Report Stage Current 27th Seanad 92/2024

Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) Bill 2024

Justice & Policing

Sponsor: Lisa Chambers
Introduced: 17 Oct 2024
Last updated: 22 May 2025

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

Creates new criminal offence for 'catfishing'—deceptively impersonating someone online to harm or deceive them.
Amends Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 to define and penalise catfishing as a crime.
Makes related changes to Broadcasting Act 2009; specific penalties and enforcement mechanisms not detailed in long title.

Stage timeline

First Stage 26th Seanad

17 Oct 2024
Second Stage 26th Seanad

17 Oct 2024
Committee Stage 26th Seanad

22 Oct 2024
Report Stage 27th Seanad

20 May 2025