Bills & Acts
The power to make new laws is the sole responsibility of the Houses of the Oireachtas. Dáil Éireann has the primary role in relation to legislation as it is directly elected by the people. All proposed new laws are introduced into the Oireachtas as Bills. When the Government wants to propose a law, the Cabinet approves the Bill and the relevant Minister brings it before the Oireachtas. Opposition parties or Members can also bring forward their own Bills, usually during Private Members’ time.
Bills scheduled for discussion
Subject to change at short notice
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Wed, 22 Sep 2021
Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Bill 2021
In Seanad Éireann
Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Residential Tenancies (Tenants' Rights) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Thu, 23 Sep 2021
Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Recently considered Bills and Acts
16 Sep 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Planning and Development (Amendment) (20 per cent Provision of Social and Affordable Housing) Bill 2021
No. 111 of 2021
16 Sep 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Residential Tenancies (Tenants' Rights) Bill 2021
No. 112 of 2021
15 Sep 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2021
No. 110 of 2021
12 Sep 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021
No. 104 of 2021
9 Sep 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021
No. 109 of 2021
7 Sep 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021
No. 108 of 2021
3 Sep 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021
No. 107 of 2021
31 Aug 2021
Before Seanad Éireann
Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021
No. 106 of 2021
27 Aug 2021
Before Seanad Éireann
Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021
No. 105 of 2021
29 Jul 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021
No. 103 of 2021
Historic Bills
Bills from 1922 to 1996
Bills published from 1997 to the present day are available on this website.
The Bills that were published from 1922 to 1996 have recently been digitised and are being added to the website.
If you cannot find the Bill you are looking for, visit the Oireachtas Library's online catalogue. In the catalogue you can search the full collection including all the different versions of the Bills, as they were initiated, amended and passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas.
Irish language
Official translations of Acts
Official translations of Acts of the Oireachtas are provided by Rannóg an Aistriúcháin. Once published, they are available alongside the original Act text in this section.
To see a list of recently published official translations of Acts, visit the Rannóg an Aistriúcháin page.
To examine Acts of the Oireachtas in English and Irish side by side visit achtanna.ie. The website includes Acts from 1922 to 2009.
Statute Book
Irish Statute Book
View both primary and secondary legislation in the Irish Statute Book (eISB)
Future Bills
Government legislative programme
Get a list of Government Bills to be prioritised during this term
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How laws are made
Find out how Bills pass through the Dáil and Seanad to become law