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, 12 May 2021
Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018
Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach
Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Thu, 13 May 2021
Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020
In Dáil Éireann
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Recently considered Bills and Acts
12 May 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018
No. 112 of 2018
11 May 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021
No. 54 of 2021
7 May 2021
Before Seanad Éireann
Protection of Employment (Platform Workers and Bogus Self-Employment) Bill 2021
No. 68 of 2021
7 May 2021
Before Seanad Éireann
Civil Legal Aid (Exclusion of Value of Free or Partly Free Board) (Amendment) Bill 2021
No. 69 of 2021
7 May 2021
Before Seanad Éireann
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2021
No. 70 of 2021
6 May 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Vote at 16) Bill 2021
No. 67 of 2021
6 May 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2021
No. 49 of 2021
5 May 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Dog Breeding Establishments (Amendment) Bill 2021
No. 64 of 2021
5 May 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021
No. 65 of 2021
5 May 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2021
No. 66 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