Written answers
Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Department of Rural and Community Development
Legislative Process
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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734. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of the Oireachtas the Bill was initiated; the number of ministerial or Government amendments submitted at each legislative Stage of the Bill; if the guillotine was used on the Bill in either House of the Oireachtas and the time allowed for each Stage; if ministerial or Government amendments to other legislation were only included in the Bill via amendment, after the Bill had been initiated, bypassing earlier Stages; the number of pages in the Bill when initiated and when it completed the legislative process, or as it currently stands amended for any lapsed Bills; if the Minister or the Government changed the scope of the Bill after it was initiated, and at which Stage and in which House this was done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4254/25]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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My department enacted one piece of legislation in 2024, the Charities (Amendment) Act 2024, which was signed into law on the 10th July 2024. The details of the Act, with respect to the questions raised, are presented in tabular form below.
| Specify in which House of the Oireachtas the Bill was initiated | The Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023 was initiated in Dáil Éireann on the 22nd December 2023. |
|---|---|
| The number of Ministerial or Government amendments submitted at each legislative stage of the Bill | 26 ministerial amendments were submitted and accepted at Committee Stage in Dáil Éireann, and 11 amendments were submitted and accepted at Report Stage in Dáil Éireann. No government amendments were received in respect of this Bill. |
| If the guillotine was used on the Bill in either House of the Oireachtas and the time allowed for each stage | The guillotine was not used in respect of the Bill in either House of the Oireachtas. |
| If Ministerial or Government amendments to other pieces of legislation were only included in the Bill via amendment, after the Bill had been initiated, bypassing earlier stages | Amendments to the Charities Act 1961 and the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 were included in the Bill as initiated in Dáil Éireann. No further amendments to either Act were introduced at the subsequent stages of the legislative process. |
| The number of pages in the Bill when initiated | 44 |
| The number of pages in the Bill when it completed the legislative process | 43 |
| The number of pages in the Bill as it currently stands amended for any lapsed bills | n/a |
| If the Minister or the Government changed the scope of the Bill after it was initiated, and at which stage and in which House this was done. | The scope of the Bill, as initiated in Dáil Éireann, was not changed as the Bill progressed through the legislative process. |
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