Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

We are still on section 24, of course. The Seanad has already amended the Bill and accepted a Government amendment, after the hullabaloo, which has provided "the extent to which the plaintiff's version of events was represented in the publication concerned and given the same or similar prominence as was given to the statement concerned" and "if the plaintiff's version of events was not so represented, the extent to which a reasonable attempt was made by the publisher to obtain and publish a response from that person". That has now been written into the Bill by way of amendment and addresses the substantive concern raised in this amendment. For some reason, this amendment was not grouped with a similar one tabled by Senator Alex White which he withdrew a few moments ago.