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Published on 11 Apr 2023
L&RS Note: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Independent Examiner of Security Legislation
This Note is one of three complimentary L&RS Notes, which examine the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023. The Note provides an overview of the proposed establishment of an Independent Examiner of Security Legislation as set out at Part 7 of the Bill. [Keywords: Justice, Crime, Security]
Published on 11 Apr 2023
L&RS Note: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Community Safety
This Note is one of three complimentary L&RS Notes, which examine the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023. The Note provides an overview of the strategic framework proposed to achieve the objective of promoting community safety included in the Bill. [Keywords: Justice and crime]
L&RS Note: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Community Safety ()
Published on 27 Mar 2023
Bill Digest: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023
This Bill Digest analyses the Health (Amendment) Bill 2023 which seeks to abolish in-patient and day case charges for adults in public hospitals [Keywords: Health]
Published on 1 Mar 2023
Bill Digest: Family Courts Bill 2022
The Bill provides for the establishment of a Family High Court, Family Circuit Court and Family District Court as divisions of the current court structures; the assignment of Principal Judges and other judges to the family courts; guiding principles regarding the conduct of family law proceedings and the establishment of a Family Law Rules Committee or Family Law Sub-committees of existing rules committees, as well as other miscellaneous and transitional provisions [Keywords: Justice and crime]
Published on 28 Feb 2023
Bill Digest: Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023
This L&RS Bill Digest has been prepared with a view to assisting Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas in relation to their consideration of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023. The Digest covers: Policy context – Why is this Bill being enacted? Overview of Bill – What does it seek to achieve? Principle Provisions of the Bill [Keywords: Farming, Nitrates, Veterinary Medicine]
Bill Digest: Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023 ()
Published on 30 Jan 2023
L&RS Note: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023
This L&RS Note has been prepared with a view to assisting Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas in relation to their consideration of the Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023. The Note covers: Policy context – Why is this Bill being enacted? Overview of Bill – What does it seek to achieve? and International Context. [Keywords: Environment and energy, Fossil fuels, Emergency planning]
Published on 27 Jan 2023
Bill Digest: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022
This Bill provides for the establishment of a statutory authority to promote the principles of fairness and transparency in the agricultural and food supply chain. [Keywords: Business and industry, Rural, maritime and transport]
Bill Digest: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022 ()
Published on 21 Dec 2022
Bill Digest: Local Government (Maternity leave for councillors) Bill 2022
The main purpose of this Bill is to give members of local authorities the right to take maternity leave, without the need for a council resolution. The Bill also gives councillors who take maternity leave, or are absent for other allowable reasons under the Local Government Act 2001, the option to have a temporary substitute co-opted to the council. [Keywords: Local councillors, councillors’ maternity leave, Local government temporary vacancy, Local government temporary substitute]
Bill Digest: Local Government (Maternity leave for councillors) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 20 Dec 2022
Bill Digest: Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022
This Bill provides for proposals in the policy review for credit unions, including establishing corporate credit unions and setting of maximum interest rates on loans. [Keywords: Business and industry, Economy and finance]
Published on 19 Dec 2022
Bill Digest: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022
The Bill seeks to amend criminal law including the existing harassment offence and provide for standalone offences of stalking and non-fatal strangulation and suffocation other matters. [Keywords: Justice and crime]
Bill Digest: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 19 Dec 2022
Bill Digest: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022
The principal purpose of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 is to establish a Scheme to be known as the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. This Scheme will provide financial payments and a form of enhanced medical card to defined groups in acknowledgement of suffering experienced while resident in Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. [Keywords: Health, People and communities, Social protection]
