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
30Monuments BillTo consolidate, update and improve the legislative code governing the protection and regulation of the national archaeological heritage

Publication Expected - Early 2013
Communications Energy and Natural Resources
31Geothermal Energy Development BillTo provide a legislative framework for the vesting, licensing and regulation of the development of geothermal energy

Publication Expected - Early 2013
Defence
32Defence (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
33Further Education and Training Authority (SOLAS) BillTo 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 - Late 2012
Environment Community and Local Government
34Environmental Liability BillTo effect full transposition of the Environmental Liability Directive including some of the discretionary provisions therein

Publication Expected - Mid 2013
Finance
35Customs BillTo consolidate and modernise national legislation relating to the administration of Customs by a single piece of legislation

Publication Expected - Early 2013
Health
36Health Information BillTo provide a legislative framework for the better governance of health information so as to enhance individual patient care and safety and achieve wider health service goals and to provide for a streamlined structure for multi site health research ethics approval

Publication Expected - Late 2012
37Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Amendment) (Medical Indemnity) BillTo make it mandatory for registration purposes for all medical practitioners engaged in clinical practice to have adequate medical indemnity insurance

Publication Expected - Late 2012
38Public 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 2012
Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
39Companies BillTo bring greater clarification and simplification to the companies code and to modernise Irish company law through the consolidation of the existing 15 Company Law Acts, other regulations and case law.

Publication Expected - Late 2012
40Consumer and Competition BillTo 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

Publication Expected - Late 2012
41Friendly Societies and Industrial and Provident Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) BillTo introduce a number of regulatory improvements for co-operative societies and to make certain other changes

Publication Expected - Late 2012
42Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Amendment BillTo extend the functions of Science Foundation Ireland to enable it to fund applied research

Publication Expected - Late 2012
43Trade 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 - Not possible to indicate at this stage
Justice and Equality
44Criminal 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
45Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) BillTo provide for the establishment of a DNA database and related matters

Publication Expected - Late 2012
46Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) BillTo provide for amendment of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962

Publication Expected - Late 2012
47Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) BillTo provide for a range of amendments to earlier legislation

Publication Expected - Late 2012
48Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) BillTo give effect to a number of EU Framework Decisions

Publication Expected - Late 2012
49Explosives 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 2012
50Judicial Council BillTo provide effective remedies for complaints about judicial misbehaviour including lay participation in the investigation of complaints

Publication Expected - Late 2012
51Landlord and Tenant BillTo reform and consolidate the general law on landlords and tenants

Publication Expected - Early 2013
52Mediation BillTo provide mediation as a viable, effective and efficient alternative to court proceedings thereby reducing legal costs, speeding up the resolution of disputes and relieving the stress involved in court proceedings

Publication Expected - Late 2012
53Sale of Alcohol BillTo codify the law relating to the sale and consumption of alcohol

Publication Expected - Late 2012
Public Expenditure and Reform
54Protected Disclosure in the Public Interest BillTo provide protection against reprisals and victimisation and redress for workers who disclose information regarding serious wrongdoing in the workplace

Publication Expected - Late 2012

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