LEGISLATION PROGRAMME FOR SUMMER SESSION 2012

Paul Kehoe, T.D., Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, announced the Governments Legislative Programme on 17th April, 2012

Section A lists 29 Bills which the Government expect to publish during the Summer session Section B lists 25 Bills in respect of which Heads of Bills have been approved by Government and of
which texts are being prepared

Section C lists 79 Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved by Government Section D lists 24 Bills which are currently before the Dil or Seanad Section E lists 46 Bills which were enacted since the Government came to office on
9th March, 2011

Section F lists 55 Bills which were published since the Government came to office on
9th March, 2011

Section G lists 17 Bills which heads of bills will be referred to Committee for consideration prepublication

Office of the Government Chief Whip 17th April, 2012

SECTION A Bills expected to be published during the Summer Session

Agriculture Food and the Marine
1 2 Animal Health and Welfare Bill Forestry Bill To consolidate and update existing legislation in the areas of animal health and welfare, including the repeal of several extant statutes To reform and update the legislative framework relating to forestry in order to support the development of a modern forestry sector, which enshrines the principles of sustainable forest management and protection of the environment

Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

3 Gaeltacht Bill To provide for a redefinition of the Gaeltacht on language planning criteria, to reduce the size of the board of dars na Gaeltachtas and to dispense with dars na Gaeltachta elections To amend the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003 - 2009 in relation to the rationalisation of the State's translation services and An Caighden Oifigiil, responsibility for which are to be transferred to the Houses of the Oireachtas

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill

Children and Youth Affairs

5 Children First Bill To implement the Programme for Government commitment related to 'Children First'

Communications Energy and Natural Resources

6 Minerals Development Bill To modernise and consolidate all mineral development legislation

Defence
7 Civil Defence Board (Dissolution) Bill To repeal the Civil Defence Act 2002, to dissolve the Civil Defence Board and transfer its functions, property, rights, liabilities and other responsibilities back to the Department of Defence

Education and Skills

8 Education and Training Boards Bill To provide for a revised configuration of the VECs system which will be reduced from 33 to 16. The bill will repeal all existing VEC Acts, update functions and powers and modernise the regulatory framework for this sector

Environment Community and Local Government

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) 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 State agencies as referred to and recommended in the Report "Transforming Public Services", Budget 2009 and the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Expenditure Programmes. The bill will also enable the appointment of a manager for more than one local authority. To reduce delays in the Private Residential Tenancies Board by streamlining and simplifying the Residential Tenancies Acts, to bring tenancies in the voluntary and cooperative housing sector within the remit of the Residential Tenancies Acts and to amalgamate the PRTB and the Rent Tribunal

10

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill

Finance
11 Betting (Amendment) Bill To amend the Betting Act 1931 with the object of bringing remote betting (including betting exchanges) within the existing regulatory framework and to make some incidental amendments generally to bookmakers' licensing arrangements

12 13 14

Central Bank (Regulation of To provide for a strengthened regulatory framework for credit unions Credit Unions) Bill including effective governance and stabilisation requirements Fiscal Responsibility (No. 2) To provide for the other fiscal control measures required under the EU/IMF Bill Programme of Financial Support Fiscal Responsibility Bill To provide for the fiscal control measures required by the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the EU, including putting the Fiscal Advisory Council on a statutory basis To enable Ireland to ratify the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism

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Treaty Establishing the European Stability Mechanism Bill

Foreign Affairs and Trade

16 European Communities Act To provide for the amendment of the definition of the treaties governing the 1972 (Amendment) Bill European Communities to include reference to the Protocol on transitional measures concerning composition of the European Parliament and to the amendment of Article 136 of the TFEU underpinning the legal standing of the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism

Health
17 Health (Pricing and Supply of To empower the Minister to introduce a system of Reference Pricing and Medical Goods) Bill Generic Substitution for drugs prescribed under the GMS and community drug schemes Health and Social Care To amend the 2005 Act in relation to the membership of the Council and Professionals (Amendment) other technical matters Bill HSE Governance Bill To provide for the abolition of the HSE Board and to provide for replacement governance structures

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Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

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Companies (Amendment) BillTo extend the provision in the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 for the use of US GAAP in the preparation of accounts and also enabling regulations to be made allowing the use of other international standards in the preparation of accounts

