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36 ingested bills from Ireland introduced in 2008. 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· Public2008/63lapsed

Planning and Development (Enforcement Proceedings) Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2008

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· Public2008/59lapsed

Air Navigation and Transport (Prevention of Extraordinary Rendition) Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2008

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· Public2008/60withdrawn

Stem-Cell Research (Protection of Human Embryos) Bill 2008

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 20 November 2008

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· Public2008/58lapsed

Criminal Justice (Violent Crime Prevention) Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2008

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· Public2008/51lapsed

Vocational Education (Primary Education) Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2008

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· Public2008/47lapsed

Data Protection (Disclosure) (Amendment) Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2008

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· Public2008/43lapsed

Human Body Organs and Human Tissue Bill 2008

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 26 September 2008

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· Public2008/49lapsed

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2008

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· Public2008/44defeated

Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 August 2008

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· Public2008/39defeated

Criminal Law (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill 2008

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 10 July 2008

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· Public2008/46lapsed

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2008

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Civil Liability Act of 1961 and to provide for connected matters

Bill· Public2008/30lapsed

Fuel Poverty and Energy Conservation Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2008

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

Bill· Public2008/28lapsed

Registration of Lobbyists Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 2008

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· Public2008/25withdrawn

Juries (Amendment) Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 April 2008

Bill entitled an Act to remove the age limit relating to juries

Bill· Public2008/26lapsed

Electoral Commission Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 April 2008

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· Public2008/18lapsed

Employment Law Compliance Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 March 2008

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· Public2008/19withdrawn

Cluster Munitions Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 March 2008

Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the trade in cluster munitions and to provide for connected matters

Bill· Public2008/15lapsed

Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 March 2008

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· Public2008/16defeated

Protection of Employees (Agency Workers)(No. 2) Bill 2008

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 6 March 2008

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· Public2008/11lapsed

Local Elections Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2008

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· Public2008/8defeated

Broadband Infrastructure Bill 2008

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 20 February 2008

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· Public2008/12lapsed

Credit Union Savings Protection Bill 2008

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 19 February 2008

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· Public2008/13lapsed

Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2008

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 19 February 2008

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· Public2008/2withdrawn

Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 January 2008

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· Public2008/1defeated

Victims' Rights Bill 2008

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 January 2008

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