requirements. This is the practice in Ireland and is only currently being reviewed through a popular referendum that is restricted to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Discussion (27 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On that section, the section relating to extradition and the legislation generally, it is currently the case that the UK is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR. A significant and influential element in the Conservative Party has expressed a desire to renounce the ECHR. Is the position of the Minister and the Department that this legislation will require review and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...for failing to negotiate a coalition agreement and form a government and that is not something of which either party can possibly be proud. We understand that the European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR, will continue to apply to all of the UK, including Northern Ireland. The UK is leaving the European Union but it is not leaving the ECHR.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rights and Equality in the Context of Brexit: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

...of rights. It is not something that, aspirationally, is a good thing to do but it is something that delivers practical results. As Mr. Allamby said, while the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, generally looks at civil and political rights, the reason we focused on the charter is because of the broader look at labour rights and social protection and Article 24 looks at children's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of European Convention on Human Rights (compensation for delays in court proceedings) Bill 2019: Discussion (16 Jan 2019) See 10 other results from this debate

...under the proposed legislation to the principles and practices of the European Court of Human Rights is problematic and undesirable. We suggest that the removal of specific references to the ECHR and Article 41 under head 8 would provide a more fluid and flexible remedy for court-based delays. In turn, we could more readily provide a remedy for any breach of EU law that might arise in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Catalan Pro-Independence Prisoners (15 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: 138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No 65 of 12 December 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland can refer a case to the ECHR in relation to four Catalan civil and political leaders held in prison on pre-trial detention who are now on hunger strike; if officials from his Department will visit these persons before...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (18 Dec 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

Clare Daly: ...a minority. They are probably a substantial minority, but a minority nonetheless. However, they are a minority whose views and position are supported by the European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR, and the general data protection regulation, GDPR.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Catalan Pro-Independence Prisoners (12 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: ...regarding the recent decision by a number of Catalan pro-independence prisoners on pre-trial detention to go on hunger strike in protest against their trial being frustrated and their access to the ECHR being blocked by Spain; if he will raise or facilitate the matter in the ECHR; his plans to raise the matter with the Spanish Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

Clare Daly: ...who may enter and reside in the State is far too narrow. Notably, it excludes dependents. In its recent review of the provisions of the Act, IHREC pointed out that the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, in its jurisprudence on Article 8 of ECHR rights, has held that the right to family life extends beyond the nuclear family to relationships between grandparents and grandchildren,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

...is necessary to consider rights such as the right to travel, the right to liberty and the right to privacy and family life under both the Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR. Constitutional and-or human rights violations may be found as a result of arbitrary, unnecessary and disproportionate interference with such rights. In particular, these provisions could...

Seanad: Brexit: Motion (22 Nov 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...the draft agreement provides some assurance for the citizens of the North as well as the business community. I want to turn to the immediate issues raised by the draft protocol. It is of deep concern that it contains no explicit reference to the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR. It is also of concern that the right of Irish and EU citizens in the North to vote in EU elections is not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (6 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...2014, the Government authorised the SCA to offer “out of court” settlements to persons taking cases of school child sexual abuse against the State where their cases come within the terms of the ECHR judgment in the O’Keeffe case and are not statute barred. The State’s approach to out-of-court settlement offers in this situation is based on its interpretation of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...This detailed consideration must also include an assessment of that person’s right to a family and a private life, as provided for under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), and regard must be had for the constitutional rights of any Irish citizens directly associated with the case. A refoulement consideration must also be carried out, essentially to consider...