Children (Amendment) Bill 2020

What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

• Amends Children Act 2001 to restrict publication and broadcasting of reports or pictures that identify or could identify certain children in court proceedings.
• Applies specifically to cases covered by section 252 of the Children Act 2001, affecting how media reports such cases.
• Aims to protect child identity and privacy in legal proceedings through stricter rules on identifying information in reports and broadcasts.

Stage timeline What do these stages mean?

1. First Stage 26th Seanad

   6 Nov 2020
2. Second Stage 26th Seanad

   6 Nov 2020
3. Committee Stage 26th Seanad

   15 Feb 2021
4. Report Stage 26th Seanad

   1 Mar 2021
5. Fifth Stage 26th Seanad

   5 Mar 2021
6. Second Stage 33rd Dáil

   5 Mar 2021
7. Committee Stage 33rd Dáil

   1 Apr 2021
8. Report Stage 33rd Dáil

   1 Apr 2021
9. Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil

   1 Apr 2021
10. Cream List 26th Seanad

    19 Apr 2021
11. Enacted

    26 Apr 2021

Debates

• [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages 19 Apr 2021 ↗
• Committee and Remaining Stages 1 Apr 2021 ↗
• Second Stage (Resumed) 31 Mar 2021 ↗
• Second Stage 11 Mar 2021 ↗
• Report and Final Stages 5 Mar 2021 ↗
• Committee Stage 1 Mar 2021 ↗
• Second Stage 15 Feb 2021 ↗
• First Stage 6 Nov 2020 ↗

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