Criminal Law (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2026

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

• Creates new criminal offences for abuse, neglect, ill-treatment, or coercive control of vulnerable adults unable to protect themselves from harm or exploitation.
• Allows courts to ban offenders from working with vulnerable adults and requires care providers convicted of abuse to publish their identity and offence details.
• Protects victims' identities by criminalizing publication of information likely to identify alleged vulnerable adults or accused persons in these cases.

Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?

1. First Stage34th Dáil

   6 May 2026

Debates

• First Stage6 May 2026↗