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Convention on the Constitution Final Reports: Statements (14 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: ...State was the context in which scandals such as the Magdalen laundries could take place. It is also the context in which people do not have the basic right to abortion, for example. We still have blasphemy in the Constitution. Despite the fine promises of the Minister of State, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, we still have not seen a referendum on this issue. My final...

Convention on the Constitution Final Reports: Statements (14 Jan 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...chosen the topics to be considered. However, we were presented with a fait accompliregarding what was to be discussed. There were eight designated topics, from the Presidency down to women and blasphemy, but a real opportunity was missed. While each of the topics was significant and important to certain sectors, they were not all burning issues of the day. Nevertheless, each was...

Convention on the Constitution Final Reports: Statements (14 Jan 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...;il within four months. Both of these promises have been broken dramatically. None of the proposals of the final report of the Constitutional Convention has been taken on board, including recommendations on removing blasphemy from the Constitution, strengthening economic, social and cultural rights, reforming political and Dáil procedures and giving citizens overseas a vote. The...

Convention on the Constitution Final Reports: Statements (14 Jan 2016)

Paul Kehoe: ...term, on 18 July 2013; the second report, on the role of women and women in politics, on 10 October 2013; the third report, on same-sex marriage, on 17 December 2013; the sixth report, on blasphemy, on 2 October 2014; and the fourth report, on electoral reform, on 18 December 2014. In responding to these five reports, the Government accepted four recommendations for constitutional change:...