Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

What I take from the Minister's comments is that there is a lot of criticism of the 1989 Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act that it was effectively toothless. There may be a misunderstanding of how effective it was but it was certainly not as effective as it could have been. Am I to take it from the Minister's remarks that he does not want to replace that Act with a new Act which is similarly toothless? We can have all the aspirations we want in the Bill but if it cannot be effectively prosecuted in court, it is no good to anybody.