Bills

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Creates electronic health records (EHRs) for all patients, managed by the HSE, containing personal health data shared between healthcare providers treating the same patient.
Gives patients access rights to their EHR and information about who accessed it; allows HSE to request health data from providers and use court orders if requests are refused.
Implements EU Health Data Space rules; permits HSE to share patient data with other countries and use personal public service numbers to identify patients in the system.

Renames the 1998 Child Trafficking and Pornography Act to Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Abuse Material Act.
Renames the 2004 Amendment Act to Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Act 2004.
Replaces term 'Child Pornography' with 'Child Sexual Exploitation Material' across related legislation.

Creates new criminal offence for 'catfishing'—deceptively impersonating someone online to harm or deceive them.
Amends Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 to define and penalise catfishing as a crime.
Makes related changes to Broadcasting Act 2009; specific penalties and enforcement mechanisms not detailed in long title.

Amends Education Act 1998 to change how schools consider family connections when admitting students.
Affects rules on whether a parent's or sibling's past attendance at a school influences admission decisions.
Currently at Report Stage; specific changes to admission preference weighting not detailed in long title alone.

New non-food products cannot be dumped; the Minister can set rules about which products are covered.
Breaching dumping ban rules is a criminal offence with penalties enforced by authorities.
Bill aims to reduce waste by preventing retailers or businesses destroying unsold new goods.

Creates a licensing authority to license construction workers doing specific activities and trainers providing construction training.
Establishes a register of licensed workers, investigates complaints against licensees, and sets up an appeals committee for decisions.
Designates the licensing authority as Ireland's competent authority under EU professional qualifications recognition rules.