Bill Digest: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 ()
Published on 19 Dec 2022
L&RS Note: European Commission Rule of Law Report 2022
This Note provides a select overview of the findings of the European Commission Rule of Law Report 2022 (the 2022 Report), which examines significant developments within the EU and individual Member States in relation to the rule of law. The 2022 Report is the third in the series and includes, for the first time, specific recommendations to Member states. [International and EU affairs,Justice and crime, Parliament and Government]
Published on 15 Dec 2022
Bill Digest: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill
The Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 proposes to amend certain provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000 in relation to An Bord Pleanála. It also proposes to amend the definition of foreshore under the Foreshore Act 1933 [Keywords: Housing and planning, Environment and energy]
Bill Digest: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill ()
Published on 15 Dec 2022
Bill Digest: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022
The Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022 seeks to amend the Health Insurance Act 1994 to specify the amount of premium to be paid from the Risk Equalisation Fund from 1 April 2023 for certain classes of insured persons. It makes further provision in relation to the appointment and powers of authorised officers, and for an expiration date for the act of entrustment underpinning the Risk Equalisation Scheme [Keywords: Economy and finance, Health, People and communities]
Published on 15 Dec 2022
Bill Digest: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022
The Bill repeals the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act, 1989 and provides for new ‘incitement to violence or hatred’ and ‘aggravated by hatred’ offences [Keywords: Justice and crime, People and communities]
Bill Digest: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 15 Dec 2022
Bill Digest: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022
The Bill establishes a new Gambling Regulatory Authority to oversee the licensing and regulation of gambling activities in Ireland and updates the surrounding legislative framework [Keywords: Business and industry, Justice and crime Social protection]
Published on 30 Nov 2022
Bill Digest: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022
The Bill introduces a variety of miscellaneous amendments across a wide range of areas. It fulfils the Department of Justice’s commitment to statutory reforms to progress the centralisation and automation of court offices and processes. It also provides for several other amendments, including the introduction of new legal partnerships between solicitors and barristers.[Keywords: Economy and finance, Justice and crime, People and communities]
Bill Digest: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 25 Nov 2022
Bill Digest: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022
The purpose of the Bill is to amend the National Tourism Development Act 2003 by increasing the cumulative level of funding which can be provided to Fáilte Ireland in support of capital expenditure projects [Keywords: Business and industry, Economy and finance]
Bill Digest: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 23 Nov 2022
Bill Digest: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022
The Bill amends existing Central Bank legislation to strengthen and enhance individual responsibility and accountability. It introduces a code of conduct for individuals and businesses and sanctions for breaches of conduct. [Keywords: Business and industry, Economy and finance]
Bill Digest: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 21 Nov 2022
Bill Digest: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022
The amendments to the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 proposed in this Bill aim to strengthen compliance and enforcement, most notably of the ‘cooling-off’ provision, and also through the insertion of an ‘anti-avoidance’ clause. With a view to bringing more transparency to lobbying activity and closing off unintended loopholes, it extends the Act’s provisions to lobbying activity by certain representative and issue-based bodies and to lobbying conducted by non-remunerated office[1]holders of other representative and issue-based bodies, and it slightly amends the information required on the register. The Bill creates a system of administrative financial sanctions which can be imposed for some relevant contraventions, including for a breach of the cooling-off provision. The Bill also increases the length of time that will elapse between statutory reviews. [Keywords: Regulation of lobbying, Cooling-off provision, Revolving door, Conflict of interest]
Bill Digest: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 9 Nov 2022
Bill Digest: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022
