Bills
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International Co-operation (Omagh Bombing Inquiry) Bill 2026
28 May 2026 Fifth Stage Current
- Allows Irish High Court judge to take oral evidence from Gardaí, Defence Forces members, civil servants, and former ministers for the UK's Omagh Bombing Inquiry.
- Permits survivors and family members (core participants) to attend evidence-taking sessions and hear witness testimony directly.
- Enables Inquiry to ask clarifying questions after judge's approved questions; evidence use restricted without consent of relevant Irish State body.
Dublin Transport Authority (Amendment) Bill 2026
28 May 2026 Second Stage Current
- Extends National Transport Authority's power to build public transport infrastructure projects like BusConnects from Greater Dublin Area to entire State.
- Amends definition of 'road authority' in 2008 Act to remove geographical limitation, enabling NTA to act as public transport authority nationwide.
- Provides legislative framework for NTA to construct infrastructure when it deems this more convenient, expeditious, effective or economical than alternatives.
Sanctions against the State of Israel Bill 2025
21 May 2026 First Stage Defeated Paul Murphy
- Bans importing Israeli goods and technology, and financing such imports through loans, insurance or other financial means.
- Prohibits Irish business dealings with Israel: purchasing property or companies, providing loans, creating joint ventures, and supplying investment services.
- Blocks sales of goods and technology to Israel, technical assistance for Israeli infrastructure, and trading in Israeli securities or government loans.
Electricity Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2026
14 May 2026 First Stage Defeated Pa Daly
- CRU gains power to monitor and regulate hedging practices in energy markets and must report monthly on wholesale prices and supplier margins.
- CRU's anti-competitive behaviour powers expanded to match Competition Commission scope; must report quarterly on retail market functioning and price changes.
- CRU gains explicit consumer protection mandate to prevent unfair pricing and anti-competitive practices; Minister can issue energy affordability policy directions to CRU.
Reproductive Rights (Amendment) Bill 2026
14 May 2026 First Stage Defeated Holly Cairns
- Clarifies medical grounds for termination where mother's life or health is at risk, removing barriers identified in Marie O'Shea Report.
- Removes mandatory 3-day waiting period; replaces with optional reflection period at woman's discretion.
- Ends criminal liability for doctors providing abortion services; protects their duty to assist in medical emergencies over conscientious objection.
Mental Health Bill 2024
13 May 2026 Enacted
- Replaces Mental Health Acts 2001–2022 with new framework establishing human rights-based guiding principles for admission, treatment, and discharge of adults and children in acute mental health centres.
- Creates Mental Health Review Boards to review involuntary admissions; requires informed consent for treatment except limited circumstances; regulates restrictive practices (seclusion, restraint) under strict conditions.
- For children: allows voluntary admission under 16 with parental consent; requires District Court orders for involuntary admission; prohibits electro-convulsive therapy on children; establishes Mental Health Commission oversight.
Comptroller and Auditor General (Due Diligence Complicity Audit) (Amendment) Bill 2026
13 May 2026 Second Stage Current Aengus Ó Snodaigh
- Amends the Comptroller and Auditor General Act 1993 to require a special due diligence audit of Ireland's relations with Israel within one year, covering aid, assistance, and all cultural, diplomatic, economic, financial, political and military dealings.
- Audit must follow UN Commission of Inquiry's legal analysis on International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion regarding unlawful occupation and breaches of international law, with findings and compliance recommendations reported to the Oireachtas.
- Empowers the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to request similar due diligence audits of other states believed responsible for unlawful occupation or serious breaches of international law including genocide.
National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Apprentices and Young Workers) Bill 2026
13 May 2026 Second Stage Current Paul Murphy
- Deletes apprentice exemption from National Minimum Wage Act 2000, making apprentices subject to minimum wage requirements.
- Removes reduced minimum wage rates for workers under 20 years old by deleting section 15 of the 2000 Act.
- Requires all apprentices and young workers to be paid 100% of the national minimum wage regardless of age or status.
Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2026
11 May 2026 Committee Stage Current James Geoghegan
- Public bodies must share CCTV footage with gardaí without requiring new authorization each time, for crime prevention and investigation purposes.
- Garda Commissioner can designate high-crime areas as Crime Prevention Zones and install garda-operated CCTV systems there, with local authority cooperation required.
- Garda Commissioner must publish a Code of Practice governing CCTV operation, retention, deletion, and oversight, subject to minister approval and parliament scrutiny.
Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024
11 May 2026 Cream List Current
- Transfers ownership of Microfinance Ireland from Social Finance Foundation to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
- Establishes a board of directors and chief executive officer for Microfinance Ireland, with director appointments and removals by the Minister.
- Removes Social Finance Foundation's consultation rights and loan repayment obligations; enables superannuation scheme for Microfinance Ireland staff.
Industrial Development (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2026
8 May 2026 First Stage Current
- Raises technology acquisition grant thresholds to €7.5 million individual and €15 million aggregate, allowing IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland to approve grants without Government approval up to these limits.
- Allows IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland to establish joint-owned companies with third parties to develop property projects, and to provide environmental and consultancy grants on their own terms.
- Removes petroleum-spirit definition from dangerous substances law, replacing it with broader 'fuel' definition to extend storage licensing requirements to more flammable liquids.
Health (Abolition of Three Day Wait Rule) (Amendment) Bill 2026
8 May 2026 Second Stage Current David Cullinane
- Removes mandatory three-day waiting period before accessing termination of pregnancy under section 12 of the 2018 Act.
- Deletes references to three-day wait requirement in pregnancy certification processes under section 12.
- Comes into force on date appointed by Minister for Health.
Work Life Balance Bill 2026
8 May 2026 Second Stage Current Sinéad Gibney
- Employees gain day-one right to request flexible and remote working; employers must approve or reject within 4 weeks based only on specified business grounds, replacing current discretionary refusal rules.
- Repeals Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 and Part IIA of Parental Leave Act 1998; amends redundancy, dismissal, and working time laws to protect flexible work arrangements.
- Protects employees from penalisation for requesting flexible work; disputes resolved via adjudication officer or Labour Court with remedies including compliance directions and compensation.
Residential Tenancies (Temporary Prohibition of Termination Notices) Bill 2026
7 May 2026 Second Stage Current Conor Sheehan
- Bans no-fault termination notices under Residential Tenancies Act 2004 for 3 years, except for breach of tenant obligations or non-payment of rent.
- Declares the 3-year period an emergency period, activating the same legal protections that applied during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Responds to 41% rise in termination notices in late 2025 and rents doubling over 10 years by temporarily preventing landlord no-fault evictions.
Criminal Law (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2026
7 May 2026 First Stage Current David Cullinane
- Creates new criminal offences for abuse, neglect, ill-treatment, or coercive control of vulnerable adults unable to protect themselves from harm or exploitation.
- Allows courts to ban offenders from working with vulnerable adults and requires care providers convicted of abuse to publish their identity and offence details.
- Protects victims' identities by criminalizing publication of information likely to identify alleged vulnerable adults or accused persons in these cases.
Local Government (Cities) Bill 2026
29 Apr 2026 Second Stage Current Joanna Byrne
- Renames the municipal district containing Drogheda Urban to 'Municipal District of Drogheda City' in English and provides Irish language equivalent.
- Creates a process allowing towns with 45,000+ population density of 1,500/km² to apply for city status via council petition and ministerial approval.
- Amends Local Government Act 2001 to establish criteria, procedures and ministerial discretion for granting city status to qualifying specified towns.
Gender Recognition (Amendment) (Prisons) Bill 2025
28 Apr 2026 Second Stage Current Peadar Tóibín
- Amends Gender Recognition Act 2015 to clarify that a gender recognition certificate does not change how prisoners are classified for prison single-sex accommodation rules.
- Ensures Prison Rules 2007 Rule 52(1) on male/female prisoner separation applies regardless of whether a gender recognition certificate was issued before or after this Bill passes.
- Applies retroactively to all existing and future gender recognition certificates and all periods of imprisonment, whether started before or after the Bill's passage.
Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2026
28 Apr 2026 Second Stage Current Joe Neville
- Exempts non-profit early childhood care and education providers from business rates, including after-care and part-time provision.
- Exempts for-profit early childhood providers receiving Core Funding and capping fees at ECCE programme rates from business rates.
- Exempts childminders offering services from their home (mixed-use dwelling) from business rates on that portion.
Child Maintenance Bill 2026
27 Apr 2026 Second Stage Current Pauline Tully
- Revenue Commissioners will administratively assess child maintenance liabilities using standard formulae set by the Minister for Justice, determining who pays and receives, before court applications are generally permitted.
- Assessments become binding only if all parties accept them; rejection triggers court proceedings under existing law. Assessments can be updated for changed circumstances.
- Revenue Commissioners calculate liability by comparing each parent's income percentage against care cost percentage, applying deductions for living allowance, dependent children, and multiple child maintenance groups.
Life Annuity (Ireland) Bill 2026
22 Apr 2026 Second Stage Current Catherine Ardagh
- Establishes regulated framework for Life Annuity agreements allowing older homeowners to receive lump sums or regular payments while retaining lifetime residence rights in their homes.
- Introduces consumer protections: mandatory independent legal and financial advice, statutory cooling-off period, standardised disclosure, and Central Bank regulatory oversight of commercial operators.
- Distributes longevity risk between purchaser and vendor as alternative to existing high-interest equity release products; ensures vendor's residence rights are legally enforceable and registered.
Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024
17 Apr 2026 Fifth Stage Current Lynn Ruane
- Restricts transit and export of weapons of war from Ireland to Israel; allows government inspection of planes carrying weapons through Irish airspace.
- Applies to aircraft seeking to move weapons through Ireland; enforcement mechanism and inspection procedures determined by regulations.
- Status unclear: scope of 'weapons of war' definition, enforcement powers, and penalties for violations not specified in long title alone.
Proceeds of Crime and Related Matters Bill 2025
17 Apr 2026 Second Stage Current
- Reduces waiting period for final asset disposal from 7 years to 2 years after court determines property is crime proceeds.
- Automatically appoints a receiver when court finds assets are crime proceeds, preventing criminal benefit from property pending disposal.
- Allows Criminal Assets Bureau officers to freeze financial accounts for 7 days immediately, or obtain court orders for up to 90 days, to prevent fund dissipation during investigations.
Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2025
9 Apr 2026 Enacted
- Creates deemed insolvency process: employees can apply to Minister if employer unpaid after 8 weeks; Minister decides based on employer details, tax records, and company filings.
- Extends protection to employers entering personal insolvency arrangements and those ceasing trade without formal wind-up; retrospectively covers claims from October 1983 onwards.
- Clarifies salary ceiling applied consistently to all employment rights awards from the Social Insurance Fund; ensures Circuit Court gender discrimination awards treated as recoverable debts.
Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2026
9 Apr 2026 Enacted
- Allows wardship court to extend deadlines for capacity declarations when the April 2026 statutory deadline cannot be met, up to 18 months or October 2027.
- Permits extensions for adult wards and minors turning 18 if court finds good reason and it serves interests of justice; further extensions allowed in exceptional circumstances.
- Court must notify wards not involved in extension orders as soon as practicable; may discharge or vary any extension order it makes.