Legislative Information - Houses of the Oireachtas

• Bills Initiated 1997 ---
• Bilingual Acts of the Oireachtas 1922 --- Full Text, both languages where available at achtanna.oireachtas.ie

Bills and Acts of the Oireachtas 1997 ---
The full text of Bills and Acts is now available in Adobe PDF format on this Web site. The official translation of the Acts into Irish is also published here, when available. This means that you may download the entire text of an Act or Bill, and search, view, and print the document in the same format as it is published. Explanatory Memoranda are also available for most Bills. Useful links and contact details are also included.

Amendment Lists
We are publishing lists of proposed amendments to bills on an experimental basis, in MS Word format. Your comments are welcome. Please send an e-mail to webmaster@oireachtas.ie

Irish Statute Book 1922 - 2001
The Irish Statute Book (ISB) on the web includes the full-text of Acts of the Oireachtas and Statutory Instruments as well as the Chronological Index to the Statutes (1922---) in a searchable format. The ISB is also available on CD-ROM for €35 from the Government Publications Office. For further information visit the Office of the Attorney General Web site.

This Legislative Information web site is maintained by the eDemocracy Unit of the Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas, using information supplied by the Bills Office. Bills and Acts are published on this site as soon as they are available electronically from the Houses' printers.

Information is also available on this site:

• A Brief Guide to the Legislative Process
• A bilingual note about the Legislative Process
• An information leaflet on legislation