Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am asking for the Leader to organise a discussion on this in the new year. It is entirely appropriate that any comments that would be libellous outside this House should be regarded as an abuse if privilege unless there is some compelling public-interest reason for making them. We must not allow ourselves get into a situation where we cannot even mention people in this House to criticise comments they have made in circumstances where we would be perfectly free to do so outside of the House.