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- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Paul Lawless: Last year the Government sought to introduce censorship laws under the guise of hate speech legislation. The Government essentially sought to assert itself as the arbitrator as to what is and what is not hate. Recently the European Commission warned Ireland that we are outside the laws in terms of hate speech legislation. An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, recently told an NGO that we will...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Barry Ward: I will shortly talk about EU expansionism but I feel I need to address some of the comments Deputy Lawless has made about hate speech legislation. I am very much an advocate for free speech. Quite apart from the fact that it is a right under the European Convention, it is a constitutional right in this jurisdiction which must be respected and maintained. However, having a law that says...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Paul Lawless: Does the Deputy support changing the legislation, the legislation he supported last year? I have no difficulty-----
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Mattie McGrath: Please, Deputy Lawless-----
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Barry Ward: The Deputy can read the comments I made on this in the Seanad. As the Fine Gael justice spokesperson in the Seanad, I spoke for a very long time on many occasions on that Bill. There is no doubt whatsoever about my views on this. The Deputy speaks as if there are no restrictions on free speech and suggests we should tell the EU to go and get stuffed. What kind of a comment is that to...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Paul Lawless: The Irish people said "No" and the Government dropped it.
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Mattie McGrath: Please-----
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Barry Ward: -----race and religion. I do not want people like that to be put upon by other people because they choose to speak out against them. The Deputy speaks as if there are no restrictions on free speech, as if it is an absolute thing. Presumably he would throw out the defamation laws as well because-----
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Paul Lawless: So the Deputy wants the Israelis to-----
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Mattie McGrath: An Teachta Lawless-----
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Barry Ward: -----he believes people should be able to say whatever they want, as is the case in America. He believes people can say whatever they want and it does not matter if they do down someone's good name or incite hatred against them. What an absolute nonsense stance to take. He should be responsible and recognise that no right in our Constitution or any other international instrument we are...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Ruth Coppinger: The Commissioner of the EU, Ursula von der Leyen, is not just complicit in the genocide in Gaza; she is actively supportive of the Israeli state and what it is doing. She still uses the term, "Israel's right to defend itself", right up until now. Even when Gaza is being starved, children are being killed for sport and doctors are being murdered, Israel has the right to defend itself,...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Thomas Byrne: On vaccines.
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Ruth Coppinger: -----you can distinguish your vote-----
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Thomas Byrne: On vaccines.
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Ruth Coppinger: -----when you make a vote, and can come out publicly to explain your stance, but the reality is it is a vote of no confidence. If the parties are not happy about that, they can put one themselves, which should have happened a long time ago. I will raise another issue. The Minister of State and the Government constantly say how much Ireland is doing. There are two examples of basic care...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Catherine Connolly: I have two and a half minutes, so I will try to be as focused as I can. I absolutely agree with the comments on Frau von der Leyen. Europe lost its moral compass a long time ago. Frau von der Leyen is telling us that Israel is entitled to defend itself. It is just beyond. If the MEPs from Ireland vote against the motion of no confidence, we are seriously in trouble in Ireland. On the...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: The Taoiseach correctly described the failure of the European Union to come to a unified position on Gaza as a huge strain on the bloc. He also said that if it fails to do so, Europe will have no credibility. European Union Commissioner, President Ursula von der Leyen, today lacks any credibility on human rights or international humanitarian law. It was Ursula von der Leyen who, at the...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Paul Gogarty: It is good to have the opportunity to speak about the European Council meeting that took place at the end of June. Even in the past couple of weeks, things have moved on and changed. The next meeting is not until October. I acknowledge that it is a difficult job for the Government, as a member of a very large bloc and a small country, to try to get our views across. There were 12 key...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Martin Daly: Following the 26 June post-Council European statement, I note the EU position on Gaza, Iran, Ukraine and Syria. Ireland has led the EU in advocating for the beleaguered Palestinian people in Gaza and in the West Bank. The Taoiseach has called it genocide and forcefully decried the lack of action on the part of the European Union. There has been formal recognition at EU level, driven by...