Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Department of Justice
Mr. Declan Doyle:
The first question the Deputy asked was addressed to me. The setting up of Comisiún na Meán ties in with what she described really well as the wild west situation we are facing. It really is the wild west out there and the extent to which it is controlled by law, whether by statute or the courts, is something with which we are only starting to grapple. Both the legislators and the courts are probably behind the game on this and need to catch up. I ask Mr. Murphy to deal with how Comisiún na Meán links into all this because he knows more about it than I do.
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