Mr. Fergal Crehan:

Under defamation law, if one rebroadcasts or republishes a tweet, those words are regarded as one's own and one can be pursued through the courts. There is that remedy. I refer to the point raised by the Deputy about access to justice and the cost of same. If a broadcaster reads out a text or a tweet on air, those words are now the broadcaster's own and it will be liable for them.