Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021

What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

• Removes mandatory fines and imprisonment requirements for repeat offences under 19th-century laws on stolen goods, illegal distilling, and unlicensed premises.
• Repeals mandatory minimum prison sentences (5-10 years) for second or subsequent firearms and drug trafficking offences.
• Makes consequential changes to eliminate references to removed mandatory penalties in parole eligibility and sentencing law.

Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?

1. First Stage33rd Dáil

   23 Feb 2021
2. Second Stage33rd Dáil

   28 Apr 2021
3. Committee Stage33rd Dáil

   28 Apr 2021
4. Second Stage26th Seanad

   6 Oct 2021
5. Report Stage33rd Dáil

   6 Oct 2021
6. Fifth Stage33rd Dáil

   6 Oct 2021
7. Committee Stage26th Seanad

   3 Nov 2021
8. Report Stage26th Seanad

   10 Nov 2021
9. Fifth Stage26th Seanad

   1 Dec 2021
10. Enacted

    8 Dec 2021

Debates

• Report and Final Stages1 Dec 2021↗
• Committee Stage10 Nov 2021↗
• Second Stage3 Nov 2021↗
• Committee and Remaining Stages6 Oct 2021↗
• Second Stage28 Apr 2021↗

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