65 ingested laws from Ireland introduced in 2022. Year filters use the introduced date shown on each card. Walk years back as far as this source still publishes.
Act to provide for the removal, donation and use of organs and tissues and cells from deceased and living persons for the purposes of transplantation; to make provision for the establishment and maintenance of a register in respect of certain organs whereby persons who do not wish to donate certain organs after death may register objection to donation of such organs; to provide for the establishment of a panel of persons to oversee certain proposed donations in respect of certain persons; to make provision for the carrying out of post-mortems in hospital settings and the regulation of such activity; to make provision for the donation by living persons of their bodies after death for the purposes of anatomical examination or public display; to provide for the establishment of a licensing system in respect of persons undertaking anatomical examinations or public display activities; to provide that consent is pre-requisite for all procedures involving human organs and tissues and cells and for procedures relating to carrying out of anatomical examinations or public display activities; to make provision for the protection of the bodily integrity of persons before and after death; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with these and other matters; and, for these and other purposes, to amend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, the Coroners Act 1962, the European Communities (Quality and Safety of Human Tissues and Cells) Regulations 2006, the European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012 and certain other enactments; to repeal the Anatomy Act 1832; and to provide for related matters.
Act to give further effect to Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain; to establish a body to be known as An Rialálaí Agraibhia and to define its functions (including price and market analysis and reporting, and enforcement); to prohibit unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain; to confer on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the power to make regulations about unfair trading practices in the agricultural and food supply sector and connected matters (including enforcement); and to provide for related matters.
An 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.
Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Údarás Rialála Cearrbhachais na hÉireann or, in the English language, the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland for the purposes of licensing and regulating betting, gaming, certain lotteries and the sale or supply of products or services related to gambling; to provide for the funding of that Authority by means of imposition of a charge on licensees; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons who hold gambling licences in the State and a National Gambling Exclusion Register; to provide for the establishment of a Social Impact Fund to, among other matters, finance research into, raise awareness of, and eliminate or reduce, compulsive and excessive gambling; to provide for contributions to the Fund by certain licensees; to provide for the imposition of obligations on those licensees including obligations relating to advertising, promotion and sponsorship for the purposes of safeguarding persons participating in gambling; to provide for the prohibition of children participating in gambling or being employed in the gambling industry; to provide, for the purposes of ensuring conditions attached to gambling licences and obligations imposed on licensees are complied with, for compliance and enforcement measures; and for those and other purposes to repeal the Totalisator Act 1929, the Betting Act 1931, the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, to revoke certain statutory instruments and to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide for the establishment of a Family High Court, Family Circuit Court and Family District Court as divisions of the existing High Court, Circuit Court and District Court; to provide for the reallocation of jurisdiction in family law proceedings between the family courts; to provide for the assignment of Principal Judges and other judges to the family courts; to provide for the establishment of Family Circuit Court circuits and Family District Court districts; to provide for matters supplementary to the establishment of the family courts and matters relating to the judges of those courts; to make provision in relation to the conduct of family law proceedings before such courts; to provide for the establishment of a Family Law Rules Committee or Family Law Sub-committees of existing rules committees; and, for those and other purposes, to amend the Courts of Justice Act 1924, the Court Officers Act 1926, the Legitimacy Act 1931, the Courts of Justice Act 1936, the Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1940, the Courts of Justice Act 1953, the Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act 1961, the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, the Courts Act 1971, the Family Home Protection Act 1976, the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976, the Courts Act 1981, the Family Law Act 1981, the Status of Children Act 1987, the Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989, the Child Care Act 1991, the Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991, the Maintenance Act 1994, the Family Law Act 1995, the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995, the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996, the Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Act 1998, the Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act 2000, the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995, the Courts (No. 2) Act 1997, the Courts and Court Officers Act 2002, the Civil Registration Act 2004, the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010, the Adoption Act 2010, the European Communities (Maintenance) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 274 of 2011), the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, the Gender Recognition Act 2015, the Domestic Violence Act 2018, the Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023, the European Union (Hague Maintenance Convention) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 594 of 2019), the European Communities (Decisions in Matrimonial Matters and in Matters of Parental Responsibility and International Child Abduction) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 400 of 2022) and certain other enactments; to provide for the protection of parties in family law proceedings; to provide for the repeal of certain enactments; and to provide for related matters.
Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 in relation to the appointment of, and the efficient discharge of business of, An Bord Pleanála and to amend the Foreshore Act 1933.
Act to provide for the establishment of corporate credit unions; to amend the requirements and qualifications for membership of credit unions; to alter the scope of permitted investments by credit unions; to provide for changes to the governance of credit unions; to provide for the setting of maximum interest rates on loans by credit unions; to provide for the provision of services by credit unions to members of other credit unions; to provide for the participation by credit unions in loans to members of other credit unions; and for those purposes to amend the Credit Union Act 1997; and to provide for related matters.
Bill entitled An Act to amend the Maternity Protection Act 1994 to make available the leave entitlements afforded by that Act to members of local authorities; to amend the Local Government Act 2001 to, first, provide that a casual vacancy in the membership of a local authority does not arise when a member of the local authority is absent from the local authority due to taking leave in accordance with the Maternity Protection Act 1994 and, second, to permit, in certain circumstances, a person to temporarily take the place of a member of a local authority who is absent from the local authority for an extended period; and to provide for related matters.
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 2023; to make certain other amendments to that Act, including making further provision for the appointment and powers of authorised officers; to make a consequential amendment to the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999; and to provide for related matters.
Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts; to make a consequential amendment to the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide for certain offences aggravated by hatred in the Criminal Damage Act 1991, the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 and the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997; for that purpose, to provide for amendments of those and other enactments; to provide in respect of certain offences for hatred against a person or a group of persons on account of certain characteristics (referred to as protected characteristics) of the person or the group of persons to be an aggravating factor in sentencing for those offences; and to provide for related matters.
Act to make provision in relation to the giving of guarantees by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment under the Credit Guarantee Act 2012 in accordance with a credit guarantee scheme made under that Act by that Minister of the Government in response to the economic difficulties resulting from the agression against Ukraine by Russia; to place a monetary limit on the potential liability of that Minister of the Government in respect of such a credit guarantee scheme; to extend the classes of enterprise to which such a credit guarantee scheme may apply; and, for those purposes, to amend the Credit Guarantee Act 2012 and the Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2016; to amend the Loan Guarantee Schemes Agreements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Act 2021; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide for emergency measures for electricity generation development to ameliorate and protect security of supply of electricity in the State because exceptional circumstances have arisen in the market for that supply and further because of the situation in Ukraine; for disapplication of the Planning and Development Act 2000 for the purpose of such development; for such development to be exempt from the provisions of Directive No. 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014, in accordance with Article 2(4) of that Directive; for application of arrangements for the alternative assessment of such development for the purposes of that Directive and the appropriate assessment of such development for the purposes of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, and for the co-ordination of such assessments; and to provide for related matters.
Act to make emergency provision to defer the termination dates of certain tenancies that fall or would fall during the period beginning on the day after the date of the passing of this Act and ending on 31 March 2023 in order to mitigate the risk that persons whose tenancies would otherwise be terminated during that period would be unable to obtain alternative accommodation; to make such provision on a phased basis to enable tenancies affected to be terminated over a period of time to assist in managing demands on housing services as a result of such deferred termination; and to provide for related matters.
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; to make provision for supports to certain sectors of the economy; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide, in recognition of the circumstances experienced by certain persons while resident in certain institutions in the State, for the establishment of a scheme to be known as the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme for the purpose of the making of payments and the making available without charge of health services to such persons; to provide for the making by such persons of applications for such payments and services; and to provide for related matters.
Act to give further effect to Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU and, for that purpose, to amend the Parental Leave Act 1998 to entitle certain employees to leave for medical care purposes and to request flexible working arrangements for caring purposes; and for those and other purposes to amend the Redundancy Payments Act 1967, the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977, the Maternity Protection Act 1994, the Adoptive Leave Act 1995, the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 and the Workplace Relations Act 2015; and to provide for related matters.
