Seanad debates
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage
12:00 pm
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
It is for this reason the question of whether the word "opinion" encompasses everything would ultimately be determined by the court on the basis of the level of knowledge of the person concerned.
Senator Regan may correct me if I am wrong but is he suggesting that one cannot have a false or misleading suspicion? I believe suspicions can be false or misleading. For this reason, I do not get the Senator's point. If one starts defining the word "opinion", which I have not seen defined in any other legislation-----
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