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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-10-24/153/
24 Oct 2006 - McDowell) The Defamation Bill 2006, published on 4 July contains provisions for the recognition of an
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2006-11-30/3/
30 Nov 2006 - Senator Coghlan also asked about the Defamation Bill 2006 and the Privacy Bill 2006 and the consultations...Second Stage of the Defamation Bill will be taken next Wednesday, while the Privacy Bill is not scheduled
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2008-03-11/5/
11 Mar 2008 - .—(1) In a defamation action the defendant may give evidence in mitigation of damage that he or she—
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-03-06/4/
6 Mar 2007 - I cannot see any comparison between a case for defamation and another civil case involving a settlement...A defamation case primarily requires an apology, retraction and the restoration of a person's reputation
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-11/5/
11 Dec 2007 - declaratory order but to the correction order, when one seeks an apology in the course of a substantive defamation...other words, it is a stand-alone provision governing the correction that takes place in a substantive defamation
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-11/5/
11 Dec 2007 - sure the Minister would be able to advise me on this — there is reference in a later section of the Bill...to the interaction between the reporter and the person who is defamed.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-02-28/6/
28 Feb 2007 - McDowell Incidentally, this replicates section 21 of the 1961 Act, where it is called unintentional defamation...The purpose of this procedure is to allow a person who has unintentionally defamed somebody to make amends...The kernel of it is evident in section 21(2) of the Bill, which states: Subject to subsection (3) ,...it shall be a defence to a defamation action for a person to prove that he or she made an offer to make...that it is part of the current law and I would be loath to take away something for a totally innocent defamation
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-05/4/
5 Dec 2007 - event of the Supreme Court granting €80,000 rather than €100.000, for instance, the person who has been defamed...is levied entirely against the unfortunate litigant who has already proved that he or she has been defamed...On the question of libel and defamation, have our parallels in Europe been considered with the thrust...of this Bill?...At the higher echelons of our European courts, the area of libel and defamation, which this Bill tends
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2006-12-06/5/
6 Dec 2006 - I also welcome the publication of the Bill before the House and the Second Stage debate on it....In examining the content of the Bill, I tried to establish the principles by which we should assess and...evaluate a defamation Bill....Senator Cummins mentioned the 1961 Defamation Act and it is extraordinary that it has lasted 45 years...I recall the Minister, in his role in Opposition, bringing forward a Private Members' Bill and being
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-02-28/6/
28 Feb 2007 - the offer to ensure compliance by him or her with the terms of the offer, the High Court or, where a defamation...parties do not so agree, the person who made the offer may, with the leave of the High Court or, where a defamation...paid by the person who made the offer, those matters shall be determined by the High Court or, where a defamation...for those purposes have all such powers as it would have if it were determining damages or costs in a defamation
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2008-03-11/5/
11 Mar 2008 - suggested that where there is an apology, it should be given equal prominence to the original alleged defamation...Minister seems to have addressed my concern in a Government amendment, but in a different part of the Bill
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-04/9/
4 Dec 2007 - Senator Eugene Regan Why is defamation not defined in section 2 under the list of definitions?
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-04/9/
4 Dec 2007 - For example, as Senator Regan said, a definition of defamation is needed, but also the term "body corporate..." is not defined in the Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2006-12-13/5/
13 Dec 2006 - much less desirable twin brother, the Privacy Bill 2006, which was mentioned earlier....The Privacy Bill was spawned by the same political difficulty that kept us from considering new defamation...This Defamation Bill is clearly a great improvement on what we have had up to now and I hope it will...However, the Bill does not go far enough in changing one aspect of our defamation law, which is a matter...The amount of damages to be awarded in a defamation case will still be decided by a jury.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women's Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2007-01-24/2/
24 Jan 2007 - attending to explain their proposals regarding a press council and commenting on our contributions to the Defamation...Bill 2006 when it reaches Second Stage in the Dáil.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-03-06/4/
6 Mar 2007 - In the case of a person who is seriously defamed, he or she may well decide to seek a declaratory order...The same will happen if this Bill is enacted....We should seriously examine putting balance into some sections of the Bill and we could do this in section...Often in the public mind, the level of compensation determines the correction of the defamation....We need to re-examine aspects of the Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-11/5/
11 Dec 2007 - If a person has been defamed and he or she accepts the lodgement, what is to stop him or her being defamed...was awarded an amount of money, it does not clear up the situation in terms of whether he or she was defamed
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-05-14/26/
14 May 2008 - Deputy Margaret Conlon I am grateful for an opportunity to speak to this Bill and thank Deputy Dara...The main features of the Bill I propose to highlight include the novel provision requiring a plaintiff...The Bill provides that if someone is proven to have defamed a person, an apology must be given the same...For this reason, the inclusion in the Bill of a new defence of "fair and reasonable publication on a...I welcome this much needed Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-04/9/
4 Dec 2007 - could arise that an individual could go to the High Court, be found by the jury to have been seriously defamed...The Supreme Court might decide the award should not be €100,000 but might agree the person was defamed...appealing a case to the Supreme Court but it shows the complexity of what is being undertaken in this Bill...and how a defamed person could be disadvantaged by a technicality in the case where a jury makes an...As a consequence, the defamed person is out of pocket in an attempt to protect his or her reputation
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-04/9/
4 Dec 2007 - Senator O'Toole but I understood the issues he raised are covered under section 9 which deals with the defaming
