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| Board for the Employment of the Blind | 1957-04-25 | 2006-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; FitzGerald, 1963; Dáil Éireann - Volume 168 - 12 June, 1958--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Companies, Commissions, Committees and Advisory Councils; Dáil Éireann - Volume 253 - 20 April, 1971--Written Answers. - Departmental Committees and State-Sponsored Bodies | |
| Institute of Public Administration | 1957-11-06 | Became a company limited by guarantee on 31/12/1963; also became a recognised college of the National University of Ireland in 2002 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.ipa.ie; 'Improving Public Administration' The Irish Press, 2 November 1957 | |
| National Building Agency Ltd. | 1960-12-13 | McGauran et al. 2005; National Building Agency Limited Act 1963; National Building Agency Limited (Amendment) Act 1969; National Building Agency Limited (Amendment) Act 1974; CRO | ||
| Economic and Social Research Institute | 1960-06-24 | Founded in 1960 as the Economic Research Institute. In 1966 extended its title to the Economic and Social Research Institute. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.esri.ie/; CRO | |
| Radio Telefís Éireann | 1966-03-08 | Radio established on 1 January 1926; television on 31 December 1961; officially replaced Radio Éireann under Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1966 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.rte.ie/; Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1966; Broadcasting Acts 1976 and 2001 | |
| National Social Work Qualifications Board | 1997-02-27 | 2011-03-31 | Replaced the National Validation Body on Social Work Qualifications and Training; functions taken over by the Health and Social Care Professionals Council | McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 97/1997; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. Nos. 144 & 145/2011 |
| Dublin Dental Hospital Board | 1963-07-17 | McGauran et al. 2005; Statutory Instrument No. 129 of 1963; Statutory Instrument No.370 of 1980 | ||
| Blood Transfusion Service Board | 1965-04-15 | Previously a company known as the National Blood Transfusion Association (1948-1965). Also known as the Irish Blood Transfusion Services Board. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.giveblood.ie/; Statutory Instruments No.78 of 1965; No.209 of 1988; No.22 of 2000 | |
| National Drugs Advisory Board | 1966-07-12 | 1996-01-01 | Replaced by Irish Medicines Board | McGauran et al. 2005; The Statutory Instrument No.163 of 1966; Statutory Instrument No. 291 of 1987; Statutory Instrument No.335 of 1980; Irish Medicines Board Act, 1995 |
| Coiste an Asgard | 1968-01-01 | 2010-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.asgard2.ie/ | |
| Medical Bureau of Road Safety | 1968-11-27 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ucd.ie/legalmed/mbrs.html; Road Traffic Act 1968; S.I. No. 241/1968 | ||
| Higher Education Authority | 1968-08-15 | Placed on a statutory footing in 1972 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.hea.ie/; Higher Education Authority Act 1971; 'Higher Education Authority Formed' Irish Times, 16 August 1968 | |
| Chester Beatty Library | 1969-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.cbl.ie/; Chester Beatty Library Acts 1968 and 1986 | ||
| Drug Treatment Centre Board | 1988-04-22 | 2013-01-01 | Was preceded by the National Drug Advisory and Treatment Centre established as a charity in 1969. Absorbed into HSE on 1 January 2013 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.addictionireland.ie/; Health (Corporate Bodies) Act 1961 (No.27 of 1961); S.I. No.76 of 1988; S.I. No. 222 of 1991; S.I. No.296 of 1992; Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; S.I. No. 493/2012 |
| Hospitals Bodies Administrative Bureau | 1973-03-08 | 2005-01-01 | Merged into HSE | McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 53/1973; Health Act 2004; S.I. No. 885/2004 |
| Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal | 1974-05-08 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/Criminal_Injuries_Compensation_Scheme; Dáil Éireann - Volume 354 - 12 December, 1984--Written Answers. - Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal | ||
| Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions | 1974-07-23 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dppireland.ie/; Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 | ||
| Law Reform Commission | 1975-10-20 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.lawreform.ie/; Law Reform Commission Act 1975; S.I. No. 214/1975 | ||
| Local Government Computer Services Board | 1975-09-17 | 2012-08-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.lgcsb.ie/; Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971; S.I. No.212 of 1975; the LGCSB Establishment Order (Amendment) 2004; Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012; S.I. No. 287/2012; S.I. No. 288/2012 | |
| Forensic Science Ireland | 1975-01-01 | Named the Forensic Science Laboratory until November 2015 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.justice.ie; www.forensicscience.ie; Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014; S.I. No. 508/2015 | |
| Irish Taxation Institute | 1967-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.taxinstitute.ie/ | ||
| Broadcasting Complaints Commission | 1977-03-31 | 2009-10-01 | Merged with BCI in 2009 to form Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.bai.ie/; Broadcasting Authority Act 1960; Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act 1976; Radio and television Act 1988; Broadcasting Act 1990; Ministerial Order 1992; Broadcasting Act 2001; Broadcasting Act 2009; Dáil Éireann - Volume 588 - 06 July, 2004--Written Answers. - State Boards |
| Employment Appeals Tribunal | 1977-05-09 | Replaced the Redundancy Appeals Tribunal (est. in 1967); merged into Workplace Relations Commission in October 2015 but continues to hear appeals submitted before 1 October 2015 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.eatribunal.ie/; Unfair Dismissals Act 1977; Workplace Relations Act 2015 | |
| An Bord Pleanála | 1977-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.pleanala.ie/; Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1976; S.I. No. 308/1976; Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2006; Building Control Act 1990. | ||
| Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board | 1980-03-07 | 2009-01-01 | Replaced former non-statuatory Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education. Absorbed into HSE in 2009. | McGauran et al. 2005; Medical Practitioners Act 1978; Medical Practitioners Act 2007; S.I. No. 555/2008 |
| Medical Council | 1979-04-26 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.medicalcouncil.ie/; Medical Practitioners Act 1978 | ||
| Housing Finance Agency plc | 1982-02-08 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.hfa.ie/; Housing Finance Agency Act 1981 | ||
| Dublin City University | 1980-01-01 | Awarded University status in 1989 | http://www.dcu.ie/; National Institute For Higher Education, Dublin, Act, 1980; Dublin City University Act 1989 | |
| Central Fisheries Board | 1980-10-22 | 2010-07-01 | Replaced Inland Fisheries Trust (and also took over functions of Boards of Conservators); replaced by Inland Fisheries Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.cfb.ie/; Fisheries Act 1980; Inland Fisheries Act 2010 |
| National Concert Hall Ltd. | 1981-09-09 | Functions of RTÉ relating to orchestras and choirs were transferred to the NCH on 28 February 2023 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nch.ie/; National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Act 2023 (No. 1 of 2023); S.I. No. 130/2023 | |
| Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland | 1981-04-14 | http://www.asai.ie/ | ||
| National Lottery | 1986-09-29 | 2014-02-27 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.lotto.ie/; The National Lottery Act 1986; National Lottery Act 2013; S.I. No. 102/2014; 'Privatised national lottery gambles on long-term growth' Irish Times, 28 Feb 2014 | |
| Fire Services Council | 1983-06-22 | 2012-06-08 | McGauran et al. 2005; Fire Services Act 1981; S.I. No. 175/1983; Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 | |
| An Post | 1984-01-01 | Former subsidiaries include PostGEM. Also acts as joint owner of the Prize Bond Company, Ltd. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost; Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983; the National Lottery Act 1986 | |
| Office of the Ombudsman | 1983-07-07 | Legislation created the office in 1980; the first Ombudsman took up office in 1984 following passing of I.R. Uimh. 424/1983 — An tOrdú um an Acht Ombudsman, 1980 (An Lá Ceaptha), 1983. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://ombudsman.gov.ie/en/; The Ombudsman Act 1980; I.R. Uimh. 424/1983 — An tOrdú um an Acht Ombudsman, 1980 (An Lá Ceaptha), 1983. | |
| Irish National Accreditation Board | 1995-02-01 | Orginally an autonomous division of Forfás, became a Committee of the Health and Safety Authority under the Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Act 2014. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.inab.ie/; Industrial Development Act, 1993; Report of the Laboratory of the Dublin Region Public Analyst for the years 1995 and 1996, Eastern Health Board; Dáil Éireann - Volume 465 - 09 May, 1996 Private Members' Business. - National Standards Authority of Ireland Bill, 1996: Second Stage (Resumed); S.I. No. 294/1999; Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Act 2014 | |
| President's Award | 1985-03-28 | Gaisce or ‘great achievement’ is a self-development programme for young people between the ages of 15-25 and has been in existence since 1985. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.gaisce.ie/; Finance Act, 1985 (Section 16) | |
| Dental Council | 1985-11-13 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dentalcouncil.ie/; The Dentists Act 1985 | ||
| Combat Poverty Agency | 1986-09-15 | 2009-06-30 | McGauran et al. 2005; The Combat Poverty Agency Act 1986; S.I. No. 308/1986; Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 | |
| Health Research Board | 1986-08-14 | Amalgamation of the Medico-Social Research Board and the Medical Research Council of Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.hrb.ie/; S.I. No.279/1986; S.I. No.452/1986; S.I. No.115/2002; S.I. No.205/2002 | |
| National Statistics Board | 1986-02-01 | Was initially set up on a non-statutory basis in 1986; and was established on a statutory basis in 1994 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nsb.ie/; The Statistics Act 1993 | |
| Dublin Bus | 1987-02-02 | Prior to 1987, didn't exist as a separate subsidiary company, but as a part of CIÉ. In 1987 was given a new status: an operating subsidiary company with CIÉ as a holding company | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dublinbus.ie/; The Transport (Re-organization of Córas Iompair Éireann) Act 1986 | |
| Valuation Tribunal | 1988-07-22 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.valuationtribunal.ie/; The Valuation Act 1988; Valuation Act 2001; S.I. No. 191/1988 | ||
| Foras Áiseanna Saothair | 1988-01-01 | 2013-10-27 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.fas.ie/; Labour Services Act 1987; Further Education and Training Act 2013; http://www.solas.ie/ | |
| Department of the Taoiseach | 1937-07-01 | http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/; Constitution (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 | ||
| Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (I) | 1997-07-12 | 2010-05-02 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.entemp.ie/; S.I. No. 305/1997; S.I. No. 185/2010 | |
| Department of Finance | 1924-06-01 | Dept of Finance took over responsibility for e-government from Dept of Taoiseach in 2008 | http://www.finance.gov.ie/; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 | |
| Department of Health and Children | 1997-07-12 | 2011-06-04 | http://www.dohc.ie/; S.I. No. 308/1997; S.I. No. 219/2011 | |
| Department of Transport (II) | 2002-06-19 | 2011-04-02 | http://www.transport.ie/; S.I. No. 305/2002; S.I. No. 141/2011 | |
| Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform | 1997-07-09 | 2010-06-02 | http://www.justice.ie/; S.I. No. 298/1997; S.I. No. 216/2010 | |
| Department of Foreign Affairs (II) | 1971-03-03 | 2011-06-02 | http://www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 158/1971; S.I. No. 246/2011 | |
| Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism | 2002-06-19 | 2010-05-02 | S.I. 309/2002; S.I. No. 178/2010 | |
| Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs | 2002-06-19 | 2010-06-02 | S.I. No. 308/2002; S.I. No. 215/2010 | |
| Department of Social and Family Affairs | 2002-06-20 | 2010-05-02 | http://www.welfare.ie/; S.I. No. 310/2002; S.I. No. 186/2010 | |
| Department of Defence | 1924-06-01 | Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; http://www.defence.ie/ | ||
| Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government | 2003-06-10 | 2011-05-02 | http://www.environ.ie/; S.I. No. 233/2003; S.I. No. 193/2011 | |
| Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources | 2007-10-20 | 2016-07-23 | http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/; Creation: S.I. No. 706 of 2007, Termination: S.I. No. 421 of 2016 | |
| Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | 2007-10-20 | 2011-10-17 | S.I. No. 705/2007; S.I. No. 455/2011 | |
| Department of Education and Science | 1997-10-01 | 2010-05-02 | http://www.education.ie/; S.I. No. 430/1997; S.I. No. 184/2010 | |
| Department of Posts and Telegraphs | 1924-06-01 | 1984-01-02 | abolished by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 | Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 |
| Health and Safety Authority | 2005-09-01 | Replaced the 'National Authority for Occupational Health and Safety' (est. in 1989); renamed as 'Health and Safety Authority of Ireland' in 2005 (See Safety, Health and Welfare Act 2005) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.hsa.ie/; Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Acts 1989 and 2005 | |
| Córas Beostoic agus Feola | 1979-10-01 | 1994-12-01 | Created from dissolution of Córas Beostoic agus Feola Teoranta in 1979; Death by merge to form An Bord Bia 1994 | Córas Beostoic agus Feola Act 1979; An Bord Bia Act 1994 |
| Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General | 1923-01-11 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://audgen.gov.ie/; Comptroller and Auditor General Act, 1923; DÁIL EIREANN. Tuairisc Choiste ar Cheapa Árd-Sgrúdóra. 11th January, 1923 | ||
| Arts Council | 1951-05-08 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.artscouncil.ie/; The Arts Acts 1951; 1973 and 2003 | ||
| Commissioners of Irish Lights | 1867-01-01 | Under the Dublin Port Act (1867), responsibility for lighthouses, lightships, buoys and beacons around the coast of Ireland was vested in the Commissioners of Irish Lights. The British-Irish Act 1999 provided for merge with Foyle Fisheries Commission into the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission as the 'Lights Agency' however this did not take place (see http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/index/north-south-implementation-bodies/foyle_carlingford-and-irish-lights.htm) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.cil.ie/; " An Act for Promoting the Trade of Dublin, by rendering its Port and Harbour more commodious, 1786"; "Merchant Shipping Act of 1854"; "Dublin Port Act (1867); No. 661/1935: Irish Lights Commissioners (Adaptation) Order, 1935; No. 37/1997: MERCHANT SHIPPING (COMMISSIONERS OF IRISH LIGHTS) ACT, 1997; British-Irish Agreement Act, 1999 | |
| State Laboratory | 1924-01-01 | Created from amalgamation of the laboratory of the Revenue Commissioners with the chemistry laboratory of the Department of Agriculture | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.statelab.ie/; | |
| Medico-Social Research Board | 1965-04-15 | 1986-01-01 | Merged with Medical Research Council of Ireland in 1986 to form the Health Research Board | Health (Corporate Bodies) Act 1961; S.I. No. 80/1965; S.I. No. 169/1974; S.I. No.279/1986; S.I. No. 450/1986; S.I. No. 452/1986; http://www.hrb.ie/ |
| Medical Research Council of Ireland | 1937-01-26 | 1986-10-31 | Dissolved to form Medical Research Board, which merged with Medico-Social Research Board into Health Research Board | S.I. No. 371/1986; S.I. No. 451 & 452/1986; http://www.hrb.ie/; FitzGerald, 1963; IPA Yearbook |
| Office of the Chief State Solicitor | 1924-06-01 | Is a constituent element of the Attorney General's Office | http://www.attorneygeneral.ie/csso/english/index.htm; The ministers and secretaries Act, 1924 (especially section 6) | |
| Integrate Ireland Language and Training Ltd. | 1999-03-30 | 2008-08-08 | At first, established in 1999 as the Refugee Language Support Unit (RLSU), a two-year pilot project under the aegis of the Centre for Language and Communication Studies (CLCS), Trinity College Dublin. In September 2001 the RSLU became Integrate Ireland Language and Training Ltd. (IILT) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://web.archive.org/web/20050308182828/www.iilt.ie/AboutUs.asp; 'Refugee Language Support Unit Launched' Trinity College Press Release, 30 March 1999. |
| Pensions Board | 1990-12-21 | 2014-03-07 | Became the Pensions Authority in 2014 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.pensionsauthority.ie/; Pensions Act 1990; Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013; S.I. No. 103/2014 |
| Irish Potato Marketing Co. Ltd. | 1950-02-16 | 1997-09-17 | In 1997, IPM became a subsidiary of Donegal Creameries PLC, one of Ireland's largest food and agri-business companies. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ipm.ie/; S.I. No. 355/1951; State Guarantees Act, 1954; S.I. No. 260/1969; Dáil Éireann - Volume 226 - 15 February, 1967--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Bodies; 'Potato buy confirmed by Donegal Creameries' Irish Independent, 18 Sept. 1997 |
| Office of Public Works | 1831-08-01 | Also known as Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland; includes the Government Supplies Agency | McGauran et al. 2005; www.opw.ie; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 | |
| Irish Museum of Modern Art | 1991-05-25 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.modernart.ie/; National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 | ||
| National Treasury Management Agency | 1990-12-03 | In Feb 2010, NTMA took over from Dept of Finance responsibility for its shareholdings in credit instituions supported by State as a result of banking inquiry, and related functions dealing with restructuirng of banking sector to avoid any perception of political interference. The NTMA was restructured under the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014, granting the NTMA new functions relating to State bodies and assets and proposals for investment (whereby NTMA operates under the title ‘New Economy and Recovery Authority (or “NewERA”)’, and transferring functions of the National Development Finance Agency to NTMA. The Act also provided for the dissolution of the National Pensions Reserve Fund (to be replaced by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund). | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ntma.ie/; National Treasury Management Act 1990; S.I. No. 276/1990 | |
| Competition Authority | 1991-10-01 | 2014-10-31 | Took over functions of Restrictive Practices Commission in 1991. First established as a statutory non-departmental body but was converted to statutory corporation in 2002 (by the Competition Act 2002). Merged with the National Consumer Agency in 2014 to create the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.tca.ie/; Irish Takeover Panel Act 1997; S.I. No. 249/1991; Competition Acts 1991, 2002, 2006; Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 |
