Legislation update - 24 October
New Acts and Statutory Instruments.
Acts
Act 34/2024. An Act to consolidate and revise the law relating to planning and development; to provide for proper planning and sustainable development in the interests of the common good; to provide for the licensing of events and control of funfairs; for those purposes to repeal and replace the Planning and Development Act 2000 and amend certain other enactments; for purposes unrelated to the foregoing, to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019, the Land Development Agency Act 2021 and the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Signed: 17 October 2024
Commencement: This Act shall, subject to subsection (4), come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed— (a) for different purposes or provisions, (b) for the repeal of different provisions of the Act of 2000 effected by section 6, and (c) for the amendment of different provisions (including the amendment of different provisions for different purposes) of the enactments specified in Schedule 7 effected by section 631. Part 25 shall come into operation on the day immediately following the passing of this Act.
Acts to date are published electronically on the Irish Statute Book website.
Bills
The current status of all Bills can be viewed under Bills & Acts on the Oireachtas website
Statutory Instruments
SI 529/2024. These Regulations amend the European Union (Electronic Communications Code) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 444 of 2022) to replace references to the European Union (Consumer Information, Cancellation and Other Rights) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 484 of 2013) with references to the Consumer Rights Act 2022.
Commencement: 7 October 2024
SI 530/2024. The effect of this Order is to apply Part II of the Extradition Act 1965 (as amended) to the United Arab Emirates in respect of certain offences.
Commencement: 14 October 2024
SI 531/2024. These Regulations exempt works to Tier 1 buildings or Tier 2 buildings, in accordance with the Code of Practice for the remediation of Fire Safety Defects, published under Section 18A of the Fire Services Act 1981, from the requirements of the Building Control Regulations, specifically: • Part II (Commencement Notices) • Part III (Fire Safety Certificates), and • Part IIIA (Revised Fire Safety Certificates). Such works are subject to the processes set out in the Code of Practice for the remediation of Fire Safety Defects.
Commencement: 16 October 2024
SI 532/2024.
Commencement: 14 November 2024
SI 533/2024. These Regulations, made under section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972, provide that the minimum common criteria as set out in Annex I of 2016/589 of the European Parliament and of the Council are the criteria to be met by an applicant for admission into the European network of employment services (EURES) as a EURES Member or EURES Partner by an employment services organisation. The Regulations provide that an employment services organisation in Ireland who wishes to become a EURES Member or EURES Partner shall apply for admission to the National Coordination Office EURES Ireland, which is under the aegis of the Minister for Social Protection. The applicant is required to provide such information as demonstrates the applicant’s ability to meet the criteria in Annex I of the Regulation.
Commencement: 30 September 2024
SI 534/2024. The purpose of these Regulations is to give effect to increases in all PRSI rates provided for in the Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 312 of 1996) over the period 2024 to 2028. The Regulations cover contributions relating to PRSI Classes B, C, D, E, H, and J. The rate of contribution in each PRSI Class will increase in each contribution year by: 2024 0.1 percentage points 2025 0.1 percentage points 2026 0.15 percentage points 2027 0.15 percentage points 2028 0.2 percentage points These increases will be effective from 1st October in each year. Similar increases in respect of the PRSI Classes provided for in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 are provided for in the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 (No. 24 of 2024).
Commencement: 1 October 2024
SI 535/2024. These Regulations provide for the payment of a bonus to recipients of social welfare payments and to recipients of domiciliary care allowance during the months of October 2024 and December 2024. The amount of the bonus in the case of recipients of long-term social welfare payments is 100% of the normal weekly payment payable during the last week of October and the first week in December, subject to a minimum payment of €20. In the case of domiciliary care allowance, the amount of the bonus is 100% of the weekly equivalent of the amount of domiciliary care allowance payable, subject to a minimum payment of €20. The bonus payment applies to recipients of the following social welfare payments— (a) back to work family dividend; (b) blind pension; (c) carer’s allowance; (d) carer’s benefit; (e) death benefit under the Occupational Injury Benefit scheme payable to widows, widowers, surviving civil partners, orphans and dependant parents; (f) deserted wife’s benefit, and deserted wife’s allowance; (g) disability allowance; (h) disablement pension; (i) farm assist; (j) guardian’s (contributory) payment; (k) guardian’s payment (non-contributory); (l) illness benefit in respect of an aggregate period of not less than 312 days (m) invalidity pension; (n) jobseeker’s allowance in respect of a period of unemployment of at least 12 months; (o) jobseeker’s benefit in respect of a period of unemployment of at least 12 months; (p) jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) in respect of a period of unemployment of at least 12 months; (q) jobseeker’s benefit for claimants over 65 years of age; (r) jobseeker’s transitional payment; (s) one-parent family payment; (t) partial capacity benefit; (u) State pension (contributory); (v) State pension (non-contributory); (w) widow’s, widower’s and surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension; (x) widow’s, widower’s and surviving civil partner’s (noncontributory) pension.
Commencement: 14 October 2024
SI 536/2024.
Commencement: 15 October 2024
SI 537/2024.
Commencement: 17 October 2024
SI 538/2024.
Commencement: 17 October 2024
SI 539/2024.
Commencement: 25 October 2024
SI 540/2024.
Commencement: 18 October 2024
SI 541/2024.
Commencement: 15 October 2024
SI 542/2024. This Order brings into operation the national database on which veterinary prescriptions and dispensing are to be recorded.
Commencement: 13 January 2025
