Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage
Dail Éireann — 2025-04-30
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Gary Gannon (SD), Dublin Central

I move amendment No. 2:
In page 12, to delete all words from and including “but” in lines 13 down to and including “participation” in 14 and substitute the following:
“have the effect of preventing, restricting or penalising public participation”.
I thank Deputy Carthy and others. The Bill says lawsuits must have the main purpose of stopping public participation to be considered abusive. My proposed change is that if the lawsuit "has the effect" of stopping or punishing public participation, even if that was not the original intent, it is considered abusive.

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