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| | Title of Bill | Purpose of Bill | Status of Bill |
| Agriculture Fisheries and the Marine |
| 52 | Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Bill | To provide for a penalty points system for skippers of fishing vessels found to have infringed the Common Fisheries Policy
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
| 53 | Gaeltacht Bill | To provide for a redefinition of the Gaeltacht on language planning criteria, to reduce the size of the board of Údarás na Gaeltachtas and to dispense with Údarás na Gaeltachta elections
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| Children and Youth Affairs |
| 54 | Adoption (Tracing and Information) Bill | To provide for an Information and Tracing service to applicants seeking information about adoptions, on a statutory basis
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 55 | Amendment to the Constitution (Children's Referendum) Bill | To amend the Constitution to acknowledge and affirm the rights of children
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 56 | Child and Family Support Agency Bill | To establish a child and family support agency for the delivery of child welfare and protection services
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| Communications Energy and Natural Resources |
| 57 | Common Arrangements for Gas Bill | To amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 and to allow for arrangements to be put in place to facilitate an all-island gas market
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 58 | EirGrid Bill | To establish EirGrid in primary legislation
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 59 | Inland Fisheries (Consolidation) Bill | To modernise and consolidate existing provisions of legislation governing the inland fisheries sector
| Publication Expected - 2013 |
| 60 | Offshore Gas Storage Bill | To provide a regulatory regime for gas storage at offshore sites under the seabed, at sites where extraction activities are taking place, at depleted gas wells and at virgin sites
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| Defence |
| 61 | Defence (Amendment) Bill | To amend the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 to specify certain preparatory activities associated with the despatch of personnel overseas which can take place in advance of a United Nations Security Council Resolution
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| Education and Skills |
| 62 | Further Education and Training Authority (SOLAS) Bill | To create a new further education and training authority called SOLAS which will have responsibility for integrating, developing and modernising the further education and training sector. This bill will also provide for the dissolution of FÁS
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| Environment Community and Local Government |
| 63 | Climate Change Bill | To underpin Government policy on climate change mitigation and adaptation
| Publication Expected - 2013 |
| 64 | Electoral (Amendment) (Referendum Spending and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill | To provide for the disclosure of expenditure and donations at a referendum campaign and to provide for the extension of the spending limit period that applies at Presidential, Dáil, European Parliament and local elections
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 65 | Foreshore and Marine Area Development Bill | To improve and streamline the development consent process for the marine area including inter alia the integration of the foreshore consent process under the Foreshore Acts 1933 with the existing on-land planning system
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 66 | Housing Bill | To provide for the rationalisation of housing agenices, to strengthen the regulatory framework for social housing, to provide statutory underpinning for new scheme of Housing Assistance Payments
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 67 | Motor Vehicle (Continuous Licensing) Bill | To update the law in relation to motor tax to provide for continuous licensing of mechanically propelled vehicles and for related matters
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 68 | Noise Nuisance Bill | To extend and improve the powers available to Enforcement Authorities to prevent, reduce or abate noise nuisances, by allowing for on the spot fines and providing for mediation between neighbours
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| Finance |
| 69 | Central Bank (Consolidation) Bill | To consolidate the body of legislation relating to the Central Bank into a single statute
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 70 | Central Bank (Regulation of Credit Unions) Bill | To provide for a strengthened regulatory framework for credit unions including effective governance and stabilisation requirements
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 71 | Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (Joint Council of Europe/OECD Convention) Bill | To provide for appropriate provisions on the assistance of recovery of taxes and the service of documents to enable Revenue to deal with requests for assistance that may be received once the CoE/OECD Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters has been ratified
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 72 | Statutory Central Register of Credit Histories | To establish a new credit register which will support more informed lending decisions and development of improved insolvency procedures, while also providing an important tool for banking supervision
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| Health |
| 73 | Health (Amendment) Bill | To provide publicly funded GP care without fees at the point of use to claimants of free drugs under the Long-Term Illness Scheme
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 74 | Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill | To provide for subsuming the Opticians Board into the Health and Social Care Professionals Council
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 75 | Health Insurance (Risk Equalisation) Bill | To provide for the introduction of a permanent Risk Equalisation Scheme, which will provide support for the higher cost of health insurance claims by older people, to be in place from 1 January 2013
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 76 | Human Tissue Bill | To meet the key recommendation of the Madden Report that no hospital post-mortem may be carried out and no tissue retained without authorisation. It will also put in place a legal framework for organ donation from the deceased and for the granting of consent from living donors for the donation of tissue and organs for transplantation and research
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 77 | Licensing of Healthcare Facilities Bill | To provide for a mandatory system of licensing for public and private healthcare facilities
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 78 | Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Amendment) (Medical Indemnity) Bill | To make it mandatory for registration purposes for all medical practitioners engaged in clinical practice to have in place adequate clinical indemnity cover
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 79 | Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill | To amend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 in relation to a number of issues
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 80 | Mental Health (Amendment) Bill | To provide technical amendments to the Mental Health Act 2001 which are necessary to correct drafting errors in the Act, or mandated by court rulings, or are desirable in the interest of clarity
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 81 | Public Health (Alcohol Labelling Provisions) Bill | To provide for the inclusion of health advice/warnings on alcohol drink containters (bottles, cans) and on promotional materials. This includes advice on the dangers of consuming alcohol in pregnancy
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation |
| 82 | Collective Investment Schemes Consolidation Bill | To consolidate and update collective investment schemes legislation
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 83 | Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill | To extend until 2020 the period for which certain companies can present their accounts in accordance with American Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, to increase certain audit exemption threshold levels, to strengthen and streamline the functions of certain company law enforcement agencies and to make other necessary amendments to the Companies Acts
