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No. 85 of 2022

Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Bill 2022

Public bill · Government · Presented

It would widen Ireland’s lobbying rules so more people and groups have to register and report their lobbying, including some informal business groups and office-holders acting for organisations. It would also make the lobbying register easier to update, add new rule-breaking offences and anti-avoidance rules, and create a non-criminal penalty system for serious breaches, especially around post-job restrictions on former senior public officials. It also proposes changes to allowances for Oireachtas members.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; to extend the relevant period for review of that Act; to extend the application of that Act to certain persons who carry on lobbying activities; to extend the range of excepted communications; to provide for the enhanced operation of the Register of Lobbying; to provide for further relevant contraventions; to make further provision relating to restrictions on involvement in lobbying by certain former designated public officials; to provide for a system of non-criminal enforcement of certain provisions of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015, including by the imposition of sanctions; to make further provision in respect of the allowances payable to members of either House of the Oireachtas and for that purpose to amend the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1992; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 11 September 2024

Sponsor
  • Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
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  • Second Stage
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  • Committee Stage
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  • Report Stage
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  • Fifth Stage
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  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
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  • Report Stage
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  • Fifth Stage
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  • Cream List
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  • Enacted
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Debates
  • Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad
    Dáil
  • Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages
    Seanad
  • Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
    Seanad
  • Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage
    Seanad
  • Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage
    Dáil
  • Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage
    Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
  • Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed)
    Dáil

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