Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-03
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Lynn Ruane (IND), University of Dublin

So what you are telling us now is that what is called from the Chair when a vote happens does not stand. If you are not in the room on time, or if people decide that they want to linger outside and then come in at the last second - I am here ten years and we have always abided by the time. So there is precedent right now. What is being set from the Chair is a dangerous precedent-----

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Sitting date: 2025-12-03