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114 ingested bills from Ireland introduced in 2021. Year filters use the introduced date shown on each card. Walk years back as far as this source still publishes.

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Bill· Public2021/79lapsed

Dáil (All-Ireland Representation) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2021

Bill entitled an Act to enable Members of the Parliament of Britain and the north of Ireland elected in respect of any part of the north of Ireland to sit, pose questions and speak in the Dáil; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/70lapsed

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 4 May 2021

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to modify evidential presumptions in a Tenancy Tribunal and to clarify where the burden of proof lies at such a tribunal.

Bill· Public2021/72current

Pensions (Amendment) (Transparency in Charges) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2021

Bill entitled an Act to provide for greater transparency in relation to charges that may be imposed in the administration of pension schemes, for that purpose to amend the Pensions Act 1990, and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/101current

Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 29 April 2021

Bill entitled an Act to provide for a specific offence of stalking characterised by repeated, unwanted behaviour that occurs as a result of fixation or obsession and causes alarm, distress or harm to the victim and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/75lapsed

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2021

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 to ensure that every appeal or referral is determined within a period of 12 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Board of the appeal or referral, or, such other period as the Minister may prescribe in accordance with section 126(4) and section 221(4), either generally or in respect of a particular class or classes of appeals or referrals.

Bill· Public2021/74current

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2021

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Wildlife Act, 1976 to include the Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in the Fifth Schedule to that Act; to amend section 23 of that Act to make illegal the intentional or reckless injuring, disturbance or harassment of any protected wild animal other than for the purposes of hunting; and to provide for the drafting of a code of conduct by Ministerial regulation for the purposes of wildlife tourism or recreational activities.

Bill· Public2021/57lapsed

National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 19 April 2021

Bill entitled an Act to amend the National Lottery Act 2013 to prohibit the use of the National Lottery or its products in betting offers by entities other than the National Lottery.

Bill· Public2021/64lapsed

Dog Breeding Establishments (Amendment) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2021

Bill entitled an Act to enhance the welfare of dogs by strengthening the regulation of dog breeding establishments; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/66lapsed

Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2021

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the extension of the powers of the Liable Relatives Unit of the Department of Social Protection, to make a Determination Order in respect of Jobseekers Transitional Payment to one parent families, to include any necessary application to the District Court for a Payment Order, thus enabling the State to recoup, from a “liable relative”, a contribution towards the cost of providing said payment and related matters.

Bill· Public2021/51current

Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 April 2021

Bill entitled an Act to provide for amendments to the Judicial Council Act 2019, to provide for the making of regulations to require insurance providers to provide information to the Central Bank of Ireland relating to the effect of personal injuries guidelines and related matters.

Bill· Public2021/56withdrawn

Planning and Development (Strategic Housing Developments) (Amendment) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2021

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2019 and for that purpose to amend section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 in relation to ministerial guidelines, to restrict section 4 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 to applications received on or before the coming into operation of this Act in respect of strategic housing developments and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/68lapsed

Protection of Employment (Platform Workers and Bogus Self-Employment) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 9 April 2021

Bill entitled an Act to declare the relationship between employer and employee to be a status relationship, to declare the question whether an individual is an employee or is self-employed to be a question of law to be independently determined, to provide that the description given by the parties shall not be conclusive in determining the true status of an employment relationship, to provide for a presumption in favour of employee status in certain cases, to clarify the employment status of individuals who undertake personally to execute work or service for third parties, to take certain measures to counter the misrepresentation of the status of employees, to amend the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994, and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/52lapsed

Hospital Parking Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 April 2021

Bill entitled an Act to provide for parking free of charge for persons attending out-patient services in public hospitals; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/53current

Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 April 2021

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Companies Act 2014 to provide for preferential creditor status to employees in collective redundancy situations; to provide for recognition of redundancy payments in a winding up; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/48lapsed

Gambling (Prohibition of Advertising) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 31 March 2021

Bill entitled an Act to regulate in the public interest advertising and sponsorship of gambling; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/46defeated

Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2021

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the protection of certain foreign nationals in employment in the State and for that purpose to amend the Employment Permits Act 2003, the Employment Permits Act 2006, the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Act 1984 and the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/43current

Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 24 March 2021

Bill entitled an Act to reduce to sixteen years the age at which a person is entitled to be registered as a European Parliament and local government elector, and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/38current

Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 16 March 2021

Bill entitled an Act to provide for a period of paid leave consequent upon miscarriage or for the purposes of availing of reproductive healthcare; for that purpose to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; to extend the protection against unfair dismissals conferred by the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015; to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other Acts; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/58lapsed

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 March 2021

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961 to provide for dual language road signs and related matters.

Bill· Public2021/40lapsed

Road Traffic (Amendment) (Electric Scooter Trials) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2021

Bill entitled an Act to make provision for time-limited trials of electric scooters through approved rental schemes and to require the Minister for Transport to regulate their use for the period of the trials, and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/41lapsed

Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 March 2021

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 by increasing the maximum sentence that can be imposed for the possession of a knife to cause injury to, incapacitate or intimidate any person.

