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here later? SLAPP suits, which is I think what this section deals with, are of course an abhorrent attempt to place fear of financial ruin particularly on ordinary people or to scare off media outlets that might have a limited budget from taking part in either public life … that we should seek to address this and prohibit that. I do have a couple of slight concerns. I have seen definitions of SLAPPs being thrown around that are not definitions of SLAPPs. Some commentators suggest that, for example, any political representative who tries to clear

Bill in relation to alternative dispute resolution and an amendment in relation to the transposition of the remaining provisions of the anti-SLAPP directive. In parallel to the progression of the Bill, my officials are working on the transposition of the remaining requirements of the anti-SLAPP directive … Part 7. There may also be an amendment in respect of the granting of damages for harm suffered by a person targeted by SLAPP if it is believed that is necessary or appropriate. In consultation with the Courts Service we are looking at the wording of provisions relating

time to come here. I share his objective that we ensure that better protections are provided for those who are targeted by SLAPPs. Fortunately, however, in Ireland we do not experience SLAPPs in the same way as I think other, more populous jurisdictions have experienced them in recent

There is much to welcome in the legislation as proposed. While we support many of the anti-SLAPP measures that are included, like others, we in the Social Democrats recoil at the absence of juries within the courts system. Juries provide the judgment of a person's peers

someone who has had to enter into tax settlements with the Revenue regarding businesses he runs; and someone who has engaged in SLAPP - strategic litigation against public participation - seeking to use his wealth to silence dissenting voices through the courts when they call him out on his corruption