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
No Bills are scheduled for discussion
Recently considered Bills and Acts
4 Aug 2022
Before Dáil Éireann
Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022
No. 79 of 2022
2 Aug 2022
Before Dáil Éireann
Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022
No. 77 of 2022
2 Aug 2022
Before Dáil Éireann
Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022
No. 78 of 2022
29 Jul 2022
Before Dáil Éireann
National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Bill 2022
No. 76 of 2022
28 Jul 2022
Before Dáil Éireann
Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022
No. 75 of 2022
25 Jul 2022
Enacted
Electoral Reform Act 2022
No. 30 of 2022
Electoral Reform Bill 2022
No. 37 of 2022
24 Jul 2022
Enacted
Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Act 2022
No. 29 of 2022
Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022
No. 39 of 2022
23 Jul 2022
Enacted
Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022
No. 28 of 2022
Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022
No. 66 of 2022
21 Jul 2022
Enacted
Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022
No. 25 of 2022
Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022
No. 72 of 2022
21 Jul 2022
Enacted
Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022
No. 27 of 2022
Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022
No. 17 of 2022
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
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How laws are made
Find out how Bills pass through the Dáil and Seanad to become law