Bills
359 bills tracked. What do the stages mean?
Broadcasting (Oversight of RTÉ Accounts) (Amendment) Bill 2024
3 Jun 2025 Second Stage Defeated Aengus Ó Snodaigh
- Amends Broadcasting Act 2009 to make RTÉ subject to Comptroller and Auditor General oversight, matching TG4's audit requirements.
- Removes RTÉ from exemption list in Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993; adds it to mandatory audit list.
- Eliminates special rules allowing RTÉ different audit treatment than other public bodies.
Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025
29 May 2025 Second Stage Defeated Mary Lou McDonald
- Empowers Minister for Finance to make regulations restricting sale, purchase, or investment services related to Israeli government securities if proceeds fund illegal occupation activities.
- Requires Minister to review restrictions every 6 months and apply international law and proportionality principles when deciding to impose measures.
- Makes breaching restrictions an offence and gives Central Bank supervisory and enforcement powers over these restrictive measures.
Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025
29 May 2025 Second Stage Current Ruth Coppinger
- Amends Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban fox hunting, including using dogs to chase, flush, dig out, trap, or snare foxes.
- Prohibits trail hunting (following fox scent), closing a loophole identified in British experience where it leads to actual fox killing.
- Comes into force 6 months after passing, or earlier at Minister for Agriculture's discretion.
Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2022
28 May 2025 Second Stage Current Éamon Ó Cuív
- Removes the fixed deadline for registering domestic wastewater systems, allowing householders who missed the prescribed date to register now.
- Amends the Water Services Act 2007 by deleting provisions that barred pre-2012 system owners from ever registering after the deadline.
- Enables all remaining householders with unregistered domestic wastewater systems to complete registration at any time going forward.
Ukraine Solidarity Bill 2022
28 May 2025 Second Stage Current Jim O'Callaghan
- Creates crime of aggression as Irish offence with universal jurisdiction; enables prosecution and extradition cooperation for acts furthering aggression against Ukraine.
- Establishes strong criminal penalties for breaching EU sanctions; allows Irish courts to award civil damages for acts related to aggression and seize frozen assets.
- Requires government ministers to recognize foreign qualifications of Ukrainian displaced persons within 28 days, enabling them to work in regulated professions.
Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) (Amendment) Bill 2024
28 May 2025 Second Stage Current Jim O'Callaghan
- Amends the 2021 Tickets Act to ban primary ticket sellers from using dynamic pricing (price-setting algorithms based on demand, capacity or popularity) when selling or advertising tickets for cultural, entertainment, sporting and recreational events.
- Makes dynamic pricing by primary ticket sellers a criminal offence: first breach incurs class B fine or up to 6 months imprisonment; subsequent breaches incur class A fine or up to 12 months imprisonment, or both.
- Adds legal definition of dynamic pricing to the 2021 Act and creates new section 15A prohibiting the practice to promote fairer ticket access by preventing price inflation driven by real-time demand algorithms.
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021
28 May 2025 Second Stage Current Lisa Chambers
- Creates a specific criminal offence of stalking under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997, defined by repeated unwanted behaviour driven by fixation or obsession causing alarm, distress or harm.
- Distinguishes stalking from harassment by recognising the element of intense obsession that creates unwanted intimacy, addressing a gap identified by the Law Reform Commission in 2016.
- Aims to increase reporting and prosecution of stalking, drawing on evidence from Scotland and England/Wales where dedicated stalking offences were introduced in 2010-2012.
Housing (Housing Assistance Payment Waiting Times) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2021
28 May 2025 Second Stage Current Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
- Reduces social housing assessment processing time to 3 weeks, halving current timeframe, by amending the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009.
- Sets new 3-week statutory deadline for Housing Assistance Payment processing by local authorities, replacing previous 12-week timeframe.
- No additional exchequer costs anticipated; applies new processing deadlines to existing social housing and housing assistance schemes.
Planning And Development (Exempted Development - External Wall Insulation) Bill 2025
22 May 2025 Second Stage Current Richard Boyd Barrett
- External wall insulation work is exempted from needing planning permission, with limited exceptions.
- Amends the Planning and Development Act 2000 to streamline insulation upgrades on buildings.
- Specific exempted circumstances not detailed in long title; exact limitations require full bill text.
Industrial Relations (Boycott of Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2025
22 May 2025 Second Stage Current George Lawlor
- Allows Labour Court to appoint employer/worker representatives to Joint Labour Committees without their organizations' cooperation if those organizations refuse or fail to consult.
- Enables Labour Court to independently formulate and adopt employment regulation orders (minimum pay/conditions) where appointment of balanced committee membership proves impracticable.
- Removes employer/worker veto over JLC establishment by allowing Court to proceed based on sector need, not organizational agreement or participation.
Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2025
21 May 2025 Second Stage Current Malcolm Noonan
- Expands derelict building definition to include damaged, neglected, boarded-up, or disconnected properties; requires local authorities publish registers online and notify Minister after two years.
- Creates Town Centre First application process streamlining planning and building control approval for residential conversions, upper-floor refurbishments, and change-of-use in town centres.
- Establishes national Town Centre First Partnership office to provide guidance on refurbishment and retrofitting; requires housing department draft technical guidance for building regulations.
Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021
19 May 2025 Second Stage Defeated Richard Boyd Barrett
- Creates legal mechanism allowing unions with 20% or more member support to seek recognition by referring disputes to Labour Court.
- Labour Court investigates membership numbers and can issue Employment Regulation Orders requiring employers to negotiate with recognized unions.
- Employers must allow union representatives workplace access for member business and negotiate employment matters for union members.
Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2025
15 May 2025 Second Stage Current Darren O'Rourke
- CRU must develop a code of practice for water service outages within 6 months, covering vulnerable customers, communications plans, emergency water supplies, and compensation thresholds.
- Uisce Éireann required to develop a code of practice setting performance standards for water service outages and interruptions.
- CRU must establish a dispute resolution mechanism for customers to lodge complaints about service interruptions and outages.
Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025
14 May 2025 Second Stage Current Conor Murphy
- Adds 'socio-economic disadvantage' as a protected ground in the Employment Equality Act 1998, making it illegal to discriminate against job applicants or employees based on their area of origin or socio-economic background.
- Adds 'socio-economic disadvantage' as a protected ground in the Equal Status Act 2000, preventing discrimination in provision of goods, services, accommodation and education based on socio-economic status.
- Defines comparators and exceptions for both Acts to implement the new ground, including housing provider exemptions and clarifying when different treatment on socio-economic grounds is unlawful.
Public Health (Restriction on Sale of Stimulant Drinks to Children) Bill 2025
9 May 2025 Second Stage Current Sharon Keogan
- Prohibits sale of stimulant drinks to under-18s; sellers can defend themselves by showing they took reasonable steps to verify age.
- Requires health warnings on product packaging and shelf labels; bans advertising targeting children and near schools/youth venues.
- Bans self-service and vending machine sales of stimulant drinks; gives HSE powers to enforce via inspections, test purchases, and fixed penalties.
Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2024
2 May 2025 Second Stage Current Gino Kenny
- Creates legal framework allowing registered medical practitioners to assist qualifying persons with terminal illness to end their lives, subject to strict conditions and safeguards.
- Requires two independent medical assessments, psychological evaluation, written declaration with witnesses, and mental capacity verification before assistance can be provided.
- Establishes Review Committee for oversight, mandates healthcare professional training and certification, permits conscientious objection by medical staff, and requires five-yearly legislative review.
Urban Tree Protection and Sites Locally Important for Ecology Bill 2023
2 May 2025 Second Stage Current Steven Matthews
- Creates new 'Sites Locally Important for Ecology Order' designation for nature site protection, with local authorities maintaining public online registers and appeals process.
- Strengthens tree protection by requiring roads authorities to prioritize preserving, lopping or trimming trees over felling, and mandates replacement of cut-down trees.
- Makes Tree Preservation Orders compulsory consideration in council plans, allows public to request order amendments or revocation, and requires arborist reports before tree removal by public bodies.
Unfair Dismissals (Increased Protections for Workers) (Amendment) Bill 2023
2 May 2025 Second Stage Current Catherine Murphy
- Expands unfair dismissal protections to all employees regardless of employment length and removes age restrictions, covering workers over 16.
- Deems dismissal of single employee for industrial action unfair; protects workers dismissed for race, sexual orientation, trade union activity, pregnancy, protected disclosures, and other protected grounds.
- Reforms compensation system: awards decided by adjudication officer or Labour Court; full reimbursement of financial losses incurred due to dismissal; decisions issued within 28 days with reasoning.
Health (Waiting Lists) Bill 2024
2 May 2025 Second Stage Current David Cullinane
- Minister for Health must set specific performance targets for maximum waiting times across health and social care services, creating a legal basis for wait-time policies.
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Board expands from publishing hospital waiting lists only to collecting and publishing all health and social care waiting list data.
- Chief Executive of National Treatment Purchase Fund Board becomes accountable to the Minister for Health and to Oireachtas committees for managing the organisation.
Family Law (Divorce) (Amendment) Bill 2024
2 May 2025 Second Stage Current Patrick Costello
- Reduces minimum waiting period before divorce proceedings can begin from two years to six months.
- Amends Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996 to allow faster access to divorce courts for citizens.
- Shortens the overall timeframe for initiating divorce proceedings, enabling people to move on sooner.
Emergency Price Controls Bill 2024
2 May 2025 Second Stage Current Bríd Smith
- Amends Consumer Protection Act 2007 to declare energy supply emergency and set maximum prices: petrol/diesel €1.75/litre, electricity 25c/kWh, natural gas 8c/kWh, heating oil €1/litre.
- Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment must review price controls within 12 months of the Act commencing.
- Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications must report on nationalising the energy system within 3 months of commencement.
Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Protection of Financially Vulnerable Customers) Bill 2023
2 May 2025 Second Stage Current Jennifer Whitmore
- Adds legal definition of 'vulnerable customers' to primary legislation, expanded to include those receiving social welfare income supports, replacing existing statutory instrument definition.
- Requires Commission for Regulation of Utilities to consider financial vulnerability and energy poverty risk in its duties and policy decisions affecting customers.
- Empowers Minister to make regulations implementing the updated vulnerable customer definition immediately upon the Act's commencement.
Electoral (Home Addresses of Candidates) Bill 2024
2 May 2025 Second Stage Current Jennifer Whitmore
- Removes requirement for candidates' home addresses to appear on nomination papers, ballot papers, and postal ballots for all elections.
- Amends seven electoral laws governing Dáil, Seanad, local councils, European Parliament, and Presidential elections to exclude address publication.
- Aims to protect candidates' and families' privacy and safety, addressing increased harassment and deterring participation from vulnerable communities.
Education (Admission to Schools) (Co-Education) Bill 2022
2 May 2025 Second Stage Current Ged Nash
- Removes gender discrimination exemption for single-sex primary schools 10 years after Bill passes; schools must then admit students regardless of gender.
- Removes gender discrimination exemption for single-sex post-primary schools 15 years after Bill passes; applies to recognised schools only.
- Disapplies exemptions in Equal Status Act 2000 and Education Act 1998 that currently allow single-sex schools to refuse opposite-gender admissions.