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Question· writtenPQ 238asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2021
238. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education her plans to progress the recommendations of the special Dáil Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution report specifically its recommendations on sex education in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28818/21]
Record· Divisionvote_53lost
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2021
Question put:
Question· writtenPQ 327asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 2021
327. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will establish a constitutional convention to enshrine the right to housing in the Constitution. [29443/21]
Question· writtenPQ 406asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2021
406. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which the European Union continues to address threats to the rule of law in all European member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24674/21]
Question· writtenPQ 75asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2021
75. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he plans to progress the Thirty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Elections) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24210/21]
Bill· Public2021/67lapsed
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2021
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.
Question· writtenPQ 474asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
474. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to hold a referendum on amending the Constitution to prohibit the privatisation of public water services. [16740/21]
Question· writtenPQ 726asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2021
726. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if the State operates a system of safe countries in which applicants for international protection from such countries are deemed to be inadmissible due to the satisfaction of the State with the rule of law, human rights, the independence of the court system and the treatment of minorities in such jurisdictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13401/21]
Record· debate2021-03-09published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2021
Joint Committee on European Union Affairs
Question· writtenPQ 118asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2021
118. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he expects Ireland to use its position on the UN Security Council to highlight and challenge international trafficking in women and children, the suppression of human rights, the disregard for the rule of law and the imprisonment on spurious grounds of various ethnic or other groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12461/21]
Record· Divisionvote_11carried
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2021
Amendment put:
Question· writtenPQ 199asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 January 2021
199. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the remedy available to residents who discover that their owners’ management company has not held an AGM within the timeframe set out in the company constitution and according to the relevant legislation. [4618/21]
Question· writtenPQ 391asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 January 2021
391. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which the European Union continues to address threats to the rule of law in all European member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4186/21]
Question· writtenPQ 248asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 January 2021
248. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a public statement advising the absence of a memo to Cabinet for formal approval of the proposed increase of the rate of pay for the position of Secretary General of the Department of Health to €292,000 is in line with Articles 11 and 17 of the Constitution and the views of the Minister for Health (details supplied) that such an increase would not be included in advised voted expenditure; and his plans to bring a message to Dáil Éireann for approval of such an increase in the rate of remuneration applicable to the position, which is far outside increases prescribed in the public service pay agreements. [4155/21]
Question· writtenPQ 286asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020
286. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution report relating to freely available contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43652/20]
Question· writtenPQ 169asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020
169. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education her plans to implement the recommendations of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution in respect of sex education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43649/20]
Question· oralPQ 9asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2020
9. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on Poland and Hungary blocking coronavirus recovery funding due to it being linked to the rule of law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38266/20]
Question· oralPQ 2asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2020
2. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he has taken following Poland and Hungary’s veto of the EU budget over the new rules linking funding to the rule of law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38181/20]
Question· writtenPQ 443asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
443. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which it is accepted that the rule of law should prevail across all EU and non-EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38717/20]
Question· writtenPQ 192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2020
192. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Elections) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37685/20]
Question· writtenPQ 193asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2020
193. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1139 of 3 November 2020, if the reply will be reconciled with the fact that the company (details supplied) will not retain the legal right to mortgage the hospital; the steps he will take to ensure that this provision in its constitution does not give it authority to mortgage any or all parts of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37294/20]
Question· writtenPQ 228asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
228. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of Ireland on the rule of law mechanism included in the proposed EU budget framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35978/20]
Bill· Public2020/73lapsed
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2020
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.
Question· writtenPQ 1160asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1160. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the provisions which prohibit the holding of public mass with a congregation in attendance in SI No. 413 of 202; if, in the event such a provision is in the statutory instrument, he will set out the exact provision or sections which prohibits or prevents the holding of public masses with a congregation in attendance; the legal basis for such a provision having regard to Article 44.2.1 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32460/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1153. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the phrase voice for the voiceless which is a common citation for Catholic organisations when referencing abortion which is used in the constitution for a company (details supplied); if he has endeavoured to discuss this with the company with the view to having it removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32434/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1152. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the values of the document of a religious order have not been amended or replaced in the constitution for a company (details supplied) which was published after the company registered with the CRO in August 2020, despite a commitment by a person in 2017 that the 2010 code would be amended and replaced in the constitution of the successor company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32433/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1144asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1144. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the provisions which prohibit the holding of public mass with a congregation in attendance in SI No. 413 of 2020; the provision or sections of the statutory instrument which prohibit or prevent the holding of public masses with a congregation in attendance; the legal basis for such a provision having regard to Article 44.2.1 of the Constitution which states freedom of conscience and the free profession and practice of religion subject to public order and morality guaranteed to every citizen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32404/20]
Question· writtenPQ 291asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2020
291. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the engagement with the Chinese Government in relation to the continuing rule of law crisis in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32042/20]
Bill· Public2020/37lapsed
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2020
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.
