Second Stage Current 27th Seanad 17/2025
Protection of Retail Workers Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Mary Fitzpatrick
- Introduced
- 29 Apr 2025
- Last updated
- 14 Aug 2025
Plain-English summary 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
- First Stage 27th Seanad29 Apr 2025
- Second Stage 27th Seanad29 Apr 2025