First Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Withdrawn The bill’s status — click for what it means 33rd Dáil The House currently handling the bill 86/2024 Official bill number / year
Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024
- Sponsor
- Mark Ward · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 9 Oct 2024
- Last updated
- 13 May 2025
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Restricts nitrous oxide sales to licensed wholesalers and registered retailers serving only commercial and medical users; unauthorised sales are offences.
- Prohibits selling nitrous oxide products to anyone under 18; allows gardaí to seize containers from minors in public places without criminalising possession.
- Allows gardaí to seize nitrous oxide in public places when reasonably believed misused for intoxication; establishes ministerial registers of licensed wholesalers and retailers.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil9 Oct 2024
Debates
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