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Foilsithe ar 30 Ean 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]
Foilsithe ar 27 Ean 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 21 Noll 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 20 Noll 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]
Foilsithe ar 19 Noll 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 19 Noll 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 19 Noll 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]
Foilsithe ar 15 Noll 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 15 Noll 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]
Foilsithe ar 15 Noll 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 15 Noll 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]
Foilsithe ar 30 Samh 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 25 Samh 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 23 Samh 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 21 Samh 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 9 Samh 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 26 DFómh 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]
Foilsithe ar 25 DFómh 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]
Foilsithe ar 18 DFómh 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 5 DFómh 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 5 DFómh 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 27 MFómh 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]
Foilsithe ar 20 MFómh 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 16 Lún 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 5 Lún 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]
Foilsithe ar 18 Iúil 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]
Foilsithe ar 18 Iúil 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 15 Iúil 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]
Foilsithe ar 12 Iúil 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 24 Meith 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 ()
Foilsithe ar 9 Meith 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]
Foilsithe ar 11 Beal 2022
L&RS Note: Flexible Working Arrangements: Overview and comparative research
This note explores the right-to-request Flexible Working Arrangements (FWA), including its applications across other jurisdictions, with a view to informing legislative options to promote FWA in the Irish context [Keywords: Business and industry, Economy and finance, People and communities]
L&RS Note: Flexible Working Arrangements: Overview and comparative research ()
Foilsithe ar 6 Beal 2022
L&RS Infographic: The EU and the citizen: a timeline of key EU legislative and initiatives
This infographic (updated and revised in 2022) provides an outline of the key EU legislation and initiatives that have impacted citizens since 1957. [Keywords: International and EU affairs, Parliament and Government]
L&RS Infographic: The EU and the citizen: a timeline of key EU legislative and initiatives ()
Foilsithe ar 3 Beal 2022
L&RS Infographic: Environmental Indicators Quarter 3 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 3 2021 ()
Foilsithe ar 19 Aib 2022
Bill Digest: Sick Leave Bill 2022
This Bill aims to provide a minimum level of protection to low paid employees, who may have no entitlement to company sick pay schemes [Keywords: Economy and finance, People and communities, Social protection]
Foilsithe ar 8 Aib 2022
Spotlight: The activation of the Temporary Protection Directive in response to the crisis in Ukraine
This Spotlight addresses the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive in response to the current crisis in Ukraine [Keywords: Economy and finance, Education, Environment and energy]
Foilsithe ar 7 Aib 2022
Bill Digest: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Bill 2022
This Bill aims to facilitate Ireland's participation in the International Monetary Fund's New Arrangements to Borrow (NAB) and streamline procedures for contributing to IMF Trust Funds [Keywords: Business and industry, Culture and Sport, Economy and finance]
Bill Digest: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Bill 2022 ()
Foilsithe ar 5 Aib 2022
Bill Digest: Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2022
This Bill Digest examines the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022. It analyses selected parts including general conditions for assisted human reproduction (AHR) treatment. [Keywords: Health, People and communities]
Foilsithe ar 22 Márta 2022
Bill Digest: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022
This Bill aims to restrict the total cost of credit on moneylending loans by introducing a cap on the interest rate a moneylender can charge on a loan. [Keywords: Business and industry, Culture and Sport, Economy and finance]
Foilsithe ar 22 Márta 2022
Bill Digest: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022
The Bill primarily relates to new and existing Covid-19 support measures for businesses and employers, but also includes a small number of other changes in taxation and financial areas [Keywords: Business and industry, Economy and finance]
Bill Digest: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 ()
Foilsithe ar 11 Márta 2022
Bill Digest: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022
The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022 provides for the establishment of a Media Commission in place of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, transposes the revised provisions of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive into Irish law and sets out a regulatory framework for online safety [Keywords: Business and industry, People and communities, Technology and research]
Bill Digest: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022 ()
Foilsithe ar 4 Márta 2022
Bill Digest: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022
The Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 is to transpose Directive (EU) 2019/1 also known as the ECN+ Directive into Irish law and provides for further powers for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to enforce EU and national competition rules. [Keywords: Business and industry, International and EU affairs]
Foilsithe ar 28 Feabh 2022
L&RS Note: Assisted Human Reproduction Data
This note presents data on a range of treatments, procedures and policies related to Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) in Ireland and internationally. [Keywords: Health, International and EU affairs, People and communities]
Foilsithe ar 22 Feabh 2022
L&RS Note: Insights into the OSMR Bill. Part 3: Introduction to the current legal and regulatory framework
Part three of our series on Insights into the Online Safety and Media Regulation (OSMR) Bill introduces key aspects of the current legal and regulatory framework. [Business and industry, People and communities, Technology and research]
Foilsithe ar 22 Feabh 2022
L&RS Note: Insights into the OSMR Bill. Part 2: Societal context resource guide
Part two of our series on Insights into the Online Safety and Media Regulation (OSMR) Bill provides a resource for Members who wish to access detailed empirical data (both national and international) on various aspects of online usage. [Business and industry, People and communities, Technology and research]
L&RS Note: Insights into the OSMR Bill. Part 2: Societal context resource guide ()
Foilsithe ar 22 Feabh 2022
L&RS Note: Insights into the OSMR Bill. Part 1: Introduction and background
Part one of our series on Insights into the Online Safety and Media Regulation (OSMR) Bill provides an introduction to the OSMR Bill and the policy context underpinning its development.[Keywords: Business and industry, People and communities, Technology and research]
L&RS Note: Insights into the OSMR Bill. Part 1: Introduction and background ()
Foilsithe ar 15 Feabh 2022
Bill Digest: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022
This Bill aims to give new rights to employees, prohibiting the use of tips and gratuities to make up contractual rates of pay [Keywords: Business and industry, Economy and finance]
Bill Digest: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 ()
Foilsithe ar 15 Feabh 2022
L&RS Note: Seanad 100 Origins and Purpose of Seanad Éireann
As the Seanad celebrates its centenary, we are pleased to publish an L&RS Note which examines its establishment in 1922 and in 1937 against the broader context of the rationale for bicameralism in unitary states, like Ireland. It is the first in a series of three Notes [Keywords: Seanad, Parliament, Centenary]
L&RS Note: Seanad 100 Origins and Purpose of Seanad Éireann ()
Foilsithe ar 15 Feabh 2022
Bill Digest: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022
This Bill aims to establish the Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Scheme, which provides for a once-off payment of €100 in respect of domestic electricity accounts [Keywords: Environment and energy, Economy and finance]
Bill Digest: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022 ()
Foilsithe ar 7 Feabh 2022
L&RS Infographic: Covid-19 Indicators (at removal of most remaining restrictions, January 2022)
A L&RS statistical dashboard infographic profiling headline Covid-19 data as of 22 January 2022 (when most remaining public health restrictions were removed) [Keywords: Health, Parliament and Government]
L&RS Infographic: Covid-19 Indicators (at removal of most remaining restrictions, January 2022) ()