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Law· Public2016/1enacted

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2016

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2015

Act to amend and extend the Credit Guarantee Act 2012; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Law· Public2015/35enacted

Marriage Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 September 2015

Act to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to remove the impediment to marriage of the parties being of the same sex; to repeal certain provisions of Part 7A of that Act relating to registration of civil partnerships; to make provision in relation to religious bodies; to provide for the recognition of marriages under the law of a place other than the State; to amend the Succession Act 1965, the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 and the Gender Recognition Act 2015; to amend other enactments and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Law· Public2015/37enacted

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 September 2015

Act to make provision in relation to the Agreement on the Transfer and Mutualisation of Contributions to the Single Resolution Fund done at Brussels on 14 May 2014, to make provision in consequence of the implementation in the State of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 and Directive 2014/49/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014, to amend section 37 of the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/56enacted

Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 September 2015

Act to provide for certain matters to be taken into consideration by a court in deciding whether to refuse bail in certain circumstances; to provide for the imposition of consecutive sentences for certain offences committed in a dwelling; for those purposes to amend the Bail Act 1997 and the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/59enacted

Finance (Tax Appeals) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2015

Act to revise the law concerning the making of appeals in matters of taxation (including in respect of stamp duties and of duties relating to customs and excise) and, for that purpose, to establish a body to be known as An Coimisiún um Achomhairc Chánach or, in the English language, the Tax Appeals Commission, and to define its functions, to amend the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and certain other enactments in respect of appeals of the foregoing kind and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/23enacted

Minerals Development Act 2017

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 7 July 2015

Act to make further and better provision for the development of minerals in the State and for that purpose to repeal the Minerals Company Acts 1941 to 1950 and certain provisions of the Minerals Development Acts 1940 to 1999, to make consequential amendments to other Acts, and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2015/24enacted

Defence (Amendment) Act 2015

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 6 July 2015

Act to amend and extend the Defence Act 1954 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/61enacted

Harbours Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2015

Act to allow for the transfer of shareholdings in certain port companies to local authorities, for the transfer of certain port companies to local authority control and for the dissolution of certain port companies, to amend and extend the Harbours Acts 1996 to 2015, to repeal the Harbours Acts 1946 and 1947 and to amend the Merchant Shipping Act 1992 and the Fishery Harbour Centres Act 1968 and to provide for connected matters

Law· Public2015/28enacted

Civil Debt (Procedures) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 June 2015

Act to provide for the enforcement of court judgments in relation to certain debts; to provide for the making by the District Court of attachment of earnings orders and deduction from payments orders in certain circumstances; to amend the Debtors Act (Ireland) 1872 to remove references to the imprisonment of debtors for non-payment of debt; and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2015/38enacted

Choice of Court (Hague Convention) Act 2015

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 24 June 2015

Act to give effect to the Convention on Choice of Court Agreements done at The Hague on the 30th day of June 2005 and approved on behalf of the European Union pursuant to Council Decision 2014/887/EU and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2016/3enacted

Public Transport Act 2016

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 June 2015

Act to amend and extend the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008, the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 and the Railway Safety Act 2005, to amend section 27 of the State Airports Act 2004 and section 106 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 and to change the name of the Railway Safety Commission

Law· Public2015/26enacted

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2015

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 16 June 2015

Act to give effect to Directive 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 and for that purpose to amend the Petroleum and OtherMinerals Development Act 1960, section 6 of the Continental Shelf Act 1968 and the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2015/44enacted

National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 June 2015

Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as An Ceoláras Náisiúnta or in the English language as the National Concert Hall to provide and operate the national venue for the performance, appreciation and enjoymentof music; and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2015/33enacted

Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2015

Act to make provision with respect to land in areas in which housing is required and in areas which are in need of renewal to prevent it lying idle or remaining vacant, to establish a register of vacant sites in those areas, to provide for a vacant sites levy, to amend the Derelict Sites Act 1990, to amend Parts II, III and V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/49enacted

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 14 May 2015

Act to amend the Garda Síochána Act 2005 to provide for the establishment and functions of a body to be known as An tÚdarás Póilíneachta or, in the English language, the Policing Authority for the purpose of overseeing the performance by the Garda Síochána of its functions relating to policing services; to amend the provisions of that Act relating to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and the Garda Síochána Inspectorate; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/27enacted

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 2015

Act to make further and better provision for promoting harmonious relations between workers and employers and, in particular, to make provision for a system of registered employment agreements and sectoral employment orders; to amend and extend the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001; to amend and extend the Industrial Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004; to provide for certain interim relief for certain persons in respect of actions taken by them in relation to investigations of trade disputes and, for that purpose, to amend the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/55enacted

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 2015

Act to dissolve the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; to provide for the transfer of certain rights and functions to Dublin City Council as a consequence of the dissolution; to establish the Docklands Consultative Forum; to provide for planning and development matters in the Dublin Docklands Area; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/22enacted

