Bills
319 bills tracked. What do the stages mean?
Protection of Employment (Platform Workers and Bogus Self-Employment) Bill 2021
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Marie Sherlock
- Makes employment status a legal question, not just what employer and worker agree. Courts decide true status independently.
- Creates presumption workers are employees unless proven otherwise. Stops employers falsely labeling staff as self-employed to avoid benefits.
- Amends 1994 employment law. Requires clearer written information about actual employment status and worker rights.
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2021
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Barry Ward
- Changes rules about what evidence is assumed true in Tenancy Tribunal hearings.
- Clarifies who must prove their case and when in tribunal disputes between landlords and tenants.
- Bill did not progress beyond initial introduction; no longer under consideration.
Health Insurance (International Students) (Amendment) Bill 2021
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Malcolm Byrne
- Amends Health Insurance Act 1994 to redefine health insurance contracts, excluding international students not ordinarily resident in Ireland.
- Changes who can be covered by health insurance by creating a new definition that leaves out non-resident international students.
- Bill did not progress beyond First Stage and is no longer active; specific implementation details are not available.
Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2021
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Ivana Bacik
- Allows adult adopted persons to access the index linking their adoption records to their birth registration held by the Registrar General.
- Amends the Adoption Act 2010 to enable adopted adults to trace their origins through official records connections.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; did not progress to law.
Taxi Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2021
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Joe O'Reilly
- Amends the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 to permit transfer of taxi licences between owners.
- Allows licence holders to sell or transfer their permits, previously not possible under existing law.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; no legislative action taken since introduction by Joe O'Reilly.
Criminal Procedure and Related Matters Bill 2021
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Barry Ward
- Bill proposes unspecified amendments to criminal procedure rules and related legal matters.
- Bill did not progress beyond First Stage; it lapsed without becoming law.
- Specific procedural changes not detailed in available information; full scope unclear.
Period Products (Free Provision) Bill 2021
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Rebecca Moynihan
- Requires period products (tampons, pads, etc.) to be made freely available to people who need them.
- Aims to remove cost barriers to menstrual hygiene and address period poverty across Ireland.
- Bill did not progress beyond First Stage; lapsed without becoming law.
Criminal Justice (Hate Crime) Bill 2020
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Fiona O'Loughlin
- Creates hate crime laws. Adds harsher penalties when listed crimes target people based on asylum status, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, transgender identity, or age.
- Applies to specific offences named in the bill's schedule. Courts must impose increased sentences when hate motivation is proven alongside these base crimes.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage. Not enacted into law; current status of hate crime legislation in Ireland unclear from this bill alone.
State Airports (Shannon Group) (Amendment) Bill 2020
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Martin Conway
- Amends the State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014. Specific changes and practical effects not detailed in bill title alone.
- Bill did not progress past First Stage and has lapsed, meaning it is no longer active in the legislative process.
- Sponsor: Martin Conway. Bill status indicates it was not enacted into law.
Regional Technical Colleges (Amendment) Bill 2017
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Lapsed Paddy Burke
- Amends Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992 to allow governing body representation from regions outside the education and training board's functional area.
- Extends who can sit on college governing bodies to include representatives from communities served by the college but located elsewhere.
- Bill did not progress beyond First Stage and has lapsed without becoming law.
Electoral Reform (Amendment) and Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Defeated Alice-Mary Higgins
- Expands Electoral Commission's role to review Seanad voting system, franchise rules, and minimum voting age.
- Protects civil society organisations' freedom of association and expression in electoral contexts under Electoral Act 1997.
- Provides free public transport on polling day to improve voter access.
Special Measures in the Public Interest (Derrybrien Wind Farm) Bill 2023
30 Jan 2025 First Stage Defeated Tom Clonan
- Bill transfers Derrybrien wind farm ownership to Western Development Commission to help secure Ireland's electricity supply.
- Allows removal of current Gort Windfarms staff and appointment of new personnel; renames company and transfers land lease.
- Suspends certain company law rules for Gort Windfarms; existing contracts remain valid. Bill was defeated at first stage.
Land (Zoning Value Sharing) Bill 2024
14 Nov 2024 First Stage Lapsed
- Planning authorities must assess land values before and after zoning permission, then require developers to pay the difference to the authority.
- Developers can appeal value assessments; planning authorities must maintain a public register of land values and how zoning payments are spent.
