Bills
367 bills tracked. What do the stages mean?
Disability (Personalised Budgets) Bill 2024
26 Jun 2025 Second Stage Current Ollie Crowe
- Amends the Disability Act 2005 to introduce personalised budgets for people with disabilities, allowing them more control over chosen support services.
- Enables service users to receive funding directly or through arrangements that suit their individual needs, rather than standard service provision.
- Specific details on eligibility criteria, budget levels, and implementation timeline not yet publicly available at Second Stage.
Broadcasting (All Ireland Service) (Amendment) Bill 2025
25 Jun 2025 Second Stage Current Aengus Ó Snodaigh
- Requires national broadcasters to make reasonable efforts to end geo-blocking and exclusion of Northern Irish audiences from programming, competitions, and other services.
- Mandates Coimisiún na Meán report within six months on removing all-Ireland access barriers and requires Media Minister to engage with British government on television licensing rights.
- Requires broadcasters to proactively resolve competing intellectual property claims across island jurisdictions to ensure equal access to content for viewers north and south.
Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022
20 Jun 2025 Second Stage Current Darren O'Rourke
- Pharmaceutical companies and medical equipment suppliers must annually report all payments, gifts, donations, and value transfers to healthcare professionals or organizations to the Health Products Regulatory Authority.
- The Health Products Regulatory Authority must establish and maintain a publicly accessible, searchable register of these payments and has power to audit compliance.
- Failure to declare payments constitutes an offence with fines up to €100,000 upon conviction.
Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Voting Rights in Presidential Elections) Bill 2025
18 Jun 2025 Second Stage Current Michael Collins
- Amends Article 12 to allow adult Irish citizens ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland to vote in presidential elections, subject to electoral law and disqualification rules.
- Inserts new Article 12A requiring the Oireachtas to enact electoral legislation within a practicable timeframe to implement the expanded voting rights.
- Article 12A becomes obsolete and is removed from official Constitution texts once implementing legislation is passed.
Planning and Development (Stationary Battery Energy Storage Systems) Bill 2024
12 Jun 2025 Second Stage Current Martin Conway
- Bill amends planning rules to require environmental impact assessments for certain stationary battery energy storage system installations.
- Expands the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to classify specific battery storage projects as developments needing formal environmental review.
- Aims to ensure large-scale battery storage projects undergo environmental scrutiny before planning permission is granted.
Taxes Consolidation (Rights of Performers and Film Workers) (Amendment) Bill 2025
11 Jun 2025 Second Stage Current Aengus Ó Snodaigh
- Amends Section 481 of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to add three new conditions for issuing film tax relief certificates: companies must offer Irish performers equal terms to international performers, comply with copyright law, and prohibit 'buy-out' contracts.
- Film producers seeking tax relief must now demonstrate they meet these performer rights and copyright requirements when applying to the Minister for a cultural certificate before production begins.
- Addresses concerns raised by Budgetary Oversight Committee and Irish Equity about protecting performers' intellectual property rights and preventing forced surrender of future residual payments.
Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2025
9 Jun 2025 Second Stage Current Brian Stanley
- Limits exports of electricity generated by wind turbines and requires public consultation on new wind turbine developments.
- Sets minimum distances between turbines and homes to protect against noise and shadow flicker; imposes duties on planning authorities.
- Requires turbine owners to establish financial reserves and plan decommissioning; enables community ownership; creates penalties for non-compliance.
Parole (Special Advocates) Bill 2024
5 Jun 2025 Second Stage Current Lynn Ruane
- Amends Parole Act 2019 to allow special advocates to represent parole applicants' interests in certain Parole Board cases.
- Special advocates will support relevant applicants—likely those with security concerns or restricted evidence access.
- Creates new representation mechanism; bill is at Second Stage—detailed provisions and implementation scope not yet finalized.
Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025
5 Jun 2025 Second Stage Defeated Mary Lou McDonald
- Repeals Part 2 of Water Services Act 2017, removing Uisce Éireann's power to charge domestic customers for water use exceeding a specified threshold.
- Eliminates the legal basis for imposing excess water charges on household users, preventing future charge implementation.
- Bill was defeated at Second Stage; the excess water charge power remains in law.
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.