Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

The effect of the amendments would be that protection from liability for damages or other form of relief would apply to persons making reports in good faith that were founded on a suspicion that an offence was being committed, in addition to the existing wording, which applies to an opinion. As I already said, I believe the opinion itself encompasses the issue of suspicion. We did discuss this earlier.

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