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74 ingested bills from Ireland introduced in 2019. 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· Public2019/103lapsed

Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2019

Bill entitled An Act to amend the Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981 (as amended) to enable complainants to be heard and legally represented in relation to applications to adduce evidence about the clothing worn by a complainant at the time of the alleged offence; to amend the provisions in respect of previous sexual history evidence and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/106lapsed

Broadcasting (Amendment) (Protection of Journalism) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Broadcasting Act 2009 to make it a breach of contract or licence under the Act to prohibit a member of the National Union of Journalists from communications media for reason or reasons of occupation, employer, or employment status.

Bill· Public2019/99lapsed

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (as amended) to provide for a rent freeze for all existing and new tenancies.

Bill· Public2019/107lapsed

Trade Union Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990 to remove restrictions on trade union members engaging in strike action and industrial action.

Bill· Public2019/96lapsed

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019

Bill entitled an Act to provide for a period of paid leave as a consequence of domestic violence and for that purpose to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, to extend as a consequence the protection against unfair dismissals conferred by the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015 and to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/98lapsed

Waste Management (Amendment) (Regulator) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Waste Management Act 1996 to require the Minister to produce a report on the appointment of an independent regulator for the domestic waste management sector, including the regulation of domestic waste charges.

Bill· Public2019/101lapsed

Insurance (Life Assurance and Life Insurance) (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019

Bill entitled an Act to prohibit insurers, insurance providers, brokers or other such undertakings from failing or refusing to make payments under life insurance or assurance policies, including death benefit, where the person insured dies by suicide.

Bill· Public2019/94lapsed

Fiscal Responsibility (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2012 to allow the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council to review the policies and proposals of opposition political parties in advance of each Budget and report on whether their approach is conducive to prudent economic and budgetary management.

Bill· Public2019/90lapsed

Broadcasting (Television Licence Fees Recovery) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2019

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the provision of data by television broadcasting service providers for the purpose of assisting in the recovery of television licence fees; and to provide for connected matters.

Bill· Public2019/95lapsed

Litter Pollution (Amendment) (Dog Litter Control) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2019

Bill entitled An Act to amend the Litter Pollution Act 1997 to make it an offence for a person in charge of a dog in a public area to fail to produce a suitable bag or instrument to properly dispose of dog faeces when requested to do so by a dog warden, litter warden, or member of An Garda Síochána.

Bill· Public2019/97lapsed

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the law relating to the misuse of drugs and for those purposes to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to criminalise the purchase of a controlled drug from a child and to criminalise the act of causing a child to be in possession of a controlled drug for sale or supply and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/88lapsed

Public Health (Electronic Cigarettes and Herbal Cigarettes) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2019

Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the sale or supply of electronic cigarettes or herbal cigarettes to persons under 18 years of age and for that purpose to provide for offences, proceedings and authorised officers and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/84lapsed

Housing (Homeless Housing Assistance Payment) (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 to introduce a new statutory obligation on local authorities to assist eligible households directly after a notice of tenancy termination has been issued.

Bill· Public2019/85lapsed

Mandatory Beef Price Transparency Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 October 2019

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a source of data on the prices being received for beef products throughout the supply chain and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/79lapsed

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2019

Bill entitled an Act to ensure the provision of an equitable price for beef to farmers operating in that sector in order to ensure that it is a sustainable means for them to earn a livelihood; to abolish the 30 month rule concerning cattle; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/81defeated

Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 7 October 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the provisions relating to the constitution of joint labour committees, so as to provide for cases where organisations of employers or of workers fail or refuse to engage in consultation with the Labour Court prior to the appointment of representative (employers) members or representative (workers) members, as the case may be; and to provide for connected matters.

Bill· Public2019/87lapsed

Latent Defects Redress Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2019

Bill entitled an Act to establish a Latent Defects Redress Board, the functions of which shall be, inter alia, to provide resolution to ordinary owners who purchased homes in good faith, in order that such owners have an opportunity to seek mediation or adjudication in relation to non-compliance with building regulations.

Bill· Public2019/69lapsed

Planning and Development (Ministerial Power Repeal) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 and to repeal the following guidelines issued to planning authorities thereafter, namely Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments, March 2018, and Urban Development and Building Heights, December 2018.

Bill· Public2019/70lapsed

Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1962 and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/72lapsed

Road Traffic (Amendment) (Use of Electric Scooters) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961 in order to regulate for the use of electric scooters and to provide for their safe use on Irish roads and streets; to expand the legal definition of bicycle to include electrically assisted bicycles and to permit their use on Irish roads.

