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
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No Bills are scheduled for discussion
Recently considered Bills and Acts
18 Apr 2019
Before Dáil Éireann
Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018
No. 130 of 2018
16 Apr 2019
Before Dáil Éireann
Greyhound Racing Bill 2018
No. 109 of 2018
11 Apr 2019
Before Dáil Éireann
Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019
No. 24 of 2019
11 Apr 2019
Before Seanad Éireann
Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016
No. 57 of 2016
11 Apr 2019
Before Dáil Éireann
Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019
No. 13 of 2019
11 Apr 2019
Enacted
Companies (Amendment) Act 2019
No. 10 of 2019
Companies (Amendment) Bill 2019
No. 1 of 2019
10 Apr 2019
Before Dáil Éireann
Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2019
No. 32 of 2019
10 Apr 2019
Before Dáil Éireann
Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2019
No. 33 of 2019
4 Apr 2019
Before Dáil Éireann
Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019
No. 30 of 2019
4 Apr 2019
Enacted
Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2019
No. 9 of 2019
Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017
No. 19 of 2017
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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