Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2026-01-21
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Michael McDowell (IND), National University of Ireland

We will have a vote on that then, which is a waste of time. I am being asked to group these amendments together and usually a speaker, under Standing Orders, is given the opportunity to say why it is necessary to do so and anybody else who says they disagree is given the opportunity to say why it should not be done, so I do not think it can simply be done in the matter Senator Gallagher has done. If he wants to say why I should not ask some questions about the meaning of this section that is proposed to be changed, he has to justify his case according to the Standing Orders. All I am trying to do is put questions to the Minister. It will all be over in a quarter of an hour one way or the other.

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Sitting date: 2026-01-21