Proposed Bill

Purpose

Status

Greyhound Industry (Amendment) Bill

To amend and extend the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 and the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011.

Heads of bill are currently being drafted

Sale of Alcohol Bill

To update and streamline the law relating to the sale and consumption of alcohol.

The Bill will repeal the Licensing Acts 1933 to 2011, as well as the Registration of Clubs Act 1904 to 2008, and replace them with provisions more suited to modern conditions.

Pre-legislative scrutiny to be scheduled

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015

To provide for minimum unit pricing for retailing of alcohol products; to regulate the advertising and sponsorship of alcohol; to provide for a structural separation of alcohol from other products in mixed trading outlets; to provide for health labelling of alcohol products; and to regulate the sale and supply of alcohol in certain circumstances.

Committee Stage (Seanad)