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Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I am on the record as having welcomed this legislation. I understand its intention and to respond to the judgment was very necessary. It is important, however, when we have the opportunity, that we make the legislation as good and decent as it can be and ensure that it reflects the judgment. We must remember the Chief Justice placed an emphasis on the rights of all children and the...

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Question put: "That the Bill do now pass." The Dáil divided: Tá, 83; Níl, 61; Staon, 0. Tellers: Tá, Deputies Mary Butler and Emer Currie; Níl, Deputies Matt Carthy and Gary Gannon.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Tá William Aird, Catherine Ardagh, Grace Boland, Tom Brabazon, Brian Brennan, Shay Brennan, Colm Brophy, James Browne, Colm Burke, Peter Burke, Mary Butler, Paula Butterly, Jerry Buttimer, Malcolm Byrne, Thomas Byrne, Michael Cahill, Catherine Callaghan, Dara Calleary, Seán Canney, Micheál Carrigy, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Jack Chambers, John Clendennen, Niall Collins, John...

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Question declared carried.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I also hope these provisions address the issues the Minister outlined. I do not dispute anything he said, including the argument that politicians should have thick skins. I endeavour to live up to those standards daily. I am a passionate advocate of freedom of speech. I believe it is essential in a functioning democracy that people can feel to say things - even nasty things or critical...

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Amendment agreed to.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: 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,”.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Amendment agreed to.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: 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;”.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Amendment agreed to.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: 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.”.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Amendment agreed to.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Bill reported with amendments.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Amendment agreed to.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 19: In page 11, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(2) The amendment effected by subsection (1) shall apply only to actions for damages for defamation brought on or after the date of the coming into operation of this section.”.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Amendment agreed to.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 20: In page 11, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(2) The amendments effected by subsection (1) shall apply only to defamation actions brought on or after the date of the coming into operation of this section.”.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Amendment agreed to.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: 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...

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Amendment agreed to.

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