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 84 | Data Sharing Bill | To underpin better risk-based enforcement, efficiency and cooperation in business regulation, by allowing specified public bodies to share specified data relating to businesses
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 85 | Employment Permits Bill | To consolidate existing legislation, to take account of evolving jurisprudence and to cater for future accessions to the EU
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 86 | Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Amendment Bill | To extend the functions of Science Foundation Ireland to enable it to fund applied research
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 87 | Workplace Relations (Law Reform) Bill | To provide for reform in 2012 of statutory Employment Rights and Industrial Relations Adjudication Bodies
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| Justice and Equality |
| 88 | Bail Bill | To consolidate and amend the bail laws
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 89 | Courts (Consolidation and Reform) Bill | To provide for implementation of recommendations of the Law Reform Commission
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 90 | Criminal Justice (Fines) (Amendment) Bill | To provide for attachment of earnings and social welfare payments as an alternative to imprisonment for people who refuse to pay
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 91 | Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill | To provide for amendments to the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 92 | Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) Bill | To strengthen the powers of CAB in relation to forfeiting the proceeds of crime
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 93 | Criminal Justice (Victims Rights) Bill | To strengthen the rights of victims of crime and their families and to give effect to a proposed EU Directive
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 94 | Criminal Justice Corruption (Consolidation) Bill | To consolidate all of 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 |
| 95 | Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill | To implement EU Trafficking Directive
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 96 | Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill | To implement recommendations in the Joint Oireachtas Committee Second Interim Report on the Constitutional Amendment on children and protect vulnerable persons against sexual exploitation and abuse
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 97 | Criminal Procedure Bill | To provide for the reform of pre-trial processes
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 98 | Criminal Records Information System Bill | To provide for the exchange of criminal records information with other EU member states and other designated states
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 99 | Family Law Bill | To make provision for pension adjustments in the context of separation agreements and certain other reforms in family law
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 100 | Gambling Bill | To update and consolidate the law on betting and gambling
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 101 | Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill | To replace the existing Equality Authority and Human Rights Commission with a new amalgamated structure
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 102 | Inspection of Places of Detention Bill | To give legislative effect to the OPCAT, strengthen Prisons Inspectorate, put Council of Europe inspection regime on a statutory footing and address matters relating to Prison Visiting Committees
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 103 | International Recovery of Child Support (Hague Convention) Bill | To implement the Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and other forms of family maintenance
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 104 | Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill | To amend the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 105 | Mediation Bill | To provide for implementation of recommendations of the Law Reform Commission
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 106 | Official Secrets Act (Amendment) Bill | To amend the Official Secrets Act to reflect the Programme for Government commitments
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 107 | Probation Service Bill | To provide a modern statement of the law governing the role and use of the Probation Services in the Criminal Justice System and to give effect to EU Framework Decision 2008/947/JHA
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 108 | Trusts Bill | To reform and consolidate the general law relating to trustees so as to deal better with and protect trust assets
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| Public Expenditure and Reform |
| 109 | Confidential Communication with Oireachtas Members Bill | To enhance the protections available to citizens to communicate in confidence with members of the Oireachtas
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 110 | Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill | To amend the Freedom of Information legislation in line with the Programme for Government commitments
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 111 | Protected Disclosure Bill | To provide protection against reprisals and victimisation and redress for workers who disclose information regarding serious wrongdoing in the workplace
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 112 | Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill | To remove barriers to mobility and redeployment from statutory recruitment and appointment procedures for posts in the Civil and Public Service and to address other issues that arise on changing employer
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| Social Protection |
| 113 | Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill | To reform legislation relating to general rights or non-marital fathers and grandparents, including possibility of compulsory joint registration of births where parents not married. It will also validate embassy marriages/civil partnerships, deal with marriages of convenience and make certain other changes to the Civil Registration Act 2004
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 114 | Transgender Bill | To provide for legal recognition of the acquired gender of transgender people
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| Taoiseach |
| 115 | Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of the Seanad) Bill | To abolish Seanad Éireann
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 116 | National Economic and Social Development Office (Amendment) Bill | To ensure revised governance arrangements are in place to reflect the altered role of the NESC
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| Transport Tourism and Sport |
| 117 | Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill | To amend and restate the law relating to the registration of vessels
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 118 | Merchant Shipping Consolidation Bill | To consolidate and update merchant shipping provisions since 1894
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 119 | Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill | To provide for impairment testing and unconscious driver testing and other miscellaneous provisions
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 120 | Roads (Amendment) Bill | To merge the Railway Procurement Agency and the National Roads Authority
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 121 | Sports Council and Campus Bill | To reform the Sports Council and provide for a merger with the Sports Campus
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 122 | State Airports and Aviation Bill | To reform governance on state airports and provide for a merger of the Commission for Aviation Regulation and the Irish Aviation Authority
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 123 | Sustainable Travel and Transport Bill | To underpin the Smarter Travel Policy Framework
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 124 | Vehicle Immobilisation Regulation Bill | To provide for regulation of the private clamping industry
| Publication Expected - 2012 |