Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

We must be consistent about this. What I find is the effete, pinko commentariat are very excited by one set of injustices and blind to another. I try to be equally opposed to infringements of civil liberties, whether coming from the right or left. That is my position in life and that does not make me something else.

I will consider further refinements to this section on Report Stage. I do not want to be overly prescriptive but no newspaper editor should be able to believe that the correction order can be of such dimension and prominence that he or she can effectively engage in a minimising way. There is unanimity in this House in refusing that. We would all agree that the best solution would be a less prescriptive formulation which still clearly provides that a correction order will not amount to compliance with the Act unless it is given adequate and full-blooded prominence.