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Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

2025-12-17 Lost Seanad Éireann Division Amendment put:
13Tá
30Níl

What the debate was about

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I do not see any incompatibility between there being a jurisdiction for a Norwich Pharmacal order that continues in the High Court, not on a statutory basis, and, at the same time, there being a statutory-based Norwich Pharmacal identification order process in the Circuit Court. I have limited it to the Circuit Court because I want people to avail of the statutory mechanism of getting an identification order in the Circuit Court.

He goes to the Circuit Court and gets the identification order from the court. However, if the claimant does then go to the court with the identification order, he or she is in a position whereby his or her solicitor can give evidence in court that they got this identification order and it identified that Joe Bloggs is the publisher.

court 56internet 30identification 30provider 30circuit 22order 56mcdowell 19norwich 10defamed 11defamation 12

Key terms by TF-IDF across 2,640 words from 6 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.

Tellers

Tellers: Tá, Senators Michael McDowell and Gerard P. Craughwell; Níl, Senators Garret Ahearn and Paul Daly.

Other votes in this debate

QuestionResultTá–Níl
Question put: Carried 31–13
Amendment put: Lost 15–31
Amendment put: Lost 13–31
Amendment put: Lost 14–31
Question put: Lost 14–28

Tá

13
  • IND Independent 5
  • SF Sinn Féin 4
  • AON Aontú 1
  • GP Green Party 1
  • LAB Labour 1
  • SD Social Democrats 1
IND Alice-Mary Higgins National University of Ireland
IND Aubrey McCarthy University of Dublin
IND Gerard P. Craughwell Labour Panel
IND Michael McDowell National University of Ireland
IND Victor Boyhan Agricultural Panel
SF Joanne Collins Agricultural Panel
SF Maria McCormack Labour Panel
SF Nicole Ryan Administrative Panel
SF Pauline Tully Cultural and Educational Panel
AON Sarah O'Reilly Agricultural Panel
GP Malcolm Noonan Agricultural Panel
LAB Nessa Cosgrove Labour Panel
SD Patricia Stephenson Labour Panel

Níl

30
  • FG Fine Gael 15
  • FF Fianna Fáil 14
  • IND Independent 1
FG Cathal Byrne Cultural and Educational Panel
FG Eileen Lynch Agricultural Panel
FG Evanne Ní Chuilinn Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG Gareth Scahill Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG Garret Ahearn Administrative Panel
FG Garret Kelleher Industrial and Commercial Panel
FG Joe O'Reilly Labour Panel
FG Linda Nelson Murray Industrial and Commercial Panel
FG Maria Byrne Agricultural Panel
FG Mark Duffy Labour Panel
FG Mike Kennelly Labour Panel
FG Noel O'Donovan Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG PJ Murphy Agricultural Panel
FG Paraic Brady Agricultural Panel
FG Seán Kyne Cultural and Educational Panel
FF Aidan Davitt Industrial and Commercial Panel
FF Alison Comyn Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Dee Ryan Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Diarmuid Wilson Administrative Panel
FF Imelda Goldsboro Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Margaret Murphy O'Mahony Labour Panel
FF Mary Fitzpatrick Industrial and Commercial Panel
FF Niall Blaney Agricultural Panel
FF Ollie Crowe Industrial and Commercial Panel
FF Pat Casey Labour Panel
FF Paul Daly Agricultural Panel
FF Robbie Gallagher Labour Panel
FF Shane Curley Cultural and Educational Panel
FF Teresa Costello Agricultural Panel
IND Martin Conway Administrative Panel

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