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Published on 22 Feb 2024
Bill Digest: Road Traffic Bill 2024
The Bill proposes to change road traffic legislation including changes to penalty points system, reduction of certain default speed limits and, alignment of drug testing with current alcohol testing rules. [Keywords: Rural; maritime and transport; Justice and Crime]
Published on 8 Feb 2024
Bill Digest: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023
The purpose of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023 is to make amendments to the Charities Act 2009 in respect of accounting, audit and reporting
requirements, responsibilities of trustees and the operation of the Register of Charities [Keywords: People and communities]
Published on 8 Feb 2024
Bill Digest: Social Welfare (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023
The Social Welfare (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023 seeks to give legislative effect to two changes to the Social Welfare system:
(a) changes to social welfare means tests so that child maintenance payments will no longer be assessed as means, and (b) the discontinuation of the Liable Relative Provisions [Keywords: Social protection, People and communities]
*Please note that this Bill was subsequently renamed the Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023.
Bill Digest: Social Welfare (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023 ()
Published on 8 Feb 2024
Bill Digest: Research and Innovation Bill 2024
The Research and Innovation Bill 2024 provides for the establishment of a new Statutory Agency, Taighde Éireann (Research Ireland), which effectively merges the functions of Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council into one body. In doing so, and in view of Impact 2030 (Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy), the Bill seeks, through the establishment of Taighde Éireann, to provide for the funding of research and innovation across fields of activity and disciplines. This L&RS Bill Digest provides an overview of the policy and legislative framework for the Bill, as well as some of the key policy debates relevant to the Bill. [Keywords: Higher education, Research, Innovation]
Published on 6 Feb 2024
Bill Digest: Digital Services Bill 2023
The Digital Services Bill 2023, introduced by Ireland's Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on December 5, 2023, is necessary to provide for the full implementation in Ireland of the EU Digital Services Act (“EU DSA") which came into force on 16 November 2022, and will fully apply in Member States from 17 February 2024. This Bill enacts necessary national legislative measures of the EU DSA, including appointing Coimisiún na Meán as the Digital Services Coordinator and lead Competent Authority. It also designates the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) as a secondary Competent Authority. Additionally, the Bill establishes a liability regime for online intermediaries, sets procedures for "trusted flagger" status, and creates mechanisms for handling user complaints. [Keywords: Business and industry, Economy and finance, International and EU affairs]
Published on 3 Jan 2024
Bill Digest: Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023
The purpose of this Bill is to add text to Article 41.1.1° of the Constitution to expand the definition of family, which is presently founded on marriage, to include “other durable relationships”. The Bill also provides for the proposal to delete the words “on which the Family is founded” from Article 41.3.1°. [Keywords: Parliament and Government, People and communities, Social protection]
Bill Digest: Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023 ()
Published on 2 Jan 2024
Bill Digest: Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023
The purpose of this Bill is to delete the current wording of Article 41.2 Bunreacht na hÉireann in both the Irish and English text and insert a new Article 42B into the Constitution of Ireland that recognises family care. [Keywords: Parliament and Government, People and communities, Social protection]
Bill Digest: Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023 ()
Published on 7 Dec 2023
Bill Digest: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill
The Bill proposes to amend employment law and company law legislation to protect employees in collective redundancy situations and establish an Employment Law Review Group. [Keywords: Business and industry, Economy and finance, People and communities]
Published on 21 Nov 2023
Bill Digest: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023
This Bill provides for the number of members of Dáil Éireann, the revision of Dáil constituency boundaries and for the number of members to be elected to each constituency. [Keywords: Parliament and Government]
Published on 24 Oct 2023
Bill Digest: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023
The main purpose of the Bill is to enable the Minister for Finance to make contributions on behalf of the State to trust funds and special donor funds established by International Financial Institutions for the purpose of responding to crises. It also seeks Oireachtas approval to permit the State to enter into guarantee and contribution agreements associated with European Union financial assistance to Ukraine. [Keywords: Economy and Finance, International and EU affairs]
Published on 10 Oct 2023
Bill Digest: Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Bill 2023
This Bill Digest analyses the Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Agency (DSGBV) Bill 2023 [Keywords: Justice and crime, People and communities]
Bill Digest: Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Bill 2023 ()
Published on 9 Oct 2023
Bill Digest: Control of Exports Bill
