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Protection of Accident Victims from Non-Consensual Recording of Images Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Duncan Smith · Labour Party
- Introduced
- 14 Jul 2022
- Last updated
- 2 May 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Makes it an offence to record or publish images of accident victims who are dead, seriously injured, or in shock without their consent, if this causes distress or interferes with privacy.
- Penalties are a class A fine or imprisonment up to 12 months or both. Exception: sharing images to get emergency help or by gardaí performing duties.
- Provides public interest defence if publication was justified by overriding public interest considerations and disclosure was not excessively intrusive into private life.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil14 Jul 2022
- Second Stage33rd Dáil13 Jun 2024
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil1 May 2025
Debates
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