Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No 17:

In page 94, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following:

“PART 20

AMENDMENT OF DEFAMATION ACT 2009

Amendment of Schedule 1 to Defamation Act 2009

122.Schedule 1 to the Defamation Act 2009 is amended—

(a) in Part 1—

(i)in paragraph (11), by the substitution of “under the law of a Member State or of the United Kingdom” for “under the law of a Member State of the European Union”,

(ii) in paragraph (12), by the substitution of “in a Member State or in the United Kingdom” for “in a Member State of the European Union”,

and

(b) in Part 2—

(i)in paragraph (1), by the substitution of “in the State, in a Member State or in the United Kingdom” for “in the State or in a Member State of the European Union”,

(ii) in paragraph (2), by the substitution of “in the State, in a Member State or in the United Kingdom” for “in the State or in a Member State of the European Union”,

(iii) in paragraph (3), by the substitution of “in the State, in a Member State or in the United Kingdom” for “in the State or in a Member State of the European Union”, and

(iv) in paragraph (4), by the substitution of “in a Member State or in the United Kingdom” for “in a Member State of the European Union”.”.

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