Second Stage Lapsed 32nd Dáil 50/2019
Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019
- Sponsor
- Jim O'Callaghan
- Introduced
- 27 Jun 2019
- Last updated
- 13 Feb 2020
Plain-English summary AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 to increase prison sentences for possessing a knife with intent to injure, incapacitate, or intimidate someone.
- Specific new maximum sentence amount not provided in the bill title; additional detail needed to confirm the proposed penalty increase.
- Bill lapsed during Second Stage; did not become law. Would have required passage through remaining legislative stages to take effect.
Stage timeline
- First Stage 32nd Dáil27 Jun 2019
- Second Stage 32nd Dáil27 Jun 2019