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LEGISLATION PROGRAMME FOR AUTUMN SESSION 2013

Paul Kehoe, T.D.,

Government Chief Whip

and

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach

Published: 18^th September, 2013

LEGISLATION PROGRAMME FOR AUTUMN SESSION 2013

Paul Kehoe, T.D., Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, announced the Government’s Legislative Programme on 18^th September, 2013

Section A lists 30 Bills which the Government expect to publish from the start of the Dáil session up to the beginning of the next session

Section B lists 29 Bills in respect of which Heads of Bills have been approved by Government and of which texts are being prepared

Section C lists 64 Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved by Government

Section D lists 26 Bills which are currently before the Dáil or Seanad

Section E lists 124 Bills which were enacted since the Government came to office on 9^th March, 2011

Section F lists 139 Bills which were published since the Government came to office on 9^th March, 2011

Section G lists 11 Bills which heads of bills will be referred to Committee for consideration pre-publication

Office of the Government Chief Whip

18^th September, 2013

SECTION A

Bills expected to be published from the start of the Dáil Session to the beginning of the next Session

	Title of Bill	Purpose of Bill
Agriculture Food and the Marine
1	Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill	To amend and extend the Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994, the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 and related matters
Children and Youth Affairs
2	Children (Amendment) Bill	To amalgamate the children detention schools in the interests of cost/administrative efficiencies and the public interest and to make some technical amendments to improve the workability of certain provisions
3	Children First Bill	To implement the Programme for Government commitment related to 'Children First'
Communications Energy and Natural Resources
4	Electricity (Supply) (Electronic Communications Networks) (Amendment) Bill	To provide for amendments to the Electricity (Supply) Acts 1927 to 2004
5	Minerals Development Bill	To modernise and consolidate all mineral development legislation
Environment Community and Local Government
6	Electoral (Amendment) Bill	To amend Schedule 3 of the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 following on from a review of constituencies for the election of members of the European Parliament in the State
7	Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill	To give effect to a waste policy commitment in the Programme for Government, to reinstate fixed payment notices for certain offences under the Solid Fuel Regulations and extend these notices to a range of other existing offences, to make certain amendments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acts in anticipation of the merger of the EPA with the Radiologiocal Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII), to extend the EPA licensing fees and introduce fees for the Producer Responsibility Initiative (PRI) compliance schemes and to amend provisions for access to justice on environmental matters
8	Local Government Bill	To provide for a range of reforms across local government including structures (mergers, sub-county and regional reconfiguration), functions, funding, operational arrangements, local governance and management and other related and consequential matters
9	Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill	To streamline the development consent process for the foreshore including, inter alia, the integration of certain parts of the foreshore consent process (under the Foreshore Act 1933) with the existing on-land planning system
10	Pyrite Levy Bill	To provide for the imposition of levies on the quarrying and insurance sectors to fund a remediation scheme for certain pyrite damaged dwellings and to establish the Pyrite Resolution Board on a statutory footing
11	Water Services Bill	To provide Irish Water with the necessary powers to deliver water services including through service level agreements with local authorities, to define the relationship between Irish Water, local authorities and the economic and environmental regulators, to set out the legal basis for domestic water charges, to extend the water regulatory powers of CER and to provide for related matters
Finance
12	Finance (No. 2) Bill	To give statutory effect to measures contained in Budget 2014 and to make other changes to tax law
13	National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) (No. 1) Bill	To establish the Investment Platform of the NTMA on a statutory basis (including NewERA and reorienting the National Pensions Reserve Fund into the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund) and amend the governance structures of the NTMA
14	National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill	To 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
Health
15	Health (General Practitioner Medical Service) Bill	To provide for the extending of a publicly funded GP service without fees
16	Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill	To disestablish the HSE Vote and establish a statutory financial governance framework for the HSE
17	Medical Practitioners (Amendment) (Medical Indemnity Insurance) Bill	To make it mandatory for registration purposes for all medical practitioners engaged in the practice of medicine to have adequate medical indemnity insurance
18	Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill	To introduce a number of measures to regulate the use of sunbeds including a prohibition of their use by those under 18 years of age
Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
19	Consumer and Competition Bill	To amalgamate the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority and to give effect to other changes to competition and consumer law including making provision for a statutory code of conduct for the grocery goods sector and giving effect to the recommendations of the Advisory Group on Media Mergers
20	Employment Permits Bill	To consolidate existing legislation, to take account of evolving jurisprudence and to cater for future accessions to the EU
21	Industrial Development (Forfas) Bill	To dissolve Forfas and provide for the transfer of the agency's assets, liabilities and staff to the Department and other public bodies as appropriate
22	Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill	To amend the Patents Act 1992 to expand the research exemption provision and to amend the Trade Marks Act 1996 to allow Ireland to accede to the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
23	Workplace Relations Bill	To provide for reform of statutory Workplace Relations Bodies
Justice and Equality
24	Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill	To merge the Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority, the bill will also make amendments to other human rights and equality legislation to give effect to recent judgments of the European Court of Justice respectively
Public Expenditure and Reform
25	Appropriation Bill	To give statutory effect to individual Estimates as passed by the Dáil
26	Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill	To implement changes to the Party Leaders allowance regime and to provide for the abolition of severance payments for Ministers
Social Protection
27	Social Welfare Bill	To provide for amendments to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act and other relevant legislation arising from the measures to be announced in the Budget
Transport Tourism and Sport
28	Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill	To amend and restate the law relating to the registration of vessels
29	Roads (Amendment) Bill	To provide for the merger of the Railway Procurement Agency and the National Roads Authority and to provide for other miscellaneous amendments to the Roads Acts 1993
30	Shannon Aviation Services and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill	To establish Shannon Group plc, a new State-owned commercial company, which merges the Shannon Airport Authority and Shannon Development

