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Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026

23 Oct 2026
Fifth Stage Current
  • Requires nicotine inhaling products be kept in closed containers at retail, restricts their advertising in shops and online, and allows Minister to regulate permitted flavour names.
  • Bans sale of nicotine consumption products to children and restricts their display and advertising in retail premises and online.
  • Expands enforcement powers: authorised officers can investigate supply chains, take samples, issue prohibition notices, and seize non-compliant or seriously harmful products.

Spiking Offences Bill 2026

23 Oct 2026
Second Stage Current Mark Ward
  • Creates standalone spiking offence with maximum 10-year sentence, replacing current poisoning charge under 1997 Act carrying 3-year maximum.
  • Establishes statutory toxicology pathways in Garda stations and clinical settings to support victims' care and justice pursuit.
  • Addresses 278 reported spiking incidents since 2022, none previously prosecuted under existing legislation.

Short-Term Lettings and Tourism Bill 2026

23 Oct 2026
First Stage Current
  • Designates Fáilte Ireland as the competent authority to manage a national register of short-term lettings, operate a Single Digital Entry Point, and collect data on short-term rental services to comply with EU Regulation 2024/1028.
  • Requires hosts offering short-term accommodation to obtain and display a valid registration number in advertisements; imposes obligations on online rental platforms to verify and display registration numbers or remove non-compliant listings.
  • Establishes enforcement powers including fixed payment notices, summary offences, and financial sanctions up to 2% of annual worldwide turnover for online platforms; empowers Fáilte Ireland to appoint officers to conduct inspections and investigations.

Patient Safety (Right to Escalation and Clinical Review) Bill 2026

22 Oct 2026
Second Stage Current Aubrey McCarthy
  • Patients, family, and carers gain legal right to demand urgent clinical review if patient's condition seriously worsens.
  • Hospitals must run 24/7 critical review systems and protocols for sepsis and deterioration cases.
  • Hospitals must report and notify when staff fail to escalate patient care as required.

Dublin Transport Authority (Amendment) Bill 2026

21 Oct 2026
Report Stage Current
  • Extends National Transport Authority's power to build public transport infrastructure projects like BusConnects from Greater Dublin Area to entire State.
  • Amends definition of 'road authority' in 2008 Act to remove geographical limitation, enabling NTA to act as public transport authority nationwide.
  • Provides legislative framework for NTA to construct infrastructure when it deems this more convenient, expeditious, effective or economical than alternatives.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2026

21 Oct 2026
First Stage Current
  • Increases Universal Social Charge 2% ceiling by €1,600 to €30,300 from 2027, aligned with minimum wage rise, ensuring full-time minimum wage workers pay only 2% USC.
  • Raises income tax standard rate band by €2,500 to €46,500 for single persons from 1 January 2027; increases personal tax credit by €125 to €2,125 and employee/earned income tax credits to €2,125.
  • Establishes individual investment accounts to simplify retail investment taxation; only qualifying account providers (banks, investment firms, insurance companies) can offer them to eligible Irish tax residents aged 18+.

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