Bill |
Purpose |
Current Status/ Expected Publication Date |
Minerals Development Bill 2015 |
To modernise and consolidate all mineral development legislation |
Order for Second Stage in Seanad Éireann |
Geothermal Energy Development Bill |
To provide a legislative framework for the vesting, licensing and regulation of the development of geothermal energy |
2016 |
Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill |
To provide administrative sanctioning powers to the CER, including powers to impose fines, to provide for the renaming of the CER, to amend the Electricity Regulation Act 1999, to provide for publication of Energy Strategy Statements by the CER, to restate provisions of EU Regulations relating to energy market trading, to amend the Sustainable Energy Act 2002 and to make a number of other minor energy legislation amendments and revocations |
During the Autumn/Winter Session 2015 |
EirGrid Bill |
To establish EirGrid in primary legislation |
2016 |