The purpose of this Bill is to give further effect to Directive (EU) 2019/1158 on work life balance for parents and carers. [Keywords: People and communities, International and EU affairs, economy and finance]
Bill Digest: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 ()
Published on 26 Oct 2022
Bill Digest: Communications Regulation Bill 2022
New Bill Digest from Oireachtas Library and Research Service on the Communications Regulation Bill 2022, which transposes certain provisions of the European Electronic Communications Code, establishes a civil enforcement regime for ComReg and introduces additional consumer protection measures [Keywords: Business and industry, International and EU affairs, Technology and research]
Published on 25 Oct 2022
Bill Digest: Employment Permits Bill 2022
This Bill consolidates the legislative framework concerning employment permits and provides for associated reforms [Keywords: Business and industry; Economy and finance]
Published on 18 Oct 2022
Bill Digest: Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022
New Bill Digest from Oireachtas Library and Research Service on the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022. The Bill reforms PIAB, with the main provisions establishing a mediation procedure and expanding the types of claim that it may consider [Keywords: Economy and Finance, Health, People and communities]
Bill Digest: Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022 ()
Published on 5 Oct 2022
L&RS Note: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022
This L&RS Note provides an overview of the current status of water abstraction in Ireland. The Note covers: 1. Abstraction – what is it and why should it be regulated? 2. Current position in Ireland – how is abstraction regulated in Ireland? 3. How do other countries regulate abstraction? 4. How does abstraction vary across Ireland? 5. What are the implications of the forthcoming Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022 [Keywords: Environment and energy, Housing and planning, People and communities]
L&RS Note: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 5 Oct 2022
Bill Digest: Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill
This Bill provides a process to allow for certain transactions that may present risks to the security or public order of the State to be reviewed [Keywords: Business and industry, Economy and finance]
Bill Digest: Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill ()
Published on 27 Sep 2022
Bill Digest: Electoral Reform Bill 2022
The Bill, if enacted, will introduce significant electoral reforms through the establishment of an independent Electoral Commission, the modernisation of electoral register and the regulation online political advertising [Keywords: Electoral reform, Electoral Commission, Online political advertising, Electoral register]
Published on 20 Sep 2022
Bill Digest: Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022
The Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 proposes to facilitate the separation of Irish Water from the Ervia Group and further strengthen the imperative of public ownership of Irish Water [Environment and energy, Parliament and Government, People and communities]
Bill Digest: Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 16 Aug 2022
L&RS Infographic: Environmental Indicators Quarter 4 2021
Quarterly L&RS statistical dashboard infographic profiling key environmental indicators [Keywords: Environment and energy, Parliament and Government, Technology and research]
L&RS Infographic: Environmental Indicators Quarter 4 2021 ()
Published on 5 Aug 2022
L&RS Note: Systems of Judicial Appointment across Europe
This L&RS Note provides an insight into the different approaches to judicial appointments that have been adopted in 22 jurisdictions [Keywords: Justice and crime, Parliament and Government]
Published on 22 Jul 2022
Prof Patrick Paul Walsh et al., the Challenge of evidence-based policy via open research
Prof Patrick Paul Walsh, Niamh Brennan and Dr Charles Larkin on the Challenge of evidence-based policy via open research
Prof Patrick Paul Walsh et al., the Challenge of evidence-based policy via open research ()
Published on 22 Jul 2022
Josefa Fuentes, IFLAPARL
Josefa Fuentes, IFLAPARL
Published on 22 Jul 2022
Anne-Lise Harding, Information literacy for scrutiny
Anne-Lise Harding, Information literacy for scrutiny: Equality and diversity in research
Published on 22 Jul 2022
Etienne Bassot, How citizen expectation shapes our research agenda and how we reach out to citizens
Etienne Bassot, How citizen expectation shapes our research agenda and how we reach out to citizens
Published on 22 Jul 2022
Franklin De Vrieze, Reinvigorating parliamentary oversight through post-legislative scrutiny
Franklin De Vrieze, Reinvigorating parliamentary oversight through post-legislative scrutiny – overview of innovative tools
Franklin De Vrieze, Reinvigorating parliamentary oversight through post-legislative scrutiny ()
Published on 22 Jul 2022
Niall Watters, Providing evidence for parliamentarians to aid their legislative scrutiny role