Justice and Equality

21 22 Criminal Justice (Search Powers) Bill Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill Criminal Justice (Withholding Information on Crimes against Children and Vulnerable Adults) Bill Europol Bill Mental Capacity Bill To address the implications of the Supreme Court judgment in Ali Charaf Damache v the DPP, Ireland and the AG To provide that in the case of convicted persons whose sentence is below a specific threshold, they may, under certain circumstances, withhold details of the conviction To create a criminal offence of withholding information relating to the commission of a serious offence, including a sexual offence, against a person under 18 years or a vulnerable person To give effect to a Council Decision establishing Europol and to repeal and replace the Europol Acts 1997 and 2006 To reform the law on mental capacity, taking into account the Law Reform Commission's Report on Vulnerable Adults and the law

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24 25 26 27

National Vetting Bureau Bill To establish the National Vetting Bureau and to provide for vetting of applicants for certain employment and to provide for related matters Personal Insolvency Bill To provide for a new framework for settlement and enforcement of debt and for personal insolvency

Public Expenditure and Reform

28 29 Statute Law Revision Bill Valuation Act 2001 (Amendment) Bill To repeal all remaining obsolete Local and Personal Acts and Private Acts passed prior to independence in 1922 To make changes to the legislation to allow for acceleration of the revaluation programme and other technical issues

SECTION B Bills in respect of which heads have been agreed and texts are being drafted
Title of Bill Purpose of Bill To consolidate, update and improve the legislative code governing the protection and regulation of the national archaeological heritage Status of Bill Publication Expected - Early 2013

Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

30 Monuments Bill

Communications Energy and Natural Resources

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

Defence
32 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 Publication Expected - Late 2012

Education and Skills

33 Further Education and Training Authority (SOLAS) Bill To 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 FS

Environment Community and Local Government

34 Environmental Liability Bill To effect full transposition of the Environmental Liability Directive including some of the discretionary provisions therein Publication Expected - Mid 2013

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

Health
36 Health Information Bill To 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 To make it mandatory for registration purposes for all medical practitioners engaged in clinical practice to have adequate medical indemnity insurance 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 Publication Expected - Late 2012

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Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Amendment) (Medical Indemnity) Bill Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill

Publication Expected - Late 2012 Publication Expected - Late 2012

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Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

SECTION B Bills in respect of which heads have been agreed and texts are being drafted
39 Title of Bill Companies Bill Purpose of Bill To 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. 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 To introduce a number of regulatory improvements for co-operative societies and to make certain other changes To extend the functions of Science Foundation Ireland to enable it to fund applied research To amend the Trade Marks Act 1996 to allow Ireland to accede to the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks Status of Bill Publication Expected - Late 2012

40

Consumer and Competition Bill

Publication Expected - Late 2012

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42 43

Friendly Societies and Industrial and Provident Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Amendment Bill Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill

Publication Expected - Late 2012 Publication Expected - Late 2012 Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage

Justice and Equality

44 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 To provide for the establishment of a DNA database and related matters To provide for amendment of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962 To provide for a range of amendments to earlier legislation To give effect to a number of EU Framework Decisions 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 To provide effective remedies for complaints about judicial misbehaviour including lay participation in the investigation of complaints To reform and consolidate the general law on landlords and tenants Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - Late 2012 Publication Expected - Late 2012 Publication Expected - Late 2012 Publication Expected - Late 2012 Publication Expected - Late 2012

45 46 47 48 49

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

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Judicial Council Bill

Publication Expected - Late 2012 Publication Expected - Early 2013

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Landlord and Tenant Bill

SECTION B Bills in respect of which heads have been agreed and texts are being drafted
52 Title of Bill Mediation Bill Purpose of Bill To 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 To codify the law relating to the sale and consumption of alcohol Status of Bill Publication Expected - Late 2012

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Sale of Alcohol Bill

Publication Expected - Late 2012

Public Expenditure and Reform

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

SECTION C Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved by Government

Title of Bill Purpose of Bill To provide for a penalty points system for skippers of fishing vessels found to have infringed the Common Fisheries Policy Status of Bill Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage

Agriculture Food and the Marine

55 Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Bill

Children and Youth Affairs

56 Adoption (Tracing and Information) Bill Amendment to the Constitution (Children's Referendum) Bill Child and Family Support Agency Bill To provide for an Information and Tracing service to applicants seeking information about adoptions, on a statutory basis To amend the Constitution to acknowledge and affirm the rights of children To establish a child and family support agency for the delivery of child welfare and protection services Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2012