| Discovery Programme Ltd. | 1991-05-11 | Was initially set up through a personal initiative of the then Taoiseach Charles Haughey; it is a company limited by guarantee and does not have a share capital and is now funded by the Heritage Council | http://www.discoveryprogramme.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 437 - 15 December, 1993--Written Answers. - Discovery Programme | |
| Fulbright Commission Ireland | 1992-02-03 | An Bord Scoláireachtaí Cómalairte, established in 1957 by means of the Scholarship Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America) Act, 1957, was replaced under the Educational Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America) Act, 1991. | http://www.fulbright.ie/; Scholarship Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America) Act, 1957; the Educational Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America) Act, 1991; S.I. No. 354/1991. | |
| Labour Relations Commission | 1991-01-21 | 2015-10-01 | Created following recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry on Industrial Relations (CIR) (established in 1978). Merged into Workplace Relations Commission in October 2015. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.lrc.ie/; Industrial Relations Act 1990; S.I. No. 7/1991 |
| Temple Bar Cultural Trust | 1990-10-24 | 2014-01-01 | Dissolved, in April 2013 the Board of the Temple Bar Cultural Trust requested that Dublin City Council (the Shareholder) begin the process of winding down the Trust and for the council to take over the responsibilities, functions and assets of the Trust. | http://www.templebar.ie/; www.discoverireland.ie/Arts-Culture-Heritage/temple-bar-cultural-trust-and-temple-bar-cultural-information-centre/31040; www.irishtimes.com/culture/council-assumes-full-control-of-temple-bar-cultural-trust-1.1712075 |
| Building Regulations Advisory Body | 1991-12-04 | 2012-06-13 | Was re-appointed for a five-year term in January 2002 by S.I. No.2/2002. The Minister appointed the final BRAB on 14th June 2007 for a period of 5 years, expiring on 13th June 2012. BRAB was subsumed into the Department. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentandHousing/BuildingStandards/BRAB/; Building Control Act 1990; S.I. No.2/2002; www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2013-01-16/840; www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2017-05-09a.576 |
| Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland | 1992-04-01 | 2014-07-30 | RPI absorbed into EPA | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.rpii.ie/; Radiological Protection Act 1991; Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 |
| National Council for Forest Research and Development | 1993-04-15 | Merged back into Dept in 2009 but still an entity within it | McGauran et al. 2005; Dáil Éireann - Volume 588 - 06 July, 2004--Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies; http://www.coford.ie/ | |
| International Education Board of Ireland | 1993-01-01 | 2009-11-30 | ceased trading on 30th November 2009 and its main functions transferred to Enterprise Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.educationireland.ie/ |
| Léargas | 1993-10-28 | Léargas manage international and national exchange programmes in education, youth and community work, and vocational education and training | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.leargas.ie/ | |
| National Economic and Social Development Office | 2007-01-01 | In 2006 the following non-statutory bodies were dissolved and ncorporated into NESDO: National Economic and Social Council (NESC), the National Economic and Social Forum (NESF), and the National Centre for Partnership and Performance (NCPP) | http://www.nesdo.ie/; National Economic and Social Development Act 2006 | |
| National Economic and Social Forum | 1993-06-23 | 2010-03-01 | Was assigned new roles in 1997 (monitoring the national policy process) and in 2003 (to convene public consultations on public policy issues). Is part of the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) est. in January 2007. Absorbed into National Economic and Social Council | McGauran et al. 2005; National Economic and Social Development Act 2006; National Economic and Social Forum and National Centre for Partnership and Performance Dissolution Order 2010 |
| National Economic and Social Council | 1973-11-02 | Is part of the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) est. in January 2007 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nesc.ie/; National Economic and Social Development Act 2006 | |
| National Centre for Partnership and Performance | 2001-10-22 | 2010-04-01 | On 1 January 2007 was placed on a statutory footing as part of the new National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) | McGauran et al. 2005; National Economic and Social Development Act 2006; S.I. No 140/2010; Taoiseach's Address at the Launch of the National Centre for Partnership and Performance, 22/10/2001 |
| Bord Bia | 1994-12-01 | 1 July 2004: Responsibility for the development of the horticultural industry in Ireland, which rested with the former Bord Glas, was integrated into Bord Bia. 1 June 2009: The responsibility for seafood promotion in domestic and international markets was transferred from BIM (Bord Iascaigh Mharaigh) to Bord Bia. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.bordbia.ie/; An Bord Bia Act 1994 and amendment acts: 1995, 1996, 2004 | |
| Forfás | 1994-01-01 | 2014-07-31 | Body through which powers were delegated to IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland (2003). Took over functions of Industrial Development Authority and Eolas. Absorbed into Dept of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in 2014. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.forfas.ie/; Industrial Development Acts 1993-2003; Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Act 2014; S.I. No. 304/2014 |
| Irish Aviation Authority | 1994-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.iaa.ie/; Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993 | ||
| National Milk Agency | 1994-12-30 | Prior to 1994: existed as Milk Boards (1936-1993) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nationalmilkagency.ie/; The Milk (Regulation of Supply) Act 1994; S.I. No. 409/1994 | |
| National Roads Authority | 1993-12-23 | 2015-08-01 | Dissolved, merged into Transport Infrastructure Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nra.ie/; Roads Act 1993; S.I. No. 407/1993; Roads Act 2015; S.I. No. 297 of 2015 |
| Dublin Transportation Office | 1995-11-09 | 2009-12-01 | Legislation to replace Dublin Transport Office with Dublin Transport Authority (Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008) enacted on same day as legislation to rename Dublin Transport Authority as National Transport Authority (Public Transport Regulation Act 2009) | McGauran et al. 2005; The Dublin Transportation Office (Establishment ) Order: S.I. No. 289/1995; S.I. No. 474/2009 |
| Irish Medicines Board | 1996-01-01 | 2014-07-01 | Replaced by the Health Products Regulatory Authority in July 2014 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.imb.ie/; Irish Medicine Board Act 1995; www.hpra.ie; Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; S.I. No. 205/2014 |
| Irish Export Board | 1959-09-01 | 1991-09-01 | Replaced Córas Tráchtála Teoranta (Limited Company); Merge with the Irish Goods Council to form Irish Trade Board 1991 | Export Promotion Act, 1959; Trade and Marketing Promotion Act 1991 |
| National Centre for Guidence in Education | 1995-06-01 | National Centre for Guidance in Education aims to develop and support quality guidance provision in the education sector as part of lifelong learning in accordance with national and international best practice | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ncge.ie/ | |
| National Oil Reserves Agency | 1995-02-22 | Established in 1995 as a subsidiary of the Irish National Petroleum Corporation Limited (INPC, est. in 1979). In 2007 established as state agency under the aegis of the Dept. of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources | McGauran et al. 2005; Irish National Petroleum Corporation Limited Act 2001; National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007; http://www.nora.ie/ | |
| NDP/CSF Evaluation Unit | 1996-01-01 | 2006-06-01 | Replaced by Central Expenditure Evaluation Unit in Dept. of Finance (Later Dept. of Public Expenditure and Reform) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://publicspendingcode.per.gov.ie/about-us/; Written Answers - Departmental Expenditure. Wednesday, 28 June 2006, Dáil Eireann Debate Vol. 622 No. 78; Written Answers - Departmental Expenditure. Wednesday, 7 February 2007, Dáil Eireann Debate Vol. 631 No. 1 |
| Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner | 2000-01-20 | 2016-12-31 | Replaced by the International Protection Office | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.orac.ie/; Refugee Act 1996; S.I. No. 8/2000; www.ipo.gov.ie; International Protection Act 2015; S.I. No. 661/2016 - International Protection Act 2015 (Establishment Day) Order 2016 |
| Office of the Appeal Commissioners | 1968-03-26 | 2016-03-21 | Replaced Special Commissioners, replaced by the Tax Appeals Commission. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.appealcommissioners.ie/; Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1968; Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997; Finance (Tax Appeals) Act 2015; S.I. No. 111/2016 |
| Dublin Dockland Development Authority | 1997-05-01 | 2016-03-01 | Dissolved | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dublindocklands.ie/; Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997; Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015; S.I. No. 113/2016 |
| Dublin Port Company | 1997-03-03 | The port of Dublin dates back to 1707, and was managed by the Dublin Port and Docks Board from 1867. It was corporatised to become Dublin Port Company in 1997 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.dublinport.ie/; Harbours Act 1996; S.I. Nos. 95 & 98/1997 | |
| Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company | 1997-03-03 | 2018-10-03 | Under the Harbours Act 2015, Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company was dissolved in October 2018 and transferred in its entirity to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dlharbour.ie/; Harbours Act 1996; S.I. No. 95/1997; S.I. No.188/1997; Harbours Act 2015; S.I. No. 391/2018 |
| Expert Group on Future Skills Needs | 1997-01-01 | http://www.skillsireland.ie/ | ||
| Office of the Information Commissioner | 1997-04-21 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.oic.gov.ie/en/; Freedom of Information Act 1997 and FOI (Amendment) Act 2003 | ||
| Irish Takeover Panel | 1997-04-29 | http://www.irishtakeoverpanel.ie/; Irish Takeover Panel Act 1997 | ||
| National Council on Ageing and Older People | 1997-03-19 | 2009-09-01 | The Council was established in succession to the National Council for the Elderly (1990-1997) and the National Council for the Aged (1981-1990) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ncaop.ie/; S.I. No. 120/1997; Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 |
| National Standards Authority of Ireland | 1997-04-14 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nsai.ie/; National Standards Authority of Ireland Act 1996 | ||
| National Competitiveness Council | 1997-05-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.competitiveness.ie/ | ||
| Women's Health Council | 1997-06-24 | 2009-10-01 | On 1st October 2009, the Women's Health Council was subsumed into the Department of Health and Children. | McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 278/1997; Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 |
| Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board | 1998-06-17 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.alab.ie/; Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 | ||
| An Chomhairle um Oideachais Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta | 2002-03-01 | COGG was founded to establish a structure to cater for the educational needs of Gaeltacht schools and of Gaelscoileanna. COGG's role relates to both primary and post-primary education. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.cogg.ie/; Education Act 1998 | |
| Department of the President of the Executive Council | 1924-06-01 | 1937-07-01 | Renamed with adoption of Constitution | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; Constitution (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 |
| An Bord Altranais | 1951-06-07 | 2012-10-02 | Replaced by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nursingboard.ie/; Nurses Act 1950 and 1985; S.I. No. 164/1951; www.nmbi.ie; Nurses and Midwives Act 2011; S.I. No. 385/2012 |
| Local Government Management Services Board | 1997-01-01 | 2012-08-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.lgmsb.ie/; S.I. No.410/1996; S.I. No. 289/2012; Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012; S.I. No. 287/2012 | |
| Enterprise Ireland | 1998-07-23 | Created from Forbairt (1994-secession from IDA) and and An Bord Tráchtála; A Subsidiary Body of Forfás until dissolution of Forfás in 2014 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.enterprise-ireland.com/; Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998; S.I. No.252/1998; S.I. No.127/1999; Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Act 2014; S.I. No. 304/2014 | |
| Food Safety Authority of Ireland | 1998-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.fsai.ie/; Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 | ||
| National Centre for Technology in Education | 1998-03-01 | 2011-09-01 | No Board existed for the NCTE in 2011. Since September 2011, the NCTE is within the remit of Dublin West Education Centre alongside the Department’s largest support service, the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST). | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ncte.ie/; Written Answers - Departmental Agencies, Wednesday, 21 March 2012, Dáil Éireann Debate Vol. 758 No. 7 |
| IDA Ireland | 1994-01-01 | A Subsidiary Body of Forfás until dissolution of Forfás in 2014 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.idaireland.com/; Industrial Development Act 1993; Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Act 2014; S.I. No. 304/2014 | |
| Voluntary Health Insurance Board | 1957-02-12 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.vhi.ie; Voluntary Health Insurance Act 1957 and subsequent Amendement Acts: 1996 and 1998; S.I. No.24 (1957); S.I. No.46 (1957) | ||
| Law Society of Ireland | 1830-06-24 | n/a | McGauran et al. 2005; www.lawsociety.ie; Solicitors Acts 1954-2002 | |
| National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism | 1998-01-01 | 2008-12-30 | Closed due to budgetary cutbacks | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nccri.ie/ |
| National Council for Curriculum and Assessment | 1987-12-08 | Put on statutory footing by Education Act 1998 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ncca.ie/; Written Answers - National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. Tuesday, 8 April 1997, Dáil Éireann Debate, Vol. 477 No. 2; Education Act 1998; S.I. No. 470/1999 | |
| Referendum Commission | 1998-03-02 | 2023-02-09 | Under the Referendum Act 2001 lost its function to put the arguments for and against referendum proposals. Main function at the moment: to explain the subject matter of referendum proposals, to promote public awareness and to encourage the electorate to vote at the poll. Replaced by the Electoral Commission | McGauran et al. 2005; Referendum Act 1998; Referendum (Amendment) Act 2001; http://www.refcom.ie/; Electoral Reform Act 2022 (No. 30 of 2022); S.I. No. 32/2023 |
| Comhar - National Sustainable Development Partnership | 1999-02-26 | 2012-01-02 | Absorbed into NESC in January 2012 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nesc.ie/ |
| Commission for Regulation of Utilities | 2002-04-30 | Replaced the Commission for Electricity Regulation. Named the Commission for Energy Regulation until 2017. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.cer.ie/; Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act, 2002; S.I. No. 146/2002; Energy Act 2016; S.I. No. 397/2017 | |
| Equality Authority | 1999-10-18 | 2014-11-01 | Replaced the Employment Equality Agency which was set up in 1977 under the Employment Equality Act 1977. Merged with the Irish Human Rights Commission in 2014 to create the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.equality.ie/; The Employment Equality Act 1998; the Equal Status Act 2000; www.ihrec.ie; Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; S.I. No. 450/2014 |
| Equality Tribunal | 1999-10-18 | 2015-10-01 | Also known as the Office of the Director of Equality Investigations--name changed to Equality Tribunal by the Equality Act 2004 (section 30). Merged with the National Employment Rights Authority, Labour Relations Commission, Rights Commissioners Service and the Employment Appeals Tribunalin 2015 to create the Workplace Relations Commission. | http://www.equalitytribunal.ie/; Employment Equality Act 1998; Equal Status Act 2000; Equality Act 2004; Workplace Relations Act 2015; S.I. No. 412/2015 - Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Establishment Day) Order 2015 |
| Foras na Gaeilge | 1999-12-02 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.gaeilge.ie/; the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999; the North-South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northern Ireland Order 1999 | ||
| Irish Sports Council | 1999-07-01 | 2015-10-01 | Dissolved, merged into Sport Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.irishsportscouncil.ie/; Irish Sports Council Act 1999; S.I. No. 173/1999; Sport Ireland Act 2015; S.I. No. 415/2015 |
| National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery | 1999-11-01 | 2012-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 376/1999; Nurses and Midwives Act 2011; S.I. No. 715/2011 | |
| National Crime Council | 1999-09-01 | 2008-10-14 | The NCC ceased operations on 14 October 2008 as a result of a Government decision to rationalise State Agencies in the context of Budget 2009 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.irlgov.ie/crimecouncil/ |
| Bord Iascaigh Mhara | 1952-04-24 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.bim.ie/; Sea Fisheries Act 1952 and subsequent amendments | ||
| Placenames Commission | 1946-10-24 | 2012-10-11 | Future placenames orders will be made by the Minister of State following public consultation and on consideration of advice provided by a voluntary Placenames Committee (established 19 September 2013). A new Placenames Committee was appointed on the 13th September 2016. The primary responsibility of the Placenames Committee is to advise the Minister for the Gaeltacht in relation to the Placenames of Ireland as defined in section 31 of the Official Languages Act, 2003. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.logainm.ie/; Place-names Act 1973; http://www.ahg.gov.ie/en/Irish/ThePlacenamesBranch/; Dept. of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, 'Critical Review of the Placenames Commission'; Dept. of Public Expenditure and Reform, 'Summary of agency rationalisation measures as at January 2014', Table B - http://per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/Table-B.pdf; https://www.logainm.ie/en/inf/coiste |
| Electricity Supply Board | 1927-08-11 | Electricity Supply Act, 1927; www.esb.ie; FitzGerald, 1963 | ||
| Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies | 1940-06-19 | As the world’s second, and Ireland’s only, Institute for Advanced Studies, DIAS is a globally embedded institution that attracts scholars and academics from around the world. It conducts and publishes advanced research across three disciplines: Celtic Studies, Theoretical Physics and Cosmic Physics. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dias.ie/; Institute of Advanced Studies Act 1940 http://www.dias.ie/lang/en/commun/act.html | |
| Poisons Council | 1961-06-26 | 2011-07-12 | The last Poisons Council expired 12 July 2011 and has not been replaced as of January 2020 | McGauran et al. 2005; The Poisons Act 1961 |
| Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | 1784-02-11 | Founded in 1784 as the national training body for surgery in Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; www.rcsi.ie; The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charter Amendment) Act 1965 (No. 1 (Private) of 1965); Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charters Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 1 (Private) of 2003) | |
| Royal Irish Academy | 1785-05-01 | Founded in 1785, RIA is an all-Ireland, independent academic body that promotes study and excellence in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. | McGauran et al.2005; www.ria.ie | |
| Trinity College Dublin | 1592-03-03 | Founded by royal charter dated 3 March 1592 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.tcd.ie/ | |
| University College Dublin | 1881-01-01 | Known as Catholic University of Ireland from 1854 to 1881; in 1881 was renamed as University College Dublin; incorporated into NUI in 1908 | mcgauran et al. 2005; www.ucd.ie; University College Dublin Act 1934; University College Dublin Act 1960; Royal Universities Act 1881; Universities Act 1997 | |
| Valuation Office | 1852-01-01 | 2023-03-01 | Subsequently merged with Property Registration Authority and Ordnance Survey Ireland to form Tailte Éireann | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.valoff.ie/; Valuation (Ireland) Act 1852; Valuation Acts and Statutory Instruments 1963 to 2005, specifically Valuation Act 2001. Tailte Éireann Act 2022 (No. 50 of 2022); S.I. No. 58/2023; https://http://www.valoff.ie/en/about-us/tailte-eireann/ |
| General Register Office | 1845-04-01 | n/a | McGauran et al. 2005; www.groireland.ie; Marriages (Ireland) Act 1844; Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1863 | |
| Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences | 2000-01-01 | 2012-03-29 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://research.ie/; Written answers, Tuesday, 13 May 2014, Department of Education and Skills -Departmental Bodies Data | |
| National Advisory Committee on Drugs | 2000-07-01 | During 2000-2002 acted under the auspices of the Dept. of Tourism, Sport and Recreation. Also established on a non-statutory basis iniatially for a three year period starting with 2000; and then extended to 2008 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nacd.ie/ | |
| National Disability Authority | 2000-06-12 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nda.ie/; National Disability Authority Act 1999; S.I. No. 162/2000 | ||
| Refugee Appeals Tribunal | 2000-10-04 | 2016-12-31 | Replaced by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.refappeal.ie/; 1951 Geneva Convention on the status of refugees; Refugee Act 1996; www.protectionappeals.ie; International Protection Act 2015; S.I. No. 661/2016 - International Protection Act 2015 (Establishment Day) Order 2016 |
| Science Foundation Ireland | 2003-07-25 | Was established in 2000 as a sub-board of Forfás. In 2003 was established on a statutory basis | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.sfi.ie/; Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003 | |
| Broadcasting Commission of Ireland | 2001-09-01 | 2009-10-01 | Prior to 2001, existed under the name of the Independent Radio and Television Commission (IRTC) est. in 1988. Merged with BCC in 2009 to form Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.bai.ie/; Radio and Television Act 1988; the Broadcasting Act 2001; the Broadcasting (Funding) Act 2003; Broadcasting Act 2009 |
| Commission for Aviation Regulation | 2001-02-27 | 2023-05-01 | The Commission for Aviation Regulation was dissolved and its functions transferred to the Irish Aviation Authority on 1 May 2023 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.aviationreg.ie/; Aviation Regulation Act 2001; S.I. No. 219/2023 |
| Company Law Review Group | 2001-07-09 | Was accorded statutory advisory status by Part 7 of the Company Law Enforcement Act 2001 and operates on a two-yearly cycles | http://www.clrg.org/; Company Law Enforcement Act 2001 | |
| Crisis Pregnancy Agency | 2001-10-02 | 2010-01-01 | Absorbed into HSE as HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.crisispregnancy.ie/; S.I. No. 446/2001; Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; S.I. No. 543/2009 |
| Further Education and Training Awards Council | 2001-06-11 | 2012-11-06 | Is responisble for making awards previously made by BIM, Fáilte Ireland (CERT), FÁS, NCVA and Teagasc; will merge with HETAC and NQAI after 2008 budget | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.fetac.ie/; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999; Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012; S.I. No. 436/2012; http://www.qualificationsandquality.ie/ |
| Health Insurance Authority | 2001-02-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.hia.ie/; the Health Insurance Act 1994; the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001; the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2003 | ||
| Higher Education and Training Awards Council | 2001-06-11 | 2012-11-06 | It is a successor body to the National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA) which was established in 1979 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.hetac.ie/; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999; Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012; S.I. No. 436/2012; http://www.qualificationsandquality.ie/ |
| Irish Human Rights Commission | 2001-07-25 | 2014-11-01 | Set up as a direct result of the Good Equality Authority in 2014 to create the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ihrc.ie/; Human Rights Commission Acts 2000 and 2001; S.I. No. 340/2001; www.ihrec.ie; Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; S.I. No. 450/2014 |
| Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology | 2001-06-01 | 2012-03-29 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://research.ie/; Written answers, Tuesday, 13 May 2014, Department of Education and Skills -Departmental Bodies Data | |
| National Children's Advisory Council | 2001-05-01 | Was established as part of the National Children's Strategy | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dcya.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=%2Fdocuments%2FNational_Childrens_Advisory_Council_.htm | |
| National Forum on Europe | 2001-10-18 | 2009-04-01 | www.forumoneurope.ie/ | |
| National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission | 2001-04-02 | 2014-12-22 | Following the commencement of the relevant provisions of the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014, the NPRF‘s investment mandate ended on 22 December 2014 with the establishment of the Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), to which NPRC's assets were transferred. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nprf.ie/; National Pensions Reserve Fund Act 2000; National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014; S.I. No. 586/2014 |
| National Qualifications Authority of Ireland | 2001-02-01 | 2012-11-06 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nqai.ie/; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999; Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012; S.I. No. 436/2012 | |
| Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement | 2001-11-28 | 2022-07-07 | Replaced by the Corporate Enforcement Authority | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.odce.ie/; Company Law Enforcement Act 2001; the Companies Act 1963 to 2006; Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2022 |
| Parole Board | 2001-04-01 | Replaced Sentence Review Group and was established on an interim administrative basis in 2001. Placed on a statutory footing via the Parole Act 2019 (No. 28 of 2019) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/Parole_Board; Parole Act 2019 (No. 28 of 2019); S.I. No. 406/2021 | |
| Railway Procurement Agency | 2001-12-01 | 2015-08-01 | Dissolved, merged into Transport Infrastructure Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.rpa.ie/; Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001; Roads Act 2015; S.I. No. 297 of 2015 |
| Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education | 2002-10-31 | 2008-11-30 | Funding ceased 30 November 2008 as a result of a Government decision to rationalise State Agencies in the context of Budget 2009 | http://www.cecde.ie/, http://www.budget.gov.ie/(Annex D, 2009) |
| Reception and Integration Agency | 2001-04-02 | Replaced the Directorate for Asylum Support Services and the Refugee Agency (est. in 1991) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ria.gov.ie/ | |
| Standards in Public Office Commission | 2001-12-10 | Replaced the Public Offices Commission, which was established in 1995 on the basis of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 | McGauran et al. 2005; Standards in Public Office Act 2001; http://www.sipo.gov.ie/ | |
| State Claims Agency | 2001-11-30 | National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2000; S.I. No. 526/2001; http://www.stateclaims.ie/ | ||
| Commission for Communications Regulation | 2002-12-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; Communications Regulation Act 2002; http://www.comreg.ie/ | ||
| Irish Council for Bioethics | 2002-05-15 | 2010-12-01 | Established by the Royal Irish Academy in 2002 in response to the Oct. 2000 report by Inter-Departmental Group on Modern Biotechnology. Status changed to company limited by guarantee not having share capital in 2008. A National Advisory Committee on Bioethics was established in March 2012 to advise the Minister for Health in this area. | http://www.bioethics.ie/; CRO; http://www.dohc.ie/about_us/divisions/bioethics.html |
| Irish Universities Quality Board | 2003-02-01 | 2012-11-06 | Universities Act 1997 set up Quality Assurance framework, from which the IUQB was developed; CRO has it registered form 21/02/06 | http://www.iuqb.ie/; Universities Act 1997; Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012; S.I. No. 436/2012; http://www.qualificationsandquality.ie/ |
| Marine Casualty Investigation Board | 2002-06-05 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.mcib.ie/; Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) Act, 2000; S.I. No. 290/2002 | ||
| Mental Health Commission | 2002-04-05 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.mhcirl.ie/; Mental Health Act, 2001; S.I. No. 91/2002 | ||
| Censorship of Publications Board | 1929-07-16 | McGauran et al. 2005; Censorship of Publications Act 1929 | ||
| Labour Court | 1946-09-23 | McGauran 2005 et al.; http://www.labourcourt.ie/; Industrial Relations Act 1946 | ||
| Family Support Agency | 2003-05-06 | 2014-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.fsa.ie/; Family Support Agency Act 2001; Child and Family Agency Act 2013 | |
| Youth Employment Agency | 1982-01-27 | 1988-01-01 | Merge with AnCO and National Manpower Service into FAS | Youth Employment Agency Act, 1981; S.I. No. 16/1982; Labour Services Act 1987; S.I. No. 248/1987 |
| National Education Welfare Board | 2002-07-05 | 2014-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; Education (Welfare) Act 2000; http://www.newb.ie/; Child and Family Agency Act 2013 | |
| National Treatment Purchase Fund | 2002-04-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ntpf.ie/; S.I. No. 179/2004 | ||
| Office of the Ombudsman for Children | 2003-12-18 | http://www.oco.ie/; Ombudsman for Children Act 2002; S.I. No. 712/2003 | ||
| Ordnance Survey Ireland | 1824-01-01 | 2023-03-01 | Dates back to 1824 when the Ordnance Survey Office was set up. Ordnance Survey Ireland operated as part of the civil service under the Department of Finance from 1924 until 2002 when it became a commercial state enterprise under the Ordnance Survey Ireland Act 2001. Subsequently merged with the Property Registration Authority and the Valuation Office to form Tailte Éireann | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.osi.ie/; Ordnance Survey Ireland Act 2001; S.I. No. 73/2002; Tailte Éireann Act 2022 (No. 50 of 2022); S.I. No. 58/2023; https://http://www.valoff.ie/en/about-us/tailte-eireann/ |
| Residential Institutions Redress Board | 2002-12-16 | The Redress Board was set up under the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002 to make fair and reasonable awards to persons who, as children, were abused while resident in industrial schools, reformatories and other institutions subject to state regulation or inspection. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.rirb.ie/; Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 | |
| Agricultural Institute | 1958-05-23 | 1988-09-08 | Legislation drafted to dissolve the Agricultural Institute in 1977 (National Agricultural Advisory, Education and Research Authority Act, 1977); however, the Institute was never dissolved and its autonomy was legally secured under the Agriculture (An Chomhairle Oiliuna Talmhaiochta) Act, 1979. Finally dissolved in 1988, merged with An Chomhairle Oiliúna Talmhaíochta and the local committees of agriculture to form Teagasc | Agriculture (An Foras Talúntais) Act 1958; Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act, 1988 |
| An Bord Bainne | 1961-05-17 | 1975-03-28 | Took over functions of Butter Marketing Committee--export of butter. Then came to include export of all dairy products (from Department of Agriculture) in 1964. | Dairy Produce Marketing Act, 1961; S.I. No. 63/1975 |
| Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland | 2002-05-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; Sustainable Energy Act 2002; http://www.sei.ie/ | ||
| Criminal Assets Bureau | 1996-10-15 | http://www.garda.ie/cab.html; Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996 | ||
| An Bord Gráin | 1958-07-29 | 1973-02-01 | Cereals marketing board--had to cease when the Common Agricultural Policy came into effect | Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act, 1958; S.I. No. 160/1963; Dáil Éireann - Volume 265 - 03 May, 1973 |
| Comhairle Olla | 1969-05-09 | 1984-12-01 | Functions reabsorbed into Department of Agriculture when dissolved | Wool Marketing Act, 1968; Wool Marketing Act, 1984; Dáil Éireann - Volume 352 - 28 June, 1984 |
| Fire Prevention Council | 1978-07-20 | 1987-12-18 | The National Road Safety Association, the Fire Prevention Council and the Irish Water Safety Council were merged in 1987 to form the National Safety Council. | S.I. No. 206/1978; S.I. No. 327/1987 |
| Irish Water Safety Association (I) | 1971-04-01 | 1987-12-18 | Established on a statutory basis on August 1 1980. The National Road Safety Association, the Fire Prevention Council and the Irish Water Safety Council were merged in 1987 to form the National Safety Council. | S.I. No. 244/1980; S.I. No. 327/1987; Dáil Éireann - Volume 261 - 20 June, 1972--Committee on Finance. - Vote 26: Local Government |
| National Road Safety Association | 1974-04-08 | 1987-12-18 | the National Road Safety Association, the Fire Prevention Council and the Irish Water Safety Council were merged in 1987 to form the National Safety Council | S.I. No. 103/1974; S.I. No. 327/1987 |
| National Safety Council | 1987-12-18 | 2007-10-10 | Created from the merger of the National Road Safety Association, the Fire Prevention Council and the Irish Water Safety Council. | S.I. No. 327/1987; S.I. No. 813 of 2007; http://web.archive.org/web/20060101092046/http://www.nsc.ie/ |
| Office of the Data Protection Commissioners | 1989-01-09 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dataprotection.ie/; Data Protection Act 1988 and Data Protection Amendment Act 2003 | ||
| Eolas | 1988-01-01 | 1994-01-01 | Created by merge of National Board for Science and Technology and the Institute for Industrial Research and Standards | Science and Technology Act, 1987; Industrial Development Act 1993 |
| An Chomhairle Oiliúna | 1967-05-15 | 1988-01-01 | Merge w/ Youth Employment Agency and National Manpower Service into FAS | Industrial Training Act 1967, S.I. No. 117/1967; Labour Services Act 1987 |
| Comhairle | 2000-06-12 | 2007-03-30 | Became Citizens Information Board in 2007 | Comhairle Act, 2000; Citizens Information Act 2007; S.I. No. 141/2007 |
| Nuclear Energy Board | 1973-11-30 | 1992-04-01 | Functions transferred to Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland in 1992 | Nuclear Energy Act 1971; S.I. No. 319/1973; Radiological Protection Act, 1991 |
| Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland | 2003-05-01 | 2010-10-01 | Created through restructuring of the Central Bank. Merged with Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority to create the Central Bank of Ireland in 2010 | McGauran et al. 2005; Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003; www.centralbank.ie; Central Bank Reform Act 2010; S.I. No. 469/2010 |
| Digital Hub Development Agency | 2003-07-21 | Was created in 2003 at the time of the dissolution of the Digital Media Development Limited | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.thedigitalhub.com/; Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003 | |
| Hospitals Commission | 1933-09-01 | 1976-04-01 | Functions and property transferred to the Eastern Health Board in 1976. | FitzGerald, 1963; Public Hospitals Act, 1933; S.I. No. 79/1976 |
| Medical Registration Council | 1927-05-28 | 1979-04-26 | Replaced by Medical Council in 1979 | Medical Practitioners Act 1927, 1951, 1955, 1961, 1978 |
| Institute for Industrial Research and Standards | 1946-08-27 | 1988-01-01 | Set up as an independent Government sponsored organisation in 1946; reconstituted in 1961; Merge with National Board for Science & Technology to form Eolas | Industrial Research and Standards Acts 1946 & 1961; Science and Technology Act, 1987 |
| Army Pensions Board | 1927-04-30 | McGauran et al. 2005; No. 64/1928; Army Pensions Act 1927; Dáil Éireann - Volume 588 - 06 July, 2004--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies | ||
| Fáilte Ireland | 2003-05-28 | McGauran et al. 2005; National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003; http://www.failteireland.ie/ | ||
| National Development Finance Agency | 2003-01-01 | In 2005 the role and functions of the NDFA were expanded to include a specialised procurement delivery function. In 2014, the NDFA was absorbed into the National Treasury Management Agency but is still operational under the same name. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ndfa.ie/; National Development Finance Agency Act, 2002; S.I. No. 617/2002; National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014; S.I. No. 586/2014; www.ntma.ie | |
| Office of the Pensions Ombudsman | 2003-09-02 | 2018-01-01 | In January 2018 the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman and Financial Services Ombudsman Bureau merged to form the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.pensionsombudsman.ie/; Pensions Act 1990; Pensions (Amendment) Act 2002; pensions Ombudsman Regulations (S.I. No. 397/2003); www.fspo.ie; Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017; S.I. No. 524/2017 |
