Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 17 February 2022
Committee on Public Petitions
Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman
Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Absolutely. Going back to Mr. Feeney's comments on the review of the Defamation Act being overdue, there is still, as he said, a need for the citizen to have redress and be protected. I am slow to move on defamation processes because redress to the citizen affected in some cases is quite low. We have had this conversation in the context of the apology and Mr. Feeney is right that the legal costs are high. Is there any way, in terms of Mr. Feeney's office, that we could see the whole issue being intertwined?
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