Bill· Public2021/32defeated

Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 2 March 2021

Bill entitled an Act to give further effect to Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 and for that purpose to provide for contract award criteria in public contracts, to promote the use of social considerations and the best price-quality ratio and to establish a procedure for departing from best price-quality ratio, to ensure that section 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003 applies to every contracting authority to which the said Directive relates in respect of a contract equal to or greater than a determinable monetary threshold, to provide for the issuing of guidelines concerning social considerations, to require annual reporting to each House of the Oireachtas concerning certain matters and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Bill· Public2021/30lapsed

Health Insurance (International Students) (Amendment) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 1 March 2021

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health Insurance Act 1994 (as amended) to introduce a new definition of a health insurance contract to that contained in Section 2 of the Principal Act so as to exclude international students who are not ordinarily resident in Ireland; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/35lapsed

Adoption (Information) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 February 2021

Bill entitled an Act to provide for improved information access for adopted persons in relation to their birth, for that purpose to amend the Adoption Act 2010 so as to provide for access by adult adopted persons to their entry in the index maintained by an tArd-Chláraitheoir of connections between entries in the Adopted Children Register and the register of births, and to provide for connected matters.

Bill· Public2021/36current

Ceathrú Chultúir 1916 Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2021

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Ceathrú Chultúir 1916 Teoranta, to define its functions in relation to the preservation, restoration and management of the cultural historical quarter within the Moore Street Battlefield Area in line with the functions, aims and objectives set for it in this Act and to provide for connected matters.

Bill· Public2021/31lapsed

Taxi Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 24 February 2021

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 to allow for the transfer of licences.

Bill· Public2021/26lapsed

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 February 2021

Bill entitled an Act to make provision in relation to certain tenants’ obligations to pay rent in respect of dwellings used for accommodation during academic term times, to make provision in relation to the maximum period of notice required by such tenants to terminate a tenancy, to oblige certain landlords to refund relevant payments in certain circumstances relating to Covid-19, for those purposes to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/17current

Defence (Restriction on Use of Certain Titles) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 11 February 2021

Bill entitled an Act to restrict the use of the terms "Óglaigh na hÉireann" and "Defence Forces" to the defence forces raised and maintained under the Defence Acts 1954 to 2015, and for that purpose to restrict the inclusion of those words in the names of certain other bodies by amending the Defence Act 1954, and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/24lapsed

Local Government (Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 9 February 2021

Bill entitled an Act to make provision in relation to the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution by local authorities of certain offences; to provide for the use of closed circuit television in public places by local authorities for the purposes of those functions; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/29lapsed

Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 9 February 2021

Bill entitled an Act to provide for improved information and tracing for adopted persons in relation to their adoption, for that purpose to amend the Adoption Act 2010 so as to provide for access by adult adopted persons to the index maintained by an tArd-Chláraitheoir of connections between entries in the Adopted Children Register and the register of births, and to provide for connected matters.

Bill· Public2021/61current

Clean Air (Smoky Coal Ban) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 9 February 2021

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the introduction of regulations to prohibit the sale, marketing, distribution and burning of bituminous (smoky) coal on a nationwide basis; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/27lapsed

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 5 February 2021

Bill entitled an Act to restrict applications for change of use of certain student accommodation units; and to provide for connected matters.

Bill· Public2021/28lapsed

Road Traffic (Amendment) (Personal Light Electric Vehicles) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 February 2021

Bill entitled an Act to regulate the use of personal light electric vehicles, including electric scooters and electrically assisted pedal cycles, and for that purpose to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961, to make a number of consequential amendments and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/65defeated

Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 February 2021

Bill entitled an Act to provide a legal mechanism for trade union recognition for workers who comprise at least 20 per cent of the employees in an employment (or any category within that employment).

Bill· Public2021/15current

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 February 2021

Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend certain rights and protections of retired persons and certain representative associations in relation to industrial relations and trade disputes and for that purpose to amend the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990 and the Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2019, to make provision for enhanced representation of retired workers in relation to the administration of certain pension schemes, to amend the Pensions Act 1990 and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/19defeated

Principles of Social Welfare Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 February 2021

Bill entitled an Act to make provision for a statement of principles to inform the interpretation and administration of the Social Welfare Acts; to provide for a social welfare charter; to impose a duty to promote the take-up of social welfare entitlements; to set out certain rights to information, advocacy and support for social welfare applicants and recipients; to confer additional functions on the Citizens Information Board; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/12lapsed

Criminal Procedure and Related Matters Bill 2021

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 28 January 2021

Bill entitled an Act to make various amendments to aspects of criminal procedure and to make provision for related matters.

Bill· Public2021/45current

Labour Exploitation and Trafficking (Audit of Supply Chains) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2021

Bill entitled an Act to provide for transparent reporting by undertakings in relation to the risk of labour exploitation and human trafficking occurring in their supply chains or in any part of their business and of the steps taken by them to ensure such activities do not take place; and to provide for connected matters.

Bill· Public2021/81defeated

Regulation of Tenderers Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2021

Bill entitled an Act to provide that abnormally low tender bids for construction works with a contract equal to or above the EU threshold for public works are regulated, and disqualified, if their low level is not adequately explained to the relevant authority, and that performance in prior public contracts be grounds for exclusion from participation in a procurement procedure.

Bill· Public2021/14lapsed

Health (Parliamentary Oversight of Certain Instruments Relating to Covid-19) Bill 2021

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 January 2021

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health Act 1947, and for that purpose to provide for parliamentary oversight of regulations made by the Minister for Health under section 31A of that Act and of orders made by that Minister under section 31B of that Act and to provide for related matters.

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