Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Bill 2000
Public bill · Government · Presented
Establishes an independent commission to investigate child abuse in State institutions, including how institutions and their oversight contributed to it. Survivors could give evidence either publicly to an investigation committee or confidentially, with protections for their identities; the commission would report its findings and recommend measures to support survivors and prevent future abuse.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to establish a commission, to be known as the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, to investigate child abuse in institutions in the State, to enable persons who have suffered such abuse to give evidence to committees of the Commission, to provide for the preparation and publication of a report by the Commission containing the results of its investigation and any recommendations it considers appropriate for the prevention of child abuse, the protection of children from it and the actions to be taken to address any continuing effects of child abuse on those who have suffered it and to provide for related matters
Last updated 20 November 2019
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- Order of Business. - Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Bill, 2000: Committee and Remaining Stages. Seanad
- Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Bill, 2000: Second Stage. Seanad
- Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Bill, 2000: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. Dáil
- Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Bill, 2000: Order for Report Stage. Dáil
- Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Bill, 2000: Report Stage. Dáil
- Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Bill, 2000: Report Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse Bill, 2000: Committee Stage (Resumed). SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
- Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Bill, 2000: Message from Select Committee. Dáil
- Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse Bill, 2000: Committee Stage. SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
- Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Bill, 2000: Order for Second Stage. Dáil
- Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Bill, 2000: Second Stage. Dáil
- Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Bill, 2000: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil