Legislative Measures
Dail Éireann — 2025-10-09
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Paul Lawless (AON), Mayo

We abhor hate and I firmly believe that we should all speak respectfully. However, the previous Government set out essentially to define what hate would be. That is obviously a dangerous road to go down. There is movement throughout the European Union to push hate speech laws. Is the Minister saying today that is not going to happen and we are in compliance and we are going to say "No" to Europe on this matter?

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Sitting date: 2025-10-09