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GOVERNMENT BILLS BEFORE
THE OIREACHTAS 1991 as at
April 1991
No. 20 of 1988
Child Care Bill, 1988
(plus
Explanatory Memo).
This Bill up-dates the law in
relation to the care of children,
particularly children who have been
assaulted, ill treated, seriously
neglected or sexually abused or
who are at risk.
Presented in the Dáil by the
Minister for Health 20/5/88.
Passed by Dáil Eireann 13/12/90;
Second Stage in the Seanad
passed 7/3/91.
Present position: Committee
Stage in the Seanad.
No. 11 of 1989
Irish Land Commission Bill, 1989
(plus Explanatory Memo).
This Bill provides for the dis-
solution of the Irish Land Com-
mission, for the winding up of the
system of land purchase, for the
transfer of certain functions
exercisable under the Land
Purchase Acts, and for other
connected matters.
Presented in the Dáil by the
Minister for Agriculture and Food,
2/3/89.
Present position: Second Stage
in the Dáil 4/5/89.
No. 34 of 1989
Marine Institute Bill, 1989
(plus
Explanatory
and
Financial
Memo).
This Bill provides for the
establishment of Foras na Mara -
the Marine Institute - for the
carrying out of marine research and
development and related services
and for the co-ordination of the
resources of the State used for
marine research.
Presented in the Seanad by
Senator M. Lanigan 17/11/89.
Passed by both Houses of the
Oireachtas 7/3/91.
Present position: Enacted.
No. 10 of 1990
Radiological Protection Bill, 1990
(plus Explanatory Memo).
This Bill provides for the
establishment of the Radiological
Protection Institute of Ireland,
the dissolution of the Nuclear
Energy Board; enables a range
of radiation protection measures to
be taken by various Ministers in the
event of a radiological emergency,
gives effect to provisions of the
Convention on Assistance in the
case of a Nuclear Accident or
Radiological Emergency (the
Assistance Convention), the
Convention on Early Notification of
a
Nuclear
Accident
(the
Notification Convéntion), and the
Convention on the Physical
Protection of Nuclear Material (the
Protection Convention).
Presented in the Dáil by the
Minister for Energy 28/3/90.
Passed by Dáil Eireann, 22/3/91.
Present Position: Seanad,
Second Stage.
No. 17 off 1990
Statute of Limitations (Amend-
ment) Bill,
1990 (plus Explanatory
and Financial Memo).
This Bill amends the law on
limitation of actions in so far as it
applies to latent personal injuries;
provides that the three-year
limitation period in personal
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