EnactedStage in the legislative process — click for what it means13/2020Official bill number / year
Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020
- Sponsor
- Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
- Introduced
- 17 Jul 2020
- Last updated
- 17 Aug 2020
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Creates new Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science as a standalone government department.
- Establishes Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science as head of new department.
- Applies existing Ministers and Secretaries Acts (1924-2017) and Documentary Evidence Act 1925 to new department.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage26th Seanad17 Jul 2020
- Second Stage26th Seanad23 Jul 2020
- Committee Stage26th Seanad23 Jul 2020
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad23 Jul 2020
- Report Stage26th Seanad24 Jul 2020
- Second Stage33rd Dáil24 Jul 2020
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil24 Jul 2020
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil24 Jul 2020
- Enacted2 Aug 2020
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