Speech protection is ‘absolute’ and ‘critical to the protection of democracy’, say Dáil Éireann lawyers
She believes the records, including minutes of private and public committee meetings, will assist her in her protracted pursuit of damages over her 2014 appearance before a Public Accounts Committee comprising Oireachtas members.
Ms Kerins claims she was subjected to a “witch hunt” style of questioning during her seven-hour appearance before the committee in February 2014 amid controversy over her €240,000 salary. This and surrounding events caused her to become so unwell that she attempted to take her own life and resigned from her position that April, she alleges.
Also representing the Dáil, Brian Kennedy SC told the court on Wednesday that the Oireachtas has put in place processes, since the court’s 2019 ruling in this case, enabling citizens to seek remedies for alleged wrongs caused to them by parliamentary utterances.
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