Act to make provision, due to the continued exceptional rise in global energy prices since the completion of payments under the Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Scheme, for the establishment of a further scheme to be known as the Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Scheme II for the purpose of making further electricity costs emergency benefit payments during the period commencing on the date of the passing of this Act and ending on 30 June 2023 in respect of domestic electricity accounts in accordance with this Act out of resources available to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications; for that purpose to confer functions on the distribution system operator and electricity suppliers; to confer functions on the Commission for Regulation of Utilities in relation to the Scheme and for that purpose to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999; to provide that these further electricity costs emergency benefit payments are exempt from income tax and for that purpose to amend the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; to enable the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to make regulations in relation to the operation of the Scheme; to make certain other amendments to the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 relating to registration under Part IIIA of that Act to give further effect to Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on common rules for the internal market for electricity; to amend the rate of the levy under section 37 of the National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007 for a certain period; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide for the grant of employment permits to certain foreign nationals for the purpose of permitting such persons to be in employment in the State; to prohibit the employment in the State of certain foreign nationals who do not have such permits; to impose certain restrictions and conditions in respect of the grant of such permits; to enable the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to make, having regard to certain matters, regulations to impose certain other restrictions and conditions in respect of the grant of such permits; to provide for the enforcement of provisions of this Act and the imposition of penalties for contraventions of this Act; to provide for civil proceedings to recompense certain foreign nationals for work done or services rendered in certain circumstances; to otherwise regulate the employment in the State of certain foreign nationals; to repeal the Employment Permits Act 2003 and the Employment Permits Act 2006; to provide for consequential amendment to certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.
Act to increase the aggregate of moneys that the National Tourism Development Authority may advance to enterprises and projects to which section 8(1)(e) of the National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003 applies and for that purpose to amend section 24 of the National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003.
Act to provide for the regulation of water abstractions and their associated impoundments; to give further effect to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy; to provide for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to regulate water abstractions not requiring a licence; to provide for the Minister to make regulations to exempt certain categories of water abstraction from certain requirements of the Act; to provide for the establishment of a register of water abstractions; to provide for licensing of water abstractions; to provide for the Minister to specify by order the daily rate of an abstraction that requires registration and licensing; to provide for the conferral of licensing and certain enforcement functions on the Environmental Protection Agency; to give further effect to Directive No. 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014; to provide for Irish Water to carry out abstractions for the purpose of the performance of its functions; to provide for certain temporary and emergency abstractions required to be carried out by Irish Water and for those abstractions to be exempt from certain requirements of the Act; to provide for compensation for certain abstractions carried out by Irish Water; to provide for abstractions by Irish Water from reservoirs of the Electricity Supply Board; to provide for particular arrangements relating to abstractions from canals or navigable waters; to confer certain enforcement functions on local authorities; to repeal the Water Supplies Act 1942 and certain provisions of the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1964 and the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977 and to revoke the European Union (Water Policy) (Abstractions Registration) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 261 of 2018); to amend the Canals Act 1986, the Shannon Navigation Act 1990 and the Planning and Development Act 2000; and to provide for related matters.
Act to give effect to certain provisions of Directive 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code; to provide that providers of public electronic communications networks and providers of publicly available electronic communications services take appropriate and proportionate measures to manage the risks posed to the security of networks and services; to enable the Minister to take measures in respect of the supply of critical components by vendors considered high-risk in order to safeguard the security of supply of such components; to provide for measures to assist consumers and other end-users; to provide for the resolution of certain complaints and disputes; to provide for interim measures to prevent certain breaches; to lay down rules on administrative sanctions applicable to breaches of regulatory provisions, including provisions adopted, and binding decisions of the Commission for Communications Regulation, pursuant to that Directive, in order to ensure that such provisions are implemented and that penalties for failure to do so are appropriate, effective, proportionate and dissuasive; to amend the European Union (Electronic Communications Code) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 444 of 2022); to amend the Communications Regulation Act 2002; to amend the Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003; to amend the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983 to enable funding to be made available for the purposes of maintaining the post office network and countering consequences of withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union; and to provide for related matters.
Act to amend and extend the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; to extend the relevant period for review of that Act; to extend the application of that Act to certain persons who carry on lobbying activities; to extend the range of excepted communications; to provide for the enhanced operation of the Register of Lobbying; to provide for further relevant contraventions; to make further provision relating to restrictions on involvement in lobbying by certain former designated public officials; to provide for a system of non-criminal enforcement of certain provisions of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015, including by the imposition of sanctions; to make further provision in respect of the allowances payable to members of either House of the Oireachtas and for that purpose to amend the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1992; and to provide for related matters.
