Records
Bill· Public2015/81lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 23 September 2015
Bill entitled an Act to ensure that all those who are employees of the Department of Health, and all those who are employed by bodies directly funded by the Department of Health, may, if they wish, postpone their retirement where they would otherwise have been forced to retire at a particular age that is stipulated in their employment contract, subject to their continuing capacity to fulfil the duties of their employment in a safe fashion
Bill· Public2015/17lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 24 February 2015
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the prohibition of the consumption of electronic cigarettes in public service vehicles and places of work, to provide for the registration of persons engaged in the business of selling electronic cigarettes by retail, to provide for the prohibition on the advertising of electronic cigarettes, a prohibition on sponsorship by manufacturers and importers of electronic cigarettes and prohibitions on certain marketing practices in relation to electronic cigarettes, to provide for the standardised packaging of electronic cigarettes, to provide for the prohibition of the sale of electronic cigarettes to those under 18 years of age, to prohibit the consumption of electronic cigarettes in vehicles where persons under 18 years of age are present, to provide for the insertion of child proof caps on liquid nicotine bottles, and to provide for matters connected therewith
Bill· Public2014/63lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 3 July 2014
Bill entitled an Act to provide for limiting the damages certain public bodies may receive in defamation actions so as to protect public discourse from public bodies using the resources of the State, and the powers granted to them by the Defamation Act 2009, to influence comment by the press and the public
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· Public2014/22lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 1 April 2014
Bill entitled an Act to consolidate the Irish higher education and research sector so as to ensure a more efficient, responsible and effective structure for delivering quality education, research and knowledge resources to the Irish people
Bill· Public2013/132defeated
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 17 December 2013
Bill entitled an Act to codify in Irish law the requirements of the United Nations framework convention on tobacco control which pertain to interactions between members of the tobacco industry and their agents and the Government, and where individuals breach these regulations to create offences and to provide for the investigation and prosecution of such offences by members of An Garda Síochána
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· Public2013/21lapsed
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 1 March 2013
Bill entitled an Act to provide for free and fair elections to Seanad Éireann wherein the franchise is extended to all people who are over eighteen and legally resident in Ireland and to all people who are Irish citizens; to alter the method that graduates of an Irish Institute of Higher Education use to elect members of the Seanad; to provide for the conduct of elections to Seanad Éireann and to amend the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Acts 1937 to 2006, the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Acts 1947 to 2006; to amend the Electoral Acts 1992 to 2012; to amend the Oireachtas (Miscellaneous Provisions) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1996 and to provide for related matters
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· Public2012/60defeated
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 4 July 2012
Bill entitled an Act to ensure the provision by the Health Service Executive of all prescribed medicinal products necessary for the treatment of cancer in line with best practice and upon approval of the European Medicines Agency.
Law· Public2014/40enacted
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 3 May 2012
Act to amend the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 in order to prohibit the smoking of tobacco products in vehicles where children are present and to provide for the investigation and prosecution of such offences by members of an Garda Síochána
Bill· Public2011/50defeated
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 14 September 2011
Bill entitled an Act to ensure that all communications between any member of the Oireachtas and members of the judiciary or any employee of a Department, agency, or body corporate which are entrusted with powers of prosecution or detention by this State, or members of the judiciary in foreign states, are recorded where the communicaton relates to the exercise of these powers