Rural Equality Bill 2015

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The Rural Equality Bill 2015 would require public bodies to consider how their policies and decisions affect rural communities, particularly people facing socio-economic disadvantage. For measures likely to have a significant effect, public bodies would assess and consult on the rural impact, publish their findings, consider ways to reduce harm or inequality, and report on their progress. The Minister for Agriculture would issue guidance, approve each body’s rural impact scheme and present an annual report to an Oireachtas committee.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide that regard be had by public bodies to the desirability of reducing socio-economic and other inequalities suffered by those in rural Ireland, to provide for the carrying out of rural impact assessments in respect of measures that are likely to have a significant socio-economic impact or effect on rural Ireland and to provide for related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018