An Act to make provision in relation to the grant of certificates of naturalisation and the authentication of certificates of nationality, and for those and other purposes to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956; to amend the Civil Liability Act 1961 to enable the Minister for Justice to make regulations in relation to the specification of an index by reference to which the amount of a payment under a periodic payments order is to be adjusted annually; to make provision for the designation of a court office for the purpose of empanelling and summoning jurors, and for that purpose to amend the Juries Act 1976; to amend certain procedures relating to the bankruptcy process, and for that and related purposes to amend the Bankruptcy Act 1988; to amend the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1995; to amend the Immigration Act 1999; to amend the Immigration Act 2004; to provide for the disposal of part of the funds of suitors of the Circuit Court and the funds of suitors of the District Court vested in the Accountant of the Courts of Justice, and for that and other purposes to amend the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004; to amend certain provisions of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, including for the purpose of making further provision in relation to the levy to be paid under that Act and the roll of practising barristers; to amend the International Protection Act 2015; to make provision for enabling the Data Protection Commission to prohibit the disclosure of confidential information by persons engaging with it in connection with the performance of certain functions, to issue a reprimand to a controller or processor in certain circumstances and to provide for the District Court to have jurisdiction, concurrently with the Circuit Court and the High Court, to hear and determine an action taken by a data subject in respect of his or her rights under the Data Protection Regulation and, for those and other purposes, to amend the Data Protection Act 2018; to provide for the temporary replacement of a member of the Complaints Review Committee of the Judicial Council, and for that and other purposes to amend the Judicial Council Act 2019; to make provision for the designation of centralised court offices, the specification of court office business to be transacted in such offices and related matters; to make provision for the maintenance of certain registers in electronic form; to make further provision in relation to the appointment of a Deputy Master of the High Court and in relation to the circumstances in which the Master of the High Court and a county registrar may be removed from, or otherwise cease to hold, such office and for those purposes to amend the Court Officers Act 1926; to provide for the appointment of registrars to the Special Criminal Court by the Courts Service, and for that purpose to amend the Offences against the State Act 1939; to provide for an offence of obstruction or interference with a sheriff, and for that purpose to amend the Court Officers Act 1945; and for those and other purposes to amend the Courts of Justice Act 1936, the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, the Courts Act 1964, the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995, the Courts Service Act 1998, the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, the Succession Act 1965, the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Arbitration Act 2010, the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 and the Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022.
Bill entitled An Act to amend the Offences against the Person Act 1861 and the Criminal Justice Act 2006 in relation to the offences of conspiracy to murder under those Acts; and for that purpose to provide for consequential amendments of other enactments; to amend the Explosives Act 1875 and the Firearms Act 1925; to provide for offences relating to non-fatal strangulation, non-fatal suffocation, harassment and stalking and for those purposes and other purposes to amend the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997; to provide for the making of court orders to protect persons against certain conduct; to provide for circumstances in which a court may order the anonymity of a witness in criminal proceedings; to provide for certificates of evidence relating to the receipt, handling, transmission or storage of certain items, and for that purpose to provide for amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1984 and the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014; and for those and other purposes to amend the Criminal Evidence Act 1992, the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, the Bail Act 1997, the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006, the Domestic
Violence Act 2018 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Tailte Éireann; to provide for the dissolution of the Property Registration Authority and Ordnance Survey Ireland and to provide for the transfer of their functions to Tailte Éireann; to provide for the transfer of the functions of the Commissioner of Valuation and the Boundary Surveyor to Tailte Éireann; to amend the Public Service Management Act 1997, the Valuation Act 2001 and the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006; to provide for the repeal of certain enactments; and to provide for related matters.
