Bill entitled an Act to authorise, subject to the prior approval of Dáil Éireann, the despatch of contingents of the Permanent Defence Forces for service outside the State with International Peace Missions established for the performance of peace duties, and for that purpose to amend the Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960 and the Defence Act 1954
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 amend the law relating to waste management, and in particular to amend the waste management acts with regard to the procedure for the making of waste management plans, the collection of waste and the imposition of charges for waste services
Bill entitled an Act to regulate the power of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to grant citizenship and to issue certificates of naturalisation and the power of the said Minister and certain other persons to issue certificates of nationality in certain circumstances and the power of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to grant passports, and to provide for related matters
further to regulate by the principles of social justice and to delimit by law the exercise of the right of private ownership and the general right to transfer, bequeath and inherit property, so far as those rights affect the assessment of compensation payable by planning or other local authorities in respect of development land compulsorily acquired, with a view to reconciling the exercise of those rights with the exigencies of the common good, and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to broaden the focus of transportation planning and provision of infrastructure by amalgamating the National Roads Authority and the National Rail Procurement Agency
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999, to provide for the regulation of the electrical contracting sector in the State by the Commission for Electricity Regulation and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the bringing into being of a human embryo otherwise than by a process of fertilisation, intended to lead to childbirth
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the offences of supplying or offering to supply a vehicle to an under-age driver and of organising, directing or participation in the unlawful taking of a mechanically propelled vehicle for the purposes of dangerous driving in a public place, for that purpose to extend the Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1995, and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to authorise, subject to the previous approval of Dáil Éireann in certain circumstances, the despatch of contingents of the permanent Defence Force for service outside the State with the Rapid Reaction Force established by the Laws of the European Union, to extend the area of service of certain members of the Permanent Defence Force, and for those purposes to amend the Defence Act, 1954, in certain respects and to provide for other related matters
Bill entitled an Act to make further provision for the education of people with disabilities, to provide that, to the greatest extent practicable, people with disabilities shall have the same right to avail of, and benefit from, appropriate education as do their peers who do not have disabilities, to assist children with disabilities to leave school with the skills necessary to participate, to the greatest extent practicable, in an inclusive way in the social and economic activities of society and to live independent and fulfilled lives, to provide for consultation with parents of children with disabilities in relation to the education of those children, to ensure that schools and public bodies involved in the education of people with disabilities act in a co-ordinated way in the interests of those people, for those purposes to establish a body to be known as the National Council for Special Education and to define its functions, to confer certain functions on health boards in relation to the education of people with disabilities, to enable certain decisions made in relation to the education of people with disabilities to be the subject of an appeal to an Appeals Board and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the development and implementation of a debt management service to assist individuals in managing, reducing and discharging consumer debt; to facilitate co-operation between persons and the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs for the purpose of establishing companies to provide the service; to provide for those companies to enter into agreements with the Minister to provide the service as local service providers; to provide for the principal objects of local service providers; to confer on the Minister functions in respect of the funding, monitoring and evaluation of the service; to establish a National Money Advice and Budgeting Service Advisory Committee to consult with and advise the Minister on matters of policy relating to the service, and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999, to provide for the regulation of the electrical contracting sector in the State by the Commission for Electricity Regulation and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to make further and better provision for persons with disabilities in respect of accessibility to public buildings, public services and certain other services and to employment in the public service; to provide for the establishment by Comhairle, as part of its advocacy services of a personal advocacy service to represent, help or support certain persons with disabilities in seeking assistance for their needs from statutory or voluntary bodies; to give additional powers to the National Disability Authority for the purposes of monitoring and promoting compliance with the provisions of the Act by public bodies and certain other service providers; to regulate genetic testing of persons; to establish a centre for excellence in universal design; and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the bringing into being of a human embryo otherwise than by a process of fertilisation, intended to lead to childbirth
Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the inducing of persons to participate in certain multi-level or pyramid schemes and to provide for other matters connected with such schemes
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Housing Acts, 1966 to 1997 to make provision in relation to control of the use of certain lands and property
Bill entitled an Act to establish an office to be known as Ombudsman Neamhspleách an Gharda or in the English language, the Independent Garda Ombudsman, to repeal the Garda Síochána (Complaints) Act, 1986, and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to promote and protect the rights of persons with a disability, and, in particular to secure the fair, simple, speedy, and efficient resolution of complaints relating to infringements of those rights; to provide for the appointment of a Disability Commissioner to investigate complaints against persons or bodies who provide health or disability services; and to define the Commissioner's functions and powers; to provide for the establishment of a disability advocacy service; to provide for the promulgation of a code of disability rights and for the assessment by health boards of the needs of persons with a disability in accordance with the provisions of that code; and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to promote and protect the rights of persons with a disability, and, in particular to secure the fair, simple, speedy, and efficient resolution of complaints relating to infringements of those rights; to provide for the appointment of a Disability Commissioner to investigate complaints against persons or bodies who provide health or disability services; and to define the Commissioner's functions and powers; to provide for the establishment of a disability advocacy service; to provide for the promulgation of a code of disability rights and for the assessment by health boards of the needs of persons with a disability in accordance with the provisions of that code; and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the repression of acts of piracy committed by the crew or passengers on board ships within the territorial seas and internal waters of the State and, in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea done at Montego Bay, Jamaica on 10 December 1982, on the high seas; for the investigation of and punishment of such acts and of infringements of the collision regulations under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894; and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the issue of shares in An Post and the sale and disposal of shares in it by the Minister for Public Enterprise, to reduce the number of directors of An Post appointed by the Minister for Public Enterprise under section 23(1) of the Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1977, to provide for the change of the name of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation to the Director of Communications Regulation and to provide for connected matters
Bill entitled an Act to restrict the making of donations for political purposes to individuals who are citizens of the State and are ordinarily resident in the State, to amend the law relating to disclosure of donations and to limit the amount which may be so donated
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Waste Management Act, 1996, and, in particular, to amend that Act with regard to the procedure for the making of waste management plans under it so that any obstacles to the State being able to comply fully with the provisions of certain acts adopted by Institutions of the European Communities by reason of any failure of local authorities to make such plans are removed, to amend the First Schedule to the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992, to amend section 28 of the Litter Pollution Act, 1997, and to provide for related matters