SECTION B
Bills in respect of which heads have been agreed and texts are being drafted
	Title of Bill	Purpose of Bill	Status of Bill
Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
31	Monuments Bill	To consolidate, update and improve the legislative code governing the protection and regulation of the national archaeological heritage	Publication Expected - Late 2014
32	National Cultural Institutions (Galleries) Bill	To give effect to actions arising from the Governments Reform Plan in respect of the National Gallery of Ireland, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork	Publication Expected - Mid 2014
Communications Energy and Natural Resources
33	Geothermal Energy Development Bill	To provide a legislative framework for the vesting, licensing and regulation of the development of geothermal energy	Publication Expected - Late 2014
Defence
34	Defence (Amendment) (Discipline) Bill	To 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
35	Universities (Amendment) Bill	To 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 - Mid 2014
Environment Community and Local Government
36	Environmental Liability Bill	To transpose some of the discretionary provisions of the Environmental Liability Directive	Publication Expected - Mid 2014
37	Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill	To put in place the legislative basis required for the merger of the RPII with the EPA and to ensure that Irish legislation is compatible with the terms of the Convention for the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Facilities, so that Ireland may ratify this Convention	Publication Expected - Early 2014
Finance
38	Customs Bill	To consolidate and modernise national legislation relating to the administration of Customs by a single piece of legislation	Publication Expected - Late 2014
Health
39	Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill	To provide for subsuming the Opticians Board into the Health and Social Care Professionals Council	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
40	Health Information Bill	To provide a legislative framework for the better governance of health information and initiatives including data matching and health information resources for use in the health service	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
Justice and Equality
41	Criminal Justice (Corruption) Bill	To 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
42	Criminal Justice (Cybercrime) Bill	To 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
43	Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill	To provide for amendment of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962	Publication Expected - Mid 2014
44	Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill	To provide for a range of amendments to earlier legislation	Publication Expected - Mid 2014
45	Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Bill	To give effect to a number of EU Framework Decisions	Publication Expected - Early 2014
46	Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill	To transpose EU Framework Decision and enable ratification of Council of Europe Convention	Publication Expected - Early 2014
47	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 - Early 2014
48	Explosives Bill	To 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 - Early 2014
49	Family Leave Bill	To consolidate with amendments all family leave legislation	Publication Expected - Late 2014
50	Gambling Control Bill	To update and consolidate the law on betting and gambling	Publication Expected - Late 2014
51	Garda Siochána (Compensation for Malicious Injuries) Bill	To provide a revised scheme for compensating Gardai maliciously injured in their work	Publication Expected - Early 2014
52	Judicial Council Bill	To provide effective remedies for complaints about judicial misbehaviour including lay participation in the investigation of complaints	Publication Expected - Mid 2014
53	Landlord and Tenant Bill	To reform and consolidate the general law on landlords and tenants	Publication Expected - Late 2014
54	Mediation Bill	To provide for implentation of the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission	Publication Expected - Early 2014
55	Sale of Alcohol Bill	To codify the law relating to the sale and consumption of alcohol	Publication Expected - 2014
Public Expenditure and Reform
56	Regulation of Lobbying Bill	To provide for regulation of lobbying activity	Publication Expected - Early 2014
Social Protection
57	Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill	To amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 following a review of its operation, including provision for the compulsory registration of father's names on birth certificates, validation of embassy marriages/civil partnerships, the prevention of marriages of convenience and the registration of deaths of Irish persons who die abroad	Publication Expected - Early 2014
58	Gender Recognition Bill	To provide for legal recognition of the acquired gender of transgender people	Publication Expected - Mid 2014
Transport Tourism and Sport
59	Regulation of Vehicle Immobilisation Bill	To regulate vehicle clamping and tow away	Publication Expected - Mid 2014

