Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)

Can I raise a hoary old chestnut which has been around since the Government was formed eight years ago, namely the Defamation Bill and the related issue of a press council? The publication date has been put back again, into next year, in the latest legislative programme. Can we get a serious commitment as to what exactly is happening? Bearing in mind that I seem to recollect the Minister, in Opposition about ten years ago, producing a Private Members' Bill on this issue, will there be any action on this and when?

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