Bill |
Purpose as per Legislative Programme |
Current Status/Expected Publication Date |
Aarhus Convention Bill |
To consolidate and clarify the existing costs provisions in one piece of legislation, to provide a statutory basis for a number of other provisions of the Aarhus Convention and related EU Directives |
No indication as to when publication is expected |
Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 |
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 |
Order for Second Stage in Dáil Éireann |
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 2015 Session |
Planning and Development (No.1) Bill |
To support actions in Construction 2020 |
During the Spring/Summer 2015 Session |
Environmental Liability Bill |
To give effect to discretionary provisions of the Environmental Liability Directive |
No indication as to when publication is expected |
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill |
To underpin national climate policy |
During the Spring/Summer 2015 Session |
Planning and Development (No.2) Bill |
To provide for the implementation of planning recommendations in the report of the Mahon Tribunal |
During the Spring/Summer 2015 Session |
Water Environment Bill |
To support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive |
No indication as to when publication is expected |