Ivana Bacik (Independent)

Most people who have been contacting us have been opposing the idea of the blasphemy offence at all. Where we look at the definition of religion, the problem is that it is still too vague and leaves wide open the possibility of what I would describe as cranks. The danger is that it becomes a cranks' charter. The Minister has said he hopes the State will not proceed and that prosecutions will not ensue by the State. However, we should remember that the Corway case was not a prosecution taken by the DPP, but a case taken against Independent Newspapers-----