Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 6, to delete lines 7 and 8 and substitute the following:

“ “hate” includes bias, prejudice, contempt, hostility and bigotry;

“hatred” means a state of mind characterised as intense and irrational emotions of enmity or detestation against a person or a group of persons in the State or elsewhere on account of their membership or presumed membership of a group defined by reference to protected characteristics, or any one of those characteristics;

“incitement” means behaviour towards, or communications about, a person or a group of persons that create a serious risk of discrimination, hostility or violence against persons belonging to or being presumed as belonging to such groups on the basis of their protected characteristics;”.

We withdraw the amendment with the right to look at it again on Report Stage if the Minister can examine the issue between now and then.