First Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Lapsed The bill’s status — click for what it means 33rd Dáil The House currently handling the bill 14/2021 Official bill number / year
Health (Parliamentary Oversight of Certain Instruments Relating to Covid-19) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Pa Daly · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 11 Feb 2021
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Health Act 1947 to require both Houses of Oireachtas to pass resolutions confirming Covid-19 regulations and orders within 14 sitting days or 21 calendar days, or they are automatically annulled.
- Allows either House to annul Covid-19 regulations and orders by resolution before confirmation deadline expires, without affecting actions already taken under them.
- Excludes Covid-19 instruments from existing Health Act section 5 procedures, replacing them with new parliamentary oversight framework requiring affirmative confirmation instead of negative annulment.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil11 Feb 2021
Debates
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