I move amendment No. 21: In page 11, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “(2) The amendment effected by subsection (1) shall apply only— (a) in a case where a defamation action has been brought, where the defamation action is brought on or after the date of the coming into operation of this section, or (b) in a case where a defamation action has not been brought, to an application under section 33 of the Principal Act made to the High Court on or after the date of the coming into operation of this sec…

I move amendment No. 22: In page 11, after line 32, to insert the following: “(2) The amendment effected by subsection (1) shall apply only to defamation actions brought on or after the date of the coming into operation of this section.”.

I move amendment No. 25: In page 15, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “Order for damages in case of section 34F or 34G declaration 34H. (1) Where— (a) the court makes a declaration under section 34F or 34G that the defamation proceedings concerned or part thereof amount to abusive court proceedings against public participation (in this section referred to as the ‘declaration’), and (b) the defendant in those proceedings (in this section referred to as the ‘defendant’) makes an application to the co…

I move amendment No. 26: In page 15, to delete lines 24 to 30 and substitute the following: “Publication of certain judgments and court orders 34I. Where a court finds in the course of defamation proceedings that the proceedings are abusive court proceedings against public participation, the court shall direct that any written judgment of the court or, in the absence of a written judgment of the court, any order of the court, related to that finding, shall be published on the website of the Courts Service where pra…

I move amendment No. 27: In page 15, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Transitional provisions relating to provisions of Part 4A of Principal Act 18. Where a provision of Part 4A of the Principal Act comes into operation on a particular date, it shall do so only in relation to defamation proceedings (within the meaning of that Part) brought after that date.”.

I move amendment No. 28: In page 16, line 4, to delete “ 34I. ” and substitute “ 34J. ”.

I move amendment No. 29: In page 16, line 15, to delete “ 34J. (1) Without prejudice to the Mediation Act 2017, a” and substitute “ 34K. (1) A”.

I move amendment No. 30: In page 17, line 6, to delete “ 34K. ” and substitute “ 34L. ”.

I move amendment No. 31: In page 17, line 27, to delete “ 34L. ” and substitute “ 34M. ”.

I move amendment No. 32: In page 18, line 13, to delete “ 34M. ” and substitute “ 34N. ”.

I move amendment No. 33: In page 18, line 14, to delete “34L(1)(a)” and substitute “34M(1)(a)”.

I move amendment No. 34: In page 19, line 33, to delete “intermediate” and substitute “intermediary”. These amendments make changes to the definitions contained in the proposed section 45 of the Defamation Act 2009 introduced by section 19 of the Bill. Section 45 provides the Circuit Court with jurisdiction to make identification orders. This allows a person who has been subject to defamatory comments by anonymous posters online to seek information identifying those posters. Amendment No. 34 corrects a mistaken ref…

I move amendment No. 35: In page 20, line 7, after “remuneration,” to insert “whether such remuneration is provided directly by a recipient of services or indirectly through advertising or other means,”.

I move amendment No. 36: In page 20, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “ ‘recipient of the service’, in relation to an intermediary service, means any natural or legal person who uses an intermediary service, in particular for the purposes of seeking information or making it accessible;”.

I move amendment No. 37: In page 21, after line 19, to insert the following: “(2) The amendments effected by subsection (1) * shall apply only to causes of action accruing on or after the date of the coming into operation of this section.”.

I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration pursuant to Standing Orders 103(2)( b ) and 188(1).

I move: “That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to bring the Bill before the House. It marks a significant step forward in ensuring that Ireland’s counterterrorism framework is robust and fit for purpose in the face of modern terrorist threats. The Bill will amend the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005, a cornerstone of lreland’s counterterrorism laws, to allow for a broader category of prosecutable offences in respect of terrorist activity. These include terrorist acts with a cross-bord…

I do not think the Deputy will. It passed yesterday without a vote.

I thank all Members for their contributions, which I have listened to carefully. I may not be able to respond to each of the issues that was raised. I hope they are not offended if I do not specifically refer to the issues to which they referred. I am conscious that a couple of the issues raised, for instance by Deputies Kelly and Coppinger, do not relate to the Bill so I may not be able to deal with them. If I have time, I will. The general opposition to the Bill I have introduced centres on the content of section…

Notwithstanding his ability as a singer, he is still going to be able to do it. People can sing songs about "The Boys of Barr na Sráide" and "The Men Behind the Wire". In loyalist parts of Belfast, they can sing whatever they want. They can do whatever activity they wish. The only time this legislation will be triggered is if it is being done with the intention to incite people to commit terrorist activity. What Kneecap is being prosecuted for in the UK would not happen here. Under this legislation, people would be…