Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 306: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons (details supplied) will be supported. [26190/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I assume the Deputy is referring to the position in law under which the defamation of a person who has died is not actionable. I can inform the Deputy that while there are no proposals for change on the matter the Defamation Bill 2006 does provide that a cause of action in defamation survives the death of the person in respect of whom the alleged defamatory statement was made.

The Deputy will appreciate that, as regards the particular subject matter of his question, the question in any event of applying any change in the law retrospectively is problematic.