Committee Stage Current 27th Seanad 7/2024

Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024

Justice & Policing Constitutional & Electoral

Introduced: 15 Feb 2024
Last updated: 20 Feb 2025

Plain-English summary AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

Amends the Irish Constitution to enable Ireland to ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement, creating a single EU-wide patent court system.
Allows Ireland to participate in unified patent litigation rather than handling cases through separate national courts.
Constitutional change required because the Agreement involves transferring some judicial authority to an international court body.

Stage timeline

First Stage 33rd Dáil

15 Feb 2024
Second Stage 33rd Dáil

29 Feb 2024
Committee Stage 33rd Dáil

6 Mar 2024
Report Stage 33rd Dáil

6 Mar 2024
Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil

6 Mar 2024
Second Stage 26th Seanad

6 Mar 2024
Committee Stage 27th Seanad

19 Feb 2025