Bills
95 bills tracked. What do the stages mean?
Flood Insurance Bill 2021
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current John Brady
- Prevents insurance companies from discriminating against homeowners and businesses in flood-designated areas by refusing or overpricing coverage despite completed flood relief schemes.
- Empowers Financial Services Ombudsman to direct insurers to offer policies at deemed fair rates, and Central Bank to assess compliance and issue enforcement orders.
- Allows Central Bank to fine non-compliant insurers and prevents appeals to tribunals or courts on Central Bank assessments and enforcement decisions.
Dublin Bay Bill 2021
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Ivana Bacik
- Creates Dublin Bay Authority as special committee of Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly with members from four councils plus appointed experts.
- Authority proposes environmental policies, monitors pollution compliance, coordinates sustainable development, and makes regional spatial strategy for Dublin Bay area.
- Extends bathing water quality monitoring season for Dublin Bay year-round; amends 2008 Regulations to apply continuous monitoring instead of June-September only.
Defective Dwellings Bill 2021
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Francis Noel Duffy
- Creates statutory duty on builders, developers and sub-contractors to ensure dwellings meet Building Regulations and quality standards; applies to new construction and works on existing homes.
- Establishes two-year limitation period from when defect discovered, and ultimate fifteen-year period from completion; owners cannot be barred by earlier time limits.
- Allows homeowners and management companies to sue for defects without relying on contract; duty cannot be contracted out of and applies to first and subsequent purchasers.
Ceathrú Chultúir 1916 Bill 2021
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Aengus Ó Snodaigh
- Establishes Ceathrú Chultúir 1916 Teoranta company to manage state-owned lands and properties in Moore Street Battlefield Area and develop cultural/commemorative activities reflecting 1916 Rising.
- Minister must issue Preservation Order protecting historic terrace at 10-25 Moore Street, GPO, and surrounding streets/lanes, designating area as National Monument of extreme importance to State.
- Transforms Moore Street Market into permanent market with stall operating licences issued by Minister after consultation, maintaining conditions no less favourable than present.
Pensions (Amendment) (Transparency in Charges) Bill 2021
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Ged Nash
- Amends Pensions Act 1990 to require pension trustees to give members annual statements showing charges in cash, as percentage of contributions, and as percentage of assets held.
- Requires trustees to show how charges reduce expected pension benefits compared to no-charge scenario, plus comparisons with alternative charge levels over scheme lifetime.
- Pensions Authority must report annually on monitoring this requirement; Pensions Council must report every five years on reasonableness, transparency and competitiveness of charges.
Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Matt Shanahan
- Each Minister must annually report to Parliament on capital spending by asset from four years prior, covering projects over €500,000.
- Report details where departmental capital funds were spent, which assets purchased, and locations—closing current gap in capital spending transparency.
- Ministers may delay reporting commercially sensitive information; standardised reporting replaces current inconsistent departmental practices.
Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Ivana Bacik
- Employees get paid leave following miscarriage or to access reproductive healthcare services.
- Amends 1997 Working Time Act; adds unfair dismissal protection for taking this leave.
- Prevents employers firing or penalizing staff for miscarriage-related absence or medical appointments.
Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Patrick Costello
- Amends Broadcasting Act 2009 to require RTÉ's Director General to make the national video and photo archives accessible to ordinary citizens.
- Places legal responsibility on RTÉ to ensure archives and finding aids are open and transparent to the public.
- Bill aims to improve public access to Ireland's largest video archive and one of the country's largest photo archives currently unavailable to citizens.
Neighbour Disputes (Vegetation) Bill 2017
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Aengus Ó Snodaigh
- Creates a process for resolving neighbour disputes over vegetation causing nuisance, including blocked sunlight, via mediation and formal adjudication.
- Local authorities appoint adjudication officers to hear cases and make binding decisions; decisions can be appealed and enforced.
- Aims to provide structured alternative to court proceedings for vegetation-related neighbour conflicts.
National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) (Amendment) Bill 2022
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Réada Cronin
- Creates a Register of General Consents allowing individuals to give one-time consent to vetting disclosure, valid for 3 years, eliminating repeated vetting applications across multiple organisations.
- Streamlines vetting process: organisations can access registered individuals' information without requiring fresh consent or information each time, reducing administrative burden on volunteers and employees.
- Bureau must review register regularly, remove individuals who develop criminal records or specified information, and people must notify Bureau of relevant changes in circumstances.
Ban on Sex for Rent Bill 2022
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Cian O'Callaghan
- Creates a criminal offence for requiring or accepting sex as a condition of providing accommodation to someone.
- Creates a criminal offence for arranging or facilitating such sexual conditions for accommodation.
- Bill has no direct financial implications and applies from its commencement date.
Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Voting) Bill 2014
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Gerry Adams
- Amends the Constitution regarding presidential voting; specific changes unclear—bill title doesn't detail what voting rules change.
- Sponsored by Gerry Adams; currently at Committee Stage in the legislative process.
