Bills
1,049 bills tracked.
Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Establishes a payment scheme for people who were residents in certain mother and baby institutions in Ireland, recognizing their experiences there.
- Provides financial payments to eligible former residents and offers free health services to scheme participants without charge.
- Sets up an application process for eligible persons to claim payments and access available health services under the scheme.
Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Amends parental leave law to allow employees medical care leave and flexible working rights for caring responsibilities, implementing EU Directive 2019/1158.
- Updates employment laws including redundancy, dismissal, maternity, adoption, working time, minimum wage, and workplace relations acts with work-life balance provisions.
- Specific changes to each act not detailed in title; practical effects depend on amending regulations and statutory instruments not provided here.
Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Creates Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Scheme II to provide one-off payments to domestic electricity customers from bill passage until 30 June 2023, funded by the Environment Ministry.
- Exempts emergency benefit payments from income tax and amends regulations on electricity distribution, supplier registration, and the utility regulator's powers.
- Adjusts the national oil reserves levy rate temporarily and aligns electricity market rules with EU Directive 2019/944.
Employment Permits Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Creates employment permit system for foreign workers. Replaces 2003 and 2006 permit laws with updated rules and enforcement powers.
- Prohibits employing foreign nationals without valid permits. Minister sets conditions via regulations. Breaches face penalties.
- Allows foreign workers to seek compensation in court for unpaid work. Repeals previous employment permit legislation.
National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Increases the maximum amount of money the National Tourism Development Authority can lend to eligible tourism enterprises and projects.
- Amends the 2003 Act to allow higher total lending capacity; specific new limit amount not provided in long title.
- Enables the tourism authority to support more or larger tourism development initiatives through increased financial advance capacity.
Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Regulates water extraction through licensing and registration systems, enforced by EPA and local authorities. Replaces 1942-1977 water laws.
- Irish Water can abstract water for public supply, including emergency extractions, with compensation provisions for certain abstractions.
- Implements EU water policy directives. Minister sets daily abstraction thresholds and can exempt certain extraction categories from requirements.
Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Implements EU Electronic Communications Code directive: network providers must manage security risks; high-risk component suppliers face restrictions.
- Adds consumer protections, complaint resolution processes, and interim breach measures for electronic communications services.
- Establishes administrative penalties for breaches; amends 2002 Communications Act, 2003 Digital Hub Act, and 1983 Postal Act; funds post office network.
Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Strengthens lobbying rules: expands who must register, broadens what counts as lobbying, adds more exempt communications.
- Creates enforcement system: introduces non-criminal penalties and sanctions for breaking lobbying rules, replacing some criminal approaches.
- Restricts former officials: tightens rules on when ex-public servants can lobby; updates lawmakers' allowances under separate provisions.
Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Amends nationality, citizenship, and immigration laws; updates court procedures for juries, bankruptcy, and civil liability cases.
- Updates court administration: centralizes offices, maintains electronic registers, changes staff appointment rules for judges and court officers.
- Expands Data Protection Commission powers to issue reprimands and protect confidential information; gives District Court jurisdiction over data protection disputes.
Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Creates new offences for non-fatal strangulation, suffocation, harassment and stalking, with court protection orders available for victims.
- Amends conspiracy to murder laws and updates explosives/firearms offences; allows courts to grant witness anonymity in criminal proceedings.
- Introduces evidence certificates for drug/forensic items handling; updates bail, insanity, domestic violence and related criminal justice laws.
Tailte Éireann Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Creates Tailte Éireann, a new state body combining property registration, mapping, valuation, and boundary surveying functions.
- Dissolves Property Registration Authority, Ordnance Survey Ireland, and transfers Commissioner of Valuation and Boundary Surveyor roles to Tailte Éireann.
- Amends Public Service Management Act 1997, Valuation Act 2001, and Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 to align with new structure.
Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Amends three healthcare laws: the 2005 Health and Social Care Professionals Act, the 2007 Medical Practitioners Act, and the 2020 Regulated Professions Amendment Act.
