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Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Nobody was seeking to attribute blame for the mobile telephone to the Minister.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: If I may have the Minister's attention, I wanted to ask again about the jurisdiction of the court dealing with the proposed offence. The Minister said he envisaged it would be the High Court, that would be the Central Criminal Court, and that he did not envisage it would be in the Circuit Court, if I heard him correctly. The stipulation that the fine would not exceed €25,000 is not enough...

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am grateful to Senator Norris for clarifying constitutional points.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: And points of etiquette, especially when it is against Senator Walsh.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: What the Minister is doing is the worst of all possible worlds. He is basing the new statutory definition on the old understanding of blasphemy from the 19th century, and including within the definition words and phrases that remain so vague as to render the new offence effectively unenforceable. Indeed I believe the Minister has said his intention is to make it virtually impossible to get...

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad the Minister pointed that out.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: People justifiably feel outraged at the proposal to introduce the new statutory definition because they are rightly concerned that satirical matters, like the "Father Ted" series that poke fun at religion will now be subject to criminalisation. That is the fear.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I could not have put it better. I believe "Careful now" is the other phrase from "Father Ted". That is a matter of very serious concern.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I hope Senator Mullen was not accusing me of being a lovely girl, because that is something I would find grossly abusive or insulting.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I know, but I could institute a prosecution.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: The definition of religion is very broad in its terms, which might make it easier for a prosecution to be instituted. The definition of religion in section 36(4) states what it does not include as follows: (4) In this section "religion" does not include an organisation or cult--- (a) the principal object of which is the making of profit, or (b) that employs oppressive psychological...

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Most people who have been contacting us have been opposing the idea of the blasphemy offence at all. Where we look at the definition of religion, the problem is that it is still too vague and leaves wide open the possibility of what I would describe as cranks. The danger is that it becomes a cranks' charter. The Minister has said he hopes the State will not proceed and that prosecutions...

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: -----by an individual who took offence at a satirical cartoon that he claimed caused offence to the Eucharist. There are cranks in all sorts of religions.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Anyone who has any regard for the history of censorship in Ireland will recognise a long history of repression in the name of religion. For a long time institutions such as the Magdalene laundries symbolised the sexual repression of women in particular in the name of religion and in the name of the domination in this society by the Catholic Church in particular. Anyone with regard for that...

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I believe "tree huggers" is the usual phrase.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Is that a Government commitment to introduce a referendum on this issue?

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Does Senator Mullen ever use the word "secularism" without placing the word "aggressive" in front of it?

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: It is nothing personal.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Or woman.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.