James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept the Deputy's bona fides in this. He is certainly not in any way trying to downplay what constitutes hatred. This comes from a European Council framework decision. They have set out the requirements to meet that framework decision. If we deviate from the wording used in the Bill, we will no longer be in compliance with the framework decision. For other reasons that I set out earlier, but also for this particular reason, I am not in a position to accept the Deputy's amendments.

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