Act to make miscellaneous amendments to the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 and the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide that Irish Water shall be known only as Uisce Éireann; to provide for the reorganisation of Uisce Éireann, the separation of Uisce Éireann from Ervia, the removal of Ervia’s functions relating to Uisce Éireann, and for those purposes to make certain amendments to the Gas Act 1976, the Water Services Act 2013, the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013, the Water Services Act 2017 and certain other enactments; to make further provision for the board and chief executive officer of Uisce Éireann; to amend the accounting and reporting requirements of Uisce Éireann; to provide for accountability by Uisce Éireann to a Committee of Dáil Éireann; to provide for the transfer of certain staff, rights and liabilities and records from Ervia to Uisce Éireann; to provide for the dissolution of the Water Advisory Body; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Act to provide that members of Garda personnel may operate, or cause to be operated, recording devices in certain circumstances; to provide for additional conditions regarding the operation of body-worn cameras; to provide for the circumstances in which ANPR data, which includes relevant data from relevant bodies, may be utilised by members of Garda personnel; to provide for the recording of certain telephone calls to or from the Garda Síochána and the processing thereof; to outline the circumstances in which CCTV may be installed or operated for particular purposes; to provide for authorisation by the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána for the installation and operation of CCTV by the Garda Síochána or by a local authority for those purposes; to provide for the repeal of section 38 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 with associated transitional provisions; to provide that members of Garda personnel may, pursuant to an authorisation given by the District Court or an approval granted by an independent superior officer, process the live feed CCTV operated by a third party; to provide that a member of Garda personnel may request retained CCTV data from a third party and for failure to furnish such data to be an offence; to provide for the installation or operation of CCTV in Garda Síochána premises pursuant to an authorisation; to provide for the preparation of draft codes of practice in relation to the operation of Parts 2 to 6 and for the Minister to declare them by order to be codes of practice; to make certain provision for the admissibility of evidence; to provide for a review of operation of Part 3 and Part 6; to amend the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009; to provide for certain offences; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide for a process to allow for certain transactions that may present risks to the security or public order of the State to be reviewed by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment; to empower the Minister to require the provision of information from certain persons for reviewing, and to make decisions and take certain actions in relation to, transactions that present risks to the security or public order of the State; to provide for a process for appealing certain decisions of the Minister with due regard to the potentially sensitive nature of the subject matter of the appeal, and for those purposes to establish a panel of persons to deal with appeals against certain decisions of the Minister under this Act; to establish a panel of persons to advise the Minister in relation to certain transactions; to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union; and to provide for related matters.
Act to amend and extend the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003; to provide for the change of the name of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board to, in the Irish language, An Bord um Réiteach Díobhálacha Pearsanta and, in the English language, the Personal Injuries Resolution Board; to provide that the Board may make provision for a mediation process in respect of relevant claims; to provide that the Board may appoint mediators and may make rules in relation to the mediation process; to amend the procedures in relation to the assessment of claims where a long term prognosis is awaited, in relation to the imposition and charging of fees and in relation to costs in proceedings where an assessment has not been accepted by the claimant; to amend the functions of the Board; to provide for an offence of providing false or misleading information in certain circumstances; to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide for the transfer of certain functions, staff, property, rights and liabilities of RTÉ to the National Concert Hall; to provide for the validity and effect of acts by RTÉ and the National Concert Hall in relation to that transfer; to extend the functions of the National Concert Hall and to make certain changes to its board and, for those purposes to amend the National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Act 2015; to increase the aggregate amount of liability in respect of undertakings given for cultural objects on loan from a person resident outside the State and, for that purpose to amend the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997; to make certain changes to the objects of RTÉ and, for that purpose to amend the Broadcasting Act 2009; and to provide for related matters.
Act to amend the Central Bank Act 1942 to extend the application of the administrative sanctions procedure to persons performing controlled functions and to certain holding companies, to provide for the appointment of a panel from which appointments may be made for the purposes of certain decisions, to provide for the admissibility of business records at an inquiry, to provide for disclosure agreements, and to provide for an application for confirmation by the High Court of a decision of an inquiry under Part IIIC and a decision of the Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal under Part VIIA of that Act; to amend the Central Bank Reform Act 2010 to extend the regulation and supervision of financial service providers and persons performing controlled functions and pre-approval controlled functions through the introduction of business standards, conduct standards and the duty of responsibility, to provide for the independence of persons carrying out an investigation in the performance of their functions, to provide for the independence of persons to whom a function of the Head of Financial Regulation, the Central Bank or the Governor is delegated in the performance of their functions, to provide for a right of appeal to the Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal of a decision of the Head of Financial Regulation to confirm a suspension notice, to increase the period for which the High Court may extend the duration of a suspension notice, and to provide for an application for confirmation by the High Court of a decision of the Central Bank or Governor to issue a prohibition notice; to amend the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 to extend the regulation making power of the Central Bank to provide for arrangements that financial service providers shall adopt in relation to the allocation of responsibilities and compliance with obligations under financial services legislation; to amend the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 352 of 2011); and to provide for related matters.
