Bill entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of water abstractions and their associated impoundments; to give further effect to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy; to provide for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to regulate water abstractions not requiring a licence; to provide for the Minister to make regulations to exempt certain categories of water abstraction from certain requirements of the Act; to provide for the establishment of a register of water abstractions; to provide for licensing of water abstractions; to provide for the Minister to specify by order the daily rate of an abstraction that requires registration and licensing; to provide for the conferral of licensing and certain enforcement functions on the Environmental Protection Agency; to give further effect to Directive No. 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014; to provide for Irish Water to carry out abstractions for the purpose of the performance of its functions; to provide for certain temporary and emergency abstractions required to be carried out by Irish Water and for those abstractions to be exempt from certain requirements of the Act; to provide for compensation for certain abstractions carried out by Irish Water; to provide for abstractions by Irish Water from reservoirs of the Electricity Supply Board; to provide for particular arrangements relating to abstractions from canals or navigable waters; to confer certain enforcement functions on local authorities; to repeal the Water Supplies Act 1942 and certain provisions of the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1964 and the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977 and to revoke the European Union (Water Policy) (Abstractions Registration) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 261 of 2018); to amend the Canals Act 1986, the Shannon Navigation Act 1990 and the Planning and Development Act 2000; and to provide for related matters.
Last updated: 20 Dec 2022
History of this Act
The Bill has been signed into law by the President.
20 Dec 2022
Seanad Éireann
Dáil Éireann
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Seanad First Stage
28 Sep 2022
Seanad First Stage
The Bill is initiated or presented to the House
28 Sep 2022
Completed
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Seanad Second Stage
5 Oct 2022
Seanad Second Stage
The general principles of the Bill are debated
5 Oct 2022
Completed
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Seanad Third Stage
5 Oct 2022
Seanad Third Stage
The Bill is examined section by section and amendments may be made
(Also known as Committee Stage)5 Oct 2022
Completed
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Seanad Fourth Stage
22 Nov 2022
Seanad Fourth Stage
Amendments arising out of Committee Stage are considered
(Also known as Report Stage)22 Nov 2022
Completed
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Seanad Fifth Stage
30 Nov 2022
Seanad Fifth Stage
Final statements on the Bill are made and it is set down for Second Stage in the Dáil
(Also known as Final Stage)30 Nov 2022
Completed
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Dáil First Stage
n/a
Dáil First Stage
The Bill is deemed to have passed Dáil First Stage
n/a
Completed
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Dáil Second Stage
30 Nov 2022
Dáil Second Stage
The general principles of the Bill are debated
30 Nov 2022
Completed
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Dáil Third Stage
14 Dec 2022
Dáil Third Stage
The Bill is examined section by section and amendments may be made
(Also known as Committee Stage)14 Dec 2022
Completed
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Dáil Fourth Stage
14 Dec 2022
Dáil Fourth Stage
Amendments arising out of Committee Stage are considered
(Also known as Report Stage)14 Dec 2022
Completed
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Dáil Fifth Stage
14 Dec 2022
Dáil Fifth Stage
Final statements on the Bill are made
(Also known as Final Stage)14 Dec 2022
Completed
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Enacted
20 Dec 2022
Enacted
The Bill is signed into law by the President
20 Dec 2022
Completed
20 Dec 2022
Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022
22 Nov 2022
As amended in Committee (Seanad Éireann]
Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022
28 Sep 2022
As initiated
Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022
Amendments
13 Dec 2022
Committee Stage
Numbered List [Dáil]
16 Nov 2022
Committee Stage
Numbered List [Seanad]
This list of debates may not be complete. You can also search directly for this Bill within the Debates section.
Debates
14 Dec 2022
Dáil Éireann
Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages
8 Dec 2022
Dáil Éireann
Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed)
8 Dec 2022
Dáil Éireann
Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage
30 Nov 2022
Seanad Éireann
Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages
22 Nov 2022
Seanad Éireann
Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
16 Nov 2022
Seanad Éireann
Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage
5 Oct 2022
Seanad Éireann
Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage
5 Oct 2022
Seanad Éireann
Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Order for Second Stage