Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [4253/25]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department had responsibility for three Bills which were initiated in 2024. These were the Statute Law Revision Bill 2024, the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2024 and the Appropriation Act 2024. The information requested by the Deputy is set out below in respect of each.

Statute Law Revision Bill 2024

• The Statute Law Revision Bill 2024 was initiated and passed Second Stage in the Seanad on 23 October, 2024.
• No Ministerial or Government amendments were submitted at Second Stage.
• The guillotine was not used during Second Stage in the Seanad.
• No amendments to other pieces of legislation were included in the Bill at initiation or Second Stage in the Seanad.
• At initiation, the Bill had 243 pages.
• The scope of the Bill was not changed after initiation by the Minister or the Government.

• The Bill was initiated in the Dáil.
• No amendments were submitted at any Stage.
• The guillotine was not used.
• No amendments to other pieces of legislation were included in the Bill.
• At initiation, the Bill had 3 pages.
• The scope of the Bill was not changed after initiation by the Minister or the Government.

• The Bill was initiated in the Dáil.
• There were no Ministerial or Government amendments.
• The guillotine was not used.
• No amendments to other legislation were included in the Bill.
• At initiation, the Bill had 10 pages.
• The scope of the Bill was not changed after initiation by the Minister or the Government.