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Published on 19 Dec 2022
Bill Digest: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022
The principal purpose of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 is to establish a Scheme to be known as the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. This Scheme will provide financial payments and a form of enhanced medical card to defined groups in acknowledgement of suffering experienced while resident in Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. [Keywords: Health, People and communities, Social protection]
Bill Digest: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 ()
Published on 19 Dec 2022
L&RS Note: European Commission Rule of Law Report 2022
This Note provides a select overview of the findings of the European Commission Rule of Law Report 2022 (the 2022 Report), which examines significant developments within the EU and individual Member States in relation to the rule of law. The 2022 Report is the third in the series and includes, for the first time, specific recommendations to Member states. [International and EU affairs,Justice and crime, Parliament and Government]
Published on 15 Dec 2022
Bill Digest: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill
The Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 proposes to amend certain provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000 in relation to An Bord Pleanála. It also proposes to amend the definition of foreshore under the Foreshore Act 1933 [Keywords: Housing and planning, Environment and energy]
Bill Digest: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill ()
Published on 15 Dec 2022
Bill Digest: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022
The Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022 seeks to amend the Health Insurance Act 1994 to specify the amount of premium to be paid from the Risk Equalisation Fund from 1 April 2023 for certain classes of insured persons. It makes further provision in relation to the appointment and powers of authorised officers, and for an expiration date for the act of entrustment underpinning the Risk Equalisation Scheme [Keywords: Economy and finance, Health, People and communities]
Published on 15 Dec 2022
Bill Digest: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022
The Bill repeals the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act, 1989 and provides for new ‘incitement to violence or hatred’ and ‘aggravated by hatred’ offences [Keywords: Justice and crime, People and communities]
Bill Digest: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 15 Dec 2022
Bill Digest: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022
The Bill establishes a new Gambling Regulatory Authority to oversee the licensing and regulation of gambling activities in Ireland and updates the surrounding legislative framework [Keywords: Business and industry, Justice and crime Social protection]
Published on 30 Nov 2022
Bill Digest: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022
The Bill introduces a variety of miscellaneous amendments across a wide range of areas. It fulfils the Department of Justice’s commitment to statutory reforms to progress the centralisation and automation of court offices and processes. It also provides for several other amendments, including the introduction of new legal partnerships between solicitors and barristers.[Keywords: Economy and finance, Justice and crime, People and communities]
Bill Digest: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 25 Nov 2022
Bill Digest: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022
The purpose of the Bill is to amend the National Tourism Development Act 2003 by increasing the cumulative level of funding which can be provided to Fáilte Ireland in support of capital expenditure projects [Keywords: Business and industry, Economy and finance]
Bill Digest: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 23 Nov 2022
Bill Digest: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022
The Bill amends existing Central Bank legislation to strengthen and enhance individual responsibility and accountability. It introduces a code of conduct for individuals and businesses and sanctions for breaches of conduct. [Keywords: Business and industry, Economy and finance]
Bill Digest: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 21 Nov 2022
Bill Digest: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022
The amendments to the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 proposed in this Bill aim to strengthen compliance and enforcement, most notably of the ‘cooling-off’ provision, and also through the insertion of an ‘anti-avoidance’ clause. With a view to bringing more transparency to lobbying activity and closing off unintended loopholes, it extends the Act’s provisions to lobbying activity by certain representative and issue-based bodies and to lobbying conducted by non-remunerated office[1]holders of other representative and issue-based bodies, and it slightly amends the information required on the register. The Bill creates a system of administrative financial sanctions which can be imposed for some relevant contraventions, including for a breach of the cooling-off provision. The Bill also increases the length of time that will elapse between statutory reviews. [Keywords: Regulation of lobbying, Cooling-off provision, Revolving door, Conflict of interest]
Bill Digest: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 9 Nov 2022
Bill Digest: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022
The purpose of this Bill is to give further effect to Directive (EU) 2019/1158 on work life balance for parents and carers. [Keywords: People and communities, International and EU affairs, economy and finance]
Bill Digest: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 ()
Published on 26 Oct 2022
Bill Digest: Communications Regulation Bill 2022
New Bill Digest from Oireachtas Library and Research Service on the Communications Regulation Bill 2022, which transposes certain provisions of the European Electronic Communications Code, establishes a civil enforcement regime for ComReg and introduces additional consumer protection measures [Keywords: Business and industry, International and EU affairs, Technology and research]
Published on 25 Oct 2022
Bill Digest: Employment Permits Bill 2022
This Bill consolidates the legislative framework concerning employment permits and provides for associated reforms [Keywords: Business and industry; Economy and finance]
Published on 18 Oct 2022
Bill Digest: Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022
New Bill Digest from Oireachtas Library and Research Service on the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022. The Bill reforms PIAB, with the main provisions establishing a mediation procedure and expanding the types of claim that it may consider [Keywords: Economy and Finance, Health, People and communities]
Bill Digest: Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022 ()
Published on 5 Oct 2022
L&RS Note: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022
This L&RS Note provides an overview of the current status of water abstraction in Ireland. The Note covers: 1. Abstraction – what is it and why should it be regulated? 2. Current position in Ireland – how is abstraction regulated in Ireland? 3. How do other countries regulate abstraction? 4. How does abstraction vary across Ireland? 5. What are the implications of the forthcoming Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022 [Keywords: Environment and energy, Housing and planning, People and communities]
L&RS Note: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 5 Oct 2022
Bill Digest: Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill
This Bill provides a process to allow for certain transactions that may present risks to the security or public order of the State to be reviewed [Keywords: Business and industry, Economy and finance]
Bill Digest: Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill ()
Published on 27 Sep 2022
Bill Digest: Electoral Reform Bill 2022
The Bill, if enacted, will introduce significant electoral reforms through the establishment of an independent Electoral Commission, the modernisation of electoral register and the regulation online political advertising [Keywords: Electoral reform, Electoral Commission, Online political advertising, Electoral register]
Published on 20 Sep 2022
Bill Digest: Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022
The Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 proposes to facilitate the separation of Irish Water from the Ervia Group and further strengthen the imperative of public ownership of Irish Water [Environment and energy, Parliament and Government, People and communities]
Bill Digest: Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 16 Aug 2022
L&RS Infographic: Environmental Indicators Quarter 4 2021
Quarterly L&RS statistical dashboard infographic profiling key environmental indicators [Keywords: Environment and energy, Parliament and Government, Technology and research]
L&RS Infographic: Environmental Indicators Quarter 4 2021 ()
Published on 5 Aug 2022
L&RS Note: Systems of Judicial Appointment across Europe
This L&RS Note provides an insight into the different approaches to judicial appointments that have been adopted in 22 jurisdictions [Keywords: Justice and crime, Parliament and Government]