Second Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Current The bill’s status — click for what it means 27th Seanad The House currently handling the bill 17/2025 Official bill number / year
Protection of Retail Workers Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Mary Fitzpatrick · Fianna Fáil
- Introduced
- 29 Apr 2025
- Last updated
- 14 Aug 2025
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Creates new criminal offences for assaulting or threatening retail workers while they work.
- Amends the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 to add these specific protections.
- Currently at Second Stage; practical penalties and exact scope of 'retail worker' undefined.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 27th Seanad29 Apr 2025
- Second Stage 27th Seanad29 Apr 2025
Debates
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