Enacted Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means 54/2023 Official bill number / year
Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023
- Sponsor
- Minister for Health
- Introduced
- 29 Jun 2023
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Creates 100-metre safe access zones around healthcare premises providing termination of pregnancy services, prohibiting conduct intended to impede access or influence decisions.
- Establishes criminal offences for prohibited conduct, with Garda warnings required before charges; penalties escalate for repeat offences, prosecuted summarily.
- Exempts healthcare staff performing normal duties, lawful protest outside Parliament, and conduct within places of worship from the prohibitions.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil29 Jun 2023
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil5 Jul 2023
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil27 Sep 2023
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil25 Oct 2023
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil15 Nov 2023
- Second Stage 26th Seanad14 Dec 2023
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad14 Dec 2023
- Report Stage 26th Seanad22 Feb 2024
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad1 May 2024
- Enacted7 May 2024
Debates
- Report and Final Stages 1 May 2024
- Committee Stage (Resumed) 16 Apr 2024
- Committee Stage (Resumed) 7 Mar 2024
- Committee Stage 27 Feb 2024
- Second Stage 14 Dec 2023
- Report and Final Stages 15 Nov 2023
- Second Stage (Resumed) 27 Sep 2023
- Second Stage (Resumed) 13 Jul 2023
- Second Stage (Resumed) 11 Jul 2023
- Second Stage 5 Jul 2023
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