Second Stage Current 27th Seanad 20/2025
Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Conor Murphy
- Introduced
- 13 May 2025
- Last updated
- 14 May 2025
Plain-English summary AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Adds socio-economic background as a protected characteristic under employment and public services equality law, preventing discrimination based on disadvantaged background.
- Amends Employment Equality Act 1998 and Equal Status Act 2000 to extend protections to employment, education, housing, and goods/services access.
- Bill currently at Second Stage; specific enforcement mechanisms, exemptions, and implementation details not yet publicly available.
Stage timeline
- First Stage 27th Seanad13 May 2025
- Second Stage 27th Seanad13 May 2025