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Act 2015

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 11 May 2015

Act to amend the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to provide for the establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as An Coimisiún um Pá Íseal or in the English language as the Low Pay Commission to advise on setting a national minimum wage; to make provision for the purposes of the operation of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 and, for that purpose, to amend that enactment and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/30enacted

Children (Amendment) Act 2015

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 11 May 2015

Act to amend the Children Act 2001; to amend section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1908, section 10 of the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914 and section 13 of the Criminal Justice Act 1960 in order to remove persons under the age of 18 years from the scope of those provisions; to amend and extend section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act 1999; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/19enacted

Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 March 2015

Act to amend the Health Act 1970 to provide for the making available without charge of a general practitioner medical and surgical service to persons who are ordinarily resident in the State and who have attained the age of 70 years, and to certain other persons; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/23enacted

Statute Law Revision Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2015

Act to promote the revision of statute law by revoking, with the exception of certain instruments, every instrument made before 1 January 1821, to identify those instruments that are not being revoked by this Act, to assign citations to those instruments so as to facilitate their citation, to amend the Statutory Instruments Act 1947, to provide a means by which prima facie evidence of certain instruments may be given, to transfer certain functions under the Statute Law Revision Act 2007 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/6enacted

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 March 2015

Act to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977; to confirm certain statutory instruments; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/9enacted

Children and Family Relationships Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 February 2015

Act to provide for certain matters relating to donor-assisted human reproduction and the parentage of children born as a result of donor-assisted human reproduction procedures; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register to be known as the National Donor-Conceived Person Register; to amend and extend the law relating to the guardianship and custody of, and access to, children and for those purposes to amend the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964; to extend the category of persons who may be liable for the maintenance of children and for that purpose to amend the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976, and for that and other purposes to amend the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010; to provide for the use in certain circumstances of DNA testing to determine parentage and for that and other purposes to amend the Status of Children Act 1987; to amend the Family Law Act 1995; to amend the category of persons who may adopt children and for that and other purposes to amend the Adoption Act 2010; to make consequential amendments to the Succession Act 1965, the Civil Registration Act 2004 and other enactments; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/12enacted

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 February 2015

Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts, to amend the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/31enacted

Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 January 2015

Act to amend the Teaching Council Act 2001; to amend the Education Act 1998 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/46enacted

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 January 2015

Act to provide for the approval of plans by the Government in relation to climate change for the purpose of pursuing the transition to a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy; to establish a body to be known in the Irish language as An Chomhairle Chomhairleach Shaineolach Náisiúnta um Athrú Aeráide or, in the English language, as the National Expert Advisory Council on Climate Change; and to provide for matters connected therewith

Law· Public2015/21enacted

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 January 2015

Act to provide for the protection of certain borrowers who are parties to credit agreements in respect of which credit servicing firms undertake certain services and for this purpose to amend the Central Bank Acts 1942 to 2014 and the Consumer Credit Act 1995 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/25enacted

Gender Recognition Act 2015

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 17 December 2014

Act to recognise change of gender; to provide for gender recognition certificates; to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, the Civil Registration Act 2004, the Passports Act 2008 and the Adoption Act 2010; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Law· Public2014/39enacted

Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2014

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 12 December 2014

Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 2002 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2014/35enacted

Appropriation Act 2014

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2014

Act to appropriate to the proper supply services and purposes sums granted by the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965, to make provision in relation to deferred surrender to the Central Fund of certain undischarged appropriations by reference to the capital supply services and purposes as provided for by section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 and, for the purpose of maintaining a sufficient amount of moneys in the Paymaster General's supply account so as to enable the discharge of particular liabilities, to make provision for repayable advances from the Central Fund, and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/8enacted

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2014

Act to make provision for the making available without charge of certain health services to certain women who were admitted to and worked in certain institutions; to provide that those women shall not be required to pay charges for acute in-patient services and, for those purposes, to amend the Health Act 1970; to amend the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/1enacted

Central Bank (Amendment) Act 2015

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 3 December 2014

Act to enable a Joint Committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas that is conducting an inquiry (being an inquiry in respect of which a terms of reference resolution under section 13 of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013 was passed by Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann on the 25th day and 26th day, respectively, of November, 2014) to have access to certain confidential banking information held by the Central Bank of Ireland and, for that purpose, to amend the Central Bank Act 1942, and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2014/44enacted

Water Services Act 2014

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2014

Act to make provision, should the Government with the consent of both Houses of the Oireachtas propose to alienate the shareholding in Irish Water of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Minister for Finance, for the holding of a Plebiscite of the People to decide upon the proposal; to provide for the maximum level of charges that Irish Water may impose on a person in respect of the provision of water services to a dwelling, for the payment of a grant to householders for the conservation of water, for the establishment by the Commission for Energy Regulation of a public water forum, for the provision by the Commission for Energy Regulation of dispute resolution procedures for customers of Irish Water and for matters relating to the superannuation of persons employed with Irish Water before those persons entered into service with Irish Water; to rescind the power of Irish Water to require the personal public service number of its customers; to increase the membership of the Board of Ervia; to amend the Water Services Acts 2007 to 2013, the First Schedule to the Gas Act 1976, Schedule 4 to the Valuation Act 2001 and Schedule 5 to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and to provide for connected matters

