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Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eugene Regan: Senator Leyden is another disaffected member of Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eugene Regan: Then they vote the other way.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eugene Regan: On a point of order, I did refer to Deputy Mary O'Rourke as being the mother of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, but I meant to say she is his aunt.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eugene Regan: That is trivialising the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eugene Regan: The Leader is trivialising the issue.

Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)

Eugene Regan: What emerged when this IMF report was published was that the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance took a different view on it. The Minister for Finance was quite pleased that all the blame was laid on the Taoiseach for his management of the economy. Now we have the SGPSNEP, which is to follow up on what the IMF recommends in fiscal consolidation. We have a difference of view between the...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Eugene Regan: There is an issue I again want to raise, which the Leader has not addressed. It was ultimately a question for the Minister for Finance, namely, the appointment last September of Arthur Cox solicitors as advisers to the Minister and Department of Finance as regards the bank guarantee scheme. This was done without tender and there was a certain urgency, which was the justification provided by...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Eugene Regan: Give us a straight answer.

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

Eugene Regan: I have no observations but I support the review of the legislation so I agree with these amendments.

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

Eugene Regan: This new defence was discussed in great depth in the Seanad when the Bill was initiated. I have not tabled an amendment or mentioned my opposition to the provision at this time, but I reiterate a point I made during the first debate on the Bill in the Seanad. The jurisprudence in this area changed in the United Kingdom as a result of two cases, that is, Reynolds and Jameel. They were very...

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

Eugene Regan: The amendment makes perfect sense in terms of bringing into play the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court, rather than the High Court. It was the subject of debate here on Second Stage. It is in the interests of the media, but it is also in the interests of somebody who has to defend their good name and does not have to undertake the enormous cost involved in High Court proceedings. That...

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

Eugene Regan: The Minister is right on some of the points he has made, but he is fundamentally wrong on the principle and in his analysis of what could be done to deal with the problem he has identified. The manner in which he has dealt with this issue makes a nonsense of the legislation before the House. He mentioned that the matter was not dealt with between the agreeing of the 1937 Constitution and...

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

Eugene Regan: The Minister will have an opportunity-----

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

Eugene Regan: -----to respond. The Minister said there were different options and essentially he says there is an obligation-----

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

Eugene Regan: A Chathaoirligh, I ask not to be interrupted. The Minister will have an opportunity to respond.

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

Eugene Regan: We can check the record, but the Minister's colleagues are agreeing with me. He has put forward legislation and indicated that this is the only way it can be dealt with. The alternative is to have a referendum on the matter and he does not propose to do that.

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

Eugene Regan: In a situation where the Minister says there is a constitutional obligation, not just on him but on the Oireachtas, to legislate, then it is not an option to do nothing. He says this is the only realistic approach to take on this. He says there is no alternative. We can look at that alternative because the whole sense and purpose of the issue of blasphemy and the way it is interpreted in...

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

Eugene Regan: How does the Senator define himself?

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

Eugene Regan: That is called freedom of expression.

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

Eugene Regan: That is rich, coming from the Minister.