- Unpaid zoning payments become a legal charge on the land; authorities use payments for infrastructure; false information to authorities is an offence.
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2024
14 Nov 2024 First Stage Lapsed
- Gives tenants a right to bid when landlord terminates tenancy to sell the property.
- Allows Residential Tenancies Board to share tenant dispute information with Revenue Commissioners.
- Updates rules for mediations, adjudications, and tribunal hearings by the Tenancies Board.
Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Bill 2024
14 Nov 2024 First Stage Lapsed Violet-Anne Wynne
- Allows Parliament to set rules for member absences through standing orders.
- Extends secretarial support entitlements for members in specific circumstances.
- Amends 2021 Secretarial Facilities Regulations to enable expanded support access.
Electricity Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2024
14 Nov 2024 First Stage Lapsed Darren O'Rourke
- CRU gains powers to monitor wholesale and retail electricity prices more closely and report findings more frequently.
- CRU can regulate hedging practices and investigate anti-competitive behaviour by gas and electricity suppliers more effectively.
- CRU's role expands to strengthen consumer protection and address energy affordability issues in the market.
Grocery Price Caps Bill 2024
14 Nov 2024 First Stage Lapsed Paul Murphy
- Creates a Grocery Price Caps Commission to set maximum prices for basic foodstuffs.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; not proceeded with in current legislative session.
- Practical effect unclear: specific foodstuffs covered, enforcement mechanisms, and commission powers not detailed in long title.
Education (Smartphones in Primary Schools) Bill 2024
14 Nov 2024 First Stage Lapsed Peadar Tóibín
- Bans students in primary schools from using smartphones during school hours to support their welfare and education.
- Related implementation measures and enforcement mechanisms are specified but details unavailable at First Stage lapsed status.
- Bill did not progress beyond introduction; no regulations or penalties currently enacted.
Residential Tenancies (Illegal Evictions) (Amendment) Bill 2024
14 Nov 2024 First Stage Lapsed Eoin Ó Broin
- Creates new criminal offence for forcibly ending a tenancy without legal process.
- Allows courts to award exemplary damages in illegal eviction cases as punishment.
- Enables data sharing between rental board, property regulator, and Revenue to identify landlords.
Restriction of Imports (States in violation of obligations under the Genocide Convention and Occupied Territories) Bill 2024
14 Nov 2024 First Stage Lapsed Catherine Connolly
- Creates criminal offence for importing or selling goods/services from states violating Genocide Convention or from occupied territories in certain circumstances.
- Aims to fulfil Ireland's international obligations under Genocide Convention, Fourth Geneva Convention, and customary humanitarian law.
- Prohibits extracting resources from occupied territories in specified circumstances; bill lapsed at First Stage without becoming law.
Fair Procedures in the Administration of Justice Bill 2024
14 Nov 2024 First Stage Lapsed Patrick Costello
- Requires administrative bodies operating under Article 37 of the Constitution to follow due process and fair procedures when making quasi-judicial decisions.
- Gives the Minister power to designate which bodies must comply and to issue regulations setting out required fair procedure standards.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage in 2024; no changes to existing law took effect.
Gender Recognition (Amendment) (Prisons) Bill 2023
14 Nov 2024 First Stage Lapsed Danny Healy-Rae
- Amends the 2015 Gender Recognition Act to address single-sex prison accommodation rules.
- Aims to clarify how prison housing is arranged for people with gender recognition certificates.
- Bill did not progress beyond First Stage introduction; it lapsed without further debate or votes.
Children (Amendment) Bill 2023
14 Nov 2024 First Stage Lapsed Patrick Costello
- Expands privacy protections for people accused or convicted of crimes committed when under 18 years old.
- Aims to ensure consistent application of anonymity rules across all cases involving minors and criminal offences.
- Bill did not progress beyond initial parliamentary stage; lapsed without becoming law.
Anaerobic Digestion (National Strategy) Bill 2023
14 Nov 2024 First Stage Lapsed Christopher O'Sullivan
- Requires Ireland to develop a national strategy for anaerobic digestion, a process converting organic waste into energy and fertiliser.
- Specifies what the strategy must cover and likely sets targets or policies to increase anaerobic digestion capacity across the country.
- Bill lapsed without becoming law; information on specific requirements, timelines, and enforcement mechanisms is unavailable from title alone.