Domestic Violence Bill 2017
Public bill · Government · Presented
The legislation would update and bring together Ireland’s domestic violence laws, replacing older Acts and adding new protections. It would widen access to urgent court orders, including for some people in unmarried intimate relationships and parents of adult abusers, allow evidence by video link, let applicants bring a support person, and require victims to be told about support services. It would also create a new crime of forced marriage, remove the under-18 marriage exemption, and strengthen rules on privacy and court safety in domestic violence cases.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to consolidate the law on domestic violence; to provide for emergency barring orders in certain circumstances; to provide for evidence to be given through television link in certain proceedings; to provide for the right of an applicant to be accompanied in certain proceedings; to provide for the obtaining of the views of a child in certain proceedings; to provide for the giving of information on support services to victims of domestic violence; to provide for the making of recommendations for engagement with certain services by respondents; to provide for restrictions on those present in court during certain proceedings; to prohibit the publication or broadcast of certain matters; to provide for an offence of forced marriage; to repeal provisions for exemption, in certain cases, from minimum age requirements for marriage; for those and other purposes to repeal the Domestic Violence Act 1996 and the Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act 2002 and to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters
Last updated 24 May 2018
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- Domestic Violence Bill 2017: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages Seanad
- Domestic Violence Bill 2017: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) Seanad
- Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage Dáil
- Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages Dáil
- Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Committee Stage Select Committee on Justice and Equality
- Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage Dáil
- Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee Dáil
- Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages Seanad
- Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) Seanad
- Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) Seanad
- Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage Seanad
- Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Order for Second Stage Seanad
- Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Second Stage Seanad