| Proposed Bill | Purpose as per Legislative Programme | Expected Publication Date |
| Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill | To give effect to a waste policy commitment in the Programme for Government, to reinstate fixed payment notices for certain offences under the Solid Fuel Regulations and extend these notices to a range of other existing offences, to make certain amendments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acts in anticipation of the merger of the EPA with the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII), to extend the EPA licensing fees and introduce fees for the Producer Responsibility Initiative (PRI) compliance schemes and to amend provisions for access to justice on environmental matters | During the Autumn 2013 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 Autumn 2013 Session |
| Environmental Liability Bill | To transpose some of the discretionary provisions of the Environmental Liability Directive | Mid 2014 |
| Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill | To put in place the legislative basis required for the merger of the RPII with the EPA and to ensure that Irish legislation is compatible with the terms of the Convention for the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Facilities, so that Ireland may ratify this Convention | Early 2014 |
| Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development Bill | To underpin Government policy on climate change mitigation and adaptation | No indication as to when publication is expected |
| Planning Bill | To provide for the implementation of planning recommendations in the report of the Mahon Tribunal and other matters | No indication as to when publication is expected |
Your William Fry contact: Conor Linehan
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