Enacted 33/2025
Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025
- Introduced
- 13 Jun 2025
- Last updated
- 20 Mar 2026
Plain-English summary AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends 2000 copyright law to adjust how performers and sound recording copyright owners split royalty payments from rentals and lending.
- Implements EU rental and lending rights directive, affecting how copyright holders are compensated when their works are rented or loaned.
- Specific changes to equitable remuneration sharing mechanism between performers and copyright owners not detailed in bill title alone.
Stage timeline
- First Stage 34th Dáil13 Jun 2025
- Second Stage 34th Dáil19 Jun 2025
- Committee Stage 34th Dáil19 Jun 2025
- Report Stage 34th Dáil21 Jan 2026
- Fifth Stage 34th Dáil21 Jan 2026
- Second Stage 27th Seanad21 Jan 2026
- Committee Stage 27th Seanad17 Feb 2026
- Fifth Stage 27th Seanad4 Mar 2026
- Report Stage 27th Seanad4 Mar 2026
- Enacted12 Mar 2026