SECTION C
Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved by Government
	Title of Bill	Purpose of Bill	Status of Bill
Agriculture Food and the Marine
60	Greyhound Industry (Amendment) Bill	To amend and extend the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 and the Greyhound Industry (Amendment) Act 1993 and related matters	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
61	Johnstown Castle Agricultural College Acts (Amendment) Bill	To extend the use of the Johnstown Castle Estate for recreational, amenity, environmental, educational and heritage purposes	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
62	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
63	Heritage (Amendment) Bill	To amend the Heritage Act to give effect to actions arising from the Governments Reform Programme	Publication Expected - 2014
64	National Cultural Institutions (Museums and Archives) Bill	To give effect to actions arising from the Government's Reform Plan in respect of the National Library of Ireland, the National Museum of Ireland and the National Archives of Ireland	Publication Expected - 2014
65	Official Languages (Amendment) Bill	To give effect to recommendations arising from a review of the Official Languages Act 2003 and to implement the Government's Reform Plan in respect of the Coimisineir Teanga and the Placenames Commission	Publication Expected - 2014
Children and Youth Affairs
66	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 - 2014
Communications Energy and Natural Resources
67	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 - 2014
68	EirGrid Bill	To establish EirGrid in primary legislation	Publication Expected - 2014
69	Inland Fisheries (Modernisation & Consolidation) Bill	To modernise and consolidate existing provisions of legislation governing the inland fisheries sector	Publication Expected - 2014
Defence
70	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 - Not possible to indicate at this stage
71	Red Cross (Amendment) Bill	To repeal the Red Cross Act 1938 and put in place a new legal framework for the Irish Red Cross Society	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
Education and Skills
72	Education (Admission to School) Bill	To ensure the contents and process for enrolling by schools is more open, equitable and consistent	Publication Expected - 2014
73	Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill	To provide for amendments to the Teaching Council Act 2001	Publication Expected - 2014
74	Higher Education Authority Bill	To replace the HEA Act 1971 and amend the Universities Act and other relevant legislation as necessary	Publication Expected - 2015
75	Retention of Certain Records Bill	To allow for the retention of the records of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, the Residential Institutions Redress Board and the Residential Institutions Review Committee	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
76	Technological Universities Bill	To provide for the establishment of Technological Universities and the amendment of IoT/DIT and HEA Acts	Publication Expected - 2014
Environment Community and Local Government
77	Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development Bill	To underpin Government policy on climate change mitigation and adaptation	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
78	Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill	To provide for the dissolution of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and consequential provisions	Publication Expected - 2014
79	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 - 2014
80	Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill	To strengthen the regulatory framework for social housing including the statutory underpinning for the new scheme of Housing Assistance Payments, the repossession of local authority dwellings and to provide for a new tenant purchase scheme for existing local authority houses along incremental purchase lines	Publication Expected - 2014
81	Local Government Charges (Repeal) Bill	To repeal the Household Charge and Non Principal Private Residence Charge legislation	Publication Expected - 2014
82	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
83	Planning Bill	To provide for the implementation of planning recommendations in the report of the Mahon Tribunal and other matters	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
Finance
84	Central Bank (Consolidation) Bill	To consolidate the body of legislation relating to the Central Bank into a single statute	Publication Expected - 2014
85	International Tax Agreements 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. The bill will also ratify the EU/Swiss Fraud Agreement	Publication Expected - 2014
86	Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicle Bill	To provide for a new corporate vehicle for investment funds	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
Health
87	Health Identifiers Bill	To provide a legislative framework for unique identifiers for individuals and healthcare providers	Publication Expected - 2014
88	Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill	To provide for revised Risk Equalisation Credits for 2014 and some technical amendments to the Health Insurance Acts 1994 - 2012	Publication Expected - 2014
89	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 after post-mortem without consent. It will also address other matters relating to human tissue including consent arrangements for transplantation and research purposes	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
90	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
91	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
92	National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (Amendment) Bill	To provide for an amendment to the functions and membership of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
