The Government published its first Programme of Legislation yesterday, listing 105 Bills at various stages of preparation. A total of 20 Bills are included on its list of urgent Bills to be published by the end of the Summer Session on July 21st. These are:
Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill:Regulating procedures carried out on animals.
Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill:To provide a legal framework in primary legislation for the placing of energy efficiency obligations on energy suppliers and distributors
Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill:To provide for the exercise by the Minister of certain functions relating to the Dormant Accounts Fund
Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill:To replace the Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 in order to amalgamate the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, the Higher Education and Training Awards Council and the Further Education and Training Awards Council
Patents (Amendment) Bill:To allow for the ratification of the London Agreement on the Application of Article 65 of the European Patent Convention
Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill:To amend the electoral acts to implement political funding commitments
Electoral Commission Bill:To establish a new Electoral Commission.
Local Government Services Corporate Bodies (Amendment) Bill:To remove any legal doubt as to the constitutionality of any new body established under the 1971 Act and to facilitate the re-organisation, merger or abolition of certain State agencies
Betting (Amendment) Bill:To bring remote betting (including betting exchanges) within the existing regulatory framework
Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill:To provide for the enhancement of financial regulation
Finance (No 2) Bill:To give legislative form to the taxation measures envisaged in the Jobs Fund as stated in the Programme for National Recovery
Fiscal Responsibility Bill:To provide a statutory basis for a range of fiscal policy and expenditure management reforms
Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill:To provide for the establishment of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) Bill:To provide a new single pension scheme for new entrants to the public service
Courts (Enforcement of Maintenance and Appointment of Taxing Master) Bill:To provide for better enforcement of maintenance and the qualifications for appointment of a Taxing Master
Criminal Justice Bill:To strengthen Garda investigative powers in to white collar crime
European Arrest Warrant (Extension) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill:To give effect to the terms of the Report of the Extradition Law Review Group
Spent Convictions Bill:To allow details of certain convictions be withheld
Social Welfare and Pensions Bill:To provide for change to the Social Welfare Code required under the IMF/EU MoU, to make outstanding Budget 2011 changes to PRSI and to make changes to the Pensions Act 1990
National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill:Toincrease the aggregate level of moneys provided by the Oireachtas in relation to expenditure on capital projects
Bills in respect of which heads have been agreed and texts are being drafted
Animal Health and Welfare Bill
Forestry Bill
Geothermal Energy Development Bill
Minerals Development Bill
Defence (Amendment) (Discipline) Bill
Companies Consolidation and Reform Bill
Environmental Liability Bill
Monuments Bill
Noise Nuisance Bill
Customs Bill
Health Information Bill
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill
Criminal Justice (Cybercrime) Bill
Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and
DNA Database System) Bill
Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill
Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill
Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Bill
Explosives Bill
Judicial Council Bill
Mental Capacity Bill
Sale of Alcohol Bill
Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved by Government
Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction
(Amendment) Bill
Heritage Fund (Amendment) Bill
Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill
Broadcasting (Implementation of Financial Provisions) Bill
Common Arrangements for Gas Bill
Electricity (Transmission Assets) Bill
Gas Storage Bill
Inland Fisheries (Consolidation) Bill
Gaeltacht Bill
Defence (Amendment) Bill
Education (Amendment) Bill
Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill
Collective Investment Schemes Consolidation Bill
Consumer and Competition Bill
Control of Exports (Amendment) Bill
Industrial and Provident Societies and Friendly Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill
Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Amendment Bill
Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill
Climate Change Bill
Electoral (Amendment) (Constituency Commission) Bill
Planning and Development (Foreshores) Bill
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill
Water Services (Amendment) Bill
Central Bank (Consolidation) Bill
Financial Services (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill
Children (Establishment of Child Welfare and Protection Agency) Bill
Children First Bill
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill
Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill
Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill
Human Tissue Bill
Licensing of Healthcare Facilities Bill
Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill
Mental Health (Amendment) Bill
National Vetting Bureau Bill
Pricing and Supply of Medicines Bill
Public Health (Alcohol Labelling Provisions) Bill
Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill
Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill
Bail Bill
Courts (Consolidation and Reform) Bill
Criminal Justice (Fines Act 2010) (Amendment) Bill
Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) Bill
Criminal Justice Corruption (Consolidation) Bill
Criminal Justice Europol (Amendment) Bill
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill
Family Law Bill
Landlord and Tenant Bill
Legal Services Bill
Mediation and Conciliation Bill
Official Secrets Act (Amendment) Bill
Personal Insolvency Bill
Probation Service Bill
Trusts Bill
UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) Bill
Whistleblowers Bill
Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill
Clamping Regulation Bill
Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill
Merchant Shipping Consolidation Bill
Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill
Road Transport Bill
Transport Infrastructure Ireland Bill
