Second Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Current The bill’s status — click for what it means 34th Dáil The House currently handling the bill 77/2025 Official bill number / year
Gender Recognition (Amendment) (Prisons) Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Peadar Tóibín · Aontú
- Introduced
- 4 Dec 2025
- Last updated
- 28 Apr 2026
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Gender Recognition Act 2015 to clarify that a gender recognition certificate does not change how prisoners are classified for prison single-sex accommodation rules.
- Ensures Prison Rules 2007 Rule 52(1) on male/female prisoner separation applies regardless of whether a gender recognition certificate was issued before or after this Bill passes.
- Applies retroactively to all existing and future gender recognition certificates and all periods of imprisonment, whether started before or after the Bill's passage.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 34th Dáil4 Dec 2025
- Second Stage 34th Dáil4 Dec 2025
Debates
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