- Makes miscellaneous technical and administrative changes to how health and social care professionals are regulated in Ireland.
- Specific amendments and practical effects not detailed in available information; full bill text needed for detailed changes.
Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Irish Water rebrands to Uisce Éireann and becomes independent from Ervia, which previously managed both water and gas services.
- Water board and CEO powers change; Uisce Éireann staff, assets, and liabilities transfer from Ervia; Water Advisory Body dissolves.
- Uisce Éireann must report to Dáil committee; accounting and reporting rules updated; Gas Act 1976 and Water Services Acts amended accordingly.
Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Gardaí can use body-worn cameras, ANPR (number plate readers), CCTV, and telephone recording in defined circumstances, with oversight from courts or senior officers.
- Gardaí can request CCTV footage from businesses; refusal becomes an offence. Live CCTV monitoring requires District Court approval or senior officer permission.
- Establishes codes of practice for recording device use. Repeals old Garda Act 2005 provisions. Reviews planned for ANPR and CCTV rules.
Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Renames Personal Injuries Assessment Board to Personal Injuries Resolution Board and adds mediation process for injury claims.
- Board can appoint mediators, set mediation rules, and adjust procedures for long-term prognosis cases and fee charging.
- Creates offence for providing false information to the Board; amends Freedom of Information Act 2014 for related transparency.
Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment can review foreign transactions posing security or public order risks to Ireland.
- Minister can demand information from parties involved and block or condition transactions deemed threatening to state security.
- Independent appeal panel established for people to challenge ministerial decisions; advisory panel helps Minister assess transaction risks.
National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Transfers certain RTÉ functions, staff, property, and liabilities to the National Concert Hall.
- Expands National Concert Hall's role and changes its board structure under the 2015 Act.
- Increases liability limits for loaned cultural objects from people outside Ireland; amends RTÉ's objects.
Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Extends Central Bank's ability to sanction individuals in controlled functions and holding companies; adds High Court confirmation process for certain decisions.
- Introduces business and conduct standards for financial service providers and individuals; requires personal responsibility duty; strengthens investigator independence.
- Allows High Court to extend suspension periods longer; adds appeal rights to Financial Services Tribunal; clarifies compliance responsibility allocation rules.
Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Amends 2011 law requiring phone/internet providers to retain customer data (calls, messages, location) for law enforcement access.
- Sets conditions for when providers must keep data and when authorities can request it; details disclosure rules.
- Specifies which data types providers retain, how long, and safeguards for privacy and data security.
Rent Reduction Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 First Stage Defeated Gino Kenny
- Amends Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to cap rents at maximum 25% of monthly household income.
- Would establish National Rent Authority to oversee and enforce new rent limit regulations.
- Bill defeated at First Stage; did not progress to further debate or voting.
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Allows certain asylum seekers to work, receive childcare payments, and have driving licences recognised; amends immigration and road traffic laws accordingly.
- Provides payments to people offering accommodation to asylum seekers; establishes scheme supporting road haulage operators.
- Enables data collection from arriving persons for immigration processing; creates special jury provisions for Stardust nightclub inquest inquiries.
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Amends Health Act 1970 to exempt certain people from charges for acute hospital in-patient services.
- Specific exemption categories not detailed in title; establishes who avoids these hospital bed/treatment fees.
- Related provisions included but scope unclear; check enacted text for full exemption list and conditions.
Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Schools must cooperate with the National Council for Special Education to provide special classes when requested for children with special educational needs.
- The Minister can issue directions to schools about special education provision, which schools must follow.
- Updates Education Act 1998 and Special Educational Needs Act 2004 to enable this cooperation and ministerial direction system.
Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022
11 Sep 2024 Enacted
- Homeowners get grants to fix houses damaged by defective concrete blocks used in construction.
- Local authorities process applications; Housing Agency decides eligibility. Appeals available through Appeals Panel and Board.
- Grant amounts for repairs, alternative housing, and storage set by Government. Recipients must repay if compensated by third parties.