Seanad debates
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage
4:00 pm
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
I will simply say there is absolutely no connection between on the one hand preserving the right of these Houses to make a decision on this issue and saying it is a matter for these Houses and not for Strasbourg to decide and on the other hand later deciding to amend the law within our own margin of appreciation under the Strasbourg convention.
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