Bill entitled an Act to amend the law relating to rape; to amend the procedures applicable in proceedings for certain sexual offences including in relation to the adducing of evidence, the asking of questions, the exclusion of the public, the announcement of a verdict or decision and sentence and the anonymity of complainants and accused persons; and for those and other purposes to amend the Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981 and certain other enactments; to provide for a mechanism for the identification of victims and presumed victims of human trafficking and the combatting of the trafficking of persons, to provide for the support of provision of assistance to such persons and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as the operational committee and to provide for its functions; to provide for the protection from deportation of certain persons; to amend the Defence Act 1954; to amend the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008; to give effect to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, done at New York on 25 May 2000, and for that purpose to amend the Sexual Offences (Jurisdiction) Act 1996 and the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008; and to provide for related matters.
Last updated: 16 May 2024
History of this Bill
This Bill has completed Dáil Éireann, Fifth Stage
1 May 2024
Dáil Éireann
Seanad Éireann
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Dáil First Stage
17 Jul 2023
Dáil First Stage
The Bill is initiated or presented to the House
17 Jul 2023
Completed
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Dáil Second Stage
4 Oct 2023
Dáil Second Stage
The general principles of the Bill are debated
4 Oct 2023
Completed
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Dáil Third Stage
4 Oct 2023
Dáil Third Stage
The Bill is examined section by section and amendments may be made
(Also known as Committee Stage)4 Oct 2023
Completed
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Dáil Fourth Stage
14 Nov 2023
Dáil Fourth Stage
Amendments arising out of Committee Stage are considered
(Also known as Report Stage)14 Nov 2023
Completed
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Dáil Fifth Stage
1 May 2024
Dáil Fifth Stage
Final statements on the Bill are made and it is set down for Second Stage in the Seanad
(Also known as Final Stage)1 May 2024
Completed
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Seanad First Stage
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Seanad First Stage
The Bill is deemed to have passed Seanad First Stage
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Seanad Second Stage
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Seanad Second Stage
The general principles of the Bill are debated
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Seanad Third Stage
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Seanad Third Stage
The Bill is examined section by section and amendments may be made
(Also known as Committee Stage)n/a
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Seanad Fourth Stage
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Seanad Fourth Stage
Amendments arising out of Committee Stage are considered
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Seanad Fifth Stage
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Seanad Fifth Stage
Final statements on the Bill are made
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Enacted
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Enacted
The Bill is signed into law by the President
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Future Stage
1 May 2024
As passed by Dáil Éireann
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023
12 Apr 2024
As amended in Committee/Select Committee (Dáil Eireann)
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023
14 Nov 2023
As amended in Committee/Select Committee (Dáil Eireann)
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023
17 Jul 2023
As initiated
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023
Amendments
30 Apr 2024
Report Stage
Numbered List [Dáil]
13 Nov 2023
Committee Stage
Numbered List [Dáil]
This list of debates may not be complete. You can also search directly for this Bill within the Debates section.
Debates
16 May 2024
Seanad Éireann
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage
1 May 2024
Dáil Éireann
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages
14 Nov 2023
Select Committee On Justice
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage
4 Oct 2023
Dáil Éireann
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Referral to Select Committee
4 Oct 2023
Dáil Éireann
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage