Bills
319 bills tracked. What do the stages mean?
Public Procurement (Collective Bargaining and Collective Agreements Criteria) Bill 2024
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Paul Gavan
- 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.
Autism Action and Oversight Bill 2024
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Micheál Carrigy
- Creates a new body to monitor and advise on autism action plans and the Autism Innovation Strategy implementation.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; not yet passed into law or implemented.
- Specific powers, funding, composition, and timeline for the oversight body are not detailed in the long title provided.
Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Timmy Dooley
- Bans primary ticket sellers from using dynamic pricing (prices that rise with demand) when selling tickets for cultural, entertainment, sporting, or recreational events.
- Prohibits advertising tickets at dynamically-adjusted prices to ensure fairer access and prevent price inflation based on demand fluctuations.
- Amends the 2021 Sale of Tickets Act; bill lapsed at First Stage, so changes were not enacted into law.
Workplace Relations (Exemplary Damages, Unfair Dismissals and Other Provisions) Bill 2024
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Mark Wall
- Allows Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court to award exemplary damages in certain workplace cases.
- Makes non-disclosure agreements unenforceable against employees who didn't get independent legal advice before signing.
- Updates unfair dismissal laws to match EU rules on transparent, predictable working conditions for employees.
Transport (Vehicle Registration Plate Suppliers) Bill 2024
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Vincent P. Martin
- Creates a register of vehicle registration plate manufacturers and suppliers, managed by the Minister for Finance.
- Requires registered suppliers to keep records of plate manufacture and sales as set out in regulations.
- Enables plates to identify their manufacturer or supplier; allows exemptions from record-keeping for certain persons or businesses.
Bail (Amendment) Bill 2024
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Vincent P. Martin
- Adds domestic violence offense (section 39 of Domestic Violence Act 2018) to bail legislation's schedule of serious crimes.
- Amends Bail Act 1997 to potentially affect bail conditions or requirements for people charged with this offense.
- Bill did not progress beyond First Stage; currently lapsed with no active status.
Third-Party Funding Contracts (Certain Proceedings) Bill 2024
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Mary Seery Kearney
- Removes criminal and civil penalties for maintenance and champerty (financial backing of legal cases) in specified proceedings.
- Allows third parties to fund certain legal cases without committing an offence or tort under existing law.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; specific proceedings covered and related provisions not detailed in available information.
Protection of Retail Workers Bill 2024
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Malcolm Byrne
- Creates new criminal offences for assaulting or threatening retail workers while they work.
- Amends the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 to add these specific protections.
- Bill did not progress beyond First Stage and has lapsed without becoming law.
Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) (Web Archive) Bill 2024
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Lynn Boylan
- Amends copyright law to require collection and preservation of Ireland's digital content online, ensuring permanent public access.
- Aims to safeguard Ireland's intellectual and cultural record for citizens, researchers, and international audiences.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; current status of provisions or reintroduction unknown.
Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Formaldehyde) Bill 2024
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Vincent P. Martin
- Amends 2005 Work Safety Act to require Health and Safety Authority publish guidance on safe formaldehyde use and disposal, focusing on embalming.
- Establishes formal code of practice for formaldehyde handling to protect workers from chemical exposure risks in embalming and related work.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; did not progress to debate or enactment. No current legislative requirement for formaldehyde code exists.
Fossil Fuel Products (Control of Advertising and Sponsorship) Bill 2024
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Paul Gavan
- Bans advertising of fossil fuels and companies that produce them, with some exemptions allowed.
- Prohibits fossil fuel companies from sponsoring events, organisations, or activities.
- Gives the utility regulator power to investigate breaches and enforce the rules.
Children’s Health (Kathleen Lynn National Children's Hospital) (Amendment) Bill 2024
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Paul Gavan
- Amends the Children's Health Act 2018 to officially name the National Children's Hospital after Kathleen Lynn in Irish and English.
- Changes the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board order to reflect the new official hospital name across legal documents.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; no further legislative progress occurred.
