Enacted Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means 53/2025 Official bill number / year
Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment
- Introduced
- 18 Aug 2025
- Last updated
- 23 Mar 2026
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- EPA can set definite timeframes for licensing decisions on industrial activities; includes 'stop the clock' provision for requesting applicant information.
- EPA may review part of a licence or grant exemptions from environmental impact assessments in civil emergencies or exceptional circumstances.
- Public bodies must report annually on procurements where green public procurement criteria were not applied and justify their reasons.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 34th Dáil18 Aug 2025
- Second Stage 34th Dáil30 Sep 2025
- Committee Stage 34th Dáil30 Sep 2025
- Report Stage 34th Dáil3 Dec 2025
- Fifth Stage 34th Dáil14 Jan 2026
- Second Stage 27th Seanad17 Feb 2026
- Committee Stage 27th Seanad17 Feb 2026
- Report Stage 27th Seanad4 Mar 2026
- Fifth Stage 27th Seanad4 Mar 2026
- Enacted12 Mar 2026
Debates
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