First Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Lapsed The bill’s status — click for what it means 25th Seanad The House currently handling the bill 88/2018 Official bill number / year
Charities (Human Rights) Bill 2018
- Sponsor
- Paul Gavan · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 17 Jul 2018
- Last updated
- 20 Apr 2020
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Adds 'advancement of human rights' as a recognised charitable purpose under the Charities Act 2009.
- Removes 'advancement of religion' from the list of recognised charitable purposes for charity registration.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; did not progress to legislative debate or enactment.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 25th Seanad17 Jul 2018
Debates
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