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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015): Maurice Cummins: ...the House after the Order of Business. Senators Bacik, Leyden, Norris, Mullins and other Senators mentioned the Paris killings which were reprehensible acts. Senator Bacik called for a debate on blasphemy and other Senators, like Senator Norris and Mullins, pointed out that one human life is as valuable as another. Such points will be taken into consideration. I am sure we will have a...
Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015): Ivana Bacik: ...expression because that is the other issue, apart from security and criminal justice matters, in particular about the way we legislate on that. Many people have pointed to problems with the offence of blasphemy. I was hugely critical of the offence as it passed through this House and the Dáil in 2009 as part of the Defamation Act. We could look at amending the legislation to ensure...

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