Proposed Bill | Purpose as per Legislation Programme | Expected Publication Date |
Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill | To amend and extend the Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994, the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 and related matters | During the Spring/Summer 2014 Session |
Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill | To streamline the development consent process for the foreshore including, inter alia, the integration of certain parts of the foreshore consent process (under the Foreshore Act 1933) with the existing on-land planning system | During the Spring/Summer 2014 Session |
Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Amendment) Bill | To provide for a points system for skippers of fishing vessels found to have infringed the Common Fisheries Policy and to introduce fixed penalty notices for minor offences | During the Spring/Summer 2014 Session |
Inland Fisheries (Modernisation & Consolidation) Bill | To modernise and consolidate existing provisions of legislation governing the inland fisheries sector | 2015 |
Harbours (Amendment) Bill | To amend the Harbour Acts 1996 – 2009 to allow for the transfer of control of certain port companies to local authority control, to amend existing provisions regarding board membership and to repeal the Harbours Act 1946 and to provide for related matters | 2015 |
Greyhound Industry (Amendment) Bill | To amend and extend the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 and the Greyhound Industry (Amendment) Act 1993 and related matters | No indication as to when publication is expected |
Your William Fry contacts: Fergus Devine, Lisa Carty, Richard Breen & Conor Linehan.
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