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Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Minister for Justice
- Introduced
- 12 Nov 2021
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Reduces sex offender notification period from 7 to 3 days; allows Gardaí to take fingerprints, palm prints and photographs for identity confirmation.
- Permits Gardaí to disclose offender information to police outside State and publish details where offender's whereabouts unknown, to manage public safety risks.
- Enables courts to impose electronic monitoring on sex offenders and ban them from working with children; allows Gardaí to apply for order discharge or variation.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil12 Nov 2021
- Second Stage33rd Dáil16 Nov 2021
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil18 Nov 2021
- Report Stage33rd Dáil26 Apr 2022
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil19 Oct 2022
- Second Stage26th Seanad19 Oct 2022
- Committee Stage26th Seanad7 Mar 2023
- Report Stage26th Seanad23 Mar 2023
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad23 Mar 2023
- Cream List33rd Dáil29 Mar 2023
- Enacted5 Apr 2023
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