Results 41-60 of 250 for blasphemy
- Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (20 Jan 2011)
Brian Cowen: ...by a member of his security detail. The Pakistani Government has ordered an inquiry into the killing. However, it is believed that he was killed after speaking out publicly against Pakistan's blasphemy laws. The killing has been marked by three days of national mourning and flags lowered to half-mast on public buildings in Pakistan. The public response of some religious scholars in...
- Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (30 Nov 2010)
Micheál Martin: I am gravely concerned about the case of Mrs. Aasia Bibi. On 9 November, Mrs. Bibi was sentenced to death by hanging in a Punjab court for blasphemy. I understand that this is the first time a woman has been sentenced to death in Pakistan under its blasphemy law. When reports of the case came to the attention of my Department, a senior official contacted the Embassy of Pakistan to express...
- Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2019) See 1 other result from this debate
Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the passing of this Bill. It arose as a result of the significant vote by the public to remove blasphemy from the Constitution. That is why the amendments are contained within this Bill. As I and the Minister have said previously, just because we are removing the act of blasphemy from the Constitution does not mean we are becoming an irreligious society or that we regard religion...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)
Rónán Mullen: ...country. I think that creates an additional onus on us to speak out. The second extraordinary case is that of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who was recently released from prison having been charged with blasphemy some years ago in Pakistan, where the crime of blasphemy is seriously a problem. I first raised the case of Ms Bibi in 2014. She spent eight years in solitary confinement...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)
Ivana Bacik: ...foot of condemnation of the incident. It is an appalling attack on journalism, free speech, democratic principles and the rule of law and needs to be condemned outright. I hope the referendum on blasphemy will be passed on Friday. I would then like us to have a debate on reforming the incitement to hatred laws. The Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 prohibits incitement to...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (9 Sep 2021)
Simon Coveney: Our Embassy in Ankara, which is accredited to Pakistan, is aware of the situation in question which arose out of alleged blasphemy charges against a minor. Media reports, based on comments by the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Interfaith Harmony, indicate that the case against the minor has been closed and that action is being taken against the police officers who...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2009) See 2 other results from this debate
David Norris: ...and Law Reform. The authority will have no independence and no credibility. I call for a debate on the issue, as proposed in motion No. 21 on the Order Paper. I wish to refer to the law on blasphemy, an issue that has been raised several times in the House. Today, a senior member of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, OSCE, Mr. Miklos Haraszti, said that in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Jan 2015) See 2 other results from this debate
Micheál Martin: ...our vigilance against extremist violence, while reasserting our belief in a diverse and inclusive society in which all religions are respected. The Government has been sending mixed messages on the blasphemy laws. The Taoiseach has indicated that he will meet leaders of the Islamic faith. Many people were concerned by the suggestion made by an Imam that newspapers would be sued if...
- Seanad: Foreign Conflicts (19 Jan 2011) See 1 other result from this debate
David Norris: ...Walsh gave me this permission as I ask the Minister of State if it is possible for him to give any information on the position in Pakistan. A woman, Ms Asia Bibi, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy, with the act including a defence of the Christian religion. People are being condemned to death for converting, so what kind of freedom is that? I read a book over Christmas which was...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Feb 2006) See 1 other result from this answer
Michael McDowell: Article 40.6.1(i) of the Constitution provides for the offence of blasphemy. In addition, section 13 of the Defamation Act 1961 provides penalties for the offence. However, as noted by the Supreme Court in the case of Corway v. Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Limited [1999] 4IR 484, no definition of the offence of blasphemy exists in Irish law. The position on this constitutional offence has...
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)
Denis Naughten: .... Law is not always logical. Usually the problem arises with historic law, not with new law. I remind Members of the controversy in this House and in committee in 2009 on the issue of blasphemy. Members will recall that blasphemy is specifically provided for in the Constitution. Bizarrely, since the adoption of the Constitution in 1937, it took until 1961 for such a law to be...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Amendments (5 Jul 2018)
Charles Flanagan: ..., and subject to passage of the necessary Bills by the Houses of the Oireachtas and formal confirmation of the polling date, it is proposed to hold referendums in October 2018 on the offence of blasphemy (Article 40.6.1°1) and on a woman's life within the home (Article 41.2). Commitments to hold these referendums are included in the Programme for a Partnership Government. The...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015) See 6 other results from this debate
Enda Kenny: The one on blasphemy was considered along with a number of others. It was a choice. It could have been the one on blasphemy. As the Deputy said, there is a deal of substance in this. It might have added greatly to confusion and all the interest that was found in the referendum on marriage equality. It might be right or it might be wrong. We held two referenda, one of which was accepted...
- Other Questions: Referendum Campaigns (23 May 2018)
Charles Flanagan: ...informed the preliminary thinking as to what the question might be that will be the subject matter of the referendum. The context is that there is need for a referendum on the specific issue of blasphemy because unless the constitutional reference is removed, the offence will be maintained on the Statute Book. In the past, the existence of this offence has been misconstrued and used to...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Amendments (22 Oct 2013) See 1 other result from this answer
Alan Shatter: ..., artistic, political, scientific, or academic value in the matter to which the offence relates. The Programme for Government includes a commitment to consider the question of a referendum on blasphemy and in that regard, I can confirm that one of the matters to be considered by the Constitutional Convention is a proposal to remove the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution.
- Order of Business (20 Apr 2010) See 1 other result from this debate
Pat Rabbitte: ...point. The Taoiseach indicated to me about three weeks ago that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is bringing proposals to Cabinet for a referendum to excise the reference to blasphemy in the Constitution. I asked the Minister about this during the subsequent Question Time and while I will not say he sought to resile from that position, he certainly left the impression...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)
John Crown: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to make representations to the Pakistani Government on behalf of Asia Bibi who has been in prison for the past four years for the crime of blasphemy. I find it very offensive that in any country anywhere in the world somebody is serving a custodial sentence, not to mention, as this lady is, under a death sentence which, thankfully has...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (25 Mar 2010) See 2 other results from this answer
Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 14 and 42 together. My views on the question of a referendum on blasphemy are as stated in the House during the debate on 20 May 2009 of Committee Stage of the Defamation Bill 2006. I clearly stated that I hoped that the matter could be addressed by referendum at a suitable opportunity in the near future. In debates on the Bill in this House I explained the...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (7 Nov 2013)
Alan Shatter: ...and prison penalties - a term of up to 2 years imprisonment was possible. The provisions in sections 36 and 37 have regard to the legal advice from successive Attorneys General in the context of blasphemy, to the effect that we must address this matter as a constitutional obligation and ensure no default in compliance with the Constitution in relation to Article 40.6.1.i. Thus, in...
- Order of Business (26 May 2009)
Joan Burton: It seems we are to have a blasphemy law in this country, which nobody wants, before we deal with this issue. This is very important to the people who lived through this episode and are still alive, and their children.