Second Stage Current 27th Seanad 17/2025

Protection of Retail Workers Bill 2025

Justice & Policing Employment

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 Seanad

29 Apr 2025
Second Stage 27th Seanad

29 Apr 2025