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Communications Energy and Natural Resources

59 Common Arrangements for Gas Bill EirGrid Bill Inland Fisheries (Modernisation & Consolidation) Bill Offshore Gas Storage 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 To establish EirGrid in primary legislation To modernise and consolidate existing provisions of legislation governing the inland fisheries sector 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 - 2012 Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2013 Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage

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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 Publication Expected - 2013

Environment Community and Local Government

65 Climate Bill To underpin Government policy on climate change mitigation and adaptation

SECTION C Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved by Government

66 Title of Bill Electoral (Amendment) (Referendum Spending and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Foreshore and Marine Area Development Bill Purpose of 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, Dil, European Parliament and local elections 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 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 To amend motor tax legislation to provide for new arrangements for the making of off-the-road declarations 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 To ratify the amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material Status of Bill Publication Expected - 2012

67

Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage

68

Housing Bill

Publication Expected - 2012

69

Motor Vehicle (Continuous Licensing) Bill Noise Nuisance Bill

Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - 2012

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71

Radiological Protection Act 1991 (Amendment) Bill

Finance
72 73 Central Bank (Consolidation) Bill Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (Joint Council of Europe/OECD Convention) Bill Statutory Central Register of Credit Histories To consolidate the body of legislation relating to the Central Bank into a single statute 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 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

74

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 To provide for the phased extending of a publicly funded GP service without fees Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2012

76

Health (Extension of Eligibility for a GP Service) Bill

SECTION C Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved by Government

77 78 Title of Bill Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Health (Private Patient Charges) Bill Health Insurance (Risk Equalisation) Bill Human Tissue Bill Purpose of Bill To provide for subsuming the Opticians Board into the Health and Social Care Professionals Council To provide new arrangements for charging all private patients in public hospitals to meet budgetary requirements To provide for the introduction of a permanent Risk Equalisation Scheme to be in place from 1 January 2013 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 To provide for a mandatory system of licensing for public and private healthcare facilities To amend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 in relation to a number of issues 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 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 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 Status of Bill Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage

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81 82 83

Licensing of Healthcare Facilities Bill Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill Mental Health (Amendment) Bill

Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - 2013

84

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill

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Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill

Publication Expected - 2012

Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

86 87 Collective Investment Schemes Consolidation Bill Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill To consolidate and update collective investment schemes legislation 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 Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage

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SECTION C Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved by Government

88 Title of Bill Data Sharing Bill Purpose of 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 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 To consolidate existing legislation, to take account of evolving jurisprudence and to cater for future accessions to the EU To establish a Micro-finance Lending Fund To provide for reform in 2012 of statutory Employment Rights and Industrial Relations Adjudication Bodies Status of Bill Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - 2012

89

Dissolution of the County & City Enterprise Boards Bill

90

Employment Permits Bill

Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage

91 92

Micro-finance Lending Fund Bill Workplace Relations (Law Reform) Bill

Justice and Equality

93 94 95 Bail Bill Courts (Consolidation and Reform) Bill Criminal Justice (Corruption) Bill Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) Bill Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill Criminal Justice (Victims Rights) Bill Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill To consolidate and amend the bail laws To provide for implementation of recommendations of the Law Reform Commission To consolidate all of the legislation currently cited as the Prevention of Corruption Acts 1889 - 2010 in a single statute To provide for amendments to the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 To strengthen the powers of CAB in relation to forfeiting the proceeds of crime To transpose EU Framework Decision and enable ratification of Council of Europe Convention To strengthen the rights of victims of crime and their families and to give effect to a proposed EU Directive To implement EU Trafficking Directive Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - 2013 Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - 2012

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97 98 99 100

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SECTION C Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved by Government

101 Title of Bill Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill Purpose of 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 To provide for the reform of pre-trial processes To provide for the exchange of criminal records information with other EU member states and other designated states To make provision for pension adjustments in the context of separation agreements and certain other reforms in family law To transpose EU Directive 2010/18/EU on Parental Leave and to consolidate with amendments all family leave legislation To provide for attachment of earnings and social welfare payments as an alternative to imprisonment for people who refuse to pay To update and consolidate the law on betting and gambling 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 To implement the Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and other forms of family maintenance To merge the Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority To amend the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 To amend the Official Secrets Act to reflect the Programme for Government commitments 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 Status of Bill Publication Expected - 2012

