Proposed Bill

Purpose as per Legislative Programme

Expected Publication Date

Minerals Development Bill

To modernise and consolidate all mineral development legislation

In the summer session

Forestry Bill

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

In the summer session

Gas Regulation Bill

To address legislative amendments consequent to the sale of Bord Gáis Energy

2013

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

2013

Water Services Bill

To provide Irish Water with the necessary powers to deliver water services including through service level agreements with local authorities, to define the relationship between Irish Water, local authorities and the economic and environmental regulators, to set out the legal basis for domestic water charges, to extend the water regulatory powers of the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) and to provide for related matters

2013

Geothermal Energy Development Bill

To provide a legislative framework for the vesting, licensing and regulation of the development of geothermal energy

Mid-2014

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

No indication as to when publication expected