93	Public Health (Alcohol) Bill	To provide for the inclusion of health advice/warnings on alcohol drink containers (bottles, cans) and on promotional materials including advice on the dangers of consuming alcohol during pregnancy, to provide a minimum price at which alcohol may be sold, to provide certain matters in relation to the advertising of alcohol and other measures in relation to alcohol	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
94	Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Bill	To regulate the retail packaging and appearance of tobacco products with a view to increasing the effectiveness of health warnings, reducing the attractiveness of tobacco products to consumers and reducing the ability of retail packaging in misleading consumers about the harmful effects of smoking or using tobacco products	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
95	Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill	To make necessary amendments to the European Communities (Statutory Audits) (Directive 2006/43/EC) Regulations 2010	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
96	Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill	Following a review of the Act, legislative changes are expected to enhance the success of the Scheme	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
97	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
98	Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill	To provide for any legislative changes required to deal with the Programme for Government commitment on collective bargaining rights	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
99	Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill	To provide a new legislative framework to address issues arising from the Supreme Court ruling striking down REAs	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
Justice and Equality
100	Bail Bill	To consolidate and amend the bail laws	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
101	Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill	To provide for periodic payment orders in cases of awards for injuries	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
102	Courts (Consolidation and Reform) Bill	To provide for implementation of recommendations of the Law Reform Commission	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
103	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
104	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
105	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill	To implement recommendations in the Joint Oireachtas Committee Second Interim Report on the Constitutional Amendment on Children and further protect vulnerable persons against sexual exploitation and abuse	Publication Expected - 2014
106	Criminal Procedure Bill	To provide for the reform of pre-trial processes	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
107	Family Law Bill	To make provision for pension adjustments in the context of separation agreements and certain other reforms in family law	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
108	Family Relationships and Childrens Bill	To consolidate and reform the law relating to guardianship, custody of and access to children, to address issues of parentage including with regard to assisted reproduction and surrogacy and to make express provision for the use of DNA tests to determine parentage and to provide for connected matters	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
109	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 - Not possible to indicate at this stage
110	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 - 2014
111	Juries Bill	To give effect to the Law Reform Commission Report on Juries	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
112	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
113	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 - 2014
114	Regulation and Valuation of Land Bill	To merge the Property Registration Authority, the Valuation Office and the Ordnance Survey Office	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
115	Restorative Justice Bill	To give effect to measures required arising from recommendations of the Magdalen Commission Report	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
116	Trusts Bill	To reform and consolidate the general law relating to trustees so as to deal better with and protect trust assets	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
Public Expenditure and Reform
117	Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill	To change management structure of the Oireachtas Service	Publication Expected - 2014
Taoiseach
118	National Economic and Social Development Office (Amendment) Bill	To abolish NESDO and place the NESC on a statutory basis	Publication Expected - 2014
Transport Tourism and Sport
119	Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill	To restructure the Irish Aviation Authority and the Commission for Aviation Regulation	Publication Expected - 2014
120	Maritime (International Conventions and Safety) Bill	To provide for the national implementation of certain International Maritime Conventions, the updating of existing statutes in respect of other conventions and provision of some maritime safety measures	Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage
121	Road Traffic (No. 3) Bill	To provide for the North/South Mutual Recognition of Penalty Points and other amendments to road traffic legislation	Publication Expected - 2014
122	Road Transport Bill	To replace the existing Road Transport Acts with modern updated legislation and to take account of new policy requirements	Publication Expected - 2014
123	Sport Ireland Bill	To provide for the establishment of Sport Ireland, a new organisation to replace the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority	Publication Expected - 2014

