Results 181-200 of 253 for blasphemy
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Representations (16 Jul 2015)
Charles Flanagan: ...Foreign Ministry representative and raised this case, noting that it is a matter of grave concern in Ireland. Officials in my Department have also raised this case, and our concerns regarding the blasphemy laws and persecution of Christians generally, with the Embassy of Pakistan. The European Union also continues to raise this conviction with the Pakistan authorities, including...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Amendments (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: ...More recently, in response to the sixth Report of the Convention, the Government announced that it will bring forward proposals for a referendum on the removal from the Constitution of the offence of blasphemy. No date for that Referendum has been decided yet. The Government expects to give its response on the remaining Reports of the Convention, including the Eighth Report, early in the...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: ...More recently, in response to the sixth Report of the Convention, the Government announced that it will bring forward proposals for a referendum on the removal from the Constitution of the offence of blasphemy. No date for that Referendum has been decided yet. The Government expects to give its response on the remaining Reports of the Convention before the end of this Dáil session.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (7 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: ...Government, the Government is committed to holding constitutional referenda on the following matters: Article 41.2.1, regarding a "woman's life within the home"; Article 40.6.1, on the offence of blasphemy; Ireland's participation in the Unified Patent Court; and giving the office of Ceann Comhairle constitutional standing. Three of these proposals arise from the Constitutional...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)
Eugene Regan: ...il was a slightly constitutional party and once again the party lives up to its slightly constitutional reputation. On the one hand it says it has a constitutional imperative to introduce a law on blasphemy which nobody wanted and yet at the same time it could subvert the Constitution and the democratic process by refusing to hold by-elections which everybody wanted. The Green Party has...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: ...timetable for a number of referendums on constitutional amendments to be held in 2018 and 2019. The first of these was a referendum on the Eighth amendment which was passed in May 2018. Referendums on blasphemy and “woman’s life within the home” are next in line to be held. The new collaborative model is operating effectively in the Oireachtas with the Business...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (21 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: ...to Pakistan at the time called upon the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad to convey our concern at the conviction and sentence. He also expressed our disquiet at the nature of Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Officials in my Department keep in regular contact with the Embassy of Pakistan on this and a number of other issues. At European level, freedom of religious belief and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014) See 1 other result from this debate
Enda Kenny: ...term on 18 July 2013; to the second report on the role of women and women in politics on 10 October 2013; to the third report on same sex marriage on 17 December 2013; and to the sixth report on blasphemy on 2 October 2014. In response to recommendations made in the first three reports of the convention, we have announced that we will bring forward proposals for referendums on marriage...
- 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...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009) See 2 other results from this debate
Denis O'Donovan: As a member of the All-Party Committee on the Constitution I have mixed feelings on the blasphemy issue. The Minister is unfortunately in a dilemma. He can either ignore it and leave the 1961 Act as it stands, seek a constitutional referendum which could be divisive and difficult, or legislate for it. I have sympathy for him. The issue was highlighted in Corway v. Independent Newspapers...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (5 Mar 2020)
Simon Coveney: ...and protection of freedom of religion or belief. The EU confirmed that it will condemn persecution, discrimination and violence against persons belonging to religious minorities and communities and the abuse of blasphemy laws, while defending the right for individuals to manifest their religion or belief, to change or leave a religion or belief. At the United Nations, Ireland...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Ivana Bacik: ...equality, such as the recommendations of the Constitutional Convention on the age of voting, which it recommended would be reduced to 16 years, and on the proposed removal of the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution, which the convention also recommended should be put to the people. Could I also ask for a debate on the recommendations of the low pay commission after it has given its...
- Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (23 Sep 2009)
Micheál Martin: .... The EU encouraged the Government of Pakistan to promote tolerance, to protect freedom of belief and freedom of expression effectively and to reform discriminatory legislation, in particular the blasphemy laws. In this context, the EU expressed its hope that the newly appointed Federal Minister for Minority Affairs would find opportunities and means to raise awareness about abuses against...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)
David Norris: ...that Ireland which had been seen as a leading country when it came to social rights had fallen from grace. It is now being used as an example by countries such as Pakistan which recently cited our blasphemy law. I want to give a specific local instance of what is happening without much being said in public about it, that is, the takeover by the Government of community development...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Election Expenditure (24 Oct 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: ...timetable on 26 September 2017 for referendums to be held in 2018. These include a referendum on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution to be held in May or June, with a further two referendums on blasphemy and a Woman’s Life within the Home to be held alongside the Presidential election in October 2018 (in the event that there is more than one...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2011)
John Gerard Hanafin: ...constitutional review include all of these, although I will be voting against three of them - the abolition of the Seanad, the introduction of same-sex marriage and the removal of the provision on blasphemy from the Constitution. It would be wrong to have 11 separate constitutional referendums. We must ensure there is one proposal for reform of the Constitution, and we can vote on that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009) See 1 other result from this debate
David Norris: ...James Kirkup. That had serious repercussions here as an entire edition was seized and other editions were subsequently seized. It was a serious infringement. The matter of blasphemous libel and blasphemy was raised and dismissed by the Law Reform Commission in 1991. The Supreme Court decision in 1999 held the same way. I understand exactly how offensive these matters can be. That is...
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]: - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 May 2015)
Ann Phelan: ...on the role of women and women in politics on 10 October 2013; to the third report on same sex marriage on 17 December 2013; to the fourth report on electoral reform on 18 December 2014; and to the sixth report on blasphemy on 2 October 2014. In the process, the Government accepted four recommendations from the convention for constitutional change, namely, marriage equality, reducing the...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Amendments (27 Jun 2017)
Leo Varadkar: ..., the Government is committed to holding Constitutional referenda on the following matters: - Article 41.2.1, regarding a "woman's life within the home" - Article 40.6.1, on the offence of blasphemy - Giving the office of Ceann Comhairle constitutional standing - Ireland's participation in the Unified Patent Court. Three of these proposals arise from the Convention on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (17 Sep 2014)
Charles Flanagan: ...to Pakistan called upon the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad in 2013 to convey our concern at the conviction and sentence. He also expressed our disquiet at the nature of Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Officials in my Department keep in regular contact with the Embassy of Pakistan on this, and a number of other issues. Pakistan underwent a ‘Universal Periodic...