Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023

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

• Creates new criminal offence for adults who compel, coerce, direct, deceive, induce, invite, aid, abet, counsel or procure a child to engage in criminal activity.
• Penalties: up to 12 months imprisonment or class A fine on summary conviction; up to 5 years imprisonment or fine on indictment.
• Amends Bail Act 1997 to allow courts to refuse bail for these offences where reasonably necessary to prevent serious offences.

Stage timeline What do these stages mean?

1. First Stage 33rd Dáil

   23 Jan 2023
2. Second Stage 33rd Dáil

   31 May 2023
3. Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil

   6 Dec 2023
4. Second Stage 26th Seanad

   6 Dec 2023
5. Report Stage 33rd Dáil

   6 Dec 2023
6. Committee Stage 33rd Dáil

   28 Dec 2023
7. Committee Stage 26th Seanad

   31 Jan 2024
8. Report Stage 26th Seanad

   5 Mar 2024
9. Fifth Stage 26th Seanad

   5 Mar 2024
10. Enacted

    11 Mar 2024

Debates

• Committee and Remaining Stages 5 Mar 2024 ↗
• Second Stage 31 Jan 2024 ↗
• Report and Final Stages 6 Dec 2023 ↗
• Second Stage (Resumed) 1 Jun 2023 ↗
• Second Stage 31 May 2023 ↗

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