Results 81-100 of 259 for blasphemy
- Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019: Referral to Select Committee (7 Nov 2019)
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (4 Dec 2019)
Charles Flanagan: There is one Government Bill in my Department currently awaiting Committee Stage: the Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Bill. The Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019 completed Committee Stage on 4 December 2019.
- Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) 2019: Message from Select Committee (5 Dec 2019)
- Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (11 Dec 2019)
- Seanad: Teachtaireacht ón Dáil - Message from Dáil (17 Dec 2019)
Paul Coghlan: Dáil Éireann passed the Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019 on 11 December 2019 without amendment, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Apr 2023) See 1 other result from this answer
Richard Bruton: 29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is monitoring human rights standards in Pakistan, and in particular if he has assessed the blasphemy law which it is alleged is oppressive to Christians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19681/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (1 Dec 2022)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 239. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who it is alleged has been imprisoned in Pakistan for the crime of blasphemy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59977/22]
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)
Ivana Bacik: ..., quite rightly, to the Constitutional Convention and some other very important recommendations that I regret we did not get to put to the people, in particular the voting age, the removal of blasphemy and the place of women in the home. They are all referendums which are now overdue.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2014)
Joan Burton: It is proposed to take No. 30a, statements on the Sixth Report of the Constitutional Convention on Blasphemy; and No. 30, Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 Seanad - Second Stage (resumed). Tomorrow's fortnightly Friday business shall be No. 53, Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014; and No. 21, report on the review of commonage lands and framework...
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2015) See 1 other result from this debate
Joan Burton: There is no legislation on the voting age or blasphemy listed for this period because the focus will be on the two referenda announced by the Government, namely, marriage equality, a very important social issue on which voters will make a decision, and the lowering of the age at which a person can stand for election as President from 35 to 21.
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Referendum Campaigns (4 Oct 2017)
Eoghan Murphy: ...; Under this timetable and subject to passage of 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) and regarding a woman's life within the home (Article 41.2), and in June 2019 on a proposal to reduce the length of the period or periods for which a couple...
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Yes, this pertains to promised legislation. Arising from the controversy that surrounded the enactment of the Defamation Act and the inclusion of blasphemy, the Minister for Justice and Law Reform has since made an announcement to the effect that he intends to hold a referendum to excise the provision from the Constitution. The Taoiseach should indicate when it is intended to hold a referendum.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (20 Nov 2018)
Simon Coveney: ...within and alongside the EU and UN to address the persecution of religious minorities wherever it occurs. I am, of course, aware of the case of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani woman convicted in 2010 of Blasphemy and sentenced to death. Following an appeal, the Supreme Court of Pakistan recently overturned her conviction. Minister Flanagan raised concerns on the blasphemy laws with his...
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015) See 1 other result from this debate
Colm Keaveney: ...Constitutional Convention, some of the recommendations that should have happened involved social issues. The marriage referendum was born of the Constitutional Convention but we did not see any progress on blasphemy. Despite the fact that Fine Gael and Labour stood before the people in 2011 and said they would tackle this wholeheartedly, there is no political reform. It is hard to know...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (23 Oct 2014) See 1 other result from this answer
Joanna Tuffy: ...been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) where the Superior Court in Pakistan recently dismissed their appeal and upheld the death sentence which was passed on them four years ago for blasphemy and if we as a country may intercede on behalf of this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40757/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (11 Nov 2014) See 1 other result from this answer
Seán Kenny: 444. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who is subject to the death penalty after a conviction for blasphemy and is now in solitary confinement in prison appealing their sentence; if a protest has been made to the Government of Pakistan; if the matter has been raised at EU level; and if he will make a statement on...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (5 Jul 2016)
Simon Coveney: ...referendums on: - Article 41.2.1 of the constitution regarding a “woman’s life within the home”; - The question of amending Article 40.6.1(i) of the Constitution to remove the offence of blasphemy; - Ireland’s participation in the Universal Patent Court; and - Giving the Office of the Ceann Comhairle constitutional standing. There are no immediate plans to hold...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (9 Jun 2015) See 1 other result from this debate
Micheál Martin: ..., could not understand why the reduction in the age of eligibility to become President was prioritised over other issues. We have just discussed the Charlie Hebdo murders in Paris. What about blasphemy being taken out of the Constitution? What about reducing the voting age from 18 to 16 or 17? I have gone through the convention's report. The Government promised a lot - for example,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (28 Mar 2017) See 1 other result from this debate
Enda Kenny: -----when we will have the wording on blasphemy. As I said to Deputy Micheál Martin, the Government has not actually decided whether to hold a referendum this year. We are waiting for the report on the eighth amendment. We have not decided what we are doing next year. If we are to hold a referendum, we must prepare a White Paper, a strategy and a structure that will allow everybody...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (6 Dec 2016)
Charles Flanagan: ...The Irish Ambassador in Ankara has raised this case with the Pakistani authorities on a number of occasions. 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 in Dublin. I personally raised Ireland’s concerns on the blasphemy laws with my Pakistani...