1283 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that principle 8 of the Press Council’s Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals which deals with incitement to hatred omits the ground of membership of the travelling community; if he will bring forward an amendment to the Defamation Bill 2006 to ensure that statutory recognition of the Press Council will be conditional on the full incorporation by the Press Council of all the grounds covered by the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989; and if he will take steps to persuade the Press Council to immediately rectify the situation. [2527/08]

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1283 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that principle 8 of the Press Council’s Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals which deals with incitement to hatred omits the ground of membership of the travelling community; if he will bring forward an amendment to the Defamation Bill 2006 to ensure that statutory recognition of the Press Council will be conditional on the full incorporation by the Press Council of all the grounds covered by the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989; and if he will take steps to persuade the Press Council to immediately rectify the situation. [2527/08]

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