| Commission for Public Service Appointments | 2004-10-19 | 2012-10-31 | Prior to 2004: similar functions were fulfilled by the Civil Service Commissioners (1956-2004) and Local Appointments Commissioners (1926-2004). In 2004 these bodies were dissolved and substituted by the Commission for Public Service Appointments | Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004; http://www.cpsa.ie/; Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2012 |
| Commission for Taxi Regulation | 2004-09-01 | 2011-01-01 | Its powers were significantly extended on the basis of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 (Part3) (Commencement) Order 2005 (S.I. No.610/2005) | Taxi Regulation Act 2003; S.I. No. 610/2005; Public Transport Regulation Act 2009; S.I. No. 614/2010 |
| daa | 2004-10-01 | In October 2004 Dublin Airport Authority assumed responsibility for all the assets, liabilities and contracts of the former Aer Rianta. In 2014 Dublin Airport Authority was renamed daa under the State Airports Shannon Group) Act 2014. | State Airports Act 2004; http://www.dublinairportauthority.com/ | |
| Houses of the Oireachtas Commission | 2004-01-01 | Received authority and responsibility for provision of services to the Houses of the Oireachtas and their Committees from the ultimate authority of the Minister for Finance | Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003; http://www.oireachtas.ie/ | |
| Advisory Council for English Language Schools | 1969-01-01 | 2010-01-01 | Absorbed into National Qualifications Authority of Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; Written answers, Tuesday, 19 January 2010, Department of Education and Science - Language Schools |
| Department of Health (I) | 1947-01-22 | 1997-07-11 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1946; S.I. No. 308/1997 | |
| Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health | 2004-04-07 | http://www.fluoridesandhealth.ie/ | ||
| Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal | 2004-01-01 | http://www.ifsat.ie/; Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Acts 2003; S.I. No. 224/2008 | ||
| National Haemophilia Council | 2004-06-22 | S.I. No.451/2004; http://www.nationalhaemophiliacouncil.ie/ | ||
| Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs | 1997-07-12 | 2002-06-19 | S.I. No. 307/1997; S.I. No. 310 of 2002; http://www.welfare.ie/ | |
| Department of Social Welfare | 1947-01-22 | 1997-07-11 | MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1946; S.I. No. 307/1997; http://www.welfare.ie/ | |
| Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government | 2004-06-23 | 2012-10-26 | Was established in 2004 as part of a reorganised governance structure for the Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (ICSTI),now known as the Advisory Council for Science, Technology and Innovation. In 2012 was absorbed into Science Foundation Ireland with the Director General of Science Foundation Ireland taking on the role of Chief Scientific Adviser. | http://www.chiefscientificadviser.ie/; 'Tánaiste announces appointment of Ireland's first Chief Science Adviser', press release, Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation; SFI Press Release 26 October 2012, 'Director General of SFI to take on additional role of Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government'; 'Summary of agency rationalisation measures as at January 2014: Table B', Dept. of Public Expenditure and Reform |
| Public Record Office of Ireland | 1867-01-01 | 1988-06-01 | Death by merge into National Archives | Public Records (Ireland) Act, 1867; http://www.nationalarchives.ie/aboutus/history.html; The National Archives Act 1986 |
| State Paper Office | 1702-01-01 | 1988-06-01 | Merge into National Archives | IPA Yearbooks; http://www.nationalarchives.ie/about-us/history/; The National Archives Act 1986 |
| Health Education Bureau | 1975-01-30 | 1987-12-31 | S.I. No. 22/1975; S.I. No. 324/1987 | |
| An Foras Forbartha Teoranta | 1964-03-26 | 1993-08-01 | Operated in partnership with UN first 5 yrs. Absorbed by research unit of Environmental Protection Agency in 1993 | Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992; S.I. No. 215/1993 |
| Forbairt | 1994-01-01 | 1998-07-22 | Subsidiary body of Forfas; merged with Irish Trade Board to form Enterprise Ireland | Industrial Development Act 1993; Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998 |
| Irish Trade Board | 1991-09-01 | 1998-07-22 | Now part of Enterprise Ireland-merge with Forbairt | Trade and Marketing Promotion Act 1991; Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998 |
| Ombudsman for the Defence Forces | 2005-08-31 | Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004; http://odf.ie/; S.I. No. 568/2005 | ||
| Private Residential Tenancies Board | 2004-09-01 | 2016-04-07 | Replaced by the Residential Tenancies Board | Residential Tenancies Act 2004; http://www.prtb.ie/; www.rtb.ie; Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015; S.I. No. 151/2016 |
| Public Appointments Service | 2004-10-19 | Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004; http://www.publicjobs.ie/ | ||
| Advisory Council for Science Technology and Innovation | 2005-04-01 | 2012-01-01 | Established as a successor body to The Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (est. in 1997) | https://publicpolicy.ie/perspectives/fostering-innovation-in-irish-innovation-policy/ |
| Affordable Homes Partnership | 2005-08-01 | 2010-12-31 | The Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency has taken on some of the functions of the Affordable Homes Partnership | SI 383 of 2005; SI 293 of 2007; www.housing.ie/; Written Answers - State Agencies--Thursday, 20 January 2011 |
| Culture Ireland | 2005-02-01 | 2013-01-31 | Note: Plans announced in Feb 2007 to make Culture Ireland a statutory body never materialised. On 31 Jan. 2013, a Delegation Order delegated the functions of directing Culture Ireland to a Principal Officer within the Dept. of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. | http://www.cultureireland.ie/; Dept. of Public Expenditure and Reform 'Summary of agency rationalisation measures as at January 2014', Table B http://per.gov.ie/summary-of-agency-rationalisation-measures-as-at-january-2014/; Written answers, Thursday, 7 March 2013 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Departmental Appointments |
| Financial Services Ombudsman Bureau | 2005-04-01 | 2018-01-01 | In January 2018 Financial Services Ombudsman Bureau and Office of the Pensions Ombudsman merged to form the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2004; http://www.financialombudsman.ie/; www.fspo.ie; Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017; S.I. No. 524/2017 |
| An Chomhairle Oiliúna Talmhaíochta | 1979-07-20 | 1988-09-08 | Replaced and integrated the advisory services previously provided by the 27 county committees of agriculture and the education, the National Agricultural Authority & special advisory services of the Dept of Agriculture. Dissolved into Teagasc | Agriculture Act 1979; Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act, 1988 |
| Area Development Management Ltd. | 1992-10-14 | 2005-07-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.pobal.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 458 - 21 November, 1995--Written Answers. - Establishment of ADM; Dáil Éireann - Volume 663 - 14 October, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies | |
| Irish Horseracing Authority | 1994-12-01 | 2001-12-18 | replaced the Racing Board (1945-1994); replaced by Horse Racing Ireland | Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994; S.I. No. 391/1994; Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001 |
| National Agricultural Authority | 1977-07-04 | 1979-07-20 | Replaced An Foras Talúntais in 1977; Replaced by An Chomhairle Oiliúna Talmhaíochta (Council for Development in Agriculture) under Agriculture Act 1979 | National Agricultural Advisory, Education and Research Authority Act, 1977; Agriculture Act 1979 |
| Racing Board | 1945-06-22 | 1994-12-01 | Replaced the Board of Control for Mechanical Betting in Ireland in 1945; replaced by Irish Horseracing Authority in 1994 | Racing Board and Racecourses Act, 1945; Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994 |
| Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service | 2005-04-01 | http://www.inis.gov.ie/ | ||
| Pobal | 2005-07-01 | Previously known as Area Development Management Limited (est. in 1992): ADM was established following the second national social partnership agreement, the Programme for Economic and Social Progress (PESP), 1991-1993. In 2005 the company changed its name to Pobal | http://www.pobal.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 663 - 14 October, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies | |
| Commission for Railway Regulation | 2006-01-01 | Previously named the Railway Safety Commission, renamed as Commission for Railway Regulation in February 2016 | Railway Safety Act 2005; http://www.rsc.ie/; www.crr.ie; Public Transport Act 2016; S.I. No. 69/2016 | |
| Education Finance Board | 2006-02-17 | 2013-03-29 | The Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse (Amendment) Act 2005; Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012; S.I. No. 96/2013; Written Answers, Wednesday, 22 January 2014, No. 80 - Departmental Bodies Establishment | |
| Eirgrid | 2001-02-07 | SI 445 of 2000; Electricity Regulation Act 1999; SI 60 of 2005; http://www.eirgrid.com/ | ||
| Grangegorman Development Agency | 2006-05-10 | The Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA) is a statutory agency established in 2006 to redevelop the former St. Brendan’s Hospital grounds in Dublin City Centre. | http://www.ggda.ie/; Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005; S.I. No. 252/2006 | |
| Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office | 2006-06-30 | 2012-01-01 | Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006; Written answers, Thursday, 5 March 2009 - Department of Health and Children, Health Repayment Scheme; Written answers, Thursday, 17 May 2012, Department of Health - Nursing Home Repayment Scheme | |
| Industrial Development Authority | 1949-05-01 | 1994-01-01 | Merged with Eolas to form Forfas and its subsidiaries (IDA Ireland and Forbairt) | Industrial Development Authority Act, 1950; Industrial Development Act, 1993 |
| An Foras Tionscal | 1952-01-01 | 1970-04-01 | Absorbed into Industrial Development Authority | Undeveloped Areas Act, 1952; Industrial Development Act, 1969 |
| Department of the Marine | 1987-03-19 | 1997-07-11 | S.I. No. 82/1987; S.I. No. 301/1997; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Transport, Energy and Communications | 1993-01-22 | 1997-07-11 | S.I. No. 17/1993; S.I. No. 299/1997; http://www.transport.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources | 2002-06-19 | 2007-10-20 | S.I. No. 307 of 2002; S.I. No. 706 of 2007; http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Agriculture and Fisheries | 1965-07-06 | 1977-02-08 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 146/1965; S.I. No. 31/1977 | |
| Department of Agriculture (II) | 1977-02-09 | 1987-03-30 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 31/1977; S.I. No. 97/1987 | |
| Department of Agriculture and Food (I) | 1987-03-31 | 1993-01-20 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 97/1987; S.I. No. 11/1993 | |
| Department of Agriculture and Food (II) | 1997-07-12 | 1999-09-26 | SI 302/1997; SI 307/1999; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No.1 | |
| Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development | 1999-09-27 | 2002-06-19 | Rural Development units added, then ceded | S.I. 307/1999; S.I. No. 306/2002; http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/; DAFRD Annual Reports 1999-2001 |
| Department of Agriculture and Food (III) | 2002-06-19 | 2007-10-20 | Rural Development units ceded in 2002; Fisheries added in 2007 | S.I. No. 306/2002; S.I. No. 705/2007; http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/; DAFF Annual Reports 2003-2007 |
| Department of Education (I) | 1924-06-01 | 1997-09-30 | Renamed the Department of Education and Science | S.I. 430/1997; Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 |
| Department of External Affairs | 1924-06-01 | 1971-03-03 | Became Department of Foreign Affairs | Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; S.I. 158/1971; Coakley & Gallagher 2005 |
| Health Service Employers Agency | 1996-07-15 | 2005-01-01 | Absorbed into HSE | McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 213/1996; Health Act 2004 |
| Department of Transport and Power | 1959-07-27 | 1977-09-23 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1959; S.I. No. 305/1977 | |
| Department of Justice (I) | 1924-06-01 | 1997-07-08 | MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES ACT, 1924; S.I. No. 298/1997; Coakley and Gallagher 2005 | |
| Department of Tourism, Fisheries, and Forestry | 1986-02-19 | 1987-03-18 | Tourism policy area added from Industry, Trade, Commerce, and Tourism in 1986 (S.I. No. 42/1986). It was moved again in 1987 to the Department of Tourism and Transport (S.I. No. 95/1987) | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 40/1986; S.I. No. 42/1986; S.I. No. 82/1987; S.I. No. 95/1987 |
| Property Registration Authority | 2006-11-04 | 2023-03-01 | Replaced the Registrar of Deeds and Titles (est. in 1964) as the 'registering authority' in relation to property registration in Ireland. Subsequently merged with Ordnance Survey Ireland and Valuation Office into Tailte Éireann | Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006; http://www.landregistry.ie/eng/; Tailte Éireann Act 2022 (No. 50 of 2022); S.I. No. 58/2023; https://http://www.valoff.ie/en/about-us/tailte-eireann/ |
| Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation | 1997-07-12 | 2002-06-18 | Formerly Department of Tourism and Trade; Arts Policy added to form Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism in 2002 | S.I. 304/1997; S.I. 309/2002; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 |
| Department of Tourism and Trade | 1993-01-20 | 1997-07-11 | S.I. No. 16/1993; S.I. No. 304/1997; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Energy (II) | 1983-12-17 | 1993-01-19 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 385/1983; S.I. No. 16/1993 | |
| Department of Industry and Energy | 1981-08-21 | 1983-12-16 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 289/1981; S.I. No. 385/1983 | |
| Department of Energy (I) | 1980-01-21 | 1981-08-20 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 12/1980; S.I. No. 289/1981 | |
| Department of Economic Planning and Development | 1977-12-13 | 1980-01-20 | Functions transferred to Department of Finance, 1980 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1977; S.I. No. 12/1980 |
| Department of Local Government and Public Health | 1924-06-01 | 1947-01-22 | Health and Welfare functions lost to new departments in 1947 | http://www.environ.ie/; Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924; S.I. No. 16/1947 |
| Veterinary Council of Ireland | 2006-01-01 | Created by reconstitution of former Veterinary Council (1931-2006) | Veterinary Practice Act 2005; http://www.vci.ie/ | |
| Veterinary Council | 1931-11-10 | 2006-01-01 | Dissolved in 2006, replaced by Veterinary Council of Ireland | Veterinary Surgeons Act 1931; Veterinary Practice Act 2005 |
| Citizens Information Board | 2007-02-21 | Formerly known as the National Social Services Board (1984-2000) and Comhairle (2000-2007) | Citizens Information Act 2007; http://www.citizensinformationboard.ie/ | |
| National Cancer Screening Services Board | 2007-01-01 | 2010-04-01 | Prior to 2007 was known as the National Breast Screening Board (established in 2004 as a statutory corporation); staff and liabilities transferred to the HSE | http://www.cancerscreening.ie/; S.I. No. 632/2006; Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; S.I. No. 118/2010 |
| National Breast Screening Board (II) | 2005-01-01 | 2007-01-01 | Replaced by National Cancer Screening Services Board under S.I. No. 632 & 633/2006 | S.I. 891/2004; S.I. No. 633/2006 |
| National Consumer Agency | 2007-05-01 | 2014-10-31 | Prior to 2007 was known as the Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs (est. in 1978), merged with Competition Authority in 2014 to create the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission | http://www.consumerconnect.ie/; Consumer Protection Act 2007; Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 |
| National Sports Campus Development Authority | 2007-01-01 | 2015-10-01 | replaced Campus and Stadium Ireland Ltd. (CSID). Dissolved, merged into Sport Ireland 2015 | National Sports Campus Development Authority Act 2006; http://www.csid.ie/; Sport Ireland Act 2015; S.I. No. 415/2015 |
| Mass-Radiography Board | 1964-06-18 | 1975-04-01 | preceded by National Mass-Radiography Association Limited (1950-1964) | S.I. No. 152/1964; S.I. No. 59/1975 |
| Bord na Gaeilge | 1978-11-01 | 1999-12-02 | Merged into Foras na Gaeilge in 1999. | Bord na Gaeilge Act, 1978; the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999; the North-South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northern Ireland Order 1999 |
| Fair Trade Commission | 1953-05-07 | 1972-06-20 | Replaced by Restrictive Practices Commission in 1972 | Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1953; Restrictive Practices Act, 1972 |
| Restrictive Practices Commission | 1972-06-20 | 1991-10-01 | Continuation/name change of Fair Trade Commission; functions transferred to Competition Authority in 1991 | Restrictive Practices Act, 1972; Competition Act, 1991 |
| Department of Industry and Commerce (II) | 1986-02-19 | 1993-01-19 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 41/1986; S.I. No. 19/1993 | |
| National Board for Science and Technology | 1978-04-05 | 1988-01-01 | Merged with Institute for Industrial Research and Standards to form Eolas | National Board For Science and Technology Act, 1977; S.I. No. 78/1978; Science and Technology Act, 1987 |
| Department of Industry, Commerce and Energy | 1977-09-23 | 1980-01-22 | Responsibility for energy transferred to Department of Energy (formerly Department of Economic Planning) S.I. No. 9/1980 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 306/1977; S.I. No. 10/1980 |
| Department of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism | 1980-01-23 | 1981-08-20 | Responsibility for tourism transferred from Department of Tourism and Transport (S.I. No. 8/1980) | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 10/1980; S.I. No. 290 of 1981 |
| Department of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism | 1983-12-17 | 1986-02-19 | Responsibility for industry transferred from Dept of Industry and Energy in 1983 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 384/1983; S.I. No. 41/1986 |
| Bord na gCapall | 1971-02-08 | 1989-05-09 | Horse Industry Act, 1970; S.I. No. 43/1971; Bord na gCapall (Dissolution) Act, 1989 | |
| Opticians Board | 1956-11-14 | 2015-02-06 | Replaced by the Optical Registration Board | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.opticiansboard.ie/; Opticians Act 1956; S.I. No. 286/1956; and Opticians (Amendment) Act 2003; http://www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 41/2015 |
| National Rehabilitation Board | 1967-12-20 | 2000-06-12 | Replaced the National Organisation for Rehabilitation; in 2000 dissolved and absorbed into Comhairle, Eastern Regional Health Authority, FÁS, and the National Disability Authority | S.I. No. 300/1967; S.I. No. 171/2000 |
| An Cheard-Chomhairle | 1960-04-11 | 1967-05-15 | regulated apprenticeships--functions taken over by AnCO | Apprenticeship Act, 1959; Industrial Training Act, 1967 |
| Irish Health Services Accreditation Board | 2002-05-01 | 2007-04-21 | Dissolved, merge into Health Information and Quality Authority | S.I. No. 160/2002; Health Act 2007 |