Niall Watters, Providing evidence for parliamentarians to aid their legislative scrutiny role: Examples for the Irish Parliament
Niall Watters, Providing evidence for parliamentarians to aid their legislative scrutiny role ()
Published on 22 Jul 2022
Bonnie Mathooko, Forging partnerships for effective evidence-based policy work and Parliamentary Scrutiny
Bonnie Mathooko, Forging partnerships for effective evidence-based policy work and Parliamentary Scrutiny: A Practical Approach
Published on 22 Jul 2022
Heather Lank, Evolving and enhancing research services in a changing parliamentary context
Heather Lank, Evolving and enhancing research services in a changing parliamentary context
Heather Lank, Evolving and enhancing research services in a changing parliamentary context ()
Published on 22 Jul 2022
Patricia Dowling, The Oireachtas Library: A digital journey
Patricia Dowling, The Oireachtas Library: A digital journey
Patricia Dowling, The Oireachtas Library: A digital journey ()
Published on 22 Jul 2022
Paola Mandillo, The Italian Chamber of Deputies Library’s contribution to the implementation of the “Historical Portal of the Chamber of Deputies”
Paola Mandillo, The Italian Chamber of Deputies Library’s contribution to the implementation of the “Historical Portal of the Chamber of Deputies”
Published on 22 Jul 2022
Ellie Valentine, Parliamentary Information in Times of Crisis
Ellie Valentine, Parliamentary Information in Times of Crisis: The Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Speaks with their Citizens
Ellie Valentine, Parliamentary Information in Times of Crisis ()
Published on 22 Jul 2022
Sonia Bebbington, Reframing historical collections in contemporary times
Sonia Bebbington, Reframing historical collections in contemporary times
Sonia Bebbington, Reframing historical collections in contemporary times ()
Published on 22 Jul 2022
Joonhwa Jung, The Evolution of Research Services Through Data, Cooperation, Sharing and Openness
Joonhwa Jung, The Evolution of Research Services Through Data, Cooperation, Sharing and Openness: Experiences of the NARS, Republic of Korea
Joonhwa Jung, The Evolution of Research Services Through Data, Cooperation, Sharing and Openness ()
Published on 22 Jul 2022
Briefing Paper, Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022
This Briefing paper sets out the amendments to the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 proposed by the Government in the General Scheme and sets them in the context of issues raised in the most recent statutory review of the Act (2020) and in Private Members’ Bills recently approved by the Dáil, and the Committee hearings and report on the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020
Briefing Paper, Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 18 Jul 2022
L&RS Note: Regulation of Gambling Advertising
The Note considers some of the main literature relating to exposure of vulnerable groups and wider society to gambling advertising as well as highlighting measures that have been introduced in other countries. It looks at recent legislative developments which have taken place in Ireland and based on stakeholder commentary and secondary research it identifies three key issues relating to regulation of gambling advertising: (1) Balancing controls on gambling advertising; (2) Impact of gambling advertising in sport; and (3) Exposure of vulnerable groups to advertising [Keywords: People and Communities, Health, Culture and Sport]
Published on 18 Jul 2022
Bill Digest: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022
The purpose of this Bill is to provide for emergency measures to ensure and protect the security of the supply of electricity [Keywords: Environment and energy]
Bill Digest: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 15 Jul 2022
Bill Digest: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022
This Bill provides for a number of changes to the judicial appointments system in Ireland [Keywords: Justice and crime; Parliament and Government]
Published on 12 Jul 2022
Bill Digest: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022
This Bill provides for the payment of grants for the remediation of certain dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks in their construction [Keywords: Housing and planning, Economy and finance]
Bill Digest: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022 ()
Published on 24 Jun 2022
Bill Digest: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022
The Bill seeks to provide a modern statutory framework supporting decision-making by adults, end wardship, and give further effect to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) [Keywords: Capacity, Assisted Decision-Making, Disability]
Bill Digest: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 9 Jun 2022
Bill Digest: Consumer Rights Bill 2022
The Bill amends and consolidates the current law on the rights and remedies in the main types of consumer contract, and transposes relevant EU rules on enforcement, digital contracts, and contracts for the sale of goods. [Keywords: Business and industry, International and EU affairs]