Regulation of Drones Bill 2025
Public bill · Private Member · Introduced
The proposal would tighten rules for private and commercial drone use in the public interest. It would make drone operations a formal factor in national planning, require local councils to set local rules for managing drones, and let councils keep drone use aligned with national policy. It would also allow complaints to the District Court about noise from certain private or commercial drones, giving residents, councils and the Environmental Protection Agency a way to deal with nuisance.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the regulation in the public interest of the private and commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly referred to as drones; to create an additional consideration for issuance of a National Planning Statement; to require local authorities to prepare objectives for the management of unmanned aircraft system operations; to permit any person, a local authority or the Environmental Protection Agency make a complaint to the District Court with respect to the emission of noise from certain privately or commercially operated unmanned aircraft system or systems causing annoyance; to amend the Planning and Development Act 2024; to amend the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (as amended); and to provide for related matters.
Last updated 16 October 2025
- Roderic O'Gorman Primary
- First StageDáil
- Second StageDáil Current