102 103

Criminal Procedure Bill Criminal Records Information System Bill Family Law Bill

Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2013 Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2013 Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage

104

105

Family Leave Bill

106

Fines (Amendment) Bill

107 108

Gambling Control Bill Inspection of Places of Detention Bill

109

International Recovery of Child Support (Hague Convention) Bill Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill Official Secrets Act (Amendment) Bill Probation Service Bill

110 111 112 113

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SECTION C Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved by Government

114 Title of Bill Trusts Bill Purpose of Bill To reform and consolidate the general law relating to trustees so as to deal better with and protect trust assets Status of Bill Publication Expected - 2013

Public Expenditure and Reform

115 Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill National Lottery Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill To amend the Freedom of Information legislation in line with the Programme for Government commitments To provide funding for the Commission to cover the period 2013 - 2015 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 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 To provide for regulation of lobbying activity Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2012

116 117

118

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill Regulation of Lobbying Bill

Publication Expected - 2012

119

Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - 2012

Social Protection
120 Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill To reform legislation relating to general rights of nonmarital 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 To provide for legal recognition of the acquired gender of transgender people

121

Gender Recognition Bill

Publication Expected - 2012

Taoiseach
122 123 Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of the Seanad) Bill National Economic and Social Development Office (Amendment) Bill Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill To abolish Seanad ireann To ensure revised governance arrangements are in place to reflect the altered role of the NESC Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2012

Transport Tourism and Sport

124 To merge the Irish Aviation Authority with the Commission for Aviation Regulation Publication Expected - 2013

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SECTION C Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved by Government

125 Title of Bill Irish Sports Council/National Sports Campus Development Authority Merger Bill Maritime (International Conventions and Safety) Bill Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill Merchant Shipping Consolidation Bill Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill Road Transport Bill Purpose of Bill To provide for the merger of the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority To provide for the mandatory implementation of International Maritime Conventions and updating provisions in existing statutes in respect of other international conventions. To amend and restate the law relating to the registration of vessels To consolidate and update merchant shipping provisions since 1894 To provide for impairment testing and unconscious driver testing and other miscellaneous provisions To replace the existing Road Transport Acts with modern updated legislation and to take account of new policy requirements 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 To deliver on Government commitments arising from the Taxi Review Report To provide for regulation of the private clamping industry Status of Bill Publication Expected - 2013 Publication Expected - 2013

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127 128 129 130

Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - Not possible to indicate at this stage Publication Expected - 2013 Publication Expected - 2013 Publication Expected - 2012

131

Roads (Amendment) Bill

132 133

Taxi Regulation Bill Vehicle Immobilisation Regulation Bill

Publication Expected - 2012 Publication Expected - 2012

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SECTION D Bills before the Dil and Seanad

Bills on Dil Order Paper European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011 Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economica and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012 Credit Guarantee Bill 2012 Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012 Order for Second Stage Order for Second Stage Order for Second Stage Order for Second Stage Order for Second Stage Second Stage Second Stage Second Stage Resumed Second Stage Resumed Committee Stage Committee Stage Committee Stage Committee Stage Committee Stage Order for Report Order for Report To Consider Seanad Amendments

Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad] Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2008 [Seanad] Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad] Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]

Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill 2011 Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011 Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010 Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011 Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005 Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad] Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011

Bills on Seanad Order Paper Privacy Bill 2006 [Seanad] Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 [Seanad] Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008 Coroners Bill 2007 [Seanad] Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011 Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad] Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011 Order for Second Stage Order for Second Stage Second Stage Committee Stage Committee Stage Order for Report Report Stage

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Bills on Seanad Order Paper

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SECTION E Bills Enacted since Government came to Office on 9 March 2011 (46 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

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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

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Bills Published since Government came to Office on 9 March, 2011 55 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

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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

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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

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SECTION G Heads of bills for referral to Committee

Department of Children and Youth Affairs Children First Bill

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government Climate Change Bill

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Workplace Relations (Law Reform) Bill

Department of Justice and Equality Bail Bill Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill Probation Service Bill Criminal Justice (Victims Rights) Bill Criminal Justice (Corruption) Bill

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill Irish Sports Council/National Sports Campus Development Authority Merger Bill Maritime (International Conventions and Safety) Bill Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill Merchant Shipping Consolidation Bill Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill Road Transport Bill Roads (Amendment) Bill Taxi Regulation Bill

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