Gender Recognition (Amendment) (Prisons) Bill 2025

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

• Amends Gender Recognition Act 2015 to enable prisons to provide single-sex accommodation based on biological sex rather than legal gender recognition.
• Allows prison authorities to house inmates in facilities matching their sex at birth, regardless of gender recognition certificate status.
• Related provisions address how gender identity interacts with prison accommodation policy; specific criteria and exceptions not detailed in long title alone.

Stage timeline

1. First Stage 34th Dáil

   4 Dec 2025
2. Second Stage 34th Dáil

   4 Dec 2025