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Disregard of Historic Offences for Consensual Sexual Activity Between Men Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 1 Jul 2025
- Last updated
- 2 Jul 2025
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Establishes a process for people convicted or cautioned for consensual sexual activity between men to apply for disregard of those historic convictions, removing legal barriers to employment and professional rights.
- Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission decides applications and issues certificates of disregard; decisions can be appealed to an Appeals Officer with Garda records updated accordingly.
- Application process is free; Commission provides support to applicants; Minister must review the scheme within 3 years and publicly inform citizens of the process.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 34th Dáil1 Jul 2025
- Second Stage 34th Dáil1 Jul 2025
Debates
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