Results 121-140 of 1,066,603 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan) in 'Committee meetings'
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 26: In page 15, to delete lines 24 to 30 and substitute the following: “Publication of certain judgments and court orders 34I. Where a court finds in the course of defamation proceedings that the proceedings are abusive court proceedings against public participation, the court shall direct that any written judgment of the court or, in the absence of a...
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Amendment agreed to.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 27: In page 15, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Transitional provisions relating to provisions of Part 4A of Principal Act 18. Where a provision of Part 4A of the Principal Act comes into operation on a particular date, it shall do so only in relation to defamation proceedings (within the meaning of that Part) brought after that...
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Amendment agreed to.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 28: In page 16, line 4, to delete “34I.” and substitute “34J.”.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Amendment agreed to.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 29: In page 16, line 15, to delete “34J. (1) Without prejudice to the Mediation Act 2017, a” and substitute “34K. (1) A”.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Amendment agreed to.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 30: In page 17, line 6, to delete “34K.” and substitute “34L.”.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Amendment agreed to.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 31: In page 17, line 27, to delete “34L.” and substitute “34M.”.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Amendment agreed to.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 32: In page 18, line 13, to delete “34M.” and substitute “34N.”.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Amendment agreed to.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 33: In page 18, line 14, to delete “34L(1)(a)” and substitute “34M(1)(a)”.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Amendment agreed to.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 34 to 36, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 34: In page 19, line 33, to delete “intermediate” and substitute “intermediary”. These amendments make changes to the definitions contained in the proposed section 45 of the Defamation Act 2009 introduced by section 19 of the Bill. Section 45 provides the Circuit Court with jurisdiction to make identification orders. This allows a person...
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Jim O'Callaghan: I will be brief in response. I note what Deputy Carthy said about the provenance of the Reynolds defence, which emanated from the British House of Lords. I am not trying to open up old wounds, but the jury system came from the British system of justice that operated in Ireland. I will not go back on that. Deputy Carthy said that people should not tell lies. Everyone agrees with that....
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Matt Carthy: I do not argue with the Minister about any of that and that is why we are not opposing this section. I will make one point. The Minister suggested that the media never go out of their way to lie about someone. Can I suggest that he is saying that with the luxury of being a Fianna Fáil representative? If he were a representative of my party, he would not be able to say that. There...