Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

The purpose of this amendment is to lengthen the time in respect of the right of reply. Hopefully, by increasing the period from ten to 21 days, which will give greater freedom to those making such a request, it will be sufficient to deal with the concerns raised in the House on this issue while, at the same time, ensuring the process moves sufficiently quickly to ensure the value is not diminished. This is a procedural, rather than a policy change to give greater time to people to apply the right of reply provisions.