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95 ingested bills from Ireland introduced in 2018. 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· Public2018/141current

Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 20 December 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 to provide for broadening the range of convictions which may be regarded as spent convictions, to provide for proportionality in determining the period before a conviction becomes spent, and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/138lapsed

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2018

Bill entitled an Act to make provision for ease of access to a housing adaptation grant for people with a disability for those applicants qualifying for same and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/139lapsed

Treatment of Cancer (Advertisements) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2018

Bill entitled an Act to provide, in the interests of the common good, for the prohibition of certain advertisements relating to the treatment of cancer and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/133lapsed

Children's Digital Protection Bill 2018

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 6 December 2018

Bill entitled an Act to regulate legal but age-inappropriate content by way of takedown enforcement procedure. This procedure will operate where material falls within the definition of harmful material set out in this Act.

Bill· Public2018/134lapsed

Multi-Unit Developments (Amendment) (Sinking Fund) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 to transfer responsibilities to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government; to establish a sinking fund in year one of a development’s transfer of ownership; and to provide for other matters.

Bill· Public2018/135lapsed

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2018

Bill entitled an Act to place a cap on moneylenders’ interest rates, by amending the Consumer Credit Act 1995; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/131current

Anti-Evictions Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to provide for the greater security of tenure by extending tenancy rights for those with a licence to reside in student specific accommodation; by the inclusion of receivers and lenders that have taken possession of properties in the definition of a landlord, by the extension of notice periods for termination of a new tenancies; by making all tenancies over two months Part 4 tenancies; by making Part 4 tenancies of indefinite duration; by removing sale of property as a ground for terminating a tenancy, by providing for compensation where a tenancy is terminated on the ground that the dwelling is required by the landlord or a relative of the landlord for their own occupation; by removing renovation and refurbishment as a ground for termination of a tenancy; and by the extension of notice periods for new rents and for the termination of tenancies.

Bill· Public2018/132lapsed

Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Data Protection Act 2018 in order to protect a child's personal data from being processed for marketing purposes and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/128lapsed

Dublin Transport Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 to provide that no further competitively tendered for contracts of public bus services and/or public passenger transport services in excess of those competitively tendered for contracts which the National Transport Authority is currently entered into shall take place until such time as a period of five years has elapsed from the date of enactment of this Act and a full review of said entered into competitively tendered for contracts has been carried out by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/127lapsed

Childcare Price Transparency Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2018

Bill entitled an Act to require all childcare providers to provide price notices outlining the prices charged for each of their services in their physical premises and on any online platform which their business maintains for the purposes of advertising their services; and to allow the Minister to establish a National Childcare Price Register.

Bill· Public2018/125lapsed

Regulation of Intimate Piercing and Tattooing Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2018

Bill entitled an Act to make it an offence to carry out an intimate piercing or a tattoo on a person aged below 18 years and to regulate piercing and tattoo businesses.

Bill· Public2018/118lapsed

Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2018

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as An Coimisiún Náisiúnta um Thrasdul Cóir or, in the English language, the National Just Transition Commission to oversee the bringing together of workers, communities, employers and government in social dialogue to drive the plans, policies and investments needed for a fair transformation to a low-carbon economy; to require the preparation, by certain prescribed bodies, of just transition plans; to provide for the conferral of other functions on the said body; to amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/115current

Farm Safety Agency Bill 2018

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 24 October 2018

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as an Ghníomhaireacht um Shábháilteacht Feirme or in the English language as the Farm Safety Agency; to define its functions and its role within the Health and Safety Authority and for those purposes to amend the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/114withdrawn

Dublin Transport Authority (Amendment) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 to provide that no direct award public service contracts of public transport passenger services in excess of ten per cent of said service contracts currently entered into with a public transport operator, (and other than with Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann) shall take place until such time as a period of five years has elapsed from the date of commencement of said contracts and a full review of same has been carried out and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/110defeated

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 to give greater protection to households renting from buy-to-let landlords. Under the Act it would no longer be legal to evict tenants in buy-to-let properties on the grounds that the property is to be sold. A sale could take place however with the current tenant and any remaining portion of the tenancy agreement still in place.

Bill· Public2018/107lapsed

Prohibition of Fur Farming Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2018

Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the keeping of animals solely or primarily for slaughter for the value of their fur and to make related amendments to the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013.

Bill· Public2018/108lapsed

Social Welfare Commission Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2018

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a commission to make recommendations and report annually on the adequacy of social welfare rates in the state; and to provide for related matters

Bill· Public2018/103lapsed

National Lottery (Protection Of Central Fund) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2018

Bill entitled an Act to protect the Central Fund of the National Lottery established under section 8 of the National Lottery Act 1986 and section 44 of the National Lottery Act 2013 by amending the Betting Acts 1931 to 2015 by introducing a condition on certain licences granted under the Betting Acts 1931 to 2015.

