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Law· Public2018/19enacted

Industrial Development (Amendment) Act 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 January 2018

Act to make provision in relation to the exercise of powers under section 16 of the Industrial Development Act 1986; to provide that certain provisions of the Housing Act 1966 shall apply in respect of the exercise of compulsory powers under that section and to make provision for the performance of functions by An Bord Pleanála in relation thereto; to provide that certain provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000 shall apply in relation thereto; and, for those purposes, to amend the Industrial Development Act 1986; and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2018/11enacted

Childcare Support Act 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2017

Act to provide for the establishment of a scheme to be known as the Affordable Childcare Scheme under which financial support may be made available to persons in respect of childcare out of resources allocated to the Minister for the purposes of the Scheme and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/35enacted

Appropriation Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017

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

Law· Public2018/38enacted

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017

Act to provide for a requirement that employers provide employees with certain terms of employment within a certain period after commencing employment; to impose sanctions for certain offences; to further provide for a minimum payment due to employees in certain circumstances; to prohibit contracts specifying zero as the contract hours in certain circumstances and to provide for the introduction of banded contract hours; to further provide for prohibition of penalisation and for those purposes to amend the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 and the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; to amend the Workplace Relations Act 2015; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/39enacted

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2017

Act to provide for the number of members of Dáil Éireann; for the revision of constituencies and for the number of members to be elected for such constituencies; to amend the Electoral Act 1997 ; and to provide for matters connected therewith

Law· Public2017/37enacted

Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2017

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 15 November 2017

Act to amend the Health Insurance Act 1994 to specify the amount of premium to be paid from the Risk Equalisation Fund in respect of certain classes of insured persons from 1 April 2018; to amend that Act to specify the amount of the hospital utilisation credit applicable from 1 April 2018; to make certain other amendments to that Act; to make a consequential amendment to the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999; and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2017/38enacted

Social Welfare Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts; the Maternity Protection Act 1994; the National Training Fund Act 2000; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/34enacted

Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2017

in the public interest, to provide for—(A) a further restoration, that is a restoration further to that provided in consequence of legislation enacted in 2015, of the remuneration of certain persons in the public service that had been the subject of a reduction effected by legislation enacted in 2009, 2011 or 2013, and for that purpose to repeal or amend certain of the foregoing legislation;(B) an increase in the amount of pension or other benefits, other than lump sums, (being the amount of pension or other benefits at the level at which they stand fixed, before the passing of this Act, in consequence of legislation enacted in 2010, 2013 or 2015) payable to or in respect of certain persons who were in the public service under an occupational pension scheme or arrangement (by whatever name called) and for that purpose to amend certain of the foregoing legislation;(C) the repeal of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009;(D) the payment of an additional superannuation contribution by certain persons in the public service who are members of a public service pension scheme;(E) the regulation of certain fees and other payments in respect of services rendered to or on behalf of the State;and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2018/22enacted

Companies (Statutory Audits) Act 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2017

Act to give further effect to Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC and repealing Council Directive 84/253/EEC, as amended by Directive 2014/56/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 amending Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, and giving further effect to certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public-interest entities and repealing Commission Decision 2005/909/EC and, for that purpose, to amend the Companies Act 2014; to make provision for certain other amendments to that Act; to provide for the amendment of certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2018/9enacted

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2017

Act to amend the law regarding the prevention of corruption (including offences relating to corruption) and, in doing so, to give effect to the Convention drawn up on the basis of Article K.3(2)(c) of the Treaty on European Union on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union done at Brussels on 26 May 1997, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions adopted at Paris on 21 November 1997, the Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption done at Strasbourg on 27 January 1999, the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption done at Strasbourg on 15 May 2003 and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption done at New York on 31 October 2003; for that purpose, to repeal the Prevention of Corruption Acts 1889 to 2010 and to provide for consequential amendments to other enactments; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2019/42enacted

Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (Amendment) Act 2019

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 19 October 2017

Act to amend the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act 1978 so as to better enable a lessee to acquire fee simple; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/41enacted

Finance Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2017

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· Public2017/29enacted

Water Services Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2017

Act to provide for discontinuing and extinguishing liabilities in respect of charges imposed by Irish Water for the provision of water services to a dwelling; for refund of certain payments made in respect of charges so imposed; for setting a threshold amount; for liability to pay for provision by Irish Water of water services exceeding the threshold amount to a dwelling; for allowances and exemptions from that liability in certain circumstances; for funding for Irish Water; for establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as An Fóram Uisce or in the English language as the Water Forum; for establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as An Comhlacht Comhairleach Uisce or in the English language as the Water Advisory Body; for amending arrangements in relation to the Local Government Fund; for those purposes to amend the Local Government Act 1998, the Valuation Act 2001, the Water Services Act 2007, the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 and the Water Services Act 2014; and to provide for matters connected therewith

