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, 7 Dec 2021
Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021
In Seanad Éireann
In Seanad Éireann
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Wed, 8 Dec 2021
Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021
In Seanad Éireann
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2021
In Seanad Éireann
Thu, 9 Dec 2021
Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021
In Seanad Éireann
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021
Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021
In Seanad Éireann
Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021
In Seanad Éireann
Regulation of Tenderers Bill 2021
In Dáil Éireann
Recently considered Bills and Acts
2 Dec 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021
No. 106 of 2021
2 Dec 2021
Before Seanad Éireann
Finance Bill 2021
No. 132 of 2021
2 Dec 2021
Before Seanad Éireann
Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021
No. 151 of 2021
2 Dec 2021
Before Seanad Éireann
Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021
No. 155 of 2021
2 Dec 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021
No. 156 of 2021
1 Dec 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021
No. 154 of 2021
1 Dec 2021
Before Seanad Éireann
Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021
No. 25 of 2021
1 Dec 2021
Before Seanad Éireann
Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021
No. 104 of 2021
1 Dec 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021
No. 141 of 2021
1 Dec 2021
Before Dáil Éireann
Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021
No. 153 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