“17 bills are expected to be published this session including the Student Support Bill, Health (Long term Residential Care Services) Bill, Dublin Transport Authority Bill and the Irish Sports Council (Amendment) Bill,” said Minister Kitt.
“We will also be publishing the Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill (Reform Treaty) to enable the State to ratify the Reform Treaty, signed in Lisbon on 13th December 2007.”
“We enacted a lot of legislation in the last Dáil, managing the programme strategically to ensure all our goals were met, thus enabling us to enter the 30th Dáil without a pre-existing raft of legislation. In fact, in the 29th Dáil, we enacted 209 bills. Since this Government came to office on 14th June 2007, 12 bills have been enacted.”
“We now have an ambitious legislative programme to present to the Dáil for the forthcoming session. As we enter into our second session, this Government is determined to sustain the intense pace of legislative reform of recent years and intend to introduce progressive and effective legislation that will meet the needs of modern Ireland” said Minister Kitt
| | Title of Bill | Purpose of Bill |
| Arts Sport and Tourism |
1
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Irish Sports Council (Amendment) Bill
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To provide the granting of powers to the Irish Sports Council to establish subsidiary companies. This power is required to give effect to decisions by the Government to establish an Institute of Sport, and to restructure the National Coaching and Training Centre as Coaching Ireland
|
| Communications Energy and Natural Resources |
2
|
Broadcasting Bill
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To establish a Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and to amend RTE provisions
|
3
|
Electricity Regulation (EirGrid) (Amendment) Bill
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To provide a statutory underpinning for EirGrid plc to build and own the East West Electricity Interconnector
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| Education and Science |
4
|
Student Support Bill
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To place all student support schemes on a statutory footing, to designate VECs as awarding authorities, to provide for a system of appeals and penalties for fraudulent applications for grants and to repeal the Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Acts 1968 to 1992
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| EnterpriseTrade and Employment |
5
|
Chemicals Regulation and Enforcement Bill
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To provide for measures to enforce EU chemicals-related legislation
|
6
|
Employment Law Compliance Bill
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To establish a new statutory National Employment Rights Authority and its associated Board and related matters
|
| Environment Heritage and Local Government |
7
|
Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) (Confirmation of Orders) Bill
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To confirm orders made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971
|
8
|
Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill
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To give statutory effect to the Financial Resolution in relation to motor tax and trade plate licence rates, and to provide for a new CO2 based system of motor tax
|
| Finance |
9
|
Finance Bill
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To give statutory effect to Budget day decisions and to make other changes to tax law
|
10
|
Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill
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To widen the remit of the Ombudsman to include a range of additional bodies and to make provisions regarding administrative procedures
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| Foreign Affairs |
11
|
Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill (Reform Treaty)
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To enable the State to ratify the Reform Treaty, signed in Lisbon on 13 December 2007
|
| Health and Children |
12
|
Adoption Bill
|
To provide for matters relating to the adoption of children, to give force of law to the Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of intercountry adoption, to provide for the making and recognition of intercountry adoptions in accordance with bilateral agreements, to dissolve An Bord Uchtála and to establish the Adoption Authority of Ireland, to repeal the Adoption Acts 1952 to 1998 and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
|
13
|
Health (Long-term Residential Care Services) Bill
|
To provide for a new scheme of financial support for persons requiring residential care in public and private nursing homes
|
| Justice Equality and Law Reform |
14
|
Legal Services Ombudsman Bill
|
To provide for the appointment and functions of a Legal Services Ombudsman
|
15
|
Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill
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To strengthen the law in relation to bribery of foreign public officials arising from the OECD recommendations following evaluation of Ireland's compliance with the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.
|
| Social and Family Affairs |
16
|
Social Welfare and Pensions Bill
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To provide for a number of measures announced in the Budget.
|
| Transport |
17
|
Dublin Transport Authority Bill
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To provide for the establishment of a transport authority to oversee the implementation of Transport 21 in the Greater Dublin Area
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