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

I am not participating in something that actually is against everything we have done in this Chamber for years. We are now optional on the two-and-one. That means if I come to those doors, I should be treated the same as anybody else and allowed in to vote. Some of us have missed voting on our own amendments because we did not get through the doors at the last second. Before the Chair has even opened his or her mouth, we have been refused at those doors. It is not fair, it is not transparent, it is too loose and it is not okay. I will not sit down and participate in the vote on my amendment being called under such conditions.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-03