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| | Title of Bill | Purpose of Bill | Status of Bill |
| Agriculture Food and the Marine |
| 55 | 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 |
| Children and Youth Affairs |
| 56 | 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 |
| 57 | Amendment to the Constitution (Children's Referendum) Bill | To amend the Constitution to acknowledge and affirm the rights of children
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 58 | 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 |
| 59 | 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 |
| 60 | EirGrid Bill | To establish EirGrid in primary legislation
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 61 | Inland Fisheries (Modernisation & Consolidation) Bill | To modernise and consolidate existing provisions of legislation governing the inland fisheries sector
| Publication Expected - 2013 |
| 62 | 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 - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| Defence |
| 63 | 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 |
| 64 | Education (Admission to School) Bill | To ensure the contents and process for enrolling by schools is more open, equitable and consistent
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| Environment Community and Local Government |
| 65 | Climate Bill | To underpin Government policy on climate change mitigation and adaptation
| Publication Expected - 2013 |
| 66 | 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 |
| 67 | 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 - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 68 | 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 |
| 69 | Motor Vehicle (Continuous Licensing) Bill | To amend motor tax legislation to provide for new arrangements for the making of off-the-road declarations
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 70 | 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 |
| 71 | Radiological Protection Act 1991 (Amendment) Bill | To ratify the amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| Finance |
| 72 | 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 |
| 73 | 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 |
| 74 | 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 |
| 75 | Health (Amendment) Bill | To rectify a number of issues that have been identified over time in specific provisions of the Health Act 1970
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 76 | Health (Extension of Eligibility for a GP Service) Bill | To provide for the phased extending of a publicly funded GP service without fees
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 77 | Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill | To provide for subsuming the Opticians Board into the Health and Social Care Professionals Council
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 78 | Health (Private Patient Charges) Bill | To provide new arrangements for charging all private patients in public hospitals to meet budgetary requirements
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 79 | Health Insurance (Risk Equalisation) Bill | To provide for the introduction of a permanent Risk Equalisation Scheme to be in place from 1 January 2013
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 80 | 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 |
| 81 | 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 |
| 82 | 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 |
| 83 | 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 |
| 84 | Public Health (Alcohol) Bill | To provide for the inclusion of health advice/warnings on alcohol drink containters (bottles, cans) and on promotional materials including advice on the dangers of consuming alcohol in pregnancy. It will also provide for a minimum price at which alcohol may be sold and certain matters in relation to the advertising of alcohol
| Publication Expected - 2013 |
| 85 | Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill | To provide for an amendment to the Tobacco Products (Control of Advertising, Sponsorship and Sales Promotion) Act 1978 and to the Public Heatlh (Tobacco) Acts 2002 & 2004 in order to comply with the 2010 ECJ judgement on minimum and maximum pricing of tobacco
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation |
| 86 | Collective Investment Schemes Consolidation Bill | To consolidate and update collective investment schemes legislation
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 87 | Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill | To strengthen and streamline the functions of certain company law enforcement agencies and to make other necessary amendments to Companies Acts.
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 88 | 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 |
| 89 | Dissolution of the County & City Enterprise Boards Bill | To establish a new one stop shop micro enterprise support structure through the dissolution of the existing CEB offices and the creation of a new Micro Enterprise and Small Business Unit in Enterprise Ireland that will work with Local Authorities to establish a new network of Local Enterprise Offices in each Local Authority. The new LEOs will combine the enterprise support service of the previous CEBs and the business support work of the Business Support Units in the Local Authorities
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 90 | 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 |
| 91 | Micro-finance Lending Fund Bill | To establish a Micro-finance Lending Fund
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 92 | Workplace Relations (Law Reform) Bill | To provide for reform in 2012 of statutory Employment Rights and Industrial Relations Adjudication Bodies
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| Justice and Equality |
| 93 | Bail Bill | To consolidate and amend the bail laws
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 94 | Courts (Consolidation and Reform) Bill | To provide for implementation of recommendations of the Law Reform Commission
| Publication Expected - 2013 |
| 95 | Criminal Justice (Corruption) 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 |
| 96 | 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 |
| 97 | 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 |
| 98 | Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill | To transpose EU Framework Decision and enable ratification of Council of Europe Convention
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 99 | 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 |
| 100 | Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill | To implement EU Trafficking Directive
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 101 | 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 |
| 102 | Criminal Procedure Bill | To provide for the reform of pre-trial processes
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 103 | 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 |
| 104 | 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 |
| 105 | Family Leave Bill | To transpose EU Directive 2010/18/EU on Parental Leave and to consolidate with amendments all family leave legislation
| Publication Expected - 2013 |
| 106 | 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 - 2012 |
| 107 | Gambling Control Bill | To update and consolidate the law on betting and gambling
| Publication Expected - 2013 |
| 108 | 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 |
| 109 | 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 |
| 110 | Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill | To merge the Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 111 | Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill | To amend the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 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 - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 114 | Trusts Bill | To reform and consolidate the general law relating to trustees so as to deal better with and protect trust assets
| Publication Expected - 2013 |
| Public Expenditure and Reform |
| 115 | Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill | To amend the Freedom of Information legislation in line with the Programme for Government commitments
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 116 | Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill | To provide funding for the Commission to cover the period 2013 - 2015
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 117 | National Lottery Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill | To update the legislation to allow for the possibility of the National Lottery being managed by a private operator, to allow for online sales of lottery products and to set out the key principles for the regulation of the National Lottery
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 118 | 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 |
| 119 | Regulation of Lobbying Bill | To provide for regulation of lobbying activity
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| Social Protection |
| 120 | Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill | To reform legislation relating to general rights of non-marital fathers and grandparents, including possibility of compulsory joint registration of births where parents are 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 |
| 121 | Gender Recognition Bill | To provide for legal recognition of the acquired gender of transgender people
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| Taoiseach |
| 122 | Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of the Seanad) Bill | To abolish Seanad Éireann
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 123 | 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 |
| 124 | Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill | To merge the Irish Aviation Authority with the Commission for Aviation Regulation
| Publication Expected - 2013 |
| 125 | Irish Sports Council/National Sports Campus Development Authority Merger Bill | To provide for the merger of the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority
| Publication Expected - 2013 |
| 126 | Maritime (International Conventions and Safety) Bill | To provide for the mandatory implementation of International Maritime Conventions and updating provisions in existing statutes in respect of other international conventions.
| Publication Expected - 2013 |
| 127 | Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill | To amend and restate the law relating to the registration of vessels
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 128 | Merchant Shipping Consolidation Bill | To consolidate and update merchant shipping provisions since 1894
| Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage |
| 129 | Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill | To provide for impairment testing and unconscious driver testing and other miscellaneous provisions
| Publication Expected - 2013 |
| 130 | Road Transport Bill | To replace the existing Road Transport Acts with modern updated legislation and to take account of new policy requirements
| Publication Expected - 2013 |
| 131 | Roads (Amendment) Bill | To transfer functions of the Railway Procurement Agency into the National Roads Authority and to provide for other miscellaneous amendments to the Roads Act 1993
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 132 | Taxi Regulation Bill | To deliver on Government commitments arising from the Taxi Review Report
| Publication Expected - 2012 |
| 133 | Vehicle Immobilisation Regulation Bill | To provide for regulation of the private clamping industry
| Publication Expected - 2012 |