Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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My question concerns glorification. Read in isolation, it seems bizarre but then one sees what is happening in Europe and the rest of the world and one thinks this is more than that. Can the Minister point to examples where a lack of glorification offences has directly impeded a terrorism prosecution? Is there something we have lacked to this point that the Minister is now solving with this provision on glorification? Given how the Minister spoke about not wanting to interpret the cohort of pre-existing laws, it is incumbent upon us to define words as we seek to put them in the Statute Book. What legal definition would the Minister use for glorification, praise or celebration under section 4A? What distinguishes those terms from political commentary or artistic expression?