SECTION D

Bills before the Dáil and Seanad

Bills on Dáil Order Paper
	Forestry Bill 2013	Order for Second Stage
	Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013	Order for Second Stage
	Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013	Order for Second Stage
	Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013	Order for Second Stage
	Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013	Order for Second Stage
	Freedom of Information Bill 2013	Order for Second Stage
	Gas Regulation Bill 2013	Order for Second Stage
	Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013	Order for Second Stage

	Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]	Second Stage
	Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2008 [Seanad]	Second Stage

	Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010	Awaiting Committee
	Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011	Awaiting Committee
	Credit Reporting Bill 2012	Awaiting Committee
	Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]	Awaiting Committee
	Companies Bill 2012	Awaiting Committee
	Child and Family Agency Bill 2013	Awaiting Committee

	Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005	Order for Report
	Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]	Order for Report
	Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]	Order for Report

Bills on Seanad Order Paper
	Privacy Bill 2006 [Seanad]	Order for Second Stage
	Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]	Order for Second Stage
	Friendly Societies and Industrial and Provident Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]	Order for Second Stage
	County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013 [Seanad]	Order for Second Stage

	Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012	Second Stage

	Coroners Bill 2007 [Seanad]	Committee Stage
	Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]	Committee Stage

SECTION E
Bills Enacted since Government came to Office on 9 March 2011 (124 in total)
	Road Traffic Act 2011
	Finance (No. 2) Act 2011
	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011
	Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011
	Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2011
	Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011
	Biological Weapons Act 2011
	Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011
	Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2011
	Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Act 2011
	Defence (Amendment) Act 2011
	Finance (No. 3) Act 2011
	Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011
	Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011
	Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2010
	Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2011
	Criminal Justice Act 2011
	Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011
	European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Act 2011
	Insurance (Amendment) Act 2011
	Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Act 2011
	Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2011
	Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011
	Access to Central Treasury Funds (Commission for Energy Regulation) Act 2011
	Road Transport Act 2011
	Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 2011
	National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Act 2011
	Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011
	Appropriation Act 2011
	Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act 2011
	Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011
	Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011
	Social Welfare Act 2011
	Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011
	Nurses and Midwives Act 2011
	Patents (Amendment) Act 2012
	Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012
	Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012
	Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Act 2012
	Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012
	Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Act 2012
	Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgements (Amendment) Act 2012
	Clotting Factor Concentrates and other Biological Products Act 2012
	Finance Act 2012
	Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012
	Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Act 2012
	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2012
	Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012
	Education (Amendment) Act 2012
	Electricity Regulation (Carbon Revenue Levy) (Amendment) Act 2012
	Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012
	Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012
	Competition (Amendment) Act 2012
	Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Act 2012
	Statute Law Revision Act 2012
	European Communities (Amendment) Act 2012
	European Stability Mechanism Act 2012
	Companies (Amendment) Act 2012
	Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2012
	Credit Guarantee Act 2012
	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012
	Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012
	Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Act 2012
	Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012
	Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Act 2012
	European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Act 2012
	Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2012
	Microenterprise Loan Fund Act 2012
	Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2012
	Gaeltacht Act 2012
	Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012
	Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012
	Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012
	Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2012
	Fiscal Responsibility Act 2012
	Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012
	Equal Status (Amendment) Act 2012
	Appropriation Act 2012
	Social Welfare Act 2012
	Civil Defence Act 2012
	Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2012
	Europol Act 2012
	Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012
	Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Act 2012
	Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2012
	Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012
	National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012
	Personal Insolvency Act 2012
	Transport (Córas Iompair Éireann and Subsidiary Companies Borrowings) Act 2012
	Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Act 2013
	Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013
	Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2013
	Child Care (Amendment) Act 2013
	Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Act 2013
	Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013
	Water Services Act 2013
	Finance Act 2013
	Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013
	Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Act 2013
	Education and Training Boards Act 2013
	Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Act 2013
	National Lottery Act 2013
	Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013
	Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013
	Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013
	Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2013
	Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013
	Criminal Justice Act 2013
	Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013
	European Union (Accession of the Republic of Croatia) (Access to the Labour Market) Act 2013
	Housing (Amendment) Act 2013
	Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013
	Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Act 2013
	Further Education and Training Act 2013
	Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013
	Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013
	Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2013
	Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Act 2013
	Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013
	Health (Amendment) Act 2013
	Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013
	Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2013
	Construction Contracts Act 2013
	Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013

