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Intellectual Property & Technology: Legislative Programme Spring/Summer 2015

January 19, 2015
Bill Purpose as per Legislative Progamme Current Status/ Expected Publication Date 
Amendment of the Constitution Bill To amend Article 29 of the Constitution to recognise the International Agreement on a Unified Patent Court No indication as to when publication is expected
Technological Universities Bill To provide for the establishment of Technological Universities and the amendment of IoT/DIT and HEA Acts During the Spring/Summer 2015 Session
Data-Sharing and Governance Bill To implement measures to improve data-sharing and governance 2015
Data Sharing Bill To underpin better risk-based enforcement, efficiency and cooperation in business regulation, by allowing specified public bodies to share specified data relating to businesses No indication as to when publication is expected
Criminal Justice (Offences relating to Information Systems) Bill To enable ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime and the transposition of the EU Directive 2013/40 on attacks against Information Systems and replacing Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA Late 2015