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
Today, 21 Apr 2021
Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Fri, 23 Apr 2021
Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020
In Seanad Éireann
Recently considered Bills and Acts
19 Apr 2021
Before Seanad Éireann
Criminal Procedure Bill 2021
No. 8 of 2021
16 Apr 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021
No. 47 of 2021
1 Apr 2021
Before Seanad Éireann
Children (Amendment) Bill 2020
No. 51 of 2020
1 Apr 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Labour Exploitation and Trafficking (Audit of Supply Chains) Bill 2021
No. 45 of 2021
1 Apr 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021
No. 46 of 2021
31 Mar 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017
No. 150 of 2017
31 Mar 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Public Service Pay Bill 2020
No. 78 of 2020
31 Mar 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Prohibition of Winter Disconnections) Bill 2021
No. 44 of 2021
31 Mar 2021
Before Seanad Éireann
Gambling (Prohibition of Advertising) Bill 2021
No. 48 of 2021
30 Mar 2021
Enacted
Residential Tenancies Act 2021
No. 5 of 2021
Residential Tenancies Bill 2021
No. 37 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