First Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Lapsed The bill’s status — click for what it means 26th Seanad The House currently handling the bill 100/2024 Official bill number / year
Public Procurement (Collective Bargaining and Collective Agreements Criteria) Bill 2024
- Sponsor
- Paul Gavan · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 6 Nov 2024
- Last updated
- 30 Jan 2025
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Public contracts can now favour companies that use collective bargaining and collective agreements with employees when scoring bids.
- Implements EU Directive 2014/24/EU by adding collective bargaining status as a weighted award criterion in government procurement.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; did not progress to legislative debate or votes.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 26th Seanad6 Nov 2024
Debates
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