Records
Bill· Public2016/21lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 28 January 2016
Bill entitled an Act to regulate the use of drones having due regard for public safety, the privacy rights of individuals including rights of privacy attaching to the ownership of private property and for that purpose to provide for a system of registration and licensing which is dependent upon the power of the drone; to provide for a knowledge test to be taken by the owners of drones which exceed a certain size; to require drones to be insured; to set out general and specific principles on the safe operation of drones; to require that certain drones be affixed with a code which makes it identifiable; to provide for a drone reporting service; to require mandatory reporting of drone loss; to provide for the seizure of drones; to provide for the establishment of a working group to develop new policy relating to the commercial use of drones; and to make it an offence to contravene provisions of this Bill.
Bill· Public2015/106lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 19 November 2015
Bill entitled an Act to facilitate the conferral by the state of an honour to be known as Gradam an Uachtaráin to recognise the exceptional achievements of its citizens and the outstanding contributions of others and to provide for related matters
Bill· Public2015/48lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 26 May 2015
Bill entitled an Act to empower the Central Bank to direct banks to reduce mortgage interest rates chargeable in respect of the holders of variable rate mortgages pertaining to their principal place of residence
Bill· Public2015/18lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 3 March 2015
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Succession Act 1965 so as to provide for the assignment of property rights deriving from a joint tenancy in circumstances where one co-owner is unlawfully killed by another co-owner and for that purpose to amend the Succession Act 1965
Bill· Public2015/4lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 22 January 2015
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Universities Act 1997, to develop the operation of the universities, to encourage education, innovation, research and scholarship in the universities, and to make provision for related matters
Bill· Public2014/99withdrawn
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 4 November 2014
Bill entitled an Act to remove the power of Irish Water to request persons to provide Irish Water with their Personal Public Service Numbers and for that purpose to amend the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 and to provide for related matters
Bill· Public2014/74lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 15 July 2014
Bill entitled an Act to amend the law relating to proceedings in criminal matters to establish rules relating to the sentencing of offences under the main non-fatal offences against the person and the law relating to assault causing harm and serious harm and threats of serious harm and false imprisonment and theft and related offences and to provide for related matters in respect of older persons
Bill· Public2014/60lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 19 June 2014
Bill entitled an Act to reform the regulation of the health insurance sector and for that purpose to vest responsibility for the management of the State's ownership of VHI in the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform; to provide for the regularisation of VHI's regulatory status; to dissolve the Health Insurance Authority and to confer responsibility for the regulation of health insurance providers on the Central Bank of Ireland and for that purpose to amend the Voluntary Health Insurance Act 1957, the Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 1996, the Health Insurance Act 1994 and the Central Bank Act 1942 and to provide for related matters
Bill· Public2014/53lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 12 June 2014
Bill entitled an Act to make provision for annual ministerial expenditure ceiling programme reports and an annual statement of financial risks in order to increase transparency in the specification of programmes and to provide for measurable target outcomes intended to be delivered within ministerial expenditure ceilings, to improve transparency of Government in the management of the financial risks to the State, to amend the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 and to provide for related matters
Bill· Public2014/48withdrawn
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 29 May 2014
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the cessation of the practice of providing payment to persons who serve on the boards of public bodies or other similar entities; to require that the employment or engagement of such persons by a public body to be conditional upon their filing of a declaration with the Standards in Public Offices Commission; and to require that the payment of expenses to persons who serve on the boards of public bodies to be conditional upon their filing of a declaration with the Standards in Public Offices Commission and to provide for related matters
Bill· Public2014/42lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 13 May 2014
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947 and to make provision for related matters
Bill· Public2014/26withdrawn
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 3 April 2014
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the installation of life-saving carbon monoxide detection devices in dwellings; to provide for certification of compliance; to provide for offences and penalties to apply in respect of instances of non-compliance; and to provide for related matters
Bill· Public2014/13lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 27 February 2014
