Bill entitled an Act to provide emergency powers for the temporary reduction of mineral oil tax on certain fuels including home heating oil (kerosene used other than as a propellent), petrol and auto-diesel (heavy oil used as a propellent) and green diesel (marked gas oil) for the purpose of alleviating cost of living pressures; to provide for the extension of such reductions by order of the Minister for Finance; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing Loans Regulations 2021 so as to allow applications to local authorities for housing loans by persons who are remaining in the family home following a divorce or legal separation and who need mortgage finance to buyout their former partner’s share of the family home.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Official Languages Act 2003 and the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 to protect the right to communicate through the medium of the Irish language without infringement; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to give full effect to Articles 6(2) and 22 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market and amending Directive 2010/13/EU (European Media Freedom Act) and, for that purpose, to amend Part 3A of the Competition Act 2002; to give full effect to Article 24 of that Regulation and, for that purpose, to amend section 34 of the Broadcasting Act 2009; to give full effect to Article 25 of that Regulation and, for that purpose, to provide for detailed rules in relation to state advertising; to transfer certain functions conferred on the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport under Part 3A of the Competition Act 2002 to Coimisiún na Meán; to enable Coimisiún na Meán to require notification of certain mergers or acquisitions involving a media business; to enable certain undertakings to inform Coimisiún na Meán of certain mergers or acquisitions involving a media business; to provide for consequential amendments of the Competition Act 2002; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to protect accuracy in the use of Irish language names and addresses, including the length accenting of vowels, by facilitating the correction of records in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018, by placing a duty on regulators to ensure that the names and addresses of customers and service users are respected by January 1 2030, and by amending the legislation under which future contracts in respect of the national postcode system are regulated; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to prevent certain objections to grants of planning permission by requiring, subject to exceptions, that an objector must have a material interest in the development to which the objection relates; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 to make specific provision for sentencing for certain offences in relation to theft of tools and supplies used in course of one’s business; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to repeal the Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 605 of 2022) and Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 376 of 2023) related to the provision of temporary accommodation for persons seeking international protection or in receipt of temporary protection.
Bill entitled an Act to amend Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 600 of 2001) to provide for exemptions from planning permission for certain categories of public art murals where such work has artistic or cultural merit, has the permission of the owner of the building or structure on which it is displayed, is not a commercial advertisement and does not conflict with the Equal Status Acts.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 to provide for universal access to social housing by abolishing income-related criteria.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to abolish the 3 day waiting period for abortion on request.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Maternity Protection Act 1994 to provide for postponement of maternity leave in the event of the death of a child of a relevant employee, and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to enable the Minister for Education and Youth, by regulations, to make provision for promoting participation by a greater number of school staff in approved courses of training in first aid for medical emergencies, for a greater number of schools to be listed as organisations whose staff are authorised to administer certain prescription-only medicinal products without a prescription, for the purpose of saving life or reducing severe distress in medical emergencies; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to allow the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to introduce a social housing passport in order to allow households on social housing waiting lists, or in receipt of social housing support, to transfer their social housing file, or their social housing support, to another local authority based on criteria set out in regulations laid down by the Minister.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2020 to prohibit the creation of non-consensual intimate or harmful imagery; and to increase the timeframe under which summary proceedings for an offence may be instituted.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the law relating to the recording, distribution or publication of intimate images so as to extend its provisions to images that are generated or modified by computer-graphics; for that purpose to amend the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 to regulate the use of recommender algorithms by video-sharing platform services.
Bill entitled an Act to provide for enhanced powers for the Agri-food Regulator to access data from businesses within the agricultural and food supply chain, including prices, margins, and related financial information, in order to promote transparency and protect consumer interests; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Comptroller and Au ditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 to require the Comptroller and Auditor General to conduct a due diligence review of the State’s relations with Israel in line with the legal analysis and recommendations of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel on implementation of the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.
Bill entitled an Act to provide for an entitlement of an employee to remote working arrangements where reasonably practicable, for this purpose to amend the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023, and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to make provision in relation to the power of members of An Garda Síochána to stop and search persons and vehicles in specified circumstances; to make provision in relation to the search of premises; to make provision in relation to the treatment of persons in custody; to give further effect to Directive 2013/48/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and on the right to have a third party informed upon deprivation of liberty and to communicate with third persons and with consular authorities when deprived of liberty; to amend the Criminal Law Act 1976, the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 and the Criminal Justice Act 2007; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to improve the efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability of household waste collection services throughout the functional areas of local authorities; to provide for a scheme for the waiver of household waste collection charges on grounds of personal hardship; to enable local authorities to make provision by bye-laws relating to the duty of landlords in respect of the presentation of household waste by their tenants; for these purposes to amend the Waste Management Act 1996; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled An Act to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 to provide for the funding of functions of an Electrical Safety Supervisory Body or Gas Safety Supervisory Body appointed under that Act by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities; to provide for safety of the establishment, operation, maintenance, modification and use of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas and the decommissioning of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas infrastructure, in particular by requiring natural gas undertakings to prepare safety cases for natural gas activities designated by regulations and liquefied petroleum gas undertakings to prepare safety cases for liquefied petroleum gas activities designated by regulations and requiring such safety cases to be submitted to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities for acceptance and providing for the Commission, if it accepts the safety case concerned, to issue to the undertaking concerned a safety permit; to empower the Commission to be the appointing body for gas emergency officers in so far as liquefied petroleum gas is concerned and, also, to strengthen the powers and duties of such officers; to provide for appeals to appeal officers against certain decisions of the Commission; to revoke the Gas Safety (Liquefied Petroleum Gas Incident) Regulations 2014 and Regulation 6 of the Gas Safety (Liquefied Petroleum Gas Incident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2014; to amend the Turf Development Act 1998; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to entitle customers with certain medical conditions to make use of staff toilet facilities in retail establishments in certain circumstances, to provide for redress where the entitlement is not met, and to provide for connected matters.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 to give the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) the legislative remit required to effectively monitor and regulate standing charges on electricity and gas bills, and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the administrative assessment, by the Revenue Commissioners, of liabilities of certain persons to pay periodic maintenance in respect of a child; to provide for a standard methodology for making such an assessment; to provide for the enforceability of such assessments in certain circumstances; to empower the Revenue Commissioners to depart from a standard methodology for making an assessment of child maintenance in certain circumstances; to provide for updated assessments of child maintenance in certain circumstances; to prohibit, in the interests of the common good, the making of certain applications to court unless certain circumstances apply; to provide for appeals from certain determinations and decisions of the Revenue Commissioners; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to establish standards for any scheme maintained by the Minister for Education and Youth relating to the provision of leave of absence for teachers and special needs assistants who suffer certain injuries; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Child Care Act 1991; to provide for the establishment and functions of a committee to be known as An Coiste Forfheidhmithe agus Idirghníomhaireachta um Chúram Leanaí ; to make further and better provision in relation to the care and protection of children including by specifying principles to guide the Child and Family Agency in performing its functions and by providing for certain bodies to cooperate with each other; to give further effect to Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011; to amend the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 and the Child and Family Agency Act 2013; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to facilitate the bringing of child sexual abuse proceedings against unincorporated bodies of persons, to enable such a body to pay damages arising from such proceedings from the assets of an associated trust in certain circumstances, to extend the limitation period provided for by the Statute of Limitations 1957 in respect of certain civil proceedings arising from claims of child sexual abuse, and to provide for connected matters.
