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Corporate Manslaughter Bill 2016
- Sponsor
- Jonathan O'Brien · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 31 May 2016
- Last updated
- 19 Feb 2020
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Creates criminal offense of corporate manslaughter where an undertaking causes death by gross negligence in workplace health and safety.
- Creates separate offense of grossly negligent management causing death for high managerial agents; both prosecuted on indictment with fines and potential disqualification.
- Courts may impose remedial orders, community service orders, and adverse publicity orders on convicted undertakings; allows piercing corporate veil if company dissolved to evade liability.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage32nd Dáil31 May 2016
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