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, 20 Nov 2018
Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017
In Seanad Éireann
Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017
In Seanad Éireann
Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018
In Dáil Éireann
In Dáil Éireann
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018
In Seanad Éireann
Wed, 21 Nov 2018
Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017
In Seanad Éireann
Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2018
In Dáil Éireann
In Dáil Éireann
European Investment Fund Agreement Act 2018
In Seanad Éireann
Thu, 22 Nov 2018
Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016
In Seanad Éireann
In Dáil Éireann
Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2018
In Dáil Éireann
In Dáil Éireann
Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018
Select Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Residential Tenancies (Student rents, rights and protections) Bill 2018
Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018
In Seanad Éireann
Recently considered Bills and Acts
15 Nov 2018
Before Dáil Éireann
Local Government Bill 2018
No. 91 of 2018
15 Nov 2018
Before Seanad Éireann
Greyhound Racing Bill 2018
No. 109 of 2018
14 Nov 2018
Before Dáil Éireann
European Investment Fund Agreement Act 2018
No. 123 of 2018
14 Nov 2018
Before Dáil Éireann
Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018
No. 120 of 2018
13 Nov 2018
Before Dáil Éireann
African Development (Bank and Fund) Bill 2018
No. 101 of 2018
13 Nov 2018
Before Dáil Éireann
Thirty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2018
No. 121 of 2018
13 Nov 2018
Before Seanad Éireann
Hallmarking (Amendment) Bill 2016
No. 111 of 2016
12 Nov 2018
Before Seanad Éireann
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018
No. 122 of 2018
8 Nov 2018
Before Dáil Éireann
Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018
No. 55 of 2018
8 Nov 2018
Before Dáil Éireann
Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018
No. 97 of 2018
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Irish Statute Book
View both primary and secondary legislation in the Irish Statute Book (eISB)
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How laws are made
Find out how Bills pass through the Dáil and Seanad to become law
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Achtanna an Oireachtais
Read Acts of the Oireachtas, in English and Irish, passed from 1922 to 2009
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Government legislative programme
Get a list of Government Bills to be prioritised during this term