The Bill seeks to repeal and replace the Control of Exports Act 2008 to ensure a comprehensive and robust framework for regulating the export of controlled goods and technology. The primary purpose of the Bill is to establish national export controls on military items, services, and technology and provide for national measures to both complement and supplement the EU Dual-Use Regulation. The EU operates a system of export controls that form part of a multilateral framework to support global security, which apply to military equipment and dual-use items. Trade and military equipment are a national competence; therefore, export controls must be provided for it in national legislation. The Bill aims to fulfil Ireland's EU obligations to have common licensing requirements and procedures for the export of dual-use items together with giving legal effect in Irish law to the Council Common Position on activities involving military items. [Keywords: Business and industry, International and EU affairs, Technology and research]
Published on 5 Oct 2023
Bill Digest: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023
The main purpose of Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023 is to implement the cap on market revenues of Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 of 6 October 2022 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices. [Keywords: Business and industry, Environment and energy, International and EU affairs]
Bill Digest: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023 ()
Published on 3 Oct 2023
Bill Digest: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023
The Bill creates a directly-elected mayor for Limerick City and County and changes roles, responsibilities, and accountability relationships between local government actors [Keywords:Parliament and Government, People and communities]
Bill Digest: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023 ()
Published on 28 Sep 2023
Bill Digest: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023
The Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill seeks to revise and replace the existing National Monuments Acts and other related legislation/enactments going back to the 19th century with a modernised legislative code for the protection of historic monuments and archaeological heritage. The Bill proposes to establish a new Register of Monuments to replace multiple systems for monument protection, revise licensing systems for activities regulated under the Bill, and enable the State to ratify some key international conventions in heritage protection [Keywords: Culture and Sport, Environment and energy]
Bill Digest: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 ()
Published on 20 Jul 2023
Bill Digest: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2023
The Bill provides for the designation of 100m Safe Access Zones around healthcare premises where certain conduct in relation to termination of pregnancy services will be prohibited. [Keywords: Health, Justice and crime]
Bill Digest: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2023 ()
Published on 12 Jul 2023
Bill Digest: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023
The main purpose of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023 is to implement the solidarity contribution of Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 of 6 October 2022 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices. [Keywords: Business and industry, Environment and energy, International and EU affairs]
Published on 16 Jun 2023
Bill Digest: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023
This Bill Digest examines the principal provisions of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023 [Keywords: Health]
Bill Digest: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023 ()
Published on 13 Jun 2023
Bill Digest: Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023
The Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023 provides for two new criminal offences relating to the recruitment of children to commit crime. [Keywords: Social protection, Justice and crime, People and communities]
Bill Digest: Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023 ()
Published on 13 Jun 2023
Bill Digest: Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023
The Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023 provides for statutory compensation for breach of the right to a hearing within a reasonable time in both civil and criminal matters. The Bill provides for the appointment of a Chief Court Delays Assessor and Court Delays Assessors to assess such applications. The Bill also provides for the making of an application to the Circuit Court, in certain circumstances, for such a declaration and compensation, and for related matters. [Keywords: Justice and Crime]
Published on 30 May 2023
Bill Digest: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022
The Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022 amends existing legislation, which affect certain registrants with the Medical Council and CORU.[Keywords: Health, Parliament and Government]
Bill Digest: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022 ()
Published on 18 May 2023
Bill Digest: Construction Safety Licensing Bill
The Bill primarily proposes to provide a new and comprehensive framework for the licensing of construction, quarrying and related activities in Ireland. [Keywords: Business and industry, Housing and planning]
Published on 16 May 2023
Bill Digest: Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill
The main purpose of the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023 is to transpose Parliament and Council Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of 25 November 2020 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers.
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 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 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
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 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 ()