Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2025-11-12
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Nessa Cosgrove (LAB), Labour Panel

I move amendment No. 10c:
In page 13, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:
" Amendment of section 31 of Principal Act
17 . Section 31 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):
“(3) In an action for damages for defamation—
(a) general damage shall not be presumed, and
(b) when making an award (if any) of general damages, regard shall be had to all of the circumstances of the case.".".

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