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Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: I ask the Senator to be mindful of her language.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: Senator, I ask you to withdraw that. You have absolutely no proof of what you are saying there. That is a scurrilous comment and I ask you to withdraw it, unless you have proof.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: The Senator can withdraw it unless she has proof.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: In relation to the architects of the Bill.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: It is.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: It is not a crime to come from a legal background.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: I am going to ask you to withdraw that.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: It is withdrawn, is it?

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: The Senator is over her time and she has gone on to different legislation.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: We are dealing with defamation, so I will let one of the Senator's colleagues come in now.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: You have gone on to the hate speech legislation.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: You are out of time.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: I call Senator Conway.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: I did afford you additional time, and now it is your colleague, Senator Conway's turn.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: Sorry, Senator. There are other Senators in the House.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: I call Senator Craughwell before Senator Conway.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: No, you cannot. You are out of time. I have indulged you long enough and given you plenty of time. I call Senator Craughwell.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Senator Dee Ryan for taking the Chair to facilitate me contributing. Obviously, I welcome the Bill. As I was sitting in the Chair, I was thinking that if this was 70 or 80 years ago, we would just have been thinking about newspapers. It shows how we have evolved as a society when defamation covers so many aspects of our lives now. I am not quite sure whether this is a good or a...

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: Before the Minister contributes, the Senator did withdraw them when I was in the Chair. That is for clarity. That is also on the record of the House.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Joe Flaherty: For clarity, the Senator can check the record. She did say she was withdrawing the comment.