Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Ms Chapman poses an interesting question. One wonders whether the people back in the eighties or the nineties picked up a particular product and questioned whether it was a Rupert Murdoch-owned entity either. Maybe we are being unfair today. Mr. O'Connor made a point in his remarks regarding the balance of the freedom of expression with protection from harm. Here is the ball game. For example, at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill, which has caused a lot of debate, will be before the Seanad. It is finding that balance. Mr. O'Connor made that statement but I ask him to go beyond that. Where does he think that balance is? That is where the ball game is at.