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Institutional Burials Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Introduced
- 28 Feb 2022
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Government appoints a Director to excavate institutional burial sites and recover human remains buried in manifestly inappropriate circumstances, with oversight by an Advisory Board.
- Establishes an Identification Programme allowing eligible family members to participate in DNA identification of recovered remains, with Forensic Science Ireland managing a DNA database.
- Grants Director legal powers to access burial land, suspend conflicting exhumation licenses, and compel information from public bodies; amends Taxes and Planning Acts accordingly.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil28 Feb 2022
- Second Stage33rd Dáil28 Feb 2022
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil29 Mar 2022
- Report Stage33rd Dáil3 May 2022
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil15 Jun 2022
- Second Stage26th Seanad15 Jun 2022
- Committee Stage26th Seanad23 Jun 2022
- Report Stage26th Seanad28 Jun 2022
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad6 Jul 2022
- Enacted13 Jul 2022
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