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Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I was delighted.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I was thrilled with the article attacking me the next day and the photograph of me wearing a boater. It was fantastic, coming up to an election.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: It is the goose-stepping that does it.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: The Minister got it off his chest. Well done. Does he feel better?

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I hope Senator Maurice Hayes will rise to the challenge and provide an example of a generous apology. Unless I have completely misunderstood the position, the amendment is extremely specific. It states the order shall specify the date, time on which an apology shall be issued, the form it shall take, etc. What will happen if there is a tsunami or a particular publishing exigency arises and...

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Senator Maurice Hayes forgot to give us an example of a grovelling and generous apology.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: That is a lovely word, is it not?

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: What is wrong with effete?

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I raised that, but I also know they sent 29,000 doctors whereas the US established the College of the Americas teaching how to murder and torture people and force them to disappear. That is the contrast.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: And a university head was disciplined.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: It is a very important amendment.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: The Senator must be nothing because he is certainly not brief.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I welcome that the Minister is showing flexibility and am glad he is considering the issue of lodgments. It seems very unfair that a person is in trouble if he or she does not accept a lodgment where the award turns out to be less than the amount lodged. The Minister's argument was that the provision existed in other legislation but that does not make it any good. Rather than reject the...

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: That is a real disappointment because I think it the most lovely coinage. I suspect the Minister wishes he had coined the term. The phrase "an effete lefty pinko commentariat" has such a magisterial ring to it that I wish the Minister had invented it. I would like to rub salt in the wound of my dear friend, Senator Maurice Hayes, in the most Christian way possible. The Minister challenged...

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Everybody can bask in the notion that the country is kept afloat by multinationals but, as I pointed out on the Order of Business recently, having taken the idea from Professor Anton Murphy of Trinity College, approximately half a dozen companies in our wonderful financial services centre — long may it continue to flourish — have only five employees but their turnover is twice the income...

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Fianna Fáil is great for producing mushrooms.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Did the Senator buy the mushrooms?

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: I move amendment No. 28: In page 22, subsection (2), line 27, to delete "shall give directions" and substitute "may advise". This relates to the control a judge will have over the question of damages. It is very bad principle to second-guess a jury. Section 29(2) states that in a defamation action brought in the High Court, the judge shall give directions to the jury on the matter of...

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Exactly.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

David Norris: Of course they did.