First 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 44/2026 Official bill number / year
Criminal Law (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2026
- Sponsor
- David Cullinane · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 6 May 2026
- Last updated
- 7 May 2026
What this bill does AI · 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 timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 34th Dáil6 May 2026