Enacted 3/2020
Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020
- Introduced
- 18 Mar 2020
- Last updated
- 30 Mar 2020
Plain-English summary AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Allows Health Minister to restrict events and premises access via regulations to control Covid-19 spread, with enforcement powers.
- Enables medical officers to order detention of suspected Covid-19 sources in certain circumstances, with enforcement measures.
- Amends welfare laws: expands illness benefit for diagnosed/suspected Covid-19 cases; broadens jobseeker's benefit/allowance to ease economic hardship.
Stage timeline
- First Stage 33rd Dáil18 Mar 2020
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil19 Mar 2020
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil19 Mar 2020
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil19 Mar 2020
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil19 Mar 2020
- Second Stage 25th Seanad20 Mar 2020
- Committee Stage 25th Seanad20 Mar 2020
- Report Stage 25th Seanad20 Mar 2020
- Fifth Stage 25th Seanad20 Mar 2020
- Enacted20 Mar 2020