Bill entitled an Act to provide that a change of use of a structure to use as a Head Shop or a Sex Shop shall not be exempted development; and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide protection from civil liability or penalisation to employees who make certain protected disclosures in relation to the affairs of their employers and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to amend the law to authorise the taking of bodily samples from persons suspected of certain criminal offences for forensic testing; to provide for the taking of certain bodily samples from persons who volunteer to have such samples taken from them for the purpose of the investigation of offences or incidents that may have involved the commission of offences; to provide for the establishment and operation by Eolaíocht Fhóiréinseach Éireann of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform of a DNA Database System; to provide for the taking of certain bodily samples from persons suspected or convicted of certain criminal offences for the purpose of generating DNA profiles in respect of those persons to be entered in the investigation division of the DNA Database System; to provide for the taking of bodily samples from certain persons for elimination purposes and the entry of their DNA profiles in the DNA Database System; to provide for the taking of certain bodily samples from persons, or samples from things, for the purpose of generating DNA profiles in respect of those persons or missing persons to be entered in the identification division of the DNA Database System; to provide for the purposes of that System; to provide, in certain circumstances, for the destruction of samples taken under this Act and the destruction, or removal from the DNA Database System, of any DNA profiles generated from those samples; to repeal the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence) Act 1990; to give effect, in part, to Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 O.J. No. L210, 6.8.2008, p.1.; to amend the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008; to amend the criminal law relating to the taking of fingerprints and palm prints from certain persons; and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to confer on each House of the Oireachtas and on both of them acting jointly, through committees, a power to appoint inquiries into and to commission reports upon matters relevant to the exercise of the legislative power of the State including defects in social, economic or administrative systems and systems of governance within the State, for the purpose of proposing legislation to remedy any defects so identified and to make recommendations for the better regulation and governance of the State; and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide that the Dublin Docklands Development Authority be a body that is audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide, in the interests of the common good, for the prohibition of activities which prevent, restrict or distort fair trade in grocery goods in the State, and to provide for information on the grocery trade in Ireland to be gathered and published, and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to make further and better provision for promoting harmonious relations between workers and employers, to amend and extend the Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2004, to amend the Employment Permits Act 2006 and the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to establish a presumption that force used against an intruder is reasonable, to relieve householders of any civil liability to an intruder, to amend the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007; to provide for mandatory professional insurance for certain medical practitioners and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the licensing of employment agencies that carry on business in the State; to provide for the recognition of employment agencies that are permitted to carry on business in certain countries of the European Economic Area; to repeal the Employment Agency Act 1971; and to provide for matters connected therewith
, bearing in mind the report of the Commission to inquire into child abuse and in particular the failure of the state and of religious congregations to protect children from abuse, recognising the pain and suffering endured by the former residents of institutions, that the Commission's report vindicates their claims of abuse and that crimes were committed by members of the religious congregations and others against children in state care, to amend the commission to inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000 and the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; and to provide for connected matters
, in the public interest, to provide for the imposition by way of Government Order of a requirement that landlords charge market rents only in respect of commercial premises, and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Local Government (Rates) Act 1970 by delimiting the circumstances in which the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government can refuse consent to a rates waiver scheme; and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the amendment of the District Court Rules; to provide that vendors may use the small claims procedure for the recovery of small debts and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 to provide for the issuing of fixed penalty notices in respect of certain sea fisheries offences
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Central Bank Act 1942; to provide for the issuing of licenses to conduct debt collection activities; to provide that the undue harassment of debtors or the making of false representations to debtors shall be a criminal offence and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1999 to give the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the power to add to the record of protected structures, with specific regard to the need to preserve 15, 16 and 17 Moore Street in the light of their importance as a site connected to the 1916 Rising
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the drawing up by the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland and the approval by the Minister for Finance of codes of practice in relation to good corporate governance for companies admitted to trading on the official list of the Irish Stock Exchange; to provide for the enforcement of those codes; and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide for a decrease in the number of Ministers of State from 20 to 12 who may be appointed by the Government under section 1(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 so as to provide for the payment of deposits to the Private Residential Tenancies Board in respect of tenancies required to be registered under Part 7 of that Act; to require further that payments of supplementary welfare allowance under the Social Welfare Acts in respect of rental payments shall be paid only in respect of a tenancy registered with the Board; and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to amend the National Archives Act 1986 by providing for the transfer to the National Archives of departmental records which are more than 15 years old; and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the appointment by the Minister of Finance of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to investigate any matter relating to the operation of a credit institution which is not incorporated under the Companies Acts and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide for a requirement on the part of qualified political parties, in order to receive full payment under part III of the Electoral Act 1997, to work towards achieving gender parity in relation to the candidates put forward for election by that party; and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2004; to provide for the composition and procedures of joint labour committees, to provide for the renewal of Employment Regulation Orders and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the appointment of an inspector into the affairs of Anglo Irish Bank Corporation limited; and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to set a target for the year 2050 for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; to provide for a system of carbon budgeting; to make other provisions about climate change; and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to abolish summary proceedings for certain offences under the Planning and Development Act 2000; to provide, in limited circumstances, for consequential restrictions on future development by persons the subject of enforcement proceedings under that Act; and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the exercise of powers under the Air Navigation and Transport Acts 1936 to 1998 in accordance with the international legal obligations of the State in respect of secret detention facilities and inter-state transport of prisoners; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the creation of human embryos for research, to prohibit all research involving or deriving from the destruction of human embryos and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Criminal Justice Acts, to abolish automatic remission of sentences in criminal cases, to provide a minumum 25 year term to be served on conviction of murder, to provide civil restrictions on persons involved in organised criminal activity and to provide for connected matters.
Bill entitled an Act to enable the conferral on vocational education committees of functions in relation to the establishment and maintenance of primary schools; for that purpose to amend the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act 2001; and to provide for connected matters.
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2003; to provide for the disclosure of breaches of security of data held by data controllers and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to regulate the removal, storage and use of human body organs and human tissue for certain purposes, to regulate consents in relation thereto and to provide for certain other related matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide that a change of use of a structure to use as a sex shop shall not be exempted development; and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide for reform of the appointment processes of persons to the boards of statutory agencies; to provide for Oireachtas supervision of the appointment of ministerial nominees to the position of new members or the re-appointment of existing members to the boards of statutory agencies; to provide for the overseeing of and confirmation by resolution of Dáil Éireann of the appointment of ministerial nominees to the position of chief executive and board chairperson of statutory agencies; to uphold the probity of the appointment process, and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to revise in part the law of evidence in criminal proceedings and for that purpose to abolish the exclusionary rule and to amend the Garda Síochána Act 2005
Bill entitled an Act to require the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to publish and implement a strategy for reducing fuel poverty; to require the setting of targets for the implementation of that strategy; and to provide for connected purposes