Bills Published since Government came to Office on 9 March, 2011

139 Bills in total

SECTION F

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Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011

Criminal Justice Bill 2011

Patents (Amendment) Bill 2011

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011

Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011

Welfare of Greyhounds Bill 2011

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011

Finance (No. 3) Bill 2011

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Seanad]

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]

Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011

Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill 2011

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2011

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011[Seanad]

Central Bank (Supervisions and Enforcement) Bill 2011

Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011

Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Judges Remuneration) Bill 2011

European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Houses of the Oireachtas Inquiries)

Bill 2011

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Seanad]

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011

Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill 2011

Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2011

Access to Central Treasury Funds (Commission for Energy Regulation) Bill 2011 [Seanad]

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]

Road Transport Bill 2011

Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011

Social Welfare Bill 2011

Appropriation Bill 2011

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012

Finance Bill 2012

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and

Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012

Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012

Credit Guarantee Bill 2012

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Animal, Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and

Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]

European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2012

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012

Statute Law Revision Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Electricity Regulation (Carbon Revenue Levy) (Amendment) Bill 2012

Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Betting (Amendment) Bill 2012

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulverable Persons) Bill 2012

Europol Bill 2012

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012

Credit Reporting Bill 2012

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012

Credit Union Bill 2012

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012

Civil Defence Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Transport (Córas Iompair Éireann and Subsidary Companies Borrowings) Bill

2012 [Seanad]

Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2012

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2012

Social Welfare Bill 2012

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Companies Bill 2012

Appropriation Bill 2012

National Lottery Bill 2012

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012 [Seanad]

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013

Further Education and Training Bill 2013

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill

2013

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]

Finance Bill 2013

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013

Courts Bill 2013 [Seanad]

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013

Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Bill 2013

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]

Forestry Bill 2013

Housing Bill 2013

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]

European Union (Accession of the Republic of Croatia) (Access to the Labour Market) Bill 2013 [Seanad]

Thirty-Second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Eireann

Bill 2013

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013

Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2013

Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]

Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution (Court of Appeal) Bill 2013

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013

Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013

Freedom of Information Bill 2013

Friendly Societies and Industrial and Provident Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]

Gas Regulation Bill 2013

County EnterpriseBoards (Dissolution) Bill 2013 [Seanad]

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013

SECTION G

Heads of bills for referral to Committee

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

- Common Arrangements for Gas Bill

Department of Social Protection

- Gender Recognition Bill

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

- Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill

- Maritime (International Conventions and Safety) Bill

- Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill

- Regulation of Vehicle Immobilisation Bill

- Road Traffic (No. 3) Bill

- Road Transport Bill

- Roads (Amendment) Bill

- Shannon Aviation Services and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill

- Sport Ireland Bill