| Social Services Inspectorate | 1999-04-01 | 2007-04-21 | The SSI was administered by the Department of Health and Children (DoHC) until May 2007, when it was established on a statutory basis as the Office of the Chief Inspector of Social Services within the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). | Health Act 2007; http://web.archive.org/web/20060108031204/http://www.issi.ie/; Dail Eireann - Volume 554 - 09 October, 2002--Written Answers. - Social Services Inspectorate |
| Department of Enterprise and Employment | 1993-01-20 | 1997-07-11 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 19/1993; S.I. No. 305/1997 | |
| Department of the Environment and Local Government | 1997-07-22 | 2003-06-09 | S.I. No. 322/1997; S.I. No. 233 of 2003; Coakley & Gallagher 2005 | |
| Department of the Environment | 1977-08-17 | 1997-07-21 | S.I. No. 269/1977; S.I. No. 322/1997; Coakley & Gallagher 2005 | |
| Department of the Gaeltacht | 1956-07-02 | 1993-01-19 | MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1956; S.I. 22/1993; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Public Enterprise | 1997-07-12 | 2002-06-18 | S.I. No. 299/1997; S.I. No. 305/2002; http://www.transport.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Labour | 1966-07-12 | 1993-01-21 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1966; S.I. No. 162/1966; S.I. No. 20/1993 | |
| Department of Agriculture (I) | 1928-09-01 | 1965-07-05 | Land Commission transferred to Department of Fisheries to form Department of Lands and Fisheries | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928; S.I. No. 60/1928; S.I. No. 146/1965 |
| Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht | 1993-01-20 | 1997-07-12 | S.I. 22/1993; S.I. No. 306/1997; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Communications | 1984-01-02 | 1991-02-08 | Incorporated Transport and Posts and Telegraphs. Functions transferred to Department of Marine and Department of Tourism and Transport, 1987, and Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications in 1991. | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983; S.I. No. 91/1987; S.I. No. 92/1987; S.I. No. 26/1991 |
| Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht, and the Islands | 1997-07-12 | 2002-06-19 | IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1; S.I. No. 306/1997; S.I. No. 308/2002 | |
| Department of Equality and Law Reform | 1993-01-21 | 1997-07-08 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 20/1993; S.I. No. 297/1997 | |
| Department of Fisheries (I) | 1924-06-01 | 1928-09-01 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928 | |
| Department of Fisheries (II) | 1977-02-09 | 1978-07-14 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 29/1977; S.I. No. 195/1978 | |
| Department of Fisheries and Forestry | 1978-07-15 | 1986-02-18 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 195/1978; S.I. No. 40/1986 | |
| Department of Industry and Commerce (I) | 1924-06-01 | 1977-09-22 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; S.I. No. 306/1977 | |
| Department of Lands | 1934-04-01 | 1977-02-08 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 40/1934; S.I. No. 29/1977 | |
| Department of Lands and Agriculture | 1924-06-01 | 1928-09-01 | Land Commission transferred to Department of Fisheries in 1928 to form Department of Lands and Fisheries | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928 |
| Department of Lands and Fisheries | 1928-09-01 | 1934-04-01 | Lands Commission transferred from Department of Lands and Agriculture in 1928 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928; S.I. No. 40/1934 |
| Department of Local Government | 1947-01-22 | 1977-08-16 | http://www.environ.ie/; Coakley & Gallagher 2005; No. 16/1947; S.I. No. 269/1977 | |
| Department of Marine and Natural Resources | 1997-07-12 | 2002-06-19 | S.I. No. 301/1997; S.I. No. 307/2002; http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Supplies | 1939-09-08 | 1945-08-01 | Functions transferred to Minister of Industry and Commerce | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939; Minister for Supplies (Transfer of Functions) Act, 1945; S.I. No. 171/1945 |
| Department of the Public Service | 1973-11-01 | 1987-03-19 | Functions transferred to Department of Finance | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1973; S.I. No. 83/1987 |
| Department of Tourism and Transport (I) | 1977-09-24 | 1980-01-24 | Tourism policy responsibility transferred to Industry, Commerce and Tourism in 1980 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 305/1977; S.I. No. 11/1980 |
| Department of Tourism and Transport (II) | 1987-03-20 | 1991-02-06 | S.I. 83/1987; S.I. 25/1991; http://www.transport.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications | 1991-02-07 | 1993-01-22 | http://www.transport.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1; S.I. No. 25/1991; S.I. No. 17/1993 | |
| Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism | 1981-08-21 | 1983-12-16 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 290/1981; S.I. No. 384/1983 | |
| Department of Transport (I) | 1980-01-25 | 1984-01-02 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 11/1980; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 | |
| Special Residential Services Board | 2003-11-07 | 2007-07-23 | Became the Children Acts Advisory Board | McGauran et al. 2005; Children Act 2001; Child Care (Amendment) Act 2007; http://www.caab.ie/ |
| Children Acts Advisory Board | 2007-07-23 | 2011-09-08 | Change of name from the Special Residential Services Board which was established on a statutory basis in 2003. | Child Care (Amendment) Act 2007; Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011; S.I. No. 453/2011; http://www.caab.ie/ |
| National Development Corporation Ltd | 1986-06-11 | 1991-12-30 | Replaced National Enterprise Agency; Absorbed by Industrial Development Authority | National Development Corporation Act, 1986; Industrial Development (Amendment) Act, 1991 |
| National Enterprise Agency, Ltd | 1980-05-16 | 1986-06-11 | Replaced by National Development Corporation | National Development Corporation Act, 1986; Dáil Éireann - Volume 322 - 24 June, 1980 - Written Answers. - National Enterprise Agency |
| National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health | 1989-11-01 | 2005-09-01 | Created with merge of Factories Advisory Council, Office Premises Advisory Council, Mines & Quarries Council, Dangerous Substances Advisory Council; Death by Change of Name to Health and Safety Authority | Safety, Health and Welfare At Work Act, 1989; Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 |
| National Social Service Board (II) | 1984-07-19 | 2000-06-12 | Replaced by Comhairle | National Social Service Board Act, 1984; S.I. No. 185/1984; S.I. No. 19/1988; Comhairle Act, 2000 |
| Local Appointments Commission | 1926-01-01 | 2004-10-19 | In 2004, the Civil Service Commissioners (1956-2004) and Local Appointments Commissioners (1926-2004) were dissolved and substituted by the Commission for Public Service Appointments | Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926; Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 |
| Civil Service Commissioners (II) | 1957-02-18 | 2004-10-19 | In 2004, the Civil Service Commissioners (1956-2004) and Local Appointments Commissioners (1926-2004) were dissolved and substituted by the Commission for Public Service Appointments | Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956; S.I. No. 17/1957; Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 |
| National Heritage Council | 1988-09-05 | 1995-07-10 | Predecessor of Heritage Council | http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/ |
| National Science Council | 1968-01-04 | 1978-04-05 | Established on OECD recommendation; Replaced by National Board for Science and Technology | Dáil Éireann - Volume 293 - 04 November, 1976; National Board for Science and Technology Bill, 1976: Second Stage; National Board for Science and Technology Act 1977; 'Science Policy Necessary' Irish Times, 5 January 1968. |
| Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission | 2007-05-09 | http://www.gardaombudsman.ie/; The Garda Síochána Act 2005 | ||
| Adoption Board | 1953-01-01 | 2010-11-01 | Replaced by Adoption Authority of Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.aai.gov.ie/; Adoption Act 1952; S.I. No. 380/1952; Adoption Act 2010 |
| Council for Education, Recruitment and Training for the Hotel Industry | 1963-11-07 | 2003-05-28 | Established by Bord Fáilte; Functions transferred to National Tourism Development Authority (Fáilte Ireland) and FETAC now has responsibility for awards | National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003; http://web.archive.org/web/20010201150400/http://www.cert.ie/ |
| Dairy Disposal Company, Ltd. | 1927-04-29 | 1972-01-01 | 3 subsidiaries-Cleeves Confectionary (Limerick) Ltd., Condensed Milk Co. of Ireland Ltd, Newmarket Dairy Co. Ltd | Creamery Act 1928; MacCarthaigh 2009 |
| Dental Board | 1928-08-03 | 1985-11-13 | Replaced by Dental Council, funded by registration fees--like Law Society | Dentists Act 1928; Dentists Act, 1985; FitzGerald, 1963 |
| Independent Radio and Television Commission | 1988-10-17 | 2001-09-01 | Replaced by Broadcasting Commission of Ireland | Radio and Television Act, 1988; Broadcasting Act, 2001 |
| Irish Folklore Commission | 1935-04-01 | 1971-04-01 | Archives now held at UCD | S.I. No. 16/1957; S.I. No. 193/1957; http://www.ucd.ie/ucdnews/may95/folklore.html; O'Sullivan, S. (1974) 'The Work of the Irish Folklore Commission', University College Dublin. |
| Fóir Teoranta | 1972-03-28 | 1991-04-02 | Replaced Taiscí Stáit Teoranta in 1972; Absorbed into Industrial Credit Corporation Public Limited Company in 1991 | Fóir Teoranta Act, 1972; Foir Teoranta (Amendment) Act, 1973; Fóir Teoranta (Dissolution) Act, 1990 |
| Bord Fáilte Éireann | 1955-07-01 | 2003-05-28 | Replaced An Bord Fáilte and Fógra Fáilte, added publishing/publicity functions. Replaced by National Tourism Development Authority (Fáilte Ireland) | Tourist Traffic Act 1955; National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003 |
| Campus and Stadium Ireland Development Ltd. | 1999-12-10 | 2007-01-01 | Replaced by the National Sports Campus Development Authority; http://www.nscda.ie/ | National Sports Campus Development Act 2006 |
| General Medical Services (Payments) Board | 1972-07-28 | 2005-01-01 | Became part of HSE | S.I. No. 184/1972; Health Act 2004 |
| Pigs and Bacon Commission | 1940-01-01 | 1983-08-01 | replaced the Bacon Marketing Board and the Pigs Marketing Board; privatised 1983 | Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1939; Seanad Éireann - Volume 102 - 30 November, 1983--State Guarantees Act, 1954 (Amendment of Schedule) (No. 2) Order, 1983 |
| Agricultural Credit Corporation | 1927-09-30 | 2001-12-01 | Purchased by Rabobank | Agricultural Credit Act, 1927; Acc Bank Act, 1992; Acc Bank Act, 2001; Palcic and Reeves 2007; MacCarthaigh 2009 |
| Hospitals Joint Services Board | 1965-07-14 | 1990-06-30 | Privatised--became part of Connacht Court group | Health (Corporate Bodies) Act, 1961; S.I. No. 157/1965; S.I. No. 140/1990; S.I. No. 145/1990 |
| Great Southern Hotels | 1961-06-27 | 2006-08-24 | Nationalised in 1961 as a subsidiary of CIE, then Aer Rianta and the DAA | MacCarthaigh 2009; FitzGerald, 1963; Transport Act, 1963; Dáil Éireann - Volume 203 - 28 May, 1963--Committee on Finance. - Transport Bill, 1963 [Seanad]— Second Stage; 'DAA sells Great Southern Hotels chain' RTE News, 24 August 2006 |
| National Council for Vocational Awards | 1991-11-29 | 2001-06-11 | Replaced by FETAC | Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999; Dáil Éireann - Volume 420 - 05 June, 1992--Estimates, 1992. - Vote 29: Third-Level and Further Education (Revised Estimate); http://web.archive.org/web/20010201070000/http://www.ncva.ie/ |
| National Council for Educational Awards | 1980-07-16 | 2001-06-11 | Existed as an ad hoc body since 1972, replaced by HETAC | National Council for Educational Awards Act 1979; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 |
| National Committee for Development Education | 1994-06-30 | 2002-12-01 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 644 - 18 December, 2007 - Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies; http://web.archive.org/web/20011214234002/http://www.ncde.ie/index.html | |
| Probation and Welfare Service | 1979-01-01 | 2006-06-26 | Previously known as the 'Welfare Service'. In 1979 was re-named to the 'Probation and Welfare Service'. Restructured as the 'Probation Service' in 2006. The Probation of Offenders Act (1907) provided for statutory supervision of offenders in the community and is the foundation for probation work in Ireland. | McGauran et al. 2005; Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983; Criminal Justice Act 2006; http://www.probation.ie/ |
| Irish National Petroleum Corporation | 1979-07-02 | 2001-07-16 | purchased by Tosco Corp. | Irish National Petroleum Corporation Limited Act, 2001; http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Energy/Oil+Supply+Division/National+Petroleum+Corporation+%28INPC%29.htm Palcic and Reeves 2007 |
| Bord Telecom Éireann | 1984-01-01 | 1999-07-01 | Became eircom after privatisation in 1999; subsidiaries included EIRTRADE Services, Ltd., Telecommunications Investments, plc., and EIRCELL. | Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983; Postal and Telecommunications Services (Amendment) Act, 1999; MacCarthaigh 2009 |
| Turf Club | 1784-01-01 | 2018-01-01 | The Turf Club (and INHSC) was the Regulatory Body for horseracing in Ireland, it was replaced by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board in January 2018 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.turfclub.ie/; Racing Board and Racecourses Act, 1945; Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016; www.irhb.ie |
| Royal Irish Academy of Music | 1848-01-01 | Founded in 1848, The Royal Irish Academy of Music is Ireland’s oldest conservatoire | McGauran et al. 2005; www.riam.ie, the Educational Endowments (Ireland) Act 1885 | |
| National Gallery of Ireland | 1854-08-10 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nationalgallery.ie/; National Gallery of Ireland Acts 1854 to 1963 | ||
| National Theatre Society Ltd. | 1925-01-01 | 2006-01-31 | Abbey Theatre established in 1903, nationalised in 1925 as the National Theatre Society Limited. On 31 January 2006 this company was dissolved and all assets and liabilities were transferred to a newly established company, Abbey Theatre Amharclann Na Mainistreach, which now runs the theatre. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/ |
| Irish Manuscripts Commission Ltd. | 1928-10-10 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.irishmanuscripts.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 26 - 17 October, 1928--CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION; Dáil Éireann - Volume 168 - 12 June, 1958--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Companies, Commissions, Committees and Advisory Councils | ||
| Irish Red Cross Society | 1939-07-01 | Prior to 1939 was established as autonomous entity with the British Red Cross Society during the War of Independence in 1920; some records also show that the Red Cross operated during the 1916 Easter Rising | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.redcross.ie/; Red Cross Acts 1938, 1944 and 1954; S.I. No.216 (1955) | |
| National Industrial and Economic Council | 1963-10-09 | 1973-11-02 | Chaired by T.K. Whitaker 1963-1967 (http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/authors/w/Whitaker,TK/life.htm). Replaced by NESC in 1973 | Lee, J., 1991; Dáil Éireann - Volume 233 - 06 March, 1968--Committee on Finance. - Vote 40—Industry and Commerce; Dáil Éireann - Volume 205 - 23 October, 1963--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - National Industrial Economic Council |
| Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee | 2007-02-01 | http://www.criminalcode.ie/; Criminal Justice Act 2006 | ||
| National Savings Committee | 1955-12-21 | 1985-01-01 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 241 - 08 July, 1969--Committee on Finance. - Vote 6: Office of the Minister for Finance; Dáil Éireann - Volume 168 - 12 June, 1958--Written Answers. - State-sponsored Companies, Commissions, Committees and Advisory Councils; Private Members' Business. - Protection of Investments: Motion (Resumed). Wednesday, 15 February 1984, Dáil Éireann Debate - Vol. 347 No. 13 | |
| Probation and After-Care Service | 1962-01-01 | 1969-01-01 | Probation officers can be traced back to the 1907 Probation of Offenders Act; but no separate agency/service was established. As a service was established in 1962 under the title: 'Probation and After-Care Service'. In 1969 was reorganized and re-named the 'Welfare Service'. | Probation of Offenders Act 1907; Criminal Justice (Administration) Act 1914; Criminal Justice Act 1960; http://www.probation.ie/ |
| Nitrigin Eireann Teoranta | 1961-10-03 | 2008-12-01 | Ended up as a holding company for the state's 51% shareholding in IFI (Irish Fertilizer) | Nítrigin Éireann Teoranta Acts 1963 to 2001; Dáil Éireann - Volume 588 - 06 July, 2004--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies; Dáil Éireann - Volume 647 - 19 February, 2008--Written Answers. - Semi-State Bodies; CRO |
| Córas Beostoic agus Feola Teoranta | 1969-02-04 | 1979-10-01 | Replaced by Córas Beostoic agus Feola in 1979 | Córas Beostoic agus Feola Act, 1979 |
| Inland Fisheries Trust Incorporated | 1951-05-07 | 1980-10-29 | Death by replacement by Central Fisheries Board | Fisheries Act, 1980; CRO |
| An Coiste Téarmaíochta | 1968-01-01 | 1999-12-02 | Committees of Irish-language experts were set up as early as 1927 in order to provide terminology for the education system. An Buanchoiste Téarmaíochta (The Permanent Terminology Committee) was established by the Minister of Education in 1968. Merged into Foras na Gaeilge 1999 | the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999; the North-South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northern Ireland Order 1999; http://gaeilge.ie/Foras_na_Gaeilge/The_Terminology_Committee.asp |
| An Gúm | 1925-03-06 | 1999-12-02 | Merged into Foras na Gaeilge | http://gaeilge.ie/Foras_na_Gaeilge/An_Gum.asp; the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999; the North-South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northern Ireland Order 1999; Dáil Éireann - Volume 42 - 28 June, 1932, Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - An Gúm. |
| Aer Rianta | 1937-04-05 | 2004-10-01 | Under the 2004 State Airports Act, the DAA assumed responsibility for all the assets, liabilities and contracts of the former Aer Rianta; eventually some responsibility will go to Cork and Shannon Airport Authorities. Aer Rianta was originally the holding company for Aer Lingus and Aerlinte Eireann | Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1936; S.I. No. 177/1938; Air Companies Act, 1966; State Airports Act 2004; http://www.dublinairportauthority.com/company-profile/company-history.html |
| Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann | 1972-10-27 | 2004-01-09 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 577 - 16 December, 2003--Written Answers. - Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann; http://web.archive.org/web/20030607005819/http://ite.ie/index.htm | |
| Motor Insurance Advisory Board | 1984-11-16 | 2004-09-01 | S.I. No. 299/1984; Dáil Éireann - Volume 603 - 25 May, 2005--Written Answers. - Motor Insurance | |
| Employment Equality Agency | 1977-10-01 | 1999-10-18 | Replaced by the Equality Authority in 1999 | Employment Equality Act 1977; The Employment Equality Act 1998 |
