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Institutional Burials (Amendment) Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Eileen Flynn · Independent
- Introduced
- 29 Sep 2022
- Last updated
- 26 Feb 2026
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Expands the Director of Authorised Intervention's powers to investigate suspected inappropriate burials in institutions even when exact burial locations are unknown.
- Allows people who believe they are related to those buried on institutional land to request excavation of that land.
- Bill was defeated at First Stage; did not progress to law.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage26th Seanad29 Sep 2022
Debates
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