Somehow the UN can have a definition of "hatred", "incitement to hatred" and crime but we are falling short in this legislation. It is very clear that we have hate crime and hate speech in this country. What we are introducing is new legislation for hate crime but we already have legislation around hate speech.
Hate speech is currently an offence under section 2 of the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989. This is in the absence of hate crime legislation and hate speech legislation, which we are trying to improve. This is for the purposes of this legislation and what we are intending to do here, which is to protect people from hate speech and hate crimes.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 6,639 words from 10 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Victor Boyhan and Tom Clonan; Níl, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Regina Doherty.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 8–22 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 8–22 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 8–21 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 8–22 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 8–21 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 8–21 |
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