Seanad debates

Thursday, 9 July 2009

Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages

 

Photo of Dermot AhernDermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

We are ensuring that only the DPP will take a prosecution, and not a private citizen. We are also taking the sentence of imprisonment out of the section, so what we are doing is better than leaving section 13 as it is, which we are not allowed to do anyway due to the Corway case. While the Senators shout and harangue-----

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