Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2024-10-17
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Lisa Chambers (FF), Cultural and Educational Panel

I move:
That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for an offence for the action commonly known as catfishing and for that purpose to provide for the identification of such an offence; to amend and extend the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 and to provide for consequential amendments to the Broadcasting Act 2009; and to provide for related matters.

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Sitting date: 2024-10-17