Bill entitled an Act to provide in the public interest for the registration of paid lobbyists and, to the greatest extent possible consistent with the public interest in free and open access to central and local government, for the disclosure of their activities, and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to transfer to the Standards In Public Office Commission the functions of a constituency commission, the functions of a referendum commission, certain functions of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government relating to Dáil, European and local elections and the functions of registration authorities in the preparation and publication of electoral registers; to provide for access to information for the purpose of preparing and publishing electoral registers; to make provision for the use of Personal Public Service Numbers in connection with the registration of electors and with establishing the identity of persons applying for ballot papers at elections; and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to secure improved compliance with employment legislation; to establish a body to be known as an tÚdarás Náisiúnta um Chearta Fostaíochta or, in the English language, as the National Employment Rights Authority; to establish the office of Stiúrthóir an Údaráis Náisiúnta um Chearta Fostaíochta or, in the English language, the Director of the National Employment Rights Authority and to provide for his or her appointment; to provide for the terms, conditions and functions of the director; to provide for an acting director to perform the functions of the director during exigencies; to provide for an advisory board and to define its functions; to further provide for the enforcement of employment legislation including by the appointment of authorised officers; to increase the penalties for certain offences under employment legislation and certain other enactments; to further amend employment legislation and certain other enactments and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the protection of agency workers, to require the principle of equal treatment to be applied in respect of their employment, to make provision for the enforcement of the rights, and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the protection of agency workers, to require the principle of equal treatment to be applied in respect of their employment, to make provision for the enforcement of the rights, and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to repeal the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999, to amend the Electoral Act 1997 and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to ensure the provision of high quality and affordable broadband nationwide by setting given quality and uptake targets; to place duties upon the Minister as to the achievement of those targets; to specify reporting procedures to be taken if targets are not met; to establish a Broadband Network and Commission to facilitate the objectives of the Act; to reform certain regulations relating to the provision of broadband; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of the Credit Union Savings Protection Company; to establish a statutory scheme for the protection of savings of members of Credit Unions; to establish arrangements for financial assistance to Credit Unions; and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to reform the law concerning mental capacity, to provide for informal decision-making on behalf of adult persons who lack capacity in certain circumstances, to establish a Guardianship Board which may appoint Personal Guardians to deal with the property, financial matters and welfare of adult persons who lack capacity, to confer jurisdiction on the High Court in certain matters, to provide for the establishment of the office of Public Guardian and to set out the functions and powers of the Public Guardian, to amend and repeal various enactments for this purpose, and for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to restate and modify certain aspects of the law relating to the entry into, presence in and removal from the State of certain foreign nationals and others, including foreign nationals in need of protection from the risk of serious harm or persecution elsewhere, to give effect to Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between member states in receiving such persons, to give effect to Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in member states for granting and withdrawing refugee status, and to provide for related matters, including victims of human trafficking, while having regard also to the power of the executive in relation to the above matters
Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the rights of victims of crime and anti-social behaviour; to give effect to the European Union Council Framework Decision of the 15th March 2001 on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings; to specify information to be given to victims; to provide for the proper treatment of victims; making provision for the furnishing to the courts of victim impact statements; providing for specific notices to be furnished to victims relating to alleged and convicted offenders; providing for the establishment of the Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime; providing for the adoption of a victims' charter; making provision for the procedures applicable to address the violation of victims' rights; providing for the making of Protection of Persons Orders to prohibit the intimidation by an alleged offender of victims of alleged offences; and to provide for matters connected therewith
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment and operation of a programme for the state protection of witnesses involved in criminal investigations and prosecutions; and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Legal Practitioners (Qualification) Act 1929, the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2002, the European Communities (General System for the recognition of Higher Education Diplomas) Regulations 1991 and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to delimit the application of the Competition Act 2002 to trade unions and trade union members and to certain agreements negotiated with public bodies, and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide that certain convictions may be regarded as spent for certain purposes where the convicted person has not been convicted of any other offence within specified periods of years, and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to ensure the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by setting annual targets and long-term targets; to place duties upon the Minister as to the achievement of those targets; to specify reporting procedures and action to be taken if targets are not met; and for connected purposes
Bill entitled an Act to restate and modify certain aspects of the law relating to the entry into and presence in the State of certain foreign nationals and others, including foreign nationals in need of protection from the risk of serious harm or persecution elsewhere and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide for polling for Dáil elections to be held on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday and for that purpose to amend the Electoral Act 1992
Bill entitled an Act to amend, consolidate and extend the law relating to coroners, coroners' investigations and coroners' inquests, to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as an tSeirbhís Chróinéara or, in the English language, the Coroner Service, to define its functions, to provide for certain transitional matters including the completion of inquests commenced under the Coroners Act 1962, the transfer of certain documents preserved under the Coroners Act 1962 to the coroner service and the continuance in use of certain forms under that Act, to repeal certain enactments and provisions of enactments, to amend certain enactments and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to create the indictable offence of corporate manslaughter by an undertaking, to create the indictable offence of grossly negligent management causing death by a high managerial agent of the undertaking, and to provide for related matters
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 entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of the Credit Union Savings Protection Company; to establish a statutory scheme for the protection of savings of members of Credit Unions; to establish arrangements for financial assistance to Credit Unions; and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to reform tha law concerning mental capacity, to provide for informal decision-making on behalf of adult persons who lack capacity in certain circumstances, to establish a Guardianship Board which may appoint Personal Guardians to deal with the property, financial matters and welfare of adult persons who lack capacity, to confer jurisdiction on the High Court in certain matters, to provide for the establishment of the office of Public Guardian and to set out the functions and powers of the Public Guardian, to amend and repeal various enactments for this purpose, and for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to make provision in relation to the maximum fines that a court may impose in respect of offences tried summarily and certain offences tried on indictment; to provide that a court imposing a fine upon conviction of a person of an offence shall take account of a person's financial circumstances; to provide for the payment of such fines by instalment in certain circumstances; and to provide for matters connected therewith
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the making of attachment of earnings orders, attachment of welfare orders and instalment orders by the courts to facilitate the enforcement of undischarged court orders, fines and other debts and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to enable the appointment by the Standards in Public Office Commission of an inquiry officer to carry out a preliminary Inquiry in cases where it is acting of its own initative and has not received a complaint, for that purpose to amend the Standards in Public Office Act 2001, and provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2002 to restore the oblications in relation to the provision of social and affordable housing which existed under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 prior to the amendment of that act in 2002