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

Amendment put: The Dáil divided: Tá, 60; Níl, 84; Staon, 0. Tellers: Tá, Deputies Matt Carthy and Gary Gannon; Níl, Deputies Mary Butler and Emer Currie.

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

Tá Ciarán Ahern, Ivana Bacik, John Brady, Pat Buckley, Joanna Byrne, Matt Carthy, Sorca Clarke, Catherine Connolly, Rose Conway-Walsh, Ruth Coppinger, Réada Cronin, David Cullinane, Jen Cummins, Pa Daly, Máire Devine, Pearse Doherty, Paul Donnelly, Dessie Ellis, Aidan Farrelly, Gary Gannon, Sinéad Gibney, Ann Graves, Eoin Hayes, Rory Hearne, Alan Kelly, Eoghan...

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

Amendment declared lost.

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

Amendment put: The Dáil divided: Tá, 58; Níl, 84; Staon, 0. Tellers: Tá, Deputies Matt Carthy and Gary Gannon; Níl, Deputies Mary Butler and Emer Currie.

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

Tá Ciarán Ahern, Ivana Bacik, John Brady, Pat Buckley, Joanna Byrne, Matt Carthy, Sorca Clarke, Catherine Connolly, Rose Conway-Walsh, Ruth Coppinger, Réada Cronin, David Cullinane, Jen Cummins, Pa Daly, Máire Devine, Pearse Doherty, Paul Donnelly, Aidan Farrelly, Gary Gannon, Sinéad Gibney, Ann Graves, Eoin Hayes, Rory Hearne, Alan Kelly, Eoghan Kenny, Martin...

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

Amendment declared lost.

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

Matt Carthy: I do not know if the Minister realises, but he has undershot the entire premise and logic put forward for this Part. If I am right, he dismissed the costs that might be incurred but he said there might be an impact on the time. I would argue that the time saved would be minuscule. The Minister seems to accept that we are now in a situation following the Higgins case where there is a...

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

Gary Gannon: I listened intently to the Minister's contribution in response to the points made by the speaker to my left, Deputy Carthy, and the speaker behind me, Deputy Mattie McGrath, but I did not hear him refer to what happened following the Higgins case. I have a simple question: why is he proceeding with the abolition when the law on which the proposal is based has subsequently been swept away by...

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

Jim O'Callaghan: First, I will deal with Deputy Carthy's point about time or costs. The point I make is that if a case takes longer, it will cost more. Individuals will have to pay more for a case if it goes for six days rather than four days. The two extra days will add extra cost to it. Both colleagues referred to the Higgins decision. It was an important Supreme Court decision that set out the...

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

Matt Carthy: I feel the Minister is chasing his tail trying to find reasons to support this provision when he knows in his own heart, and with his own legal experience, that there is no credible reason to do it. This was a move on the part of a predecessor of his, predominantly pressed by large-scale media outlets and owners, to address one particular issue and then a number of other issues were thrown...

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

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Deputies Carthy, McGrath and Gannon for their contributions. I will start on where there is agreement in what they have said. It is correct to say that the contentious part of the legislation before the House is Part 3, which concerns the abolition of juries. I acknowledge that the colleagues who have spoken are generally supportive of the legislation, notwithstanding their...

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

Mattie McGrath: I believe it is a very retrograde step to remove a jury from this situation in the High Court. Juries have proven their worth in the justice system over time. The Minister had a different opinion himself when he was on the Opposition benches. I would be very concerned at what he is doing here. We all know that defamation is very serious. I was a victim myself of it one time and it is...

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

Gary Gannon: Once again, I will table an amendment today to retain juries. They are vital in defamation cases in the High Court. I want to be clear about why I think they are important. There is a lot in this Bill that deserves support, such as the anti-SLAPP measures, which are welcome and necessary. Protecting people who speak out in the public interest is a step in the right direction, but a...

Message from Select Committee (2 Jul 2025)

Message from Select Committee (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment has completed its consideration of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025 and has made amendments thereto.

Estimates for Public Services 2025: Messages from Select Committees (2 Jul 2025)

Estimates for Public Services 2025: Messages from Select Committees (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2025: Vote 42. The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the following Revised...

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

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

Jim O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 17, after “Justice” to insert “, Home Affairs and Migration”. I welcome the fact that we are doing Report Stage of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill now. This is a straightforward amendment because all it will do is reflect the change in the title of the Department and my ministerial office from the Minister for justice,...

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

Amendment agreed to.