Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

With regard to the Deputy's first question, I understand the information was sought at the beginning of June from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and some information was made available at that time. The definitive information the Taoiseach used yesterday was made available on Tuesday of this week.

The defamation Bill will be published in this session. The Government hopes to deal with it within the next fortnight.

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