Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

One issue struck me which eluded me when I spoke earlier. It is much easier for the corporate veil to be lifted than it was under previous legislation. Directors and managers of companies may find themselves, as a result of their company being defamed, in the eye of the storm. It might be suggested that individual managers who feel defamed by unfair and unfounded criticism take a case themselves but, given the prohibitive, exorbitant legal costs that apply in the Four Courts, the corporate body might be in a better position to do so. I ask the Minister to give consideration to that as it might justify the proposed legislation.