Bill entitled an Act to provide for, in the interests of the common good, and in respect of certain proposed developments of strategic importance to the State, to make provision for the construction of high voltage electricity transmission cables underground where physically possible; and for the purpose of effecting certain other changes to the law of planning and development to amend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2004; to amend the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 and to provide for related matters
Bill· Public2013/125lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 10 December 2013
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the security of supply of critical utilities, those being water and electricity and for that purpose to make it an offence for a person to induce another to cause an interruption to the supply of a critical utility and to also make it an offence for a person to engage in industrial action which causes an interruption to the supply of a critical utility and to provide for related matters
Bill· Public2013/94lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 18 September 2013
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the unenforceability of clauses which are contained in, or review processes which derive from, a contract concerning the tenancy of business premises and which were executed prior to 28 February 2010 and to provide for related matters
Bill· Public2013/71withdrawn
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 2 April 2013
Bill entitled an Act to enhance the level of information which is made available to the consumers of foodstuffs and for that purpose to introduce a series of new requirements for food labelling and signage, to amend the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 and to provide for related matters
Bill· Public2013/49lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 9 May 2013
Bill entitled an Act to reform the system of electing the elected members of Seanad Éireann as provided for in article 18.10 of the Constitution by extending the right to vote to all persons entitled to vote in elections for Dáil Éireann and to certain other persons resident in the State and to persons resident in Northern Ireland who qualify for Irish citizenship and to Irish citizens resident abroad who hold Irish passports; to provide for gender equality in the election of the elected members of Seanad Éireann; to make provision for the exercise by Seanad Éireann of powers relating to scrutiny of EU legislative proposals and for the holding of enquiries and the receipt of citizens petitions, and for the repeal of certain Acts relating to Seanad Éireann; and to provide for related matters
Bill· Public2013/48lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 8 May 2013
Bill entitled an Act to require the owners of particular types of premises or venues to install and maintain defibrillators so that they are available for public use and to require such occupiers to erect signage and make information available online regarding the location of such defibrillators and to require the occupiers to provide training to persons on the premises; to require the maintenance of a register in each premises concerning defibrillators located therein; to provide appropriate exemptions from civil liability; to provide for offences; to empower the health and safety authority to supervise and ensure compliance with this Act and for that purpose to amend the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005; and to provide for related matters
Bill· Public2013/41lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 18 April 2013
Bill entitled an Act to promote the financial stability of Ireland by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system; reduce systemic risk; end "too big to fail"; improve capital adequacy and to protect the State from non-transparent safety net subsidies and open-ended bailouts of monetary and financial institutions
Bill· Public2012/101withdrawn
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 20 November 2012
Bill entitled an Act to protect non-national workers from exploitation by providing a due diligence defence for such workers and also to preclude employers from avoiding liability through reliance upon the illegality of a contract of employment and for that purpose to amend the Employment Permits Act 2003 and to provide for related matters
Bill· Public2012/19lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 22 March 2012
Bill entitled an Act to provide for a Tort of Violation of Privacy; and to provide for matters connected therewith
Law· Public2013/34enacted
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 12 May 2010
Act to regulate payments under construction contracts and to provide for related matters
Bill· Public2008/43lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 26 September 2008
Bill entitled an Act to regulate the removal, storage and use of human body organs and human tissue for certain purposes, to regulate consents in relation thereto and to provide for certain other related matters
Bill· Public2008/13lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 19 February 2008
Bill entitled an Act to reform the law concerning mental capacity, to provide for informal decision-making on behalf of adult persons who lack capacity in certain circumstances, to establish a Guardianship Board which may appoint Personal Guardians to deal with the property, financial matters and welfare of adult persons who lack capacity, to confer jurisdiction on the High Court in certain matters, to provide for the establishment of the office of Public Guardian and to set out the functions and powers of the Public Guardian, to amend and repeal various enactments for this purpose, and for related matters