| Archbishop Marsh's Library | 1707-01-01 | http://www.marshlibrary.ie/; An Act for settling and preserving a publick library for ever…, 1707; S.I. No. 8/1970; National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 | ||
| Anglo Irish Bank | 2009-01-21 | 2011-10-14 | Nationalized in 2009, and on 14 October 2011, the name of Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited was changed to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited, trading as IBRC. | Anglo-Irish Bank Corporation Act 2009; http://www.angloirishbank.ie/; Laeven & Valencia, 'Systemic Banking Crises Database: An Update', IMF Working Paper WP/12/163, p. 29. |
| Irish Maritime Development Office | 2000-07-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.imdo.ie/; Marine Institute Act 1991; Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1999 | ||
| Library Council | 1948-05-12 | 2012-11-01 | 'Objects of New Library Council' Irish Times 13 May 1948; McGauran et al. 2005; Public Libraries Act 1947; Local Government Act 2001; Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012; S.I. No. 422/2012; Seanad Éireann Debate Vol. 215 No. 13 - Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Second Stage, 6 June 2012 | |
| Digital Media Development Limited | 2000-03-28 | 2003-07-21 | Dissolved and replaced by Digital Hub Development Agency | S.I. No. 220/2001; Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003; Dáil Éireann - Volume 647 - 19 February, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies |
| Cospóir | 1978-02-10 | 1999-07-01 | Replaced by statutory Irish Sports Council | Irish Sports Council Act 1999; Dáil Éireann - Volume 323 - 05 November, 1980--Ceisteanna—Questions . Oral Answers . - Departmental Advisory Bodies; Dáil Éireann - Volume 463 - 28 March, 1996--Written Answers. - Sports Activities Recognition |
| Agency for Personal Service Overseas | 1974-03-28 | 2004-01-01 | In 2004 APSO was merged into the Irish government’s Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI) office | Dáil Éireann - Volume 482 - 12 November, 1997--Written Answers. - Non-Commercial Agencies; Dáil Éireann - Volume 642 - 22 November, 2007--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies; http://web.archive.org/web/20020331052250/http://www.apso.ie/; Listed in McGauran et al. 2005 |
| Refugee Agency | 1991-04-01 | 2001-04-02 | Merge w/ Directorate for Asylum Support Services to form the Reception and Integration Agency | Dáil Éireann - Volume 533 - 03 April, 2001--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies; http://www.ria.gov.ie/ |
| Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation | 1997-04-01 | 2005-04-01 | Under aegis of Forfas; ICSTI was replaced by Advisory Council for Science, Technology and Innovation | http://web.archive.org/web/20021219022343/www.forfas.ie/icsti/; Address by Mr Noel Treacy T.D. Minister for Science, Technology and Commerce to the Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation on Tuesday, 14 September 1999 |
| Comhairle na Gaeilge | 1969-06-13 | 1978-11-01 | predecessor of Bord na Gaeilge | Seanad Éireann - Volume 89 - 07 June, 1978--An Bille um Bord na Gaeilge, 1978: An Dara Céim. Bord na Gaeilge Bill, 1978: Second Stage; 'Taking another look at Irish: Haughey's new council' Irish Times, 14 June 1969 |
| Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (II) | 2007-05-01 | In May 2007 the old Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (est. in 1875) replaced by the new Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland which has an expanded remit as a regulator of pharmacy in Ireland | Pharmacy Act 2007; http://www.pharmaceuticalsociety.ie/ | |
| Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (I) | 1875-01-01 | 2007-05-01 | Replaced by new Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland in 2007 under the Pharmacy Act 2007 | Pharmacies Acts 1875-1962; Pharmacy Act 2007; http://www.pharmaceuticalsociety.ie/; http://web.archive.org/web/20010402023121/http://www.pharmaceuticalsociety.ie/ |
| Press Council of Ireland | 2007-11-06 | Independent press regulation body; prior to 2006, similar functions were exercised by the Press Industry Steering Committee (2004-2006), which proposed the creation of the Press Council of Ireland and election of the Press Ombudsman | CRO lists date of registration as 06/11/08; see also http://www.pressombudsman.ie/ (which has 1 Jan 08 as start) | |
| Office of the Press Ombudsman | 2008-01-01 | Prior to 2006, similar functions were exercised by the Press Industry Steering Committee (2004-2006), which proposed the creation of the Press Council of Ireland and election of the Press Ombudsman | http://www.pressombudsman.ie/ | |
| Irish Shipping Ltd | 1941-03-21 | 1984-11-14 | Irish Shipping Limited Act, 1947; Dáil Éireann - Volume 353 - 14 November, 1984--Irish Shipping Limited: Motion | |
| Dublin Transport Authority | 1986-11-12 | 1987-12-27 | Dublin Transport Authority Act, 1986; Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act, 1987 | |
| Dublin Metropolitan Streets Commission | 1987-02-01 | 1987-07-01 | Dublin Metropolitan Streets Commission Act, 1986; Dublin Metropolitan Streets Commission (Dissolution) Order, 1987 | |
| Rent Tribunal | 1983-08-02 | 2016-01-08 | From 1 October 2009, administrative support services to the Rent Tribunal were provided by the PRTB and the Rent Tribunal was located at the offices of the PRTB. On 8 January 2016 the Rent Tribunal was absorbed into the Residential Tenancies Board. | McGauran et al., 2005; Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act 1983; S.I. No. 220/1983; S.I. No. 222/1983; S.I No.140/1988; Written answers--Tuesday, 30 June 2009- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government-- Private Rented Accommodation; Written answers--Tuesday, 23 March 2010 Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government--Private Residential Tenancies Board; www.rtb.ie; Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015; S.I. No. 151/2016; S.I. No. 4/2016 |
| Companies Registration Office | 1908-01-01 | Also Registrar of Friendly Societies (plan to formally merge) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.cro.ie/; Companies Acts, 1908 To 1917; Companies (Re-Constitution of Records) Act, 1924; Registration of Business Names Act, 1963 | |
| Ceimicí Teoranta | 1947-01-29 | 1986-07-30 | Monarchana Alcóil na hÉireann, Teoranta under 1938 Act; change of name under Industrial Alcohol (Amendment) Act, 1947; went into liquidation in 1986. | Industrial Alcohol (Amendment) Act, 1947; '£4.5m. losses force closure of Ceimici Teo' Irish Independent, 31 July 1986 |
| National Council for the Elderly | 1990-01-01 | 1997-03-01 | Replaced the National Council for the Aged in 1990; replaced by the National Council on Ageing and Older People in 1997. | http://www.ncaop.ie/; S.I. No. 120/1997 |
| National Council for the Aged | 1981-06-01 | 1990-01-01 | Replaced by National Council for the Elderly in 1990. | http://www.ncaop.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 372 - 21 May, 1987--Written Answers. - Departmental Advisory Bodies |
| Irish Tourist Board | 1939-08-01 | 1952-07-03 | Replaced by An Bord Failte | Tourist Traffic Act, 1939; Tourist Traffic Act, 1952 |
| Dublin Rheumatism Clinic Board | 1980-05-08 | 1980-05-30 | Replaced the Dublin Rheumatism Clinic Association; staff, assets (excluding premises) liabilities etc. transferred to the St. James's Hospital Board upon dissolution. | S.I. No. 135/1980; S.I. No. 153/1980 |
| Dublin Rheumatism Clinic Association | 1942-10-01 | 1978-09-07 | S.I. No. 135/1980; FitzGerald, 1963; IPA Yearbooks | |
| Trustee Savings Bank | 1992-06-01 | 2001-04-01 | Nationalised and merged with Irish Life & Permanent (formerly Irish Life Assurance and Irish Permanent Building Society)--now trades under the name Permanent TSB | Trustee Savings Banks Act, 1989; S.I. No. 55/1992; S.I. No. 175/2001; Palcic and Reeves 2007; MacCarthaigh 2009; http://web.archive.org/web/19991119021859/http://www.tsbbank.ie/ |
| National Disease Surveillance Centre | 1998-10-01 | 2005-01-01 | Name change in 2005 to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre as part of its move into the Health Service Executive | McGauran et al. 2005; SI 151/2000; SI 865/2004; http://web.archive.org/web/20001216224100/www.ndsc.ie/who_is_ndsc.htm; Written Answers. - National Disease Surveillance Centre. Wednesday, 24 May 2000, Dáil Eireann Debate, Vol. 519 No. 6 |
| Development Education Support Centre | 1986-01-01 | 1994-06-30 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 412 - 13 November, 1991--Written Answers. - Development Education Support Centre; Dáil Éireann - Volume 444 - 21 June, 1994 | |
| Comhairle na nOspidéal | 1972-06-29 | 2005-01-01 | Replaced by National Hospitals Office of the HSE | Health Acts 1970 & 2004; S.I. No. 164/1972 |
| Eastern Health Shared Services | 2000-03-01 | 2005-01-01 | Merged into HSE | Health Act 2004; http://web.archive.org/web/20020812001530/www.ehss.ie/frames/about/index.html |
| Eastern Regional Health Authority | 2000-03-01 | 2005-01-01 | Replaced Eastern Health Board; Merged into HSE | McGauran et al. 2005; Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act, 1999; Health Act 2004 |
| Centre for Housing Research | 2006-03-01 | 2010-05-01 | Replaced housing unit which was set up as a joint initiative between Department and the local authorities in 1998; Administered by IPA until replacement by Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency | Dáil Éireann - Volume 616 - 08 March, 2006--Written Answers. - Social and Affordable Housing; Written Answers - State Agencies--Thursday, 20 January 2011 |
| Central Bank | 1943-02-01 | 2003-05-01 | Replaced Currency Commission, replaced by Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland | Central Bank Act 1942; Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003; S.I. No. 505/1942 |
| Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs | 1978-01-01 | 2007-05-01 | Replaced by National Consumer Agency | Consumer Information Act, 1978; Consumer Protection Act 2007 |
| Crafts Council of Ireland | 1976-09-21 | Previously a volunteer body (formed 1971), nationalised in 1976 as a limited company under the Dept of Industry and Commerce. Since 19 January 2014 is primarily referred to as the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dccoi.ie/ | |
| Institute of Public Health in Ireland | 1999-11-22 | CRO lists creation date as 01/10/2002 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.publichealth.ie/; Press release Dept of Health & Children (22/11/99) | |
| Abbey Theatre Amharclann na Mainistreach | 2006-01-31 | Replaced the National Theatre Society Ltd. as the company with responsibility for the Abbey Theatre | www.abbeytheatre.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 647 - 13 February, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies | |
| National Museum of Science and Art | 1877-08-14 | 1997-01-01 | Became the National Museum of Ireland | http://www.museum.ie/ Dublin Science and Art Museum Act 1877; National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 |
| Irish Film Censor's Office (IFCO) | 1923-07-16 | 2008-07-20 | Replaced by Irish Film Classification Office in 2008 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.ifco.ie; Censorship of Films Act, 1923; the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 |
| Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO) | 2008-07-20 | Replaced Irish Film Censor's Office | www.ifco.ie; Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 | |
| Irish Laboratory Accreditation Board | 1985-07-01 | 1995-02-01 | Predecessor of Irish National Accreditation Board | SI 4/1991; http://www.inab.ie/aboutus/ Dáil Éireann - Volume 465 - 09 May, 1996 Private Members' Business. - National Standards Authority of Ireland Bill, 1996: Second Stage (Resumed). 'Board gives formal accreditation to labs' Irish Times, 16 April 1987; Report of the Laboratory of the Dublin Region Public Analyst for the years 1995 and 1996, Eastern Health Board |
| Land Registry | 1892-01-01 | 2006-11-04 | Land Registry - pre-independence body that was subsumed into Home Affairs in 1922 and then Justice. Merged into Property Registration Authority in 2006 | http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PR07000396; Dáil Éireann - Volume 588 - 06 July, 2004--Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies |
| National Transport Authority | 2009-12-01 | http://www.nationaltransport.ie/; Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008; Public Transport Regulation Act 2009; S.I. No. 474/2009 | ||
| National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence | 2007-06-25 | 0000-00-00 | In August 2019, the Department of Justice implemented a significant Transformation Programme, most notably in response to the recommendations of the Effectiveness and Renewal Group which was established by Government in January 2018. The Department's work was previously structured by subject areas relating to different parts of the Justice and Equality sector. Cosc - The National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence was an example of this | http://www.cosc.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 639 - 09 October, 2007--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies |
| Irish Youth Justice Service | 2005-12-01 | http://www.iyjs.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 646 - 05 February, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies | ||
| National Asset Management Agency | 2009-12-21 | http://www.nama.ie/; National Asset Management Agency Act, 2009 | ||
| Broadcasting Authority of Ireland | 2009-10-01 | 2023-03-15 | Created by merge of BCC and BCI. Subsequently replaced by Coimisiún na Meán | Broadcasting Act 2009; http://www.bai.ie/; Part 16 of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (No. 41 of 2022); S.I. No. 72/2023 |
| Government Information Bureau | 1934-02-01 | 1973-04-01 | Press channel for ministerial statements; Replaced by Government Information Services (GIS). Change in office title associated with appointment of Muiris MacConghail as the Head of GIB/GIS in April 1973 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 54 - 18 December, 1934--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cancellation of Government Advertising |
| Government Information Services | 1973-04-01 | Change in office title associated with appointment of Muiris MacConghail as the Head of GIB/GIS in April 1973 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 269 - 14 December, 1973--Committee on Finance. - Vote No. 3: Department of the Taoiseach (Resumed); http://www.merrionstreet.ie/ | |
| Department of Social Protection (I) | 2010-05-02 | 2017-09-02 | Replaced Department of Social and Family Affairs. Replaced by Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. | http://www.welfare.ie/; S.I. No. 186/2010; S.I. No 366/2017 |
| Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport | 2010-05-02 | 2011-06-02 | Replaced Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism; Replaced by Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | S.I. No. 178/2010; S.I. No. 220/2011 |
| Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation | 2010-05-02 | 2011-06-02 | http://www.deti.ie/; S.I. No. 185/2010; S.I. No. 245/2011 | |
| Social Welfare Appeals Office | 1990-09-01 | Set up under the Programme for Government 1989-1993 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.socialwelfareappeals.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 399 - 29 May, 1990--Written Answers. - Social Welfare Appeals Office | |
| Department of Education and Skills | 2010-05-02 | 2020-10-22 | Succeeded by Department of Education (II) and some functions transferred to new Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | http://www.education.ie/; S.I. No. 184/2010; S.I. No. 450/2020; Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 2020 (No. 10 of 2020; S.I. No. 451/2020 |
| Radio Éireann | 1960-06-01 | 1966-03-08 | Broadcasting Authority Act, 1960; S.I. No. 107/1960; Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1966 | |
| Broadcasting Advisory Committee | 1927-03-24 | 1952-12-31 | Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926; S.I. No. 31/1927; http://www.rte.ie/ | |
| Irish Public Bodies Mutual Insurances Ltd. | 1926-09-13 | Local Authorities (Mutual Assurance) Act, 1926; http://www.ipb.ie/ | ||
| Circuit Court Rules Committee | 1936-11-28 | Courts of Justice Act, 1936; 28th Interim Report of the Committee on Court Practice and Procedure | ||
| District Court Rules Committee | 1936-11-28 | Courts of Justice Act, 1936; 28th Interim Report of the Committee on Court Practice and Procedure | ||
| Local Registration of Title Rules Committee | 1936-11-28 | 1964-07-04 | Became the Registration of Title Rules Committee | Courts of Justice Act 1936; Registration of Title Act 1964; Subject: Departmental Bodies, Date: 13 February 2008, Question Number: 370, Question Posed By: Deputy Leo Varadkar |
| Department of Justice and Law Reform | 2010-06-02 | 2011-04-02 | http://www.justice.ie/; S.I. No. 216/2010; S.I. No. 138/2011 | |
| Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs | 2010-06-02 | 2011-06-02 | S.I. No. 215/2010; S.I. No. 214/2011 | |
| Commission on Emigration and Other Population Problems | 1948-04-05 | 1954-07-01 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 121 - 31 May, 1950--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Commission on Emigration; Dáil Éireann - Volume 147 - 27 October, 1954--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Commission on Emigration | |
| Met Éireann | 1936-12-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.met.ie/; Meteorological Services (Re-distribution of Public Services) Order, 1936 (SR & O No 276 of 1936) and later reassignments - eg Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1987; Dáil Éireann - Volume 647 - 13 February, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies | ||
| Inland Fisheries Ireland | 2010-07-01 | 'The replacement of the Central and seven Regional Fisheries Boards, the National Salmon Commission and the eight Fisheries Co-operative Societies with IFI is in keeping with the Government programme for the rationalisation of State bodies.'- DCENR Press Release, 1 July 2010 | Inland Fisheries Act 2010; http://www.fisheriesireland.ie/ | |
| Health and Social Care Professionals Council | 2007-03-20 | Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; SI 124 of 2007; http://www.coru.ie/ | ||
| Industrial Credit Corporation | 1933-10-04 | 2001-01-01 | Purchased by Bank of Scotland | Industrial Credit Act, 1933; ICC Bank Act, 1992; Palcic and Reeves 2007; FitzGerald, 1963; MacCarthaigh 2009 |
| Geological Survey of Ireland | 1845-01-01 | Geological Survey Act 1845; Ministers and Secretaries 1924; http://www.gsi.ie/ | ||
| Quit Rent Office | 1641-01-01 | 1943-01-01 | Absorbed into Irish Land Commission in 1943. | Dáil Éireann - Volume 70 - 30 March, 1938; Committee on Finance. - Vote 30—Quit Rent Office; Dáil Éireann - Volume 93 - 26 April, 1944--Estimates for Public Services. - Vote 52—Lands |
| Bar Council | 1897-01-01 | http://www.lawlibrary.ie/; Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009 | ||
| Office of the Disability Appeals Officer | 2007-06-01 | Disability Act 2005; www.gov.ie/en/publication/08b143-office-of-the-disability-appeals-officer | ||
| Council of National Cultural Institutions | 2001-12-21 | Heritage Fund Act 2001; http://www.cnci.ie/ | ||
| Office for Internet Safety | 2008-03-01 | 2019-06-30 | The functions of the Office for Internet Safety have been incorporated into the Cybercrime division of the Department of Justice and Equality | http://www.internetsafety.ie/; www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/Cybercrime;www.oireachtas.ie/ga/debates/question/2018-02-06/250/ |
| National Botanic Gardens | 1878-01-01 | Gardens originally founded in 1795, came into state control in 1878. | Ministers and Secs. 1924; S.I. No. 6/1992; S.I. No. 356/2002; http://www.botanicgardens.ie/ | |
