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- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)
Dermot Ahern: ...to blasphemous or obscene libel, offences which were presumed to exist at common law. However, the decision of the Supreme Court in the 1999 case of Corway v . Independent Newspapers - the only blasphemy case brought since the Constitution came into effect - held that the common law offence of blasphemous libel did not survive the adoption of the Constitution. That decision created an...
- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)
David Norris: ...where Irish citizens will be exposed to risk from other courts, which is highly dangerous. The prophet Michael Nugent is the author of an entirely new religion and expects it to be protected from blasphemy. I regret the absence of the Minister, Deputy Ahern, because he would be very pleased to learn he is at the centre of this new devotion. It is called the "Church of Dermotology" and it...
- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)
Dermot Ahern: ...to have another amendment passed when his initial amendment was not successful. In effect, he accepted the principle of my argument that there is a requirement under the Constitution to have blasphemy made an offence punishable in accordance with the law. We may not like it but, as I indicated, linguistic gymnastics will not get around this statement, which is one of the starkest in the...
- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)
Jim Walsh: ...to the views of people who have faith or whatever else. That is as it should be. I find Senator Mullen's amendment quite persuasive. I do not necessarily have any objection to an offence of blasphemy and I can see why it was put in our Constitution. I do not agree with the modernists who feel we have gone past the 1937 Constitution. It has been held in the courts on many occasions as...
- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)
Feargal Quinn: ...religion case on the basis that discrimination should be avoided in line with Article 44 of the Constitution. While I am not confident that I know a huge amount about the legality of our previous blasphemy laws, I have learned a lot today. I support the amendment the Minister made to the Bill and I urge him to accept Senator Mullen's verbal amendment. If we are to recognise "literary,...
- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)
Dominic Hannigan: ...individuals who are calling for the Minister to proceed with the legislation in the manner in which he is doing so. I agree with Senator Bacik that there are problems in regard to the definition of blasphemy. The phrase "grossly abusive" is cited in the legislation. How do we define what is grossly abusive? That is not clearly set out . Another phase included in it is that of a...
- Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)
Jim Walsh: ...good choice. Senator O'Toole's last point was an interesting one, that it should have been dealt with under the Incitement to Hatred Acts. Senator Bacik made a similar point in her submission. Blasphemy seems different, however, because incitement to hatred legislation deals with racism, including inciting people against minorities. I am not sure that legislation is relevant or...