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No. 116 of 2014Gender Recognition Bill 2014
Public bill · Government · Presented
Would create a legal process for transgender people to have their preferred gender recognised for dealings with the State and wider society, including marriage or civil partnership, passports and a new birth certificate. Adults would generally need medical evidence and be unmarried; 16- and 17-year-olds would need a court order, while confidential records and appeals would be provided.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to recognise change of gender; to provide for gender recognition certificates; to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, the Civil Registration Act 2004, the Passports Act 2008 and the Adoption Act 2010; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Last updated 16 April 2018
Sponsor
- Minister for Social Protection Primary
Progress
- First StageSeanad
- Second StageSeanad
- Committee StageSeanad
- Report StageSeanad
- Fifth StageSeanad
- Second StageDáil
- Committee StageDáil
- Report StageDáil
- Fifth StageDáil Enacted
- EnactedEnacted
Debates
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages Seanad
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage Dáil
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages Dáil
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage Select Sub Committee on Social Protection
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage Dáil
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) Dáil
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee Dáil
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages Seanad
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) Seanad
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage Seanad
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) Seanad
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Order for Second Stage Seanad
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Second Stage Seanad
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