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

I move amendment No. 21:
In page 22, after line 42, to insert the following:
“(6) Where an identification order has been made in accordance with this section, and where an anonymous publisher has been identified thereunder by an intermediary service provider, the said identification as relevant information shall, subject to the right of any party to contradict or disprove that he or she is or was the anonymous publisher, be admissible in evidence in any defamation proceeding where the court hearing such proceeding so directs.”.

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Sitting date: 2026-01-21