SECTION B

Bills in respect of which heads have been agreed and texts are being drafted 

 
 
 Title of BillPurpose of BillStatus of Bill
Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
28Monuments BillTo consolidate, update and improve the legislative code governing the protection and regulation of the national archaeological heritage

Publication Expected - Mid 2014
Communications Energy and Natural Resources
29Geothermal Energy Development BillTo provide a legislative framework for the vesting, licensing and regulation of the development of geothermal energy

Publication Expected - Mid 2014
Defence
30Defence (Amendment) (Discipline) BillTo amend Part V of the Defence Act 1954 and certain other provisions of the Act

Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
Education and Skills
31Universities (Amendment) BillTo give the Minister the power to require universities to comply with government guidelines on remuneration, allowances, pensions and staffing numbers in the University sector

Publication Expected - Late 2013
Environment Community and Local Government
32Environmental Liability BillTo effect full transposition of the Environmental Liability Directive including some of the discretionary provisions therein

Publication Expected - Early 2014
Finance
33Customs BillTo consolidate and modernise national legislation relating to the administration of Customs by a single piece of legislation

Publication Expected - Late 2013
34National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) BillTo enable management by the State Claims Agency of claims for third-party legal costs arising from Tribunals and Commissions of Inquiry and for legal costs awarded against the State by the Courts

Publication Expected - Late 2013
Health
35Health Information BillTo provide a legislative framework for the better governance of health information and initiatives including data matching, population health resources and identifiers for use in the health service

Publication Expected - Early 2014
36Public Health (Sunbeds) BillTo introduce a number of measures to regulate the use of sunbeds including a prohibition of their use by those under 18 years of age

Publication Expected - Late 2013
Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
37Industrial Development (Amendment) BillTo dissolve Forfas and provide for the transfer of the agency's assets, liabilities and staff to the Department and other public bodies as appropriate

Publication Expected - Late 2013
38Trade Marks (Amendment) BillTo amend the Trade Marks Act 1996 to allow Ireland to accede to the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks

Publication Expected - Late 2013
Justice and Equality
39Criminal Justice (Corruption) BillTo consolidate and reform all the legislation currently cited as the Prevention of Corruption Acts 1889 - 2010 in a single statute

Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
40Criminal Justice (Cybercrime) BillTo enable ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime and the transposition of the EU Framework Decision on attacks against Information Systems

Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
41Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) BillTo provide for amendment of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962

Publication Expected - Late 2013
42Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) BillTo provide for a range of amendments to earlier legislation

Publication Expected - Late 2013
43Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) BillTo give effect to a number of EU Framework Decisions

Publication Expected - Late 2013
44Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) BillTo transpose EU Framework Decision and enable ratification of Council of Europe Convention

Publication Expected - Late 2013
45Criminal Records Information System BillTo provide for the exchange of criminal records information with other EU member states and other designated states

Publication Expected - Late 2013
46Explosives BillTo repeal the Explosives Act 1875 and replace it with a modern statutory framework for the control of the manufacture, storage, importation, transport and supply of explosives

Publication Expected - Late 2013
47Family Leave BillTo consolidate with amendments current legislation on maternity, adoptive, parental and carers leave

Publication Expected - Early 2014
48Garda Siochána (Compensation for Malicious Injuries) BillTo provide a revised scheme for compensating Gardai maliciously injured in their work

Publication Expected - Late 2013
49Judicial Council BillTo provide effective remedies for complaints about judicial misbehaviour including lay participation in the investigation of complaints

Publication Expected - Late 2013
50Landlord and Tenant BillTo reform and consolidate the general law on landlords and tenants

Publication Expected - Mid 2014
51Mediation BillTo provide for implentation of the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission

Publication Expected - Late 2013
52Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) BillTo provide for the development of a new prison in Cork on the site of an existing prison car park

Publication Expected - Late 2013
53Sale of Alcohol BillTo codify the law relating to the sale and consumption of alcohol

Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
Transport Tourism and Sport
54Regulation of Vehicle Immobilisation BillTo regulate the vehicle clamping industry

Publication Expected - Late 2013
55Roads (Amendment) BillTo transfer functions of the Railway Procurement Agency into the National Roads Authority and to provide for other miscellaneous amendments to the Roads Acts 1993

Publication Expected - Late 2013

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