Bills / Bill 133 of 2021
Public billProtection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021
Current Most recent stage: Second Stage
How far it has got
- First Stage
- Second Stage
- Committee Stage
- Report Stage
- Fifth Stage
- Enacted
The five Dáil stages, then enactment. A bill that starts in the Seanad, or is sent back by it, can take a different route. How a bill becomes law
What the bill says it does
Bill entitled an Act to ban the importation of non-native honey bees with the aim of reducing the threat to and adverse impact upon biodiversity and the ecosystem arising from the introgression/crossing/cross-breeding of the native Irish Honey Bee, Apis mellifera mellifera, due to the importation of non-native species or sub-species of and/or strains derived from Apis mellifera and to provide for the appointment of authorised officers; to make it an offence to forge an animal health certificate; and to provide for related matters.
This is the bill's official long title.