Act to amend the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; to provide for the retention in specified circumstances by providers of electronic communications services of certain data; to provide for the disclosure in specified circumstances of such data and to provide for related matters.
Act to make provision for certain matters relating to persons to whom permission to reside in the State is given under section 60(6) of the International Protection Act 2015; to provide for the making of a payment, in certain circumstances, to persons who provide accommodation to such persons; to provide for the making of certain payments in respect of the children of such persons, and for that purpose to amend the Childcare Support Act 2018; to provide for the recognition of certain driving licenses held by such persons and for that purpose to amend the Road Traffic Acts 1961 and 2010; to make better provision in relation to the registration of non-nationals in the State and for that purpose to amend the Immigration Act 2004 and other enactments; to provide for the collection by specified persons of personal data of certain persons arriving in the State and to provide for the processing of that data in certain circumstances; to make provision for a scheme established and operated by the Minister for Transport to support certain road haulage operators; to make special provision relating to the jury at coroners’ inquests relating to the deaths of persons at the Stardust nightclub in the city of Dublin in 1981; and to provide for related matters.
Act to make provision in respect of children with special educational needs; and for that purpose to provide for patrons and boards of management of schools to cooperate with the National Council for Special Education in the performance by the Council of its functions under the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 relating to the provision of education to children with special educational needs, including, in particular, by the provision and operation of a special class or classes when requested to do so by the Council; to provide for the giving of directions by the Minister for Education relating to provision for education for children with special educational needs and to provide for compliance with such directions; for those purposes to amend and extend the Education Act 1998 and to amend the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide for the payment of grants for the remediation of certain dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks in their construction; to designate local authorities in whose areas affected dwellings are located; to provide for the amount of grants for remediation, alternative accommodation, storage and immediate repairs that may be paid and for variation of those amounts by Government order; to provide for procedures for application to a designated local authority for a grant and for determination by the Housing Agency of the application; to provide for time limits and conditions to attach to grants; to provide for certain second grants; to provide for refund of compensation received by owners of affected dwellings from third parties; to provide for recovery of grants in certain circumstances; to provide for charging orders for certain grants and their release; to provide for a scheme to enable remediation of designated local authority and approved housing body owned dwellings; to provide for an Appeals Panel and Appeal Board and procedures for appeals; to provide for authorised officers; to provide for revocation of the Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks in Construction (Remediation) (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2020 and necessary transitional arrangements; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide for certain measures that may be taken pursuant to a direction of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to provide for emergency measures for the purpose of ensuring and protecting security of supply of electricity; to provide for the giving of financial support by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to EirGrid to enable EirGrid to take certain measures, including acquiring electricity generation plant pursuant to a direction; to provide for the purchase by EirGrid of electricity generation plant; to provide for EirGrid entering into agreements with electricity generators in relation to electricity generation plant; to increase the amount of money that EirGrid may borrow and for that purpose to amend the Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (EirGrid) Act 2008; to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 to provide for payments to final customers of certain benefits relating to compliance with a public service obligation; to increase the amount of money that Bord na Móna may borrow and for that purpose to amend the Turf Development Act 1998; and to provide for related matters.
Act to give further effect to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities done at New York on 13 December 2006; for that and other purposes to amend the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; to amend the Juries Act 1976, the Electoral Act 1992, the National Disability Authority Act 1999, the Disability Act 2005, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 and the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and to provide for related matters.
Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to rights and remedies in contracts between traders and consumers for the sale of goods and the supply of digital content and digital and other services, including by giving effect to Directive (EU) 2019/770 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services, Directive (EU) 2019/771 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the sale of goods, amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 and Directive 2009/22/EC, and repealing Directive 1999/44/EC and Articles 1, 3 and 4 of Directive (EU) 2019/2161 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directives 98/6/EC, 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the better enforcement and modernisation of Union consumer protection rules; to amend and consolidate the law relating to unfair terms in contracts between traders and consumers; to amend the Consumer Credit Act 1995 to make provision for rights and remedies in certain hire-purchase agreements and consumer-hire agreements; to amend section 12(13) of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014; and to provide for related matters.
