Enacted Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means 109/2021 Official bill number / year
Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Minister for Justice
- Introduced
- 9 Sep 2021
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Replaces references to Garda districts with divisions throughout legislation and regulations, reflecting the abolition of district-level structure.
- Allows Garda Commissioner to designate specific stations for sex offender and criminal justice notifications instead of requiring district headquarters.
- Enables superintendents to delegate firearms licensing functions to inspectors under the Firearms Act 1925.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil9 Sep 2021
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil22 Sep 2021
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil22 Sep 2021
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil10 Nov 2021
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil10 Nov 2021
- Second Stage 26th Seanad10 Nov 2021
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad27 Jan 2022
- Report Stage 26th Seanad3 Feb 2022
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad6 Apr 2022
- Cream List 33rd Dáil27 Apr 2022
- Enacted4 May 2022
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