Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 21:

In page 11, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:

“(2) The amendment effected by subsection (1) shall apply only⁠—

(a) in a case where a defamation action has been brought, where the defamation action is brought on or after the date of the coming into operation of this section, or

(b) in a case where a defamation action has not been brought, to an application under section 33 of the Principal Act made to the High Court on or after the date of the coming into operation of this section.”.

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