| Investor Compensation Company Ltd. | 1998-08-01 | Investor Compensation Act, 1998; Dáil Éireann - Volume 588 - 06 July, 2004--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies; http://www.investorcompensation.ie/ | ||
| Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority | 2003-05-01 | 2010-10-01 | Under the auspices of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland until they merged in 2010 to form the Central Bank of Ireland | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003; http://www.financialregulator.ie/; www.centralbank.ie; Central Bank Reform Act 2010; S.I. No. 469/2010 |
| Skillnet Ireland Ltd. | 1998-12-17 | Formerly known as Skillnets Ltd., changed name to Skillnet Ireland in 2018 | http://www.skillnets.ie/; Seanad Éireann - Volume 187 - 24 October, 2007--Education and Training: Motion; www.skillnetireland.ie | |
| Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information | 2007-05-01 | S.I. No. 133/2007; www.ocei.gov.ie/en/ | ||
| Environmental Information Service | 1990-09-01 | 2009-09-04 | Office and Information Centre closed in 2009, website maintained by the Library Council | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.enfo.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 647 - 13 February, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies |
| Office of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures | 1939-09-08 | 1945-06-18 | Minister without portfolio | Ministers and Secretaries Act 1939; Dáil Éireann - Volume 108 - 09 October, 1947--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - New Ministries and Parliamentary Secretaryships |
| Garda Síochána | 1923-08-08 | Created from merge of Dublin Metropolitan Police and Royal Irish Constabulary | Gárda Síochána (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923; Garda Síochána Act, 1924; http://www.garda.ie/ | |
| Repak Ltd. | 1996-02-01 | http://www.repak.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 474 - 29 January, 1997--Adjournment Debate. - Waste Management Crisis; S.I. No. 242/1997; S.I. No. 798/2007 | ||
| Office of the Attorney General (II) | 1924-06-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.attorneygeneral.ie/; The ministers and secretaries Act, 1924 (especially section 6) | ||
| Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency | 2010-05-01 | Set up to take over the functions of the Affordable Homes Partnership, the Centre for Housing Research, the Homeless Agency and the National Building Agency. | http://www.housing.ie/; S.I. No. 264/2012 | |
| Probation Service | 2006-06-26 | Replaced the 'Probation and Welfare Service' in 2006 | Criminal Justice Act 2006; http://www.probation.ie/ | |
| Adoption Authority of Ireland | 2010-11-01 | Adoption Act 2010; http://www.aai.gov.ie/; 'New Adoption Authority Appointed' Irish Times, 1 November 2010 | ||
| Irish Prison Service | 1854-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.irishprisons.ie/; The Prison Service (Ireland) Act 1883; and various Prisons Acts 1933-2007 | ||
| Irish Patents Office | 1927-10-01 | 2019-12-02 | The Irish Patents Office was replaced by the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland from 2 December 2019 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.patentsoffice.ie/; Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act 1927; Patents Acts 1964 & 1992; Trade Marks Act 1996; Intellectual Property (Miscellanious Provisions) Act 1998; Industrial Designs Act 2001; European Communities (Supplementary Protection Certificate) Regulations 1993; S.I. No. 586/2019 |
| Bord na Móna plc | 1946-06-21 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.bnm.ie/; Turf Development Acts 1946 and 1950; S.I. No. 212/1946 | ||
| Railway Tribunal | 1924-10-14 | 1945-01-01 | Took over functions of the Railway and Canal Commission; upon dissolution, powers given to High Court (Transport Act 1944) | Railways Act, 1924; 'First Sitting of the Railway Tribunal' Irish Times, 4 October 1924; Railways (Amendment) Act, 1929; S.I. No. 659/1935; Transport Act 1944 |
| Regulator of Premium Rate Telecommunications Services | 1995-07-17 | 2010-07-12 | S.I. No. 194/1995; Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Act 2010; S.I. No. 234/2010; http://web.archive.org/web/20080714181007/http:/www.regtel.ie/ | |
| Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | 2011-06-02 | 2016-07-07 | Creation: S.I. No. 220/2011; Termination: S.I. No. 357/2016; http://www.ahg.gov.ie/ | |
| Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government | 2011-05-02 | 2016-07-23 | Creation: S.I. No. 193/2011, Termination: S.I. No. 394/2016; http://www.environ.ie/ | |
| Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport | 2011-04-02 | 2020-09-17 | Succeeded by Department of Transport (III). Tourism and Sport responsibilities also transferred to new Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media | S.I. No. 141/2011; http://www.transport.ie/; S.I. No. 351/2020; S.I. No. 356/2020 |
| Department of Justice and Equality | 2011-04-02 | 2020-11-01 | Succeeded by Department of Justice (II). Equality and human rights responsibilities also transferred to Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth | http://www.justice.ie/; S.I. No. 138/2011; S.I. No. 452/2020; S.I. No. 436/2020 |
| Department of Children and Youth Affairs | 2011-06-02 | 2020-10-15 | Succeeded by Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. Certain youth justice functions also transferred to Department of Justice (II) | http://www.dcya.gov.ie/; S.I. No. 214/2011; S.I. No. 437/2020; S.I. No. 435/2020 |
| Department of Health (II) | 2011-06-04 | S.I. No. 219/2011; http://www.dohc.ie/ | ||
| Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation | 2011-06-02 | 2017-09-02 | Department replaced by Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation in 2017 following election of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach | http://www.deti.ie/; S.I. No. 245/2011 S.I. No. 364/2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/364 |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2011-06-02 | 2020-09-24 | Succeeded by Department of Foreign Affairs (II) | http://www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011; S.I. No. 382/2020 |
| Peatlands Council | 2011-04-07 | http://www.npws.ie/peatlandsturf-cutting/peatlandscouncil/ | ||
| Department of Public Expenditure and Reform | 2011-07-06 | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011; S.I. No. 401/2011; http://per.gov.ie/ | ||
| Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited | 2011-10-14 | 2013-02-07 | After the transfer of the business of Irish Nationwide Building Society (INBS) to Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited on 1 July 2011, the Bank’s name was changed to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited, and it traded as IBRC until going into special liquidation on 7 February 2013. | http://www.ibrc.ie/Media_centre/IBRC_news/Press_Releases/Press_Release_Pages/Change_of_Name_%E2%80%93_Anglo_Irish_Bank_Corporation_Limited.html; Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013; S.I. No. 36/2013; CRO, Registered Company No. 22045 |
| Irish Fiscal Advisory Council | 2011-06-01 | Established on an interim basis in June 2011, and put on statutory footing under the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2012. | http://www.fiscalcouncil.ie/; Written Answers - Departmental Bodies, 1 May 2012, Dáil Éireann Debate, Vol. 763 No. 3; Fiscal Responsibility Act 2012 | |
| Irish Life Ltd. | 2011-03-31 | 2013-07-18 | The Minister for Finance had a 100% direct shareholding in Irish Life and its subsidiary companies. Irish Life was sold in July 2013 to Canada’s Great-West Lifeco. | Statement by the Dept of Finance: http://finance.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=7295; Laeven & Valencia, 'Systemic Banking Crises Database: An Update', IMF Working Paper WP/12/163, p. 29.; 'State closes €1.3 billion sale of Irish Life to Canada’s Great-West Lifeco', Irish Times, 19 July 2013 |
| Allied Irish Bank | 2011-04-01 | The Irish State has been AIB majority shareholder since April 2011 through the National Pension Reserve Fund (now Irish Strategic Investment Fund). The Educational Building Society (EBS) was taken into state ownership through absorption into AIB on 1 July 2011. In 2017, the Shareholding and Financial Advisory Division (SFAD) planned and implemented an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of a portion of the State’s shares in AIB, listing the stock on the premium segment of the Irish and London stock exchanges. The IPO resulted in the sale of 28.75% of the banks ordinary shares (including a greenshoe mechanism) and recouped €3.4 billion for the Irish exchequer. The State now retains about 71% of the bank’s Ordinary Shares. | Written answers - Banks Recapitalisation, Wednesday, 20 June 2012, Dáil Éireann Debate, Vol. 769 No. 2; Written Answers - Banking Sector Regulation, Thursday, 29 March 2012, Dáil Éireann Debate, Vol. 761 No. 2; National Pension Reserve Fund Annual Report 2010; http://www.aib.ie/; 'State's Shareholding in Banks' www.gov.ie/en/publication/066a28-banks/ | |
| Irish Research Council | 2012-03-29 | The mission of the Irish Research Council is to enable and sustain a vibrant research community in Ireland. | http://www.research.ie/; 'New body sees value of research' Irish Times, 26 April 2012 | |
| Credit Review Office | 2010-03-01 | The enabling legislation is the guidelines issued under section 210 (1) of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 | http://www.creditreview.ie/; 'Credit Review Office - Information Note' Department of Finance, http://www.finance.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=6254 | |
| Local Government Management Agency | 2012-08-01 | http://www.lgcsb.ie/en; S.I. No. 290/2012 | ||
| Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland | 2012-11-06 | QQI (Quality and Qualifications Ireland) is an independent State agency responsible for promoting quality and accountability in education and training services in Ireland. | Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012; S.I. No. 436/2012; http://www.qualificationsandquality.ie/ | |
| Insolvency Service of Ireland | 2013-03-01 | Personal Insolvency Act 2012; http://www.isi.gov.ie/ | ||
| Credit Union Restructuring Board | 2013-01-01 | As of December 2019, a Bill to dissolve the Credit Union Restructuring Board (ReBo) is before Seanad Éireann, Second Stage. | http://www.rebo.ie/; Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012; www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2019/10/ | |
| An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh Agus Scileanna | 2013-10-27 | SOLAS was established to develop and give strategic direction to the Further Education and Training Sector in Ireland. | Further Education and Training Act 2013; http://www.solas.ie/ | |
| Comhairle na Míre Gaile | 1947-04-22 | www.bravery.ie/; Deeds of Bravery Act, 1947 | ||
| Pyrite Resolution Board | 2014-01-10 | Pyrite Resolution Act 2013; http://www.pyriteboard.ie/ | ||
| Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board | 2006-09-27 | http://www.mhclrb.ie/; Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006; S.I. No. 499/2006; Written answers, Thursday, 16 January 2014, No.228, Department of Justice and Equality - Departmental Bodies | ||
| Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board | 2013-03-25 | The Board of the Fund oversees the use of cash contributions of up to €110m pledged by the religious congregations to support the needs of some 15,000 survivors of residential institutional child abuse | Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012; S.I. No. 95/2013; Written Answers, Wednesday, 22 January 2014, No. 80 - Departmental Bodies Establishment; http://www.education.ie/en/The-Department/Agencies/Residential-Institutions-Statutory-Fund-Board.html; http://www.caranua.ie/ | |
| Irish Water | 2013-03-29 | Water Services Act 2013; S.I. No. 108/2013; http://www.water.ie/; CRO Registered Company No. 530363 | ||
| Consultative Council on Hepatitis C | 1996-11-26 | McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 339/1996; http://www.consultativecouncilonhepc.ie/ | ||
| Pensions Council | 2014-03-07 | Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013; S.I. No. 103/2014 | ||
| Pensions Authority | 2014-03-07 | Replaced the Pensions Board | http://www.pensionsauthority.ie/; Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013; S.I. No. 103/2014 | |
| Hospitals Trust Board | 1938-08-06 | 2008-01-01 | 'The Board, no longer having any functions to discharge and no monies remaining, is to be dissolved. Final accounts are in preparation and once received the relevant legislative amendments will be made in order to facilitate the winding up the Hospital Trust Board.' (Written Answers). The Hospitals Trust (1940) Ltd. was dissolved on 23 Jan. 2008 (CRO). | McGauran et al. 2005; Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act, 1938; Dáil Éireann - Volume 647 - 19 February, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies |
| Judicial Appointments Advisory Board | 1995-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; Courts and Court Officers Act 1995; http://www.jaab.ie/ | ||
| Irish Land Commission | 1881-08-22 | 1999-03-31 | Existed under various forms under British government since 1881; took on some of the functions of the Congested Districts Board under Land Law (Commission) Act, 1923 | Land Law (Ireland) Act 1881; Land Law (Commission) Act, 1923; Irish Land Commission (Dissolution) Act, 1992; S.I. No. 75/1999; Seanad Éireann - Volume 134 - 21 October, 1992--Irish Land Commission (Dissolution) Bill, 1989: Second Stage |
| Committee for Judicial Studies | 2011-01-25 | http://www.aji.ie/supports/judicial_education; http://www.ejtn.eu/About/EJTN-Affiliates/Members/Ireland/ | ||
| Tea Importers Ltd | 1958-01-01 | 1973-07-02 | Replaced Tea Importers (Eire) Ltd.; disbanded in 1973 to conform to EEC regulations - large shareholdings were sold and the resulting company was restructured as the Irish Bank of Commerce Ltd. | Tea (Purchase and Importation) Act, 1958; Aylmer, D., 'Tea for the Irish' in the Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, Jun. 1999; Seanad Éireann - Volume 49 - 16 April, 1958--Tea (Purchase and Importation) Bill, 1957—Second Stage; 'Jessel taking stake in Tea Importers group' Irish Independent, 3 July 1973; 'Tea Importers (1958) Limited' Announcement, The Irish Press, 4 October, 1973 |
| Student Universal Support Ireland | 2012-05-22 | Replaced the sixty-six local awarding authorities that existed previously. | http://www.susi.ie/; Student Support Act 2011; S.I. No. 161/2012 | |
| Social Finance Foundation | 2007-01-25 | In 2012, SFF was given responsibility for the administration of a Microfinance Loan Fund through their subsidiary Microfinance Ireland (Microenterprise Loan Fund Act 2012). | http://www.sff.ie/; Microenterprise Loan Fund Act 2012; CRO, company registration number 433581; Written answers, Wednesday, 12 February 2014, Department of Finance, Departmental Bodies | |
| Independent Monitoring Commission | 2004-01-07 | 2011-03-31 | Established by agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain And Northern Ireland | Independent Monitoring Commission Act 2003; S.I. No. 160/2011; Written answers Thursday, 20 October 2011, Department of Justice, Equality and Defence, Departmental Bodies |
| Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council | 2002-02-01 | http://www.fawac.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 647 - 13 February, 2008, Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies. | ||
| Defence Forces Canteen Board | 1944-01-01 | Written Answers - Departmental Bodies. Wednesday, 13 February 2008, Dáil Eireann Debate - Vol. 647 No. 1; Written answers, Tuesday, 5 July 2011, Department of Justice, Equality and Defence, Departmental Agencies | ||
| Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine | 2011-10-17 | S.I. No. 455/2011; http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/ | ||
| Microfinance Ireland | 2012-09-27 | Microenterprise Loan Fund Act 2012; http://microfinanceireland.ie/; http://www.sff.ie/; CRO No. 516555 | ||
| Royal College of Physicians in Ireland | 1692-12-15 | Royal charter granted in 1692 replaced previous charter and extended College of Physicians' remit to whole of Ireland, and although modified through other legislation remains the governing document of the College. | http://www.rcpi.ie/; Royal College of Physicians Act, 1761; S.I. No. 38/1926; The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (Charter and Letters Patent Amendment) Act, 1979 | |
| Inspector of Mental Hospitals | 1845-01-01 | 2002-04-05 | Originally known as the Inspector of Lunatics, the two names were used through the 1920s and 1930s. Officially known as the Inspector of Mental Hospitals from 1 Jan 1947 under the Mental Treatment Act 1945. | Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act, 1845; http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/12357/eppi_pages/304786; Lunatics Asylums (Ireland) Act, 1875; Mental Treatment Act, 1945; S.I. No. 329/1946; Mental Health Act, 2001; S.I. No. 90/2002; http://lenus.ie/hse/bitstream/10147/250248/1/AnnualReportOfTheInspectorOfMentalHospitals1943.pdf |
| Victims of Crime Office | 2008-09-01 | http://www.victimsofcrimeoffice.ie/; Written answers, Wednesday, 12 February 2014, Department of Justice and Equality - Departmental Bodies | ||
| Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime | 2005-03-01 | http://www.csvc.ie/; Written answers, Wednesday, 16 October 2013, Department of Justice and Equality, Departmental Funding | ||
| Advisory Board for Irish Aid | 2002-08-01 | 2008-10-31 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 644 - 19 December, 2007, Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies; Written answers, Thursday, 21 January 2010, Department of Foreign Affairs, Departmental Bodies | |
| Irish Aid Advisory Committee | 1993-01-01 | 2002-08-01 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 644 - 19 December, 2007, Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies | |
| Ireland Newfoundland Partnership | 2001-04-01 | 2009-01-01 | Written Answers - Ireland Newfoundland Partnership, Tuesday, 2 November 2010, Dáil Éireann Debate, Vol. 720 No. 3; http://web.archive.org/web/20070217141232/http://www.inp.ie/; Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes, Volume II: Detailed Papers | |
| Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs | 2016-07-07 | 2017-08-01 | Creation of new Department by Enda Kenny following election 2016 and minority government. Formerly Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | Creation: S.I. No. 357/2016; Termination: S.I. No. 350/2017; Dail Debates 6 May 2016 www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2016-05-06/8/ ; www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Culture,_Heritage_and_the_Gaeltacht Note: Name announced by Taoiseach was Rural Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht but SI was Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. |
| Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment | 2016-07-23 | 2020-09-24 | Creation of new Department to succeed Dept of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. Subsequently replaced by Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. Public broadcasting responsibilities also transferred to new Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media | S.I. No. 421/2016; www.dccae.gov.ie ; www.merrionstreet.ie/MerrionStreet/en/News-Room/Speeches/Speech_by_An_Taoiseach_Enda_Kenny_TD_Nomination_of_Members_of_the_Government.html; S.I. No. 373/2020; S.I. No. 372/2020 |