- Requires constitutional referendum if passed, as all Constitution amendments need public approval.
National Standards Authority of Ireland (Carbon Footprint Labelling) Bill 2021
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Duncan Smith
- Amends the National Standards Authority of Ireland Act 1996 to empower NSAI to develop and promote carbon footprint labelling standards for products across their full lifecycle.
- Requires NSAI and the Minister to formulate carbon footprint specifications, declare them as Irish Standards, and supervise standard marks showing conformity with those specifications.
- Defines carbon footprint as greenhouse gas emissions from raw material extraction, manufacturing, shipping, normal use, and end-of-life disposal of commodities.
National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Paul Murphy
- Removes lower minimum wage rates for workers aged 16–20, requiring them to receive 100% of the national minimum wage regardless of age.
- Deletes Section 15 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000, which previously set reduced wage percentages for under-20s.
- Amends Section 14 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to remove references to the deleted age-based wage reduction section.
Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Gino Kenny
- Amends Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to allow adults (18+) to possess specified amounts of cannabis or cannabis resin for personal use without criminal penalty.
- Shifts burden of proof: defendants claiming cannabis was for personal use must prove it themselves in court proceedings.
- Establishes legal possession limits for cannabis and cannabis resin, replacing current blanket prohibition for personal use.
Autism Bill 2022
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
- Requires government to develop and publish a cross-departmental autism strategy addressing education, employment, public services, and social inclusion for autistic persons and their families.
- Amends Employment Equality Act 1998 and Equal Status Act 2000 to include autism in disability protections; establishes Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth as lead coordinator.
- Mandates public bodies collect autism data, establish diagnosis pathways, run awareness campaigns, provide staff training, and publish three-yearly progress reports on strategy implementation.
Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Mark Ward
- Grants Mental Health Commission statutory power to regulate Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and enforce governance and clinical reform recommendations.
- Enables Mental Health Commission to monitor implementation of recommendations and publish annual progress reports on service improvements.
- Amends Mental Health Act 2001 to give Commission enforceable authority over HSE and State implementation of recommended reforms.
Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Brendan Howlin
- Repeals the 2014 abolition of town councils and revives the 2001 Local Government Act establishing them as the smallest tier of local government.
- Local Government Commission must identify qualifying built-up areas with 5,000+ residents and clearly defined urban centres, declare them towns, and establish town councils with elected members.
- Town councils become rating authorities with 9 or 15 members depending on population, holding powers and functions previously held before abolition in 2014.
Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2016
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Eamon Ryan
- Creates an elected Mayor covering Dublin City and three surrounding counties (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, South Dublin).
- Establishes Regional Authority of Dublin to handle waste, planning, and other functions across the four local government areas.
- Amends existing laws (Waste Management Act 1996, Planning and Development Act 2000, Local Government Act 2001) to give Mayor and Authority their powers.
Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Clare Daly
- Proposes constitutional amendment to enshrine water in public ownership and control.
- Aims to prevent privatization of public water supplies and water services.
- Bill currently in Committee Stage; requires parliamentary passage and public referendum to amend Constitution.
Tenancy Protection Bill 2023
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Cian O'Callaghan
- Removes landlords' exemption from the 'Tyrrelstown Amendment' based on selling price impact, undue burden, or hardship.
- Prevents termination of 10+ tenancies within any 6-month period in multi-unit developments by deleting section 35A(3) of Residential Tenancies Act 2004.
- Strengthens tenant protections by eliminating financial hardship as grounds for large-scale evictions in multi-unit properties.
Living Wage Bill 2022
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Ivana Bacik
- Renames Low Pay Commission to Living Wage Commission and changes its mandate to recommend hourly rates progressively increasing toward a living wage, defined as two-thirds median earnings or cost of essentials.
- Requires Commission to recommend minimum wage rates over three years that represent significant progress toward living wage; thereafter maintain actual living wage based on poverty measures and regional costs.
- Living wage calculated using 39-hour week multiplied by 52.14 weeks annually, assessed against CSO data on food, housing, healthcare, transport, and social participation costs for single adult.
Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Colette Kelleher
- Makes it illegal to import, sell, or provide goods/services from occupied territories, or extract resources there, under specific circumstances.
- Implements Ireland's obligations under the Fourth Geneva Convention on protecting civilians during wartime and international humanitarian law.
- Bill currently at Committee Stage; creates criminal offences with related enforcement measures for violations.
Labour Exploitation and Trafficking (Audit of Supply Chains) Bill 2021
2 May 2025 Committee Stage Current Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
- Requires large businesses importing goods or services exceeding 5% of input costs to annually publish transparent statements on steps taken to prevent labour exploitation and trafficking in their supply chains.
- Defines labour exploitation and trafficking to include child trafficking offences, criminal human trafficking, and hazardous work by minors under age 18 affecting their health, safety or morals.
- Breaching mandatory reporting regulations incurs a class A fine; Minister must review the law's operation before its fifth anniversary and report to Parliament.