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Enacted Seanad
No. 43 of 2006

Defamation Bill 2006

Public bill · Government · Presented

The Defamation Bill 2006 would replace the 1961 law with updated rules covering defamation claims, defences, court procedures and remedies such as corrections and declarations. It would also create a limited offence for deliberately publishing seriously harmful false statements, set a one-year deadline for most claims, and provide for recognition of a Press Council.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to revise in part the Law of Defamation; to repeal the Defamation act 1961; and to provide for matters connected therewith

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Last updated 12 April 2018

Sponsor
  • Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
    Seanad
  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
    Seanad
  • Report Stage
    Seanad
  • Fifth Stage
    Seanad
  • Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Committee Stage
    Dáil
  • Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Fifth Stage
    Dáil Enacted
  • Enacted
    Enacted
Debates
  • Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages.
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages.
    Dáil
  • Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed).
    Dáil
  • Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed).
    Dáil
  • Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee.
    Dáil
  • Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage.
    Dáil
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages.
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (Resumed).
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage.
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Restoration to Order Paper.
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage.
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed).
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage.
    Seanad
  • Defamation Bill 2006: Second Stage.
    Seanad
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