| Sport Ireland | 2015-10-01 | Replaced the Irish Sports Council and National Sports Development Authority | www.sportireland.ie/; Sport Ireland Act 2015 | |
| Transport Infrastructure Ireland | 2015-08-01 | Replaced the National Roads Authority and the Railway Procurement Agency | www.tii.ie; Roads Act 2015; Roads Act 2015 (Operational Name of National Roads Authority) Order 2015 | |
| Optical Registration Board | 2015-02-06 | www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 41/2015 | ||
| Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government | 2016-07-23 | 2017-08-01 | Creation of new Department following 2016 General Election. Successor of Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government | S.I. No. 394/2016 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2016, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2016/si/394 www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2016-05-06/8/ |
| Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government | 2017-08-01 | 2020-09-30 | New Department after Leo Varadker takes over as Taoiseach; succeeds Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. Community function formally transferred to Department of Community and Rural Affairs in 2018. Succeeded by Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage | S.I. No. 358/2017 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/358 Also http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/165/made/en/print; S.I. No. 408/2020 |
| Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | 2017-08-01 | 2020-09-30 | New Department following election of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach; succeeds Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Rural affairs function formally moves to new Department of Community and Rural Affairs in 2018. Subsequently replaced by Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. Heritage responsibilities also transferred to new Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage | S.I. No. 350/2017 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/350; Also http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/165/made/en/print; S.I. No. 403/2020; S.I. No. 339/2020 |
| Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation | 2017-09-02 | 2020-11-10 | New Department created following election of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach, succeeds Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Subsequently replaced by Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (II) | S.I. No. 364/2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/364; S.I. No. 519/2020 |
| Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection | 2017-09-02 | 2020-10-21 | New Department created to replace Department of Social Protection (I). Subsequently replaced by Department of Social Protection (II). Employment Affairs responsibilities also moved to new Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | S.I. No 366/2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/366; S.I. No. 447/2020; S.I. No. 438/2020 |
| Department of Rural and Community Development | 2017-07-19 | Creation of new department, taking Rural Affairs from the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Community from the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. Islands-related responsibilities transferred to this Department on 23 September 2020 | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/18 S.I. No. 165/2018 - Community Development (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2018, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/165 S.I. No. 348/2017 - Charities (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/348 S.I. No. 357/2017 - Community Development (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/357 S.I. No. 354/2017 - Rural Affairs (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/354; S.I. No. 379/2020 | |
| Competition and Consumer Protection Commission | 2014-10-31 | Resulted from a merger of the Competition Authority and Consumer Protection Agency | www.ccpc.ie; Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014; S.I. No. 367/2014 - Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (Establishment Day) Order 2014 | |
| Workplace Relations Commission | 2015-10-01 | New agency created to assume roles and functions of the National Employment Rights Authority, Equality Tribunal, Labour Relations Commission, Rights Commissioners Service and the Employment Appeals Tribunal | www.workplacerelations.ie; Workplace Relations Act 2015; S.I. No. 412/2015 - Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Establishment Day) Order 2015 | |
| International Protection Appeals Tribunal | 2016-12-31 | Replaced the Refugee Appeals Tribunal | www.protectionappeals.ie; International Protection Act 2015; S.I. No. 661/2016 - International Protection Act 2015 (Establishment Day) Order 2016 | |
| International Protection Office | 2016-12-31 | Replaced the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) | www.ipo.gov.ie; International Protection Act 2015; S.I. No. 661/2016 - International Protection Act 2015 (Establishment Day) Order 2016 | |
| Residential Tenancies Board | 2016-04-07 | Replaced the Private Residential Tenancies Board and absorbed functions of the Rent Tribunal. The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 provided the RTB with additional powers to regulate the rental sector, including a new investigations and sanctions unit | www.rtb.ie; Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015; S.I. No. 151/2016; S.I. No. 4/2016; Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 | |
| Medical Scientists Registration Board | 2016-10-17 | www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 531/2016 | ||
| Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board | 2018-11-30 | www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 500/2018 | ||
| Social Care Workers Registration Board | 2014-12-01 | www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 518/2014 | ||
| Podiatrists Registration Board | 2018-07-13 | http://www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 239/2018 | ||
| Ireland Strategic Investment Fund | 2014-12-22 | ISIF has a statutory mandate to invest on a commercial basis in a manner designed to support economic activity and employment in Ireland. Its predecessor was the National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF). | www.ntma.ie; www.isif.ie; National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014; S.I. No. 586/2014 | |
| Tax Appeals Commission | 2016-03-21 | Replaced the Office of the Appeal Commissioners | www.taxappeals.ie; Finance (Tax Appeals) Act 2015; S.I. No. 111/2016 | |
| Legal Services Regulatory Authority | 2016-10-01 | www.lsra.ie; Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; S.I. No. 507/2016 | ||
| Climate Change Advisory Council | 2016-01-18 | Established under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015, the Climate Change Advisory Council The Climate Change Advisory Council is an independent advisory body tasked with assessing and advising on how Ireland is making the transition to a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050. | www.climatecouncil.ie; Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015; S.I. No. 25/2016 | |
| Policing Authority | 2016-01-01 | www.policingauthority.ie; Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015; S.I. No. 611/2015 | ||
| Garda Síochána Inspectorate | 2006-07-28 | www.gsinsp.ie; Garda Síochána Act 2005; S.I. No. 401/2006 | ||
| Oberstown Children Detention Campus | 2016-06-01 | Under the Children (Amendment) Act 2015 child detention schools in the state were amalgamated into one national detention campus. | www.oberstown.com; Children (Amendment) Act 2015; S.I. No. 273/2016 | |
| Health Products Regulatory Authority | 2014-07-01 | Replaced the Irish Medicines Board | www.hpra.ie; Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; S.I. No. 205/2014 | |
| Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland | 2012-10-02 | NMBI replaced An Bord Altranais (Irish Nursing Board) | www.nmbi.ie; Nurses and Midwives Act 2011; S.I. No. 385/2012 | |
| Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman | 2018-01-01 | Result of merger of the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman and Financial Services Ombudsman Bureau in January 2018 | www.fspo.ie; Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017; S.I. No. 524/2017 | |
| Office of the Planning Regulator | 2019-04-03 | www.opr.ie; Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018; S.I. No. 133/2019 | ||
| Home Building Finance Ireland | 2018-12-05 | www.hbfi.ie; Home Building Finance Ireland Act 2018; S.I. No. 518/2018 | ||
| Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal | 2002-10-09 | Replaced the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal | www.hepccomptrib.com; Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2002; S.I. No. 473/2002 | |
| Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission | 2014-11-01 | Result of a merger of the Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority | www.ihrec.ie; Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; S.I. No. 450/2014 | |
| Charities Regulatory Authority | 2014-10-16 | www.charitiesregulator.ie; Charities Act 2009; S.I. No. 456/2014; S.I. No. 457/2014 | ||
| Air Accident Investigation Unit | 2009-12-09 | www.aaiu.ie; S.I. No. 460/2009 | ||
| Central Bank of Ireland | 2010-10-01 | Replaced the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland and Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority | www.centralbank.ie; Central Bank Reform Act 2010; S.I. No. 469/2010 | |
| Permanent TSB Group Holdings p.l.c | 2011-07-26 | In 2011, Permanent TSB p.l.c received significant support from the Irish State in the context of the financial crisis. As a result of these State support measures, the Minister for Finance of Ireland then became the owner of 99.2% of the issued ordinary shares of the Company. In April 2015, this interest reduced to 74.92% following the successful completion of a €400m equity capital raise, an open offer take up for €2m and through the sale by the Minister for Finance of 21.8 million shares. | www.permanenttsbgroup.ie; www.permanenttsbgroup.ie/media/press-releases/2011/26-07-2011; www.assets.gov.ie/5907/220119171401-73204346db4a45f9b88b0b4cd64066a7.pdf; www.gov.ie/en/publication/066a28-banks/; Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 | |
| Children's Health Ireland | 2018-12-04 | Children’s Health Ireland was established on 4th December 2018 to take over responsibility for services currently provided by Dublin’s three children’s hospitals and run the new children’s hospital in due course. | www.newchildrenshospital.ie/the-project/the-childrens-hospital-group; Children's Health Act 2018; S.I. No. 506/2018 | |
| Land Development Agency | 2018-09-14 | 2022-03-31 | www.lda.ie; S.I. No. 352/2018; S.I. No. 144/2022 | |
| Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications | 2020-09-24 | Replaced Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment | S.I. No. 373/2020; https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-the-environment-climate-and-communications/?referrer=http://www.gov.ie/decc/ | |
| Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media | 2020-09-30 | Replaced Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | S.I. No. 403/2020 | |
| Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage | 2020-09-30 | Replaced Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government; https://www.housing.gov.ie/ | S.I. No. 408/2020 | |
| Department of Transport (III) | 2020-09-17 | Replaced Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport | S.I. No. 351/2020; https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-transport/ | |
| Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | 2020-08-02 | Creation of a new Department which assumed a number of responsibilities within the remit of the prior Department of Education & Skills (as it then was) | Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 2020 (No. 10 of 2020); https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-higher-education-innovation-and-science/ | |
| Department of Education (II) | 2020-10-22 | Replaced Department of Education and Skills and followed transfer of certain functions to new Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | S.I. No. 450/2020; https://www.education.ie/en/ | |
| Department of Justice (II) | 2020-11-01 | Replaced Department of Justice and Equality | S.I. No. 452/2020; http://www.justice.ie/ | |
| Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth | 2020-10-15 | Replaced Department of Children and Youth Affairs | S.I. No. 437/2020; https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-children-equality-disability-integration-and-youth/ | |
| Department of Foreign Affairs (III) | 2020-09-24 | Replaced Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | S.I. No. 382/2020; https://www.dfa.ie/ | |
| Department of Social Protection (II) | 2020-10-21 | Replaced Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection | S.I. No. 447/2020; https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-social-protection/ | |
| Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (II) | 2020-11-10 | Replaced Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation | S.I. No. 519/2020; https://www.enterprise.gov.ie/en/ | |
| Constituency Commission | 1997-09-30 | 2017-06-27 | The function of the Constituency Commission is to periodically make reports in relation to the constituencies for the election of members to the Dáil, and/or the election of representatives to the European Parliament. In certain circumstances a European Parliament Constituencies Committee may be formed in lieu of the Constituency Commission. Note: A single ISAD entry is used for this body but it should be noted that the 'start' and 'end' date indicates the period of time in which various separate Constituency Commissions have been intermittently activated and deactivated. | Part II of the Electoral Act 1997 (No. 25 of 1997); S.I. No. 374/2016; S.I. No. 396/2011; S.I. No. 174/2007; S.I. No. 292/2003; S.I. No. 393/1997; http://www.constituency-commission.ie/cc/cc-oldreports.html |
| European Parliament Constituency Committee | 2013-07-25 | 2018-09-24 | Where 1) a Constituency Commission has presented its latest report and afterwards the total number of members of the European Parliament to be elected in the State specified pursuant under the treaties governing the European Union is different from the total number to which the Constituency Commission had regard in preparing its report; 2) a Constituency Commission is not due to be established and to present a report before the next European Parliament election; then 3) a European Parliament Constituency Committee may be established to do so. Note: A single ISAD entry is used for this body but it should be noted that the 'start' and 'end' date indicates the period of time in which various separate European Parliament Constituency Committees have been intermittently activated and deactivated. | Section 5(1A) of the Electoral Act 1997 (No. 25 of 1997); S.I. No. 282/2013; S.I. No. 279/2018; http://www.constituency-commission.ie/ep/ep-index.htm |
| Teastas | 1995-09-01 | 2001-02-26 | Teastas (the Irish National Certification Authority) was established on a non-statutory interim basis in September 1995. This was pending the enactment of new legislation formally establishing the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, FETAC and HETAC, following the 'Teastas report' in 1998 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-10-22/193/?highlight%5B0%5D=teastas&highlight%5B1%5D=teastas; https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/the-teastas-report-1.128991; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 (No. 26 of 1999); S.I. No. 57/2001 |
| Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland | 2014-09-12 | The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) was established in 2014 to avail of both national and international funding for the purpose of making low-cost credit available to Irish small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Credit is provided through on-lending partners who, in turn, lend directly to SMEs | Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Act 2014 (No 22 of 2014); https://sbci.gov.ie/about-us; https://core.cro.ie/e-commerce/company/582344 | |
| National Oversight and Audit Commission | 2014-07-01 | The National Oversight & Audit Commission (NOAC) is a statutory body established to oversee the local government sector | Section 126B of the Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001); S.I. 297/2014; http://noac.ie/background-functions/ | |
| CervicalCheck Tribunal | 2020-10-21 | An independent body set up under the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019 to provide an alternative system for dealing with claims arising from CervicalCheck | CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019 (No. 31 of 2019); S.I. No. 453/2020 | |
| Ministry of Home Affairs | 1922-01-10 | 1924-06-02 | Predated Saorstát Éireann.'Departments of State' referred to in general terms under Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann) Act, 1922. Subsequently replaced by Department of Justice (I) under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | Article 56 and the 'Transitory Provisions' of the Schedule to the Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922 (No. 1 of 1922); http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/An_early_history_of_the_Department; Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/#second-dail-2nd-ministry-post-treaty |
| Ministry of Defence | 1922-01-10 | 1924-06-02 | Predated Saorstát Éireann.'Departments of State' referred to in general terms under Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922. Subsequently replaced by Department of Defence under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | Article 56 and the 'Transitory Provisions' of the Schedule to the Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922 (No. 1 of 1922); Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/#second-dail-2nd-ministry-post-treaty |
| Ministry of External Affairs | 1922-08-30 | 1924-06-02 | Predated Saorstát Éireann.'Departments of State' referred to in general terms under Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922. Subsequently replaced by Department of External Affairs under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | Article 56 and the 'Transitory Provisions' of the Schedule to the Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922 (No. 1 of 1922); Chubb 1970 |
| Ministry of Finance | 1922-01-10 | 1924-06-02 | Predated Saorstát Éireann.'Departments of State' referred to in general terms under Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922. Subsequently replaced by Department of Finance under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | Article 56 and the 'Transitory Provisions' of the Schedule to the Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922 (No. 1 of 1922); Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/#second-dail-2nd-ministry-post-treaty |
| Ministry of Industry and Commerce | 1922-09-09 | 1924-06-02 | Predated Saorstát Éireann.'Departments of State' referred to in general terms under Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922. Subsequently replaced by Department of Industry and Commerce (I) under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | Article 56 and the 'Transitory Provisions' of the Schedule to the Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922 (No. 1 of 1922); Chubb 1970 |
| Ministry of Agriculture | 1922-01-11 | 1924-06-02 | Predated Saorstát Éireann.'Departments of State' referred to in general terms under Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922. Subsequently replaced by Department of