Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2010

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The proposal would require every Government Minister to report to the Dáil within four weeks on how charges imposed by their departments and agencies could be cut by 5% for households and businesses. It would also require Ministers responsible for energy, communications and transport to direct regulators to publish, within three months, plans for reducing electricity, gas, telecoms, airport, public transport and motorway-toll charges. The aim was to ease pressure on people and businesses during the economic crisis, following falling incomes, job losses, tax rises and cuts to public-sector pay and welfare. It would require plans and proposals rather than automatically impose every reduction, and could mean savings on charges such as passports, driving licences, hospital care, examinations and company filings.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide in the public interest for the reporting to Dáil Éireann by all Government Ministers on proposals to reduce charges applied by Government Departments and agencies to consumers and businesses; to provide for the direction by Ministers to key regulatory authorities to publish proposals to cut charges applied by such authorities to consumers and businesses and to make provision for connected matters

Last updated 12 April 2018