Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-03
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Michael McDowell (IND), National University of Ireland

It seems to me the obligation that is cast on solicitors to inform their clients and execute a statutory declaration would not have application if it were a case, say, against an English or Northern Irish newspaper, The Economist magazine or something like that. I just think the Minister could profitably widen the scope of the provision.

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