Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Going back to a point raised by Deputy Chambers earlier, I would have thought that people who are involved in crime journalism would be individuals who come within some of these categories because although they are not involved in the commission of the offence, they may have data which may assist in it. Deputy Chambers was asking whether there should be a new head or a provision within one of the heads recognising what is referred to as journalistic privilege. The response was that everyone is covered by this and why should journalists be given a particular heading. However, in our law there is some recognition of the principle of journalistic privilege which does not really apply to many others. Was that given consideration or is it something that the Minister intends to give consideration to, particularly in light of the Murray report?