Law· Public2014/42enacted

Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2014

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2014

Act to amend the Health Insurance Act 1994 to specify the allowable rate of net premium payable in respect of young adults; to amend that Act to provide for the transfer of an insured person from a restricted membership undertaking to another registered undertaking without the application of any additional initial waiting period; to amend that Act to specify the amount of premium to be paid from the risk equalisation fund, in respect of certain classes of insured persons, from 1 March 2015; to amend that Act to specify the amount of hospital bed utilisation credit applicable from 1 March 2015; to make certain other amendments to that Act; to make consequential amendments to the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2014/37enacted

Finance Act 2014

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2014

Act to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs.,

Law· Public2015/32enacted

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2014

Act to amend the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 in relation to the procedures for the approval of Debt Settlement Arrangements and Personal Insolvency Arrangements under that Act; to provide for court review of proposed Personal Insolvency Arrangements in certain circumstances; to amend the eligibility criteria for Debt Relief Notices; to further provide for the regulation and supervision of personal insolvency practitioners; and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2015/18enacted

Customs Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 October 2014

Act to revise and partially consolidate the law relating to customs; to repeal the Customs Consolidation Act 1876 and certain other enactments; to make provision in connection with Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code; to give continuing effect to the Customs Co-operation Convention drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on mutual assistance and co-operation between customs administrations, done at Brussels on 18 December 1997 (Naples II Convention); to give effect to the Council Convention on centralised customs clearance concerning the allocation of national collection costs retained when traditional own resources are made available to the EU budget, done at Brussels on 10 March 2009; to give effect to Council Decision 2009/917/JHA of 30 November 2009 on the use of information technology for customs purposes (CIS Decision); and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/29enacted

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 September 2014

Act to make provision for transfer of certain functions under the Bourn Vincent Memorial Park Act 1932 to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; to amend and extend the Air Pollution Act 1987, the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 and the Waste Management Act 1996; to amend other Acts and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/15enacted

Sport Ireland Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 August 2014

Act to provide for the administration of sport in the State; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as Spórt Éireann or in the English language as Sport Ireland; to provide for the dissolution of the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority; to update the law in relation to doping in sport; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/3enacted

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 August 2014

Act to amend the powers and functions of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in relation to complaints, investigations and other procedures; for that purpose, to amend the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993 and the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009; to provide for an amendment of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 relating to the functions of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/40enacted

Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Act 2015

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 18 August 2014

Act to give effect to Council Decision 2006/783/JHA of 6 October 2006 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to confiscation orders, Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA of 24 February 2005 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties, Council Decision 2008/617/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the improvement of cooperation between special intervention units of the Member States of the European Union in crisis situations, Council Decision 2009/426/JHA of 16 December 2008 on the strengthening of Eurojust and amending Decision 2002/187/JHA setting up Eurojust with a view to reinforcing the fight against serious crime, Council Decision 2010/616/EU of 7 October 2010 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Japan on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters; to give further effect to Council Framework Decision 2009/299/JHA of 26 February 2009 amending Framework Decisions 2002/584/JHA, 2006/783/JHA, 2008/909/JHA and 2008/947/JHA, thereby enhancing the procedural rights of persons and fostering the application of the principle of mutual recognition to decisions rendered in the absence of the person concerned at the trial; for those purposes, to amend the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008, the Criminal Justice Act 1994, the Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Act 2004 and the Garda Síochána Act 2005; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/17enacted

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Act 2015

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 15 August 2014

Act to give effect to Council Framework Decision 2008/919/JHA of 28 November 2008 amending Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA on combatingterrorism; to give effect to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism, done at Warsaw on 16 May 2005; for those purposes, to amend the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2014/36enacted

Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 July 2014

Act to amend the Patents Act 1992; to give effect to Article 19(2) of the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks done at Singapore on 27 March 2006; to amend the Trade Marks Act 1996; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/10enacted

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2017

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 30 July 2014

Act to amend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 to provide for a requirement for registered medical practitioners to have medical indemnity insurance except in certain circumstances; to give effect to Article 4(2)(d) of Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2015/16enacted

Workplace Relations Act 2015

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2014

Act to make provision as respects the resolution, mediation and adjudication of disputes and complaints relating to contraventions of, or entitlements under, certain enactments governing the employment relationship between employers and employees; for that purpose, to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as the Workplace Relations Commission; to provide for the dissolution of the Labour Relations Commission and the transfer of its functions to the aforementioned body; to provide for the dissolution of the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the transfer of its functions first instance to the aforementioned body and its appellate functions to the Labour Court; to provide for the transfer of the functions of the Director of the Equality Tribunal to the aforementioned body; to provide for the repeal of certain enactments; to provide for the amendment of certain enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith

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