Second Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Current The bill’s status — click for what it means 27th Seanad The House currently handling the bill 61/2021 Official bill number / year
Clean Air (Smoky Coal Ban) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Timmy Dooley · Fianna Fáil
- Introduced
- 30 Apr 2021
- Last updated
- 28 Mar 2025
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Minister must create regulations within 12 months to ban sale, marketing, distribution and burning of bituminous coal nationwide.
- Extends existing Low Smoke Zones covering major cities to entire country by amending Air Pollution Act 1987 regulations.
- Enforcement by local authorities with penalties for fuel importers, wholesalers and retailers; aims to reduce health harms and emissions.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 26th Seanad30 Apr 2021
- Second Stage 27th Seanad27 Feb 2025
Debates
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