Said and Done

Bills / Bill 63 of 2026

Public bill

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2026

Current Most recent stage: First Stage

How far it has got

  1. First Stage
  2. Second Stage
  3. Committee Stage
  4. Report Stage
  5. Fifth Stage
  6. Enacted

The five Dáil stages, then enactment. A bill that starts in the Seanad, or is sent back by it, can take a different route. How a bill becomes law

What the bill says it does

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the despatch and deployment for service outside the State of members of the Defence Forces; to provide, in certain circumstances, for the suspension of members of the Defence Forces; to provide, in certain circumstances, for the dismissal of officers of the Defence Forces; for these and other purposes to amend the Defence Act 1954 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

This is the bill's official long title.