Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013
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Inquiry to be held in public. |
31.— (1) The taking of evidence during the Part 2 inquiry shall be conducted in public and may be broadcast to the public except in any case where— | |
(a) the committee is satisfied that it is desirable for the purposes of the inquiry or fair procedures to hear all or part of the evidence of a witness, or matters related to that evidence, otherwise than in public, or | ||
(b) the chairman of the committee gives a direction, in the interests of fair procedures, to discontinue the broadcasting or public sitting. | ||
(2) The deliberations of the committee in respect of the inquiry shall be done otherwise than in public unless otherwise determined by the committee. | ||
(3) Privilege against defamation shall not apply to the publication by a person (not being a member of a House) of evidence given, or a deliberation done, otherwise than in public contrary to this section. |