Law· Public2018/12enacted

National Archives (Amendment) Act 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 August 2017

Act to extend provision in relation to Departmental records liable to be transferred to the National Archives and for that purpose to amend the National Archives Act 1986; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2018/18enacted

Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017

Act to provide for automatic disqualification from driving in the case of a person paying a fixed charge in respect of a drink driving offence; for that purpose to amend the Road Traffic Act 2010 and the Road Traffic Act 2002 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/18enacted

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2017

Act to provide for the establishment of a Department of State to be known, in the Irish language, as An Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail or, in the English language, as the Department of Rural and Community Development and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/20enacted

Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 July 2017

Act to amend section 28 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 and to provide for connected matters

Law· Public2017/31enacted

Legal Metrology (Measuring Instruments) Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2017

Act to give further effect to Directive 2014/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of measuring instruments (recast); and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/17enacted

Rugby World Cup 2023 Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2017

Act to enable the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to support the bid to host the Rugby World Cup on the territory of the island of Ireland in 2023 and, if the bid is successful, the staging of the tournament, and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/25enacted

Independent Reporting Commission Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 June 2017

Act to make provision in relation to the Independent Reporting Commission established by the Government and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland under the Agreement between those Governments done at Dublin on 13 September 2016 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2019/33enacted

Judicial Council Act 2019

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 30 May 2017

Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Comhairlena mBreithiúna or, in the English language, the Judicial Council; to providefor its functions and for related matters

Law· Public2020/32enacted

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017

Act to amend the law relating to harassment; to provide for offences relating to the recording, distribution or publication of intimate images and to provide for the anonymity of victims of those offences; to provide for an offence involving the distribution, publication or sending of threatening or grossly offensive communication; and for those and other purposes to amend the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997, the Bail Act 1997 and the Domestic Violence Act 2018; and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2017/24enacted

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2017

Act to provide for the approval of the terms of the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; to provide for payments under that agreement; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/22enacted

Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 May 2017

Act to provide for the establishment of the Office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman and to confer functions on it; to provide for the appointment of persons to be the Ombudsman and Deputy Ombudsman; to provide for a complaints procedure; to provide for appeals in relation to decisions of the Ombudsman; to provide for the dissolution of the Financial Services Ombudsman Council, the Financial Services Ombudsman's Bureau and the office of the Pensions Ombudsman; to provide for the establishment of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Council; to repeal certain provisions of the Central Bank Act 1942 and the Pensions Act 1990 and to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/16enacted

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2017

Act to amend the Inland Fisheries Act 2010 to provide for Inland Fisheries Ireland to have power to bring summary proceedings for certain offences; to provide for certain penalties; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/13enacted

Companies (Amendment) Act 2017

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 4 April 2017

Act to amend section 279 of the Companies Act 2014; and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2017/33enacted

Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 April 2017

Act to amend the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act 1967, the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, the Immigration Act 2004 and the Employment Permits Act 2003; and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2017/5enacted

Health (Amendment) Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2017

Act to make provision in relation to eligibility for services under Part IV of the Health Act 1970; to make provision for the amounts chargeable in respect of the supply of items on prescription under section 59 of that Act to certain persons; and, for those purposes, to amend the Health Act 1970; and to provide for related matters/

Law· Public2018/10enacted

Mental Health (Amendment) Act 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 February 2017

Act to amend and extend the Mental Health Act 2001; to make further and better provision relating to the treatment of persons under the Mental Health Act 2001; to improve the provision of mental health services; to promote the rights of persons subject to the Mental Health Act 2001; and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2019/9enacted

Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2019

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 9 February 2017

Act to amend section 10 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/27enacted

Mediation Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 February 2017

Act to facilitate the settlement of civil disputes by mediation, to specify the principles applicable to mediation, to specify arrangements for mediation as an alternative to the institution of civil proceedings or to the continuation of civil proceedings that have been instituted; to provide for codes of conduct to which mediators may subscribe; to provide for the recognition of a body as the Mediation Council of Ireland for the purposes of this Act and to require that Council to make reports to the Minister for Justice and Equality as regards mediation in the State; to provide, by means of a scheme, an opportunity for parties to family law proceedings or proceedings under section 67A(3) or 117 of the Succession Act 1965 to attend mediation information sessions; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/7enacted

Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 February 2017

Act to provide for the establishment, licensing, operation and regulations of supervised injecting facilities for the purposes of reducing harm to people who inject drugs; to enhance the dignity, health and well-being of people who inject drugs in public places; to reduce the incidence of drug injection and drug-related litter in public places and thereby to enhance the public amenity for the wider community; and to provide for matters related thereto

Law· Public2018/6enacted

Domestic Violence Act 2018

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 1 February 2017

Act to consolidate the law on domestic violence; to provide for emergency barring orders in certain circumstances; to provide for evidence to be given through television link in certain proceedings; to provide for the right of an applicant to be accompanied in certain proceedings; to provide for the obtaining of the views of a child in certain proceedings; to provide for the giving of information on support services to victims of domestic violence; to provide for the making of recommendations for engagement with certain services by respondents; to provide for restrictions on those present in court during certain proceedings; to prohibit the publication or broadcast of certain matters; to provide for an offence of forced marriage; to repeal provisions for exemption, in certain cases, from minimum age requirements for marriage; for those and other purposes to repeal the Domestic Violence Act 1996 and the Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act 2002 and to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2019/53enacted

Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 January 2017

Act to reform the law of consumer insurance contracts and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/30enacted

Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 2017

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 11 January 2017

Act to amend the Civil Liability Act 1961 to provide for the award of damages by way of a periodic payments order in certain circumstances where a plaintiff has suffered catastrophic injuries; to amend the Insurance Act 1964; to amend the Bankruptcy Act 1988; to amend the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; to amend the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/28enacted

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 December 2016

Act to give effect to provisions of Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA; for that purpose to amend the Criminal Justice Act 1951, the Criminal Procedure Act 1967, the Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981, the Criminal Evidence Act 1992, the Criminal Justice Act 1993, the Courts Service Act 1998, the Children Act 2001 and the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2017/8enacted

Courts Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 December 2016

Act to amend the Courts (No. 3) Act 1986 in respect of the issue of summonses in relation to offences; to provide for the issuing of summonses under that Act in respect of certain offences alleged to have been committed by members of the Garda Síochána; and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2017/3enacted

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 December 2016

Act to provide for the repeal of section 30 of the Communications Regulation(Postal Services) Act 2011; to amend the Communications Regulation Act 2002 to confer additional functions on the Commission for Communications Regulation relating to the repeal of section 30; and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2019/2enacted

Hallmarking (Amendment) Act 2019

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2016

Act to amend and extend the law relating to the assaying and hallmarking of articles of precious metal; to make provision for the assaying and hallmarking in certain circumstances of articles of precious metal outside the State; and, for those purposes, to amend the Hallmarking Act 1981; and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2016/16enacted

Appropriation Act 2016

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2016

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

Law· Public2017/14enacted

Criminal Justice Act 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2016

Act to make further provision in relation to bail, to amend the Bail Act 1997, and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2018/29enacted

Fossil Fuel Divestment Act 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2016

Act to amend the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 instructing the Agency to divest the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, currently under the remit of the Agency, of its assets in fossil fuel companies within five years of the commencement of this Act to precipitate a timely decarbonisation process in line with Ireland's climate change commitments under Article 2 of the Paris Agreement.

Law· Public2018/17enacted

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Act 2018

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2016

Act to provide for the grant of a licence authorising the sale of intoxicating liquor to visitors at breweries and distilleries and similar premises, and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2016/19enacted

Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2016

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2016

Act to amend the Health Insurance Act 1994 to specify the amount of premium to be paid from the Risk Equalisation Fund in respect of certain classes of insured person from 1 April 2017; to amend that Act to further specify the circumstances in which a registered undertaking may terminate or refuse to renew a health insurance contract; to make certain other amendments to that Act; to make a consequential amendment to the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2016/17enacted

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 4 November 2016

Act to facilitate the implementation of the document entitled "Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness" that was published by the Government on 19 July 2016, and for that and other purposes to amend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2015, the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2015 and the Housing Finance Agency Act 1981, to amend the Local Government Act 1998 in relation to the Local Government Fund and to provide for connected matters

Law· Public2017/6enacted

Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Act 2017

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 2 November 2016

Act to provide for the issue, by the Controller of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, to a relevant company of a knowledge development box certificate in respect of an invention by that company which is novel, non-obvious and useful, as specified in the definition of "intellectual property for small companies" in section 769R of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, in order to enable the company to use the certificate to obtain a tax benefit under the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; to amend the Patents Act 1992 to ensure that Irish patents granted on or after the commencement of Part 6 of this Act can fall within paragraph (a) of the definition of "qualifying patent" in section 769G of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2016/15enacted

Social Welfare Act 2016

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2016

Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts; and to provide for related matters

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