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
Fri, 22 Jan 2021
Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019
Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community
Recently considered Bills and Acts
6 Jan 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Insurance (Restriction on Differential Pricing and Profiling) Bill 2021
No. 1 of 2021
18 Dec 2020
Before Dáil Éireann
Public Service Pay Bill 2020
No. 78 of 2020
18 Dec 2020
Before Seanad Éireann
Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017
No. 63 of 2017
18 Dec 2020
Before Seanad Éireann
Appropriation Bill 2020
No. 75 of 2020
17 Dec 2020
Before Seanad Éireann
Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020
No. 23 of 2020
16 Dec 2020
Before Seanad Éireann
Finance Bill 2020
No. 43 of 2020
16 Dec 2020
Enacted
Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2020
No. 24 of 2020
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020
No. 60 of 2020
16 Dec 2020
Enacted
Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020
No. 25 of 2020
Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020
No. 61 of 2020
16 Dec 2020
Before Seanad Éireann
Social Welfare Bill 2020
No. 66 of 2020
16 Dec 2020
Before Seanad Éireann
Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020
No. 76 of 2020
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.
Statute Book
Irish Statute Book
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How laws are made
Find out how Bills pass through the Dáil and Seanad to become law
Irish language
Achtanna an Oireachtais
Read Acts of the Oireachtas, in English and Irish, passed from 1922 to 2009
Future Bills
Government legislative programme
Get a list of Government Bills to be prioritised during this term