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
Thu, 22 Oct 2020
Electoral (Civil Society Freedom) (Amendment) Bill 2019
In Seanad Éireann
Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020
In Seanad Éireann
In Dáil Éireann
In Dáil Éireann
Fri, 23 Oct 2020
Forestry (Planning Permission) (Amendment) Bill 2018
In Dáil Éireann
Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020
In Seanad Éireann
In Seanad Éireann
In Seanad Éireann
In Seanad Éireann
In Dáil Éireann
Recently considered Bills and Acts
20 Oct 2020
Before Dáil Éireann
Health (Amendment) Bill 2020
No. 42 of 2020
16 Oct 2020
Before Seanad Éireann
Regional Technical Colleges (Amendment) Bill 2017
No. 128 of 2017
16 Oct 2020
Before Dáil Éireann
Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020
No. 38 of 2020
13 Oct 2020
Before Dáil Éireann
Railway Safety (Reporting And Investigation Of Serious Accidents, Accidents And Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020
No. 41 of 2020
8 Oct 2020
Before Dáil Éireann
Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019
No. 104 of 2019
8 Oct 2020
Before Dáil Éireann
Mental Health Parity of Esteem Bill 2020
No. 40 of 2020
7 Oct 2020
Before Dáil Éireann
Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018
No. 112 of 2018
7 Oct 2020
Before Dáil Éireann
Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Bill 2019
No. 63 of 2019
7 Oct 2020
Before Dáil Éireann
River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020
No. 39 of 2020
6 Oct 2020
Before Dáil Éireann
Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020
No. 36 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
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Achtanna an Oireachtais
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Future Bills
Government legislative programme
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