Bills

Stage Year Sponsoring minister

Consolidates harmful communications offences by repealing Post Office (Amendment) Act 1951 and section 10 of Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997, replacing them with new offences covering all communication types including digital.
Creates new criminal offences: distributing intimate images without consent (up to 7 years imprisonment); taking/distributing intimate images without consent (up to 6 months); and sending menacing messages (up to 7 years imprisonment).
Introduces stalking as separate offence from harassment, extends protection to online communications including fake profiles, provides 2-year prosecution time limit, and grants courts power to restrict contact and approach orders.

Amends Employment Equality Act 1998 to remove mandatory retirement rules if employees can prove they meet job fitness requirements.
Allows workers to continue employment beyond current retirement age by demonstrating capability to perform contracted duties.
Bill did not progress beyond First Stage and lapsed without becoming law.

Allows evidence and documents from private Commission hearings to be disclosed or published, subject to conditions in the 2004 Act.
Amends the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 to expand what information can be shared publicly about witness testimony.
Bill did not progress beyond First Stage and lapsed without becoming law.

Bans hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and similar hydrocarbon extraction methods from coal seams, shale, and tight sands across Ireland.
Bill lapsed without passing; never progressed beyond First Stage in Dáil Éireann.
Would have prohibited all extraction practices for oil and gas from these rock formations if enacted.

Removes section 28(1C) from the Planning and Development Act 2000, which previously allowed certain ministerial directives on planning decisions.
Practical effect: Reduces ministerial power to intervene in local planning matters through binding directions to planning authorities.
Bill lapsed at First Stage; did not progress to legislative debate or votes.

Amends Constitution Article 10 to require electricity, gas networks, and water/wastewater services remain in public ownership.
Prevents Oireachtas from passing legislation to privatise companies owning gas/electricity transmission and distribution networks or public water infrastructure.
Requires referendum approval before amendment takes effect; if passed, creates permanent constitutional bar on privatisation of named utilities.

Amends Garda Síochána Acts 2005-2015 to let An tÚdarás Póilíneachta (Police Authority) appoint Garda Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner.
Changes appointment process for Ireland's top two police ranks from current system to authority-led selection.
Bill did not progress beyond First Stage introduction; status is lapsed.

Proposed constitutional amendment to establish common ownership of water resources in Ireland.
Bill lapsed without progression; did not advance beyond First Stage in Dáil.
Specific amendment text and practical effects not provided in available documentation.

Makes company officers personally liable for employment law breaches committed by their corporate body.
Amends the Companies Act 2014 to impose individual accountability on officers acting for companies.
Bill did not progress beyond First Stage and has lapsed without becoming law.

Each housing authority must maintain and publish a register of rental properties under agreement, showing address, owner name, and total amount paid to that owner in the previous year.
The Minister must compile an alphabetical list of all landlords with rental agreements across all authorities, showing total payments received per landlord, and publish it.
Aims to increase transparency in state spending on rental accommodation and align landlord payment disclosure with rules applied to other service providers like legal aid lawyers.