Bill· Public2019/74lapsed

Noise Pollution (Management and Abatement) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2019

Bill entitled an Act to provide for certain matters relating to the management and abatement of noise pollution and for that purpose to amend the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019 and the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/86lapsed

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 to provide for a specific percentage of lands in a private development to be limited for purchase by first-time buyers and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/67current

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 6 September 2019

An Act to require the boards of management of schools to prepare, publish and implement charters for students and parents; to provide for the Minister for Education and Skills to make guidelines in accordance with which charters shall be prepared, published and implemented; to provide for the giving of directions, in relation to charters, by the Minister for Education and Skills to a board of management and for the publication of such directions; for those purposes to amend the Education Act 1998 ; the Teaching Council Act 2001 and the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 ; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/83lapsed

Harmful Plastics (Prohibition) Bill 2019

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 29 August 2019

Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the sale of consumer goods packaging containing harmful plastics, to prohibit the sale of consumer products containing microbeads, to promote the use of biodegradable materials in the packaging of consumer products, to enable the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to make for that purpose certain regulations and to permit the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare programmes for monitoring the use of harmful plastics in the manufacture, distribution and sale of consumer products in the State.

Bill· Public2019/66lapsed

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 August 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the law in relation to guardians ad litem appointed under the Child Care Act 1991; and for those and other purposes to amend the Child Care Act 1991, the Children Act 2001, the Mental Health Act 2001, the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 and the Children First Act 2015 and to repeal section 26 of the Child Care Act 1991 and certain provisions of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011; to increase the membership of the Board of the Child and Family Agency; and for that purpose, to amend the Child and Family Agency Act 2013; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/64lapsed

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 July 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Broadcasting Act 2009 to amend and extend the power of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to impose a levy on certain broadcasters; in relation to the levy, to amend provisions concerning exemptions, deferrals and refunds; to provide for payment to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland of a portion of fees from television licences; to amend provisions concerning content provision contracts; to provide for a scheme of grants for promotion of professional journalistic practices in certain sound broadcasters; to amend the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 ; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/105lapsed

Civil Liability (Schools) Bill 2019

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 22 July 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the law related to civil liability for schools.

Bill· Public2019/56lapsed

Curragh of Kildare (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Curragh of Kildare Act 1961 to make provision for the management and use of the Curragh whereby the Minister may grant a licence to persons for continuous occupation of any part of the Curragh for a specified period of time, and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/58defeated

Taisceadán (Valuable Property Register) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2019

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of Taisceadán, a Register of items of personal property to be managed by An Garda Síochána to assist in the identification of items of personal property, for the purposes of investigation of crime, for the repatriation of items of property and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/71lapsed

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 4 July 2019

Bill entitled an Act to provide for an offence of driving with an unrestrained dog on board certain mechanically propelled vehicles; for that purpose to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961 and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/48lapsed

Social Housing (Real Social Housing) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing Acts 1966 to 2009 by providing a definition of social housing and social housing support. The Act makes a distinction between the provision of real social housing, a dwelling owned by the local authority or an approved housing body, and social housing support which can include Housing Assistance Payment, long term leases and Rental Accommodation Scheme tenancies.

Bill· Public2019/50lapsed

Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 by increasing the maximum sentence that can be imposed for the possession of a knife to cause injury to, incapacitate or intimidate any person.

Bill· Public2019/57lapsed

Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Valuation Act 2001 to exempt childcare services providers from commercial rates.

Bill· Public2019/42lapsed

Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 June 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Investment Limited Partnerships Act 1994 and the Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Act 2015 and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/40withdrawn

Organisation of Working Time (Workers Rights and Bogus Self-Employment) (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 to prohibit the practice of designating employment as self-employment; to bring the Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, and doctors in training, under the protection of the Act; to limit the race to the bottom on workers rights by extending elements of the Act to the self-employed; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/39current

Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 10 June 2019

Bill entitled an Act to promote better provision in respect of the use by persons with disabilities of certain buildings and other places and transport services and for that purpose, to amend the Local Government Act 2001, the Planning and Development Act 2001, the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 and the Building Regulations 1997; to provide for the commencement of certain provisions of the Citizens Information Act 2007; and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/38lapsed

Health (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 May 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health Act 1970 and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/53lapsed

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 May 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health Act 2007 to enable the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) to enforce national standards in relation to foster care provision, children detention schools, children residential centres and the Child and Family Agency (Tusla); and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/37withdrawn

Planning and Development (Climate Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 in order to restrict certain developments in oil, gas (including liquefied natural gas terminals) or other fossil fuels from certain strategic development infrastructure projects, to revise the procedure for making applications directly to An Bord Pleanála and to ensure that regard be given to the State's climate goals and to provide for related matters.

Bill· Public2019/35current

Electoral (Civil Society Freedom) (Amendment) Bill 2019

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 10 May 2019

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Electoral Act 1997 to protect the right to freedom of association and expression for civil society organisations in Ireland and to provide for related matters.

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