Act to amend and extend the law in relation to guardians ad litem appointed under the Child Care Act 1991; to amend section 29 of the Child Care Act 1991 to allow officers of the Minister to attend, for specific purposes, proceedings heard otherwise than in public; 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; to repeal certain provisions of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011; and to provide for related matters.
Act to establish a body to be known as An Coimisiún um Cheapacháin Bhreithiúnacha or, in the English language, the Judicial Appointments Commission; to provide for the making of applications to that Commission for recommendation for appointment, or nomination for appointment or election, to judicial office in the State or outside the State; to amend and extend the qualification and eligibility requirements for appointment to judicial office; to provide for the publication, by the Commission, of a statement of selection procedures to be applied in considering applications and a statement of requisite knowledge, skills and attributes required by applicants seeking such recommendation; to provide for the making by the Commission of recommendations for such appointment or nomination to be based on merit; to provide for the aforementioned matters having regard to the recommendation of the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) that the system of selection, recommendation and promotion of judges target the appointments to the most qualified and suitable candidates in a transparent way, and having regard to Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)12 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on judges: independence, efficiency and responsibilities adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 17 November 2010, under the terms of Article 15.b of the Statute of the Council of Europe; to provide for the establishment of a Judicial Appointments Commission Office; to dissolve the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board; to provide for expressions of interest in assignment to a particular district court district or circuit to be made by eligible judges to the President of the court concerned; to provide for the funding of the Commission and the Judicial Council by the Courts Service; and for those and other purposes to amend or repeal certain provisions of the Courts of Justice Act 1936, the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, the Courts Act 1973, the Courts Act 1977, the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995, the Standards in Public Office Act 2001 and the Judicial Council Act 2019; and to provide for related matters.
Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000; to provide that a person shall not advertise certain property in a rent pressure zone for letting for a period not exceeding 14 days; to provide for certain matters relating to Ministerial directions regarding development plans and local area plans and the related functions of the Office of the Planning Regulator; to provide for consultation before making applications for certain permissions for, and approvals of, the development of land and the maritime area in relation to details of such development that may not be confirmed at the time such applications are made; to provide for applications to be made to An Bord Pleanála in respect of development of lands where an application for substitute consent of development of those lands has been made, or in respect of development of lands adjoining those lands; to remove the requirement to apply for leave for substitute consent under Part XA of the Planning and Development Act 2000; to provide for certain matters relating to judicial review of decisions and acts of planning authorities, local authorities and An Bord Pleanála; to provide for the appointment of a chief executive designate to the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority and to provide for other matters relating to the maritime area, including matters relating to judicial review and rehabilitation schedules and for those and other purposes to amend the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021; to enable the Commissioner of Valuation with the consent of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to revoke a valuation order in certain circumstances and for that purpose to amend the Valuation Act 2001; to extend the period within which a valuation list in relation to a rating authority shall be published and for that purpose to amend the Residential Tenancies and Valuation Act 2020; and to provide for related matters.
