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GAZETTE JULY 1995
L E G I S L A T I O N U P D A T E
- PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE
1995 LEGISLATION UPDATE - 1 January 1995 - 10 June 1995
No. Title of Act and Date Passed Commencement Date/s
1. Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1995
(27 January, 1995)
Amends the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment)
(No. 2) Act, 1977, in order to provide for the appointment
of 17 Ministers of State at Departments of State.
27 January, 1995
2. Adoptive Leave Act, 1995 (15 March, 1995)
Provides for the grant of adoptive leave to female employees
and, in certain circumstances, to male employees for the
purpose of child adoption; extends to them the protection
against unfair dismissal conferred by the Unfair Dismissals
Act, 1977, and provides for connected matters.
20 March, 1995 (S.I. No. 64 of 1995)
3. Social Welfare Act, 1995 (5 April, 1995)
Provides for the increases in the rates of social welfare
payments announced in the Budget and for a number of
other amendments to the Social Welfare Scheme.
See Act for various commencement dates.
Commencement Orders to be made for
some sections. Section 11 (S.I. No. 93 of
1995); Section 14 (S.I. No. 112 of 1995).
4. Heritage Act, 1995 (10 April, 1995)
Establishes An Chomhairle Oidhreachta, the Heritage
Council, to perform certain functions in relation to
the physical heritage.
10 April, 1995
10 July, 1995 - Establishment Day
(S.I. No. 177 of 1995).
5. Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for
Termination of Pregnancies) Act, 1995 (12 May, 1995)
Prescribes the conditions subject to which certain information
relating to pregnancy termination services lawfully available
outside the State may be made available in the State. Arises
from the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution which
affirms the right to obtain or make available such information
subject to such conditions as may be laid down by law. Amends
the Indecent Advertisements Act, 1889, and the Censorship
of Publications Acts, 1929 to 1967, and provides for related matters.
12 May, 1995
6. European Communities (Amendment) Act, 1995
(23 May, 1995)
Establishes a Joint Committee on European Affairs by
transferring the statutory functions exercised by the
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs in relation to the
supervision of E.C. secondary legislation to the Joint
Committee on European Affairs.
23 May, 1995
7. Road Traffic Act, 1995 (25 May, 1995)
Amends the disqualification requirements of section 26 of
the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (as inserted by section 26 of the
Road Traffic Act, 1994).
25 May 1995
8. Finance Act, 1995 (2 June, 1995)
Charges and imposes certain duties of customs and inland
revenue (including excise); amends the law relating to
customs and inland revenue (including excise) and makes
further provisions in connection with finance.
See section 179 of the Act and
commencement sections of various chapters
of the Act
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