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GAZETTE
JULY/AUGUS
T
1982
BILLS INTRODUCED
in the Dáil Sittings: 22—27 January; 9 March — 1 April; 28 April — 16 July, 1982,
and Seanad Sittings: 19, 20, 21 January; 26 March — 6 April; 16 April — 22 July.
Title of Bill
Effect
Introduced
Present Position
No. of Act
Social Welfare Bill, 1982
To amend and extend the Social Welfare (Consoli-
dation) Act, 1981.
22/3/82
(Dáil)
Passed by both Houses of the
Oireachtas 26/3/82.
No. 2 of
1982
Housing Private Rented
Dwellings Bill, 1982 (plus
Explanatory Memo.)
Following the Supreme Court decision in
Blake
andMadigan v. the Attorney General
29 June 1981
which held that Parts II and IV of the Rent
Restrictions Act, 1960, were unconstitutional — to
provide tenants of dwellings controlled under the
Rent Restrictions Acts 1960 to 1981, with a
measure of security of tenure, to set up a
mechanism for the fixing of rents of such dwellings
by the District Court if the rents are not agreed
between the landlord and tenant and to provide for
the payment of rent allowances in certain cases to
tenants meeting increased rents.
25/3/82
(Dáil)
Passed by both Houses 13/5/82
No. 6 of
1982
Rent Restrictions (Temporary
Provisions) (Continuance) Bill,
1982
To extend to 25 July 1982 the provisions of the
Rent Restrictions (Temporary Provisions) Act,
1981, which was enacted following the Supreme
Court decision in
Blake and Madigan v. the Attorney
General 29
June 1981, to provide protection for
tenants against eviction and to prohibit the enforce-
ment of rent increases notified on or after 18 April
1980. The Act was required to give time for the
preparation of the Housing Private Rented Dwell-
ings Bill, (see above).
31/3/82
(Dáil)
Passed by both Houses of the Oir-
eachtas 6/4/82.
No. 4 of
1982
Courts (Amendment) Bill,
1982
To amend the Courts Act, 1981, by postponing for
a further twelve months the coming into operation
of certain sections of that Act.
23/4/82
(Dáil —
Private
Members
Bill)
Withdrawn 4/5/82
Prevention of Electoral Abuses
Bill, 1982
To amend section 3, of the Prevention of Electoral
Abuses Act, 1923. (Definition of personation.)
30/4/82
(Dáil)
Passed by both Houses of the
Oireachtas 13/5/82.
No. 5 of
1982
Local Government (Building
Land) Bill, 1982 (plus (Ex-
planatory Memo.)
To enable Local Authorities to designate land
required for development and to enable a Local
Authority to acquire land at existing use value in
the forthcoming five years. Provides for the estab-
lishment of a Lands Tribunal chaired by a Judge of
the High Court to determine questions of compen-
sation where the owner of land and the Local
Authority cannot reach agreement.
5/5/82
(Dáil —
Private
Members
Bill
At second stage reading.
Joint Committee on Building Land
set up 15/7/82 to report by
30/9/83
Irish Shipping Limited Bill,
1982
To provide for guarantees by the Minister for
Finance in respect of moneys payable by Irish
Shipping Limited in respect of guarantees given, or
under contracts entered into, by Irish Shipping
Limited.
6/5/82
(Dáil)
Passed by both Houses of the Oir-
eachtas 19/5/82
No. 8 of
1982
Postal and Telecommunica-
tions Services Bill, 1982 (plus
Explanatory Memo.)
To provide for the establishment of two State-
sponsored bodies — An Post and Bord Telecom
Eireann — to manage the postal and savings services
and telecommunications services respectively.
Implements the White Paper "Reorganisation of
Postal and Telecommunications Services" (Prl.
9805).
11/5/82
(Dáil)
Second stage passed 7/7/82
National Community
Development Agency Bill,
1982 (plus Explanatory
Memo.)
To establish a body to be known as the National
Community Development Agency the functions of
which will be to encourage and financially support
community development and activity, to co-
ordinate the work of statutory bodies and voluntary
agencies in the field of poverty and social depriva-
tion and to undertake research and advise the
Minister on policies and programmes of self-help
in these areas.
20/5/82
(Dáil)
Passed by both Houses of the
Oireachtas 22/7/82
No. 20 of
1982
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