Bill entitled an Act to make emergency provision to defer the termination dates of certain tenancies that fall, or would fall, during the period beginning on the day after the date of the passing of this Act and ending on 1 July 2026 in order to mitigate the risk that persons whose tenancies would otherwise be terminated during that period would be unable to obtain alternative accommodation; to make such provision on a phased basis to enable tenancies affected to be terminated over a period of time to assist in managing demands on housing services as a result of such deferred termination; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to reduce restrictions on the power of the Electricity Supply Board to carry out works concerning the levels on the Shannon Lakes (Lough Derg, Lough Ree and Lough Allen), to amend the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1934 and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled An Act to provide for the entitlement of employed young persons to the full national minimum hourly rate of pay; to provide for the inclusion of apprentices within the application of the National Minimum Wage Acts 2000 and 2015; to provide for the payment of the national minimum wage to certain persons doing work as interns or on work experience; for these purposes to amend the National Minimum Wage Act 2000; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to provide for animal welfare considerations in the operation of dog breeding establishments, including but not limited to a cap on the number of breeding bitches, the age of bitches allowed to breed, the age of pups when removed from their mothers, a staff-to-bitch ratio, and to prohibit the use of surgical artificial insemination; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the regulation in the public interest of the private and commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly referred to as drones; to create an additional consideration for issuance of a National Planning Statement; to require local authorities to prepare objectives for the management of unmanned aircraft system operations; to permit any person, a local authority or the Environmental Protection Agency make a complaint to the District Court with respect to the emission of noise from certain privately or commercially operated unmanned aircraft system or systems causing annoyance; to amend the Planning and Development Act 2024; to amend the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (as amended); and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to regulate the use of the title "accountant", to establish criteria for recognition, and to provide for offences and penalties for misuse of the title, and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to enable the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities to direct that offers for connection to the electricity transmission and distribution systems be made subject to terms and conditions requiring that specified measures be taken for the purpose of avoiding, preventing, reducing, offsetting or abating greenhouse gas emissions or otherwise in furtherance of the national climate objective; for that purpose to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to make provision whereby the Minister for Education shall make regulations governing the implementation of an affordable school uniform policy in schools; and for this purpose, to amend the Education Act 1998.
Bill entitled an Act to prevent and address the commission of the international crimes of genocide and apartheid by the State of Israel, by providing for the establishment of economic sanctions.
Bill entitled an Act to amend section 23 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 to include the Sprat Fish, S prattus sprattus, in the Fifth Schedule of the Act; to prohibit the targeted fishing of sprat except where caught as bycatch; to provide for a moratorium on commercial sprat fishing until sufficient scientific data is available regarding sprat habitats, population dynamics, and their ecological role, to include a Just Transition for inshore fishers; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health Act 2004 to provide for revised corporate governance and accountability arrangements of the Health Service Executive; to provide for the conferral of certain functions with regard to those revised arrangements on the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality; to provide for consultation in certain matters between, and joint functions of, the Minister for Health and the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality with regard to those revised arrangements; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to enable the Minister to identify regions of low audiovisual capacity and to include measures in the industry development test for Section 481 tax relief to promote the development of audiovisual production outside existing major production hubs.
Bill entitled an Act to require the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to produce a report on the appointment of an emergency independent inspector for Dublin Zoo.
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the continued detention of property for the purposes of an investigation by the Criminal Assets Bureau in certain circumstances; to provide for the giving of payment freezing directions by a bureau officer, and the making of payment freezing orders by the District Court, in respect of funds in accounts in certain circumstances; to reduce the period of time an interlocutory order is required to be in place before a disposal order can be made in respect of certain property; to provide for the appointment of a receiver to deprive a person of the ongoing benefit and use of property in certain circumstances and for those and other purposes to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996; to amend the National Archives Act 1986; to amend the Criminal Justice Act 1994; to amend the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996; to amend the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005; to amend the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Roads Act 1993 and the Road Traffic Act 1994 to exempt blood bike operators from road tolls and from restrictions from which ambulances are granted exemptions, including access to bus lanes, in the performance of their duties, and to provide for related matters.