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Animal Sentience Bill 2024
- Sponsor
- Paul Murphy · People Before Profit-Solidarity
- Introduced
- 26 Sep 2024
- Last updated
- 2 May 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to create Animal Sentience Committee of expert advisors to assess how government policies affect animal welfare.
- Committee must report whether policies harm sentient animals (vertebrates, cephalopods, decapod crustaceans) and recommend steps to address impacts.
- Minister must respond in writing to Committee reports and table responses in Dáil Éireann within three months of publication.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil26 Sep 2024
- Second Stage33rd Dáil1 May 2025
Debates
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