Bill· Public2018/104lapsed

Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the provisions of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977 to provide for the granting of discharge licences by a water services authority for the development of single houses; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/102lapsed

Statute Of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2018

Bill entitled an Act to provide that certain persons shall be under a disability for the purpose of bringing actions relating to injuries suffered as a result of maternal ingestion of thalidomide, for that purpose to amend the Statute of Limitations, Act 1957, and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Bill· Public2018/100lapsed

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Emissions Targets) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to specify emissions reduction targets to be achieved and to include these targets in the national mitigation plan and national adaptation framework

Bill· Public2018/88lapsed

Charities (Human Rights) Bill 2018

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 17 July 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Charities Act 2009 to include the advancement of human rights as a charitable purpose, and to remove the advancement of religion as a charitable purpose.

Bill· Public2018/85lapsed

Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 July 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004 and the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 to make provision whereby parents can share their entitlement to maternity leave and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/86lapsed

Road Traffic (Regulation of Rickshaws) (Amendment) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 July 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 and the Road Traffic Act 1961 to make provision for the regulation, by the National Transport Authority, of rickshaws in cities, counties and municipal districts and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/82lapsed

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Climate Change Reporting) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development Act 2015 to expand the responsibilities of the Government's climate change advisory council to publish guidance to companies on measuring and reporting their exposure to the risks of climate change and their impacts on the climate.

Bill· Public2018/83lapsed

Assaults On Older Persons Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018

Bill entitled An Act to revise the law relating to the main non-fatal offences against the person and to provide for connected matters.

Bill· Public2018/84defeated

Dublin (North Inner City) Development Authority Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018

Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the regeneration of the area of Dublin's North Inner City and for that purpose to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as the Dublin North Inner City Development Authority to oversee said regeneration, to define the functions of said body and to provide for related matters

Bill· Public2018/77lapsed

Affordable Housing and Fair Mortgage Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2018

An Act to highlight the State's adherance to EU law and the European Convention on Human Rights in regard to the present emergency in the housing sector and, in particular, in dealing with mortgage arrears; to provide for a platform for an open market - "the national affordable cooperative housing exchange"- in which mortgagees and purchasers of home loans and security housing must deal; to secure for preferred not-for-profit housing providers a purchasers first refusal on such sales via a non-compulsory purchase order call option; to designate the registrar of friendly societies as the exchange point for such sales; to promote not-for-profit third sector non-state provision of affordable housing ranging from mutually funded to internationally funded in the ethical bond market; to allow for the broadening of the mortgage to rent mortgage rescue model to be available without any local authority involvement to voluntary, mutual and not-for-profit housing providers funded privately and without recourse to public funds or state guarantee; and to provide for reconfiguring Abhaile as a mortgage resolution agency

Bill· Public2018/78defeated

Forestry (Planning Permission) (Amendment) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the provisions of the Forestry Act 2014 to provide for planning permission for all forestry developments over 5 hectares; to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/69lapsed

Tax Law Reform and Codification Advisory Committee Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2018

Bill entitled an Act to establish a permanent body to monitor, review and advise on the implementation, reform and codification of tax law; and to provide for connected matters

Bill· Public2018/70lapsed

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the law relating to industrial and provident societies and for that purpose to amend the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 and to provide for connected matters.

Bill· Public2018/71current

Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 3 July 2018

Bill entitled an Act to provide for recognised schools to promote a knowledge and understanding of the culture and history of the Traveller community; for that purpose to amend the Education Act 1998; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/67lapsed

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 by affording relevant information and legal advice to victims of alleged offences involving sexual violence, gender based violence or violence in a close relationship and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/68defeated

Civil Liability (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2018

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 28 June 2018

Bill entitled an Act to provide for mandatory open disclosure of a patient safety incident, to introduce a mandatory requirement that the patient be provided with any additional information which later becomes available and for that purpose to amend the Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 2017 and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/63lapsed

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, which concerns the Vacant Site Levy; to increase the vacant site levy and make changes to some of the provisions of the levy; to allow owners of sites deemed vacant, the opportunity to enter into negotiations with the relevant Local Authority, or State Agency, to sell the site for a percentage of its value; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/64lapsed

Irish Coast Guard Authority Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2018

Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the establishment of a body to be known as the Irish Coast Guard Authority, replacing that division of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport known as the Irish Coast Guard, to designate said body as a principal response agency to engage in the management and co-ordination of responses to major emergency events within the State and which shall serve in co-operation with An Garda Síochána, the Health Service Executive, local authorities and other relevant bodies as may be prescribed by the Minister and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/65lapsed

Education (Digital Devices in Schools) Bill 2018

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 21 June 2018

Bill entitled an Act to regulate the use of digital devices in primary and secondary schools subject to the discretionary educational uses provided for in the act and to put in place a code of behaviour on digital device usage implemented by the board of management and teachers by which student possession of digital devices will be prohibited during school hours for the purposes of reducing the harmful impact on academic performance and the social and emotional wellbeing of children.

Bill· Public2018/61lapsed

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2018

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 to make provision for a partial exemption of property tax payable by a relevant owner whose property is located in a managed estate on which the owner of said property is liable to the payment of management fees and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2018/60lapsed

Emergency Homeless Accommodation and Direct Provision Independent Inspection Bill 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 June 2018

Bill entitled An Act to amend the Health Act 2007 to grant the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) the power to inspect all emergency homeless accommodation funded by the Department of Housing, Planning and Community and Local Government. The Act also grants HIQA the power to inspect direct provision centres funded by the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of the Department of Justice and Equality.*

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