Second Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Current The bill’s status — click for what it means 34th Dáil The House currently handling the bill 79/2025 Official bill number / year
Civil Liability (Child Sexual Abuse Proceedings Against Unincorporated Bodies of Persons) Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Ivana Bacik · Labour Party
- Introduced
- 9 Dec 2025
- Last updated
- 10 Dec 2025
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Allows child sexual abuse victims to sue unincorporated bodies (like religious orders) directly in the body's name, rather than having to identify and sue individual members.
- Enables courts to appoint a representative defendant, including trustees of associated trusts, to conduct proceedings and satisfy judgments from trust assets up to their value.
- Extends the civil limitation period by one year from the bill's enactment, allowing claims that would otherwise be time-barred to proceed within that window.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 34th Dáil9 Dec 2025
- Second Stage 34th Dáil9 Dec 2025
Debates
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