Improved Rail Passenger Rights with Compensation for Delays and Cancellations Bill 2024
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Martin Conway
- Bill requires National Transport Authority to report on improving rail passenger rights beyond EU minimum standards, focusing on compensation for delays and cancellations.
- NTA must periodically report to transport minister on how Irish law implements EU rail passenger rights rules and national requirements.
- Bill creates reporting obligations only; does not itself change passenger rights, compensation rules, or rail operator requirements.
Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (Control of Nitrous Oxide) Bill 2023
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed John Cummins
- Amends the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to control nitrous oxide, likely adding it to controlled substances list.
- Aims to restrict supply, possession, or use of nitrous oxide through updated drug legislation framework.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; no amendments were enacted or implemented into law.
Civil Legal Aid (Neighbours’ Dispute Mediation Services) Bill 2023
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Micheál Carrigy
- Amends the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 to extend legal aid eligibility. Specific changes to scope and access not detailed in available information.
- Introduces mediation services for neighbours' disputes. Practical effect on funding, case types, or service delivery details not provided.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage. Status and current parliamentary position unclear from title alone; consult Oireachtas records for details.
Consumer Insurance Contracts (Amendment) Bill 2023
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Barry Ward
- Amends the 2019 Consumer Insurance Contracts Act to ban insurance providers from using average clauses in policies.
- Average clauses reduce payouts if insured value is less than property's actual value; this bill prevents that practice.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; no changes to consumer insurance law resulted from this proposal.
Criminal Justice (Juvenile Offenders) Bill 2023
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Barry Ward
- Allows judges discretion in sentencing juvenile murderers and traitors, replacing mandatory life sentences with other options.
- Extends suspended sentence rules to juvenile offenders, giving courts more flexibility in how sentences are served.
- Gives judges discretion when setting detention and supervision order terms for young offenders under the Children Act 2001.
Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2022
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Catherine Ardagh
- Amends Central Bank Act 1942 to ban financial service providers from discriminating against cancer survivors accessing financial services.
- Requires financial institutions to treat cancer survivors fairly when applying for loans, insurance, banking, or other financial products.
- Bill did not progress beyond First Stage and has since lapsed without becoming law.
Broadcasting (Gender, Cultural and Other Diversities) Bill 2022
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Mark Wall
- Requires broadcasters to better reflect the diversity of people in Ireland through their content and programming decisions.
- Introduces a quota requiring a minimum proportion of female composers or performers in music content broadcast by eligible stations.
- Amends broadcasters' existing legal duties to include new obligations around gender, cultural, and other diversity representation.
Right to Flexible Work Bill 2022
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Annie Hoey
- Employees gain legal right to request flexible work arrangements from their employer.
- Employers must respond to requests within a set timeframe and can only refuse if not reasonably practicable.
- Employers must have written flexible work policy; employees and Workplace Relations Commission can inspect it. Appeals available against refusals.
Regulation of Air Traffic Over Sporting Events Bill 2021
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Vincent P. Martin
- Bill aims to prevent unfair betting on sports by regulating aircraft flying over sporting events.
- Proposes rules for aircraft operation during certain sporting events to protect betting integrity.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; specific protections and aircraft restrictions not yet detailed in law.
Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2021
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Alice-Mary Higgins
- Amends the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 to extend the time period for registering easements and profits à prendre.
- Easements and profits à prendre are property rights allowing use of someone else's land; this bill extends the deadline to formally register them.
- Bill lapsed without enactment; the specific new time period is not stated in the long title provided.
National Minimum Wage (Removal of Sub-minimum Rates of Pay) Bill 2021
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Paul Gavan
- Amends National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to remove lower pay rates for 16-year-olds and new employees in first two years.
- All affected workers would receive the standard minimum wage instead of current reduced rates.
- Bill did not progress beyond First Stage introduction in Seanad; lapsed without becoming law.
Worker Co-Operatives and Right To Buy Bill 2021
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Paul Gavan
- Amends the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 to update rules governing worker co-operatives and related organisations.
- Bill lapsed without progressing beyond First Stage; specific provisions on 'right to buy' not detailed in available information.
- Intended to modernise legal framework for industrial and provident societies, but detailed scope of changes unavailable.