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Debate: Select Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women's Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2009-05-20/3/
20 May 2009 - Deputy Dermot Ahern We are dealing with the Defamation Bill. We either pass it or we do not....If the Bill passes, it is more than unlikely that a prosecution will be taken.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-07-09/41/
9 Jul 2009 - Acting Chairman Seanad Éireann has passed the Defamation Bill 2006, without amendment.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-07-08/16/
8 Jul 2009 - become available tomorrow, my priority would be to allocate it to the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill...rather than to the Defamation Bill....Members have debated this Bill endlessly and it now is time to pass it.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-04/9/
4 Dec 2007 - The lame do not walk after an award of compensation and the defamed do not cease to have been defamed
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-04/9/
4 Dec 2007 - Senator David Norris One cannot defame Fianna Fáil as it has no reputation.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2006-12-06/5/
6 Dec 2006 - In September 2006, the Court of Appeal in the UK refined and clarified its nature and purpose in the...However, the Bill as it stands makes it clear that a judge in a High Court defamation action shall give...I wish to highlight certain of the main provisions of the Bill at this stage....The Bill does not provide for the defamation of the dead, an issue which arose during the consultation...The Defamation Bill 2006 will bring about a very significant and long awaited reform and modernisation
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-12-06/5/
6 Dec 2006 - Kenny When will the sale of alcohol Bill be published?...of the publication yesterday by the Tánaiste and Minister of Justice, Equality and Law Reform of the Defamation...Bill 2006, has the Privacy Bill 2006, which was driven by members of Government, been dropped?
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-05/4/
5 Dec 2007 - Senator Alex White Absolutely not in defamation.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-03-06/4/
6 Mar 2007 - Section 27 brings defamation proceedings into line with other actions for damages by allowing the defendant...The legal advisory group on defamation was strongly of the view that it was entirely appropriate that...defendants in defamation proceedings should be able, along with their defence, to lodge a sum of money...The group recommended that the new defamation legislation should permit plaintiffs to inform the court...impact on the law of defamation in that it is likely to encourage the early settlement of actions and
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-11/5/
11 Dec 2007 - In the case of defamation, although there is a general view that an individual who pursues an action...in defamation seeks money, the apology and admission that an individual has been defamed is also important...situation where one is, in a sense, done out of the opportunity to secure a determination as to the defamation
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-04/9/
4 Dec 2007 - what he envisages as the scope of section 3(2), which provides for an element of retrospection in this Bill...states that, "A provision of this Act shall not affect the operation of the general law in relation to defamation
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-11-14/3/
14 Nov 2007 - Senator David Norris Can I ask about the Defamation Bill 2006?...I see that sense has not yet broken out on the Order Paper — the Bill is still listed there for Committee...We know that the Minister has decided to drop the Privacy Bill 2006, which was supposed to partner the...Defamation Bill 2006....Will the Leader provide for a sensible discussion on the Defamation Bill 2006, instead of taking a short
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-05-14/12/
14 May 2008 - Bill 2006....This Bill has modern, updated provisions....The main purpose of the Defamation Bill is to revise in part the law of defamation and to replace the...Section 3 of the Bill provides that the legislation should only apply to a cause of action which accrues...and defines the essential ingredients of defamation.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2008-03-11/5/
11 Mar 2008 - Senator Lisa McDonald I also thank the Minister for the time he gave to the Defamation Bill in the...We have struck the right balance in the Bill between the person's right to a good name and freedom of...This Bill, which was long overdue, heralds a new era in defamation law and marks a balance between the
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2009-07-09/4/
9 Jul 2009 - Senator Eugene Regan This aspect of the Defamation Bill, namely, blasphemy was not in the Bill that...It was tabled as an amendment to the Bill as passed by the Seanad by the Minister in the Dáil....As we are rushing the Bill and the Minister is choosing to rush legislation in this fashion, we have...The blasphemy aspect of the Bill is a backwards step in legislation on the issue of defamation.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-03-06/4/
6 Mar 2007 - When someone is defamed, the defendant may agree to offer a degree of compensation without an apology...or acknowledging the defamation....Subsequently, the court may find that the plaintiff was seriously defamed but damages come to less than
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-03-25/6/
25 Mar 2009 - The Taoiseach I understand the Privacy Bill 2006 is on Second Stage in the Seanad....As the Deputy observed, the Defamation Bill 2006 is awaiting Committee Stage.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-04/9/
4 Dec 2007 - Senator Walsh seemed to suggest that there was no reason to introduce a past record into the question of defamation...However, defamation deals principally with the loss of a reputation or injury to it, so it appears to
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Debate: Joint Committee On Communications, Marine And Natural Resources
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_communications_marine_and_natural_resources/2007-01-10/4/
10 Jan 2007 - the relationship between the right of reply mechanisms proposed and the important provisions of the Defamation...Bill 2006?...be a concern with regard to the mass audience watching the networks, given the introduction of the Defamation...Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2006-12-06/5/
6 Dec 2006 - considers this delay to have been lengthy, it is shocking to note the issue of reform of the law of defamation...The Privacy Bill 2006, which is often mentioned in conjunction with this Bill, is dangerous and unnecessary...The Defamation Bill is based largely on the report from a committee chaired by the former chairman of...I believe the Defamation Bill will also stymie some efforts to air clandestine problems....It is time to merge both terms into a single tort of defamation as this would simplify matters for the
