Bills
1,049 bills tracked.
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Changes how employment contributions are calculated under social welfare law, affecting contribution records and eligibility.
- Creates new jobseeker's pay-related benefit, providing additional income support to people who lose employment.
- Removes requirement to notify people before attaching their income or assets during certain welfare investigations.
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Amends Health Act 2007 and Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 to change rules for residential care services.
- Specific amendments and practical effects on residential services not detailed in long title alone; further information needed.
- Bill enacted; changes to nursing home support and residential service regulations now in effect.
Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Creates external oversight body for Defence Forces with specified functions to monitor military operations and conduct.
- Amends Defence Act 1954, National Archives Act 1986, Defence Amendment Act 1990, and Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004.
- Bill enacted; practical effects of oversight body establishment and legislative amendments now in force.
Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2024
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Allows births and deaths to be registered online instead of only in person, streamlining the registration process.
- Creates a formal record of stillbirths and enables death certificates to include corroborated details in certain circumstances.
- Updates related social welfare and civil registration laws to support the new online registration system.
Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Creates a national authority to run an automatic retirement savings scheme for employees not covered by existing pension plans.
- Workers automatically enroll with employer and government contributions; participants can opt in or out and manage their accounts.
- Amends existing laws to support the scheme; exact legislative changes and contribution rates not specified in title alone.
Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Creates Future Ireland Fund (from 2041) and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund (from 2026) managed by National Treasury Management Agency to support state spending.
- Infrastructure fund can support spending if economy deteriorates significantly, or fund environmental projects between 2026–2030.
- Dissolves existing National Surplus Reserve Fund, transfers its assets to new funds, and amends treasury management legislation.
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Amends five health laws covering medicines regulation, pharmacy practice, medical pricing, patient safety, and general health administration.
- Changes include updates to how medicines are approved, supplied, and priced; pharmacy standards; and patient incident reporting procedures.
- Specific amendments not detailed in title alone — full bill text needed to confirm exact scope and practical effects on citizens.
Road Traffic Bill 2024
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Updates road traffic laws from 1961–2023. Specific amendments not detailed in provided information.
- Covers traffic regulation, vehicle standards, and driver conduct. Exact changes require full bill text.
- Replaces or modifies existing road safety rules. Details of provisions not available in summary.
Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2024
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Allows appointment of multiple coroners in Dublin's coroner district to handle caseload.
- Enables temporary assignment of persons to act as coroners when death numbers or types require it.
- Amends eligibility rules for who can be appointed or remain as coroner or deputy coroner.
Research and Innovation Bill 2024
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Creates Taighde Éireann, a new body to fund research and innovation across all fields and disciplines in Ireland.
- Dissolves Science Foundation Ireland, transferring its staff, assets, records, and liabilities to the new body.
- Transfers research-related staff, assets, and records from higher education authority to Taighde Éireann; repeals related 2003–2014 legislation.
Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Charities must get Charities Regulatory Authority consent for certain activities and maintain member records.
- Stricter removal rules from charity register and updated accounting requirements for charitable organisations.
- Clarifies trustees' duties in law, strengthens enforcement powers, and updates tax/exemption rules for charities.
Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Child maintenance payments no longer counted when calculating social welfare benefits. Liable relatives rules removed.
- Non-Irish residents granted permission under International Protection Act 2015 gain clearer welfare eligibility. Two acts amended for consistency.
- Updates social welfare means-testing rules and residency provisions for international protection beneficiaries.
Appropriation Bill 2023
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Allocates money from the Central Fund to government services and purposes for 2023.
- Allows some unused capital funds to be carried forward instead of returned immediately.
- Enables short-term loans from Central Fund to cover government payment obligations as needed.
Digital Services Bill 2023
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Implements EU Digital Services Act into Irish law, regulating online platforms' content moderation and user protections.
- Amends Broadcasting Act 2009 and Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 to align with new digital services rules.
- Establishes framework for platform accountability, transparency, and consumer safeguards in digital market operations.
The Royal Hibernian Academy (Amendment of Charter) Bill 2023
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Updates the Royal Hibernian Academy's 1861 Charter to modernise governance and operational rules.
- Changes membership provisions for the Academy, though specific new eligibility criteria not detailed in title.
- Addresses other connected matters to the Academy's Charter; full scope of amendments not specified in title.
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Amends Social Welfare Acts to credit contributions for people providing long-term care, affecting State pension (contributory) eligibility.
- Allows voluntary deferral of State pension (contributory) access in certain circumstances, with related Social Welfare Act amendments.
- Amends Sick Leave Act 2022 and Workplace Relations Act 2015; makes other Social Welfare Act changes.
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Updates premium amounts paid from the Risk Equalisation Fund for certain health insurance groups from 1 April 2024.
- Changes hospital utilisation credit amounts and high-cost claims thresholds in health insurance rules from 1 April 2024.
- Makes a related change to stamp duty law and other consequential amendments to health insurance regulations.
Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Changes the number of Dáil members and redraws constituency boundaries to reflect population shifts since 2017.
- Repeals the 2017 Electoral Amendment Act on constituencies, replacing it with new constituency arrangements.
- Specifies how many representatives each Dáil constituency will elect under the revised system.
Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Amends the Protection of Employment Act 1977 to update collective redundancy rules; practical effect not specified in title alone.
- Creates an employment law review group to monitor employment law and advise the Minister on needed changes.
- Amends the Companies Act 2014; specific changes not detailed in the long title provided.
Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Changes tax rates, stamp duties, and excise duties for the 2023 tax year as set by the government.
- Allows the government to adjust, cancel, or modify existing taxes and duties through this single finance bill.
- Enacted legislation; specific tax changes were detailed in separate budget announcements and schedules.
Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Establishes two emergency schemes (Scheme III and Submeter Support) providing electricity cost payments to domestic accounts from enactment until 30 June 2024.
- Exempts emergency benefit and submeter support payments from income tax; amends Electricity Regulation Act 1999 and Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.
- Gives distribution operators, suppliers, and utilities regulator powers to administer schemes; Minister can make operational regulations.
Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Creates new agency to handle domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence; transfers relevant functions from Child and Family Agency to it.
- Amends Child and Family Agency Act 2013 to transfer staff, records, rights, and liabilities to the new violence prevention agency.
- Updates National Archives Act 1986; exact archival changes not specified in title alone—specific amendments require detailed bill text.
Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Allows Ireland to join donor funds run by European Investment Bank, Council of Europe Development Bank, and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development through contribution agreements.
- Enables Ireland to guarantee and contribute to EU emergency financial aid for Ukraine under two 2022 EU decisions and regulations.
- Updates laws from 1991 and 2004 governing these banks, and amends anti-money laundering rules in the 2010 Criminal Justice Act.
Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023
30 Aug 2024 Enacted
- Caps electricity market revenues from certain sources (Dec 2022–June 2023) under EU emergency rules on high energy prices.
- Producers, intermediaries, and traders must pay revenues exceeding the cap to a collection agent; amounts calculated under specified rules.
- Revenue collected goes into a fund for disbursement schemes; government appoints collection agent and enforces compliance obligations.