Report Stage Current 27th Seanad 92/2024
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) Bill 2024
- 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 Seanad17 Oct 2024
- Second Stage 26th Seanad17 Oct 2024
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad22 Oct 2024
- Report Stage 27th Seanad20 May 2025