Act to enable the collection by the Central Bank of Ireland of certain information regarding deductions by insurance undertakings from amounts paid in satisfaction of claims and, for that purpose, to amend the Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018; to provide for the preparation of a report by the Central Bank of Ireland on certain practices of insurance undertakings regarding pricing; to amend the law regarding mutual duties of disclosure in relation to information supporting or prejudicing the validity of insurance claims, to provide for the disclosure by insurance undertakings of information in relation to deductions from amounts paid in satisfaction of claims and to amend the law in relation to exclusions from contracts of insurance and, for those purposes, to amend the Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019; to amend the European Union (Insurance and Reinsurance) Regulations 2015, as regards undertakings authorised in the United Kingdom or Gibraltar which are carrying on reinsurance business or subject to winding-up proceedings or reorganisation measures; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide for the establishment of An Coimisiún Toghcháin; to confer on the Commission certain functions in relation to the preparation and maintenance of the Register of Political Parties; to provide that the Commission shall explain, to the public, the subject matter of referendums; to provide that the Commission shall provide information, to the public, on electoral processes and encourage participation, by the public, in the democratic processes of the State; to provide for the review, by the Commission, of constituencies for the election of members to Dáil Éireann and to the European Parliament; to provide for the review, by the Commission, of local authority electoral area boundaries; to confer on the Commission a policy, research and advisory function; to provide that the Commission shall oversee the electoral register; to confer on the Commission the power to set standards for registration authorities and make recommendations to registration authorities or to the Minister in relation to the registration of electors; to modernise the arrangements for the registration of electors; to provide for continuous registration on the basis of individual application; to provide for necessary and appropriate data sharing to assist registration authorities in updating and maintaining the register; to provide for annual reporting by registration authorities to the Commission; to provide for a designated registration authority to manage a shared database for registration authorities to use in the performance of their functions; to provide for anonymous registration in certain limited cases; to provide a specific registration process for persons with no fixed address; to provide for a pending electors list for persons aged 16 and 17; to provide for the extension of postal voter categories to include special voters in certain circumstances; to provide a framework for the regulation of online political advertising during election periods by the Commission; to provide for the labelling of online political advertisements; to provide for transparency notices for online political advertisements; to confer on the Commission the power to monitor compliance, carry out investigations and take enforcement action under this Act in so far as it relates to online political advertising; to facilitate elections during a pandemic or Covid-19; to provide for polling on the islands; to amend the Electoral Act 1997 to enhance transparency in relation to certain donations to political parties and to provide, inter alia, for the preparation by political parties of consolidated annual statements of accounts; to provide for the holding of fundraising lotteries by political parties; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide that employees shall, subject to certain conditions, be entitled to up to and including 3 statutory sick leave days; to provide that the Minister may, subject to certain conditions, vary the number of statutory sick leave days; to provide that employees shall be entitled to payment, calculated in the prescribed manner, in respect of statutory sick leave; to make provision for the Labour Court, in certain circumstances, to exempt an employer from the provisions of this Act; to provide for the keeping of records; to amend the Workplace Relations Act 2015; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide for the making by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications of a circular economy strategy; to provide for the establishment of the Circular Economy Fund; to make provision in relation to the Environment Fund; to provide for the establishment by the Environmental Protection Agency of a circular economy programme; to provide for a levy on certain single-use items; to provide for the prohibition on the supply of certain single-use items; to give further effect to Directive (EU) 2015/720 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 and Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019; to provide for the making of a national food waste prevention strategy; to make provision for the use by local authorities of closed-circuit television and mobile recording devices in certain circumstances and for that purpose to amend the Waste Management Act 1996 and the Litter Pollution Act 1997; to provide for the inclusion of targets in respect of re-used and repaired products and materials in waste management plans; to provide for the introduction of a requirement for segregated waste bins and incentivised charging for the commercial sector; to make provision in relation to the operation of the National Waste Collection Permit Office; to provide for a waste recovery levy; to provide for the making by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications of regulations to regulate end-of-waste and by-product notifications to the Environmental Protection Agency; for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November +2008; for those purposes to amend the Waste Management Act 1996; to provide for a prohibition on certain licences relating to coal, lignite and oil shale and for that purpose to amend the Minerals Development Act 1940 and the Minerals Development Act 2017; to make provision in respect of applications to the Environmental Protection Agency for licences, reviews of licences or revised licences in circumstances where an order under section 181(2)(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 has been made, or is proposed to be made, by a Minister of the Government for development comprising or for the purposes of the activity to which the application relates and for that purpose to amend the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992; to give further effect to Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 and for that purpose to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999; and to provide for related matters.
Act to provide for Ireland’s participation in the Decision adopted by the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund on New Arrangements to Borrow (NAB) whereby the State undertakes to provide resources to the International Monetary Fund by means of credit arrangements; to provide for guarantees by the Minister for Finance to the Central Bank of Ireland on any moneys advanced by it arising from a call by the International Monetary Fund under the NAB Decision; to provide for payments by the Minister for Finance out of the Central Fund to certain trust funds; to provide that the Minister for Finance may make a payment out of the Central Fund to the Central Bank of Ireland in respect of certain transactions; to amend the Bretton Woods Agreements Act 1957 in relation to the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust; to amend the Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Act 1999 in relation to the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust; to provide for certain other consequential amendments; and to provide for related matters.