Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage
Dail Éireann — 2025-04-30
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Matt Carthy (SF), Cavan-Monaghan

The fundamental concerns with section 5 are the same as those we had with section 4. I want to record my deep disappointment that the Minister could not be moved. When Committee Stage concludes and we proceed to Report Stage, the big question will be whether we have a Bill that has cross-party support and the full endorsement of the Oireachtas or a Bill that is contentious and divisive. Sinn Féin will be opposing this section.

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Sitting date: 2025-04-30