Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024
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Presumed victim of human trafficking and identified victim of human trafficking and services | ||
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32. (1) Subject to subsection (3), the following may be made available to a presumed victim of human trafficking or an identified victim of human trafficking: | ||
(a) social welfare benefits; | ||
(b) assistance with accommodation; | ||
(c) civil legal aid within the meaning of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 ; | ||
(d) supports for access to education, training and employment opportunities, including any such opportunities provided by An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna or an education and training board; | ||
(e) where the presumed victim of human trafficking or the identified victim of human trafficking is a child, the services of the Child and Family Agency under the Child Care Acts 1991 to 2022 and the Child and Family Agency Act 2013 ; | ||
(f) information and advice from a competent authority or trusted partner, or both, including information on the rights and entitlements of the presumed victim of human trafficking or the identified victim of human trafficking; | ||
(g) at the request of the presumed victim of human trafficking or the identified victim of human trafficking, assistance with voluntary return to his or her country of origin. | ||
(2) The services referred to in subsection (1) may be provided by— | ||
(a) a competent authority or trusted partner, or | ||
(b) a relevant body. | ||
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as— | ||
(a) imposing an obligation on any competent authority, trusted partner, relevant body or any other person to provide any service, or | ||
(b) entitling any person to receive any service. | ||
(4) In this section— | ||
“country of origin” has the same meaning as it has in the International Protection Act 2015 ; | ||
“social welfare benefits” includes any payment or services provided under the Social Welfare Acts or the Health Acts 1947 to 2022. |