First Stage Lapsed 33rd Dáil 10/2021
Children (Amendment) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Jim O'Callaghan
- Introduced
- 3 Feb 2021
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2024
Plain-English summary AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Children Act 2001 to allow media publication of details about people charged with child offences if the child victim is deceased.
- Permits adult survivors of childhood offences to voluntarily waive their anonymity protections that were set under the Children Act 2001.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; did not progress to further debate or votes in Oireachtas.
Stage timeline
- First Stage 33rd Dáil3 Feb 2021