Question· writtenPQ 386asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
386. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to amend section 62 of the Electoral Act 1992, which was found to be incompatible with Article 16.3.2 of the Constitution during the 2020 general election 2020, when the death of a candidate in the Tipperary constituency required the signing of a special difficulty order to allow the election to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26756/20]
Question· writtenPQ 618asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 September 2020
618. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons born here who have been deported as per the Constitution Act 2004 since its enactment in tabular form; the grounds for deportation; the countries to which the persons have been deported; the age of the persons at the time of deportation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24066/20]
Question· writtenPQ 367asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 September 2020
367. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland is taking to promote democracy and the rule of law in Hungary following revelations from an organisation (details supplied) that Hungary is no longer a democratic state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23303/20]
Question· writtenPQ 366asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 September 2020
366. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether European Union member states that do not respect the rule of law should be banned from receiving aid from the EU coronavirus recovery fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23302/20]
Question· writtenPQ 365asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 September 2020
365. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland is taking to reinforce the commitment to the rule of law throughout the EU in view of the worrying developments in some member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23301/20]
Question· writtenPQ 291asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2020
291. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of plans for a free contraception service, as recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on the Eight Amendment to the Constitution; his plans to provide it by 2021 as committed to by his predecessor in Dáil Éireann; the specifics of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22905/20]
Question· writtenPQ 652asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2020
652. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Covid-19 unemployment benefit for the self-employed will be requalified as a subsidy for the self-employed; and if it will be adjusted to the employee subsidy rate with retroactive effect since the beginning of the pandemic in order to comply with Article 40.1 of the Constitution which upheld that all citizens shall, as human persons, be held equal before the law. [21145/20]
Bill· Public2020/21lapsed
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 July 2020
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.
Question· writtenPQ 290asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
290. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the efforts by his Department to create a single water utility; and his plans to bring forward legislation to provide for a referendum to enshrine public ownership of the public water system in the Constitution. [14097/20]
Question· writtenPQ 289asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
289. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the programme for Government commitment to hold a referendum on housing will be a referendum to enshrine the right to housing in the Constitution; and if so, the timeline for the publication of the legislation and the holding of the referendum. [14096/20]
Question· writtenPQ 40asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2020
40. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Foreign Ministers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden in correspondence dated 6 May 2020 have raised serious concerns regarding the rule of law and democracy in Hungary; his views on these concerns; if other EU member states will be supported in their efforts to ensure democracy and the rule of law is maintained across the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6968/20]
Question· writtenPQ 53asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
53. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of EU efforts to ensure European values and ideals, including the rule of law and that the independency of the Judiciary is upheld in European Union member states, and in particular Hungary and Poland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53291/19]
Question· writtenPQ 45asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
45. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recently published report by an organisation (details supplied) and its statement that the rule of law should respect freedom of expression and peaceful assembly; his further views on the report in the context of Catalan political prisoners and their rights on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly following on from the Catalan independent referendum in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52869/19]
Question· oralPQ 78asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2019
78. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he plans to have the revised amendment wording ready to bring to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government on the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016. [51760/19]
Question· oralPQ 46asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2019
46. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps he will take to progress the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No.1) Bill 2016 seeking to place the right to water in the Constitution; the reason for the delay to date in moving forward with the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51222/19]
Question· writtenPQ 43asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2019
43. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the response of his Department to the decisions in cases (details supplied) to find section 44(10) of the Road Traffic Act 2010 as amended by the Road Traffic Act 2016 incompatible with the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48134/19]
Bill· Public2019/92defeated
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2019
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution
Question· writtenPQ 411asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2019
411. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans for the roll-out of full access to free contraception as recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41938/19]
Question· writtenPQ 170asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2019
170. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 409 of 1 October 2019, if the HSE has established a working group to examine the constitution of a core specialist palliative care service including both pay and non-pay costs with a view to achieving full statutory funding of core services (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the core funding report is completed and was sent to HSE in early 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41391/19]
Question· oralPQ 11asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2019
11. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the recommendation by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution for the availability of free contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41358/19]
Question· writtenPQ 407asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 October 2019
407. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the amount spent to date on providing free contraceptives as promised during the referendum on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution; the quantity and type of contraceptive purchased for a free contraceptive scheme; and the location in which persons can access these free contraceptives. [39791/19]