Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2024-02-08
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Lynn Ruane (IND), University of Dublin

I will put on the record that this amendment only changes "shall" to "may". It makes a provision for a block order to be issued whenever the request is made rather than allowing the measure to me discretionary. I am not sure whether this amendment has accidentally ended up being ruled out of order because it is very like all the other amendments in terms of "may" and "shall". It is a language thing. I am just a bit curious as to how it ended up in there. It kind of feels like a mistake; now I know.

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Sitting date: 2024-02-08