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Foilsithe ar 2 Beal 2024
L&RS Note: ECPRD responses: ‘Safe Participation in Political Life’
This paper provides a summary of responses to a European Center for Parliamentary Research and Documentation (ECPRD) survey made to support the work of the Task Force on Safe Participation in Political Life. The request was comprised of ten questions focused on the measures being taken by parliaments to address harassment, abuse, and intimidation (HAI) of members of parliament. The request was sent to a total of 27 parliaments, which were the 26 EU nations (after Ireland) and the UK.
L&RS Note: ECPRD responses: ‘Safe Participation in Political Life’ ()
Foilsithe ar 2 Beal 2024
L&RS Note: Addressing abuse and harassment in political life: Evidence on mitigation measures
This briefing paper is provided in response to a request from the Houses of the Oireachtas' Taskforce on Safe Participation in Political Life. It provides an overview of measures to address harassment, abuse, and intimidation (HAI) in political life set out in the international literature. The paper also signposts policies/measures to address HAI in political life from other jurisdictions, and measures to address other forms of abuse and violence from Ireland.
L&RS Note: Addressing abuse and harassment in political life: Evidence on mitigation measures ()
Foilsithe ar 2 Beal 2024
L&RS Note: Abuse and harassment in political life: Prevalence, Experiences, and Impact
This paper provides a briefing and literature review on the topic of abuse and harassment of those who participate in political life ahead of the first three meetings of the Task Force on Safe Participation in Political Life. The briefing paper signposts key international and national research on the following: (1) Prevalence of abuse/harassment; (2) Experiences of abuse/harassment; and (3) Impacts of abuse/harassment. [Keywords:
L&RS Note: Abuse and harassment in political life: Prevalence, Experiences, and Impact ()
Foilsithe ar 23 Aib 2024
Bill Digest: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023
Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023 seeks to give effect to the 2021 majority judgment of the Supreme Court in the Zalewski case and ensure that the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman can continue to carry out its functions in accordance with the Constitution of Ireland. [Keywords: Business and industry, Economy and finance, People and communities]
Bill Digest: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023 ()
Foilsithe ar 8 Aib 2024
Bill Digest: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024
The main purpose of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill is to provide for the establishment of two funds, the Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund. [Keywords: Economy and finance]
Bill Digest: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024 ()
Foilsithe ar 5 Aib 2024
L&RS Note: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
This L&RS Note provides an overview of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism by examining the background to its introduction, its objectives, scope, and the timeline for its implementation. It also considers the potential implications it may have for developing countries and on the competitiveness of EU industry. [Keywords: Business and industry, Climate action, Environment and energy, International and EU affairs]
Foilsithe ar 6 Márta 2024
L&RS Infographic: Amending Bunreacht na hÉireann, Constitution of Ireland
The purpose of this Infographic is to outline the process for amending Bunreacht na hÉireann, Constitution of Ireland [Keywords: Parliament and Government, People and communities]
L&RS Infographic: Amending Bunreacht na hÉireann, Constitution of Ireland ()
Foilsithe ar 6 Márta 2024
L&RS Note: EU nature restoration law
An overview of the nature restoration law, which seeks to set multiple binding restoration targets and obligations across a broad range of ecosystems, including forests, agricultural land, rivers, marine habitats and even urban areas.
[Climate | Focus]
Foilsithe ar 22 Feabh 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]
Foilsithe ar 8 Feabh 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]
Foilsithe ar 8 Feabh 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 8 Feabh 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]
Foilsithe ar 6 Feabh 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]
Foilsithe ar 6 Feabh 2024
Climate Focus | Climate Action Plan 2024
As part of our Climate Focus series for the Oireachtas Climate Hub, L&RS senior researcher Maggie Semple informs us about Irish, European and global commitments to climate actions; Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions profile and climate assessment; and the Climate Action Plan 2024.
Foilsithe ar 3 Ean 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 2 Ean 2024
L&RS Note: Regulation of children’s access to online pornography – Recent legal developments
The purpose of this Note is to provide an overview of recent developments in relation to the regulation of children’s access to pornography online. Regulation in this area in Ireland has primarily emanated from developments in European Union law but may also be a response to growing concerns about online safety more broadly. [Keywords: Parliament and Government, People and communities]
L&RS Note: Regulation of children’s access to online pornography – Recent legal developments ()
Foilsithe ar 2 Ean 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 15 Noll 2023
L&RS Note: Refugees in Ireland, the EU and Worldwide: Legal and Policy Developments at the EU level
This Note is the third of a series of three L&RS Notes concerning Refugees in Ireland, the EU and Worldwide. It discusses the Common European Asylum System and discusses relevant legal and policy developments at the EU level. [Keywords: International and EU Affairs, People and communities]
Foilsithe ar 14 Noll 2023
L&RS Note: Note 2: Planning and Development Bill 2023 - PLS andSelect Principal Provisions
The Planning and Development Bill 2023 proposes to reform the Irish planning system. This Note 2 deals with the PLS process, including commentary from the Department on PLS recommendations and analyses selected key provisions of the published Bill. It does not attempt to provide a full summary of the Bill but instead examines certain selected elements focusing on key components that are not only pivotal in shaping Irish planning law but are also at the centre of significant debates arising from the Draft Bill. Specifically, this includes the operation and lifespan of local development plans, issues related to access to justice and Judicial Review as well as recent developments and changes within An Bord Pleanála (ABP). [Keywords: Housing and planning, People and communities]
L&RS Note: Note 2: Planning and Development Bill 2023 - PLS andSelect Principal Provisions ()
Foilsithe ar 11 Noll 2023
L&RS Note: Refugees in Ireland, the EU and Worldwide: Refugees in Ireland
This Note is the second of a series of three L&RS Notes concerning Refugees in Ireland, the EU and Worldwide. It provides an overview of the legal and policy framework governing the treatment of refugees in Ireland. [Keywords: International and EU Affairs, People and communities]
L&RS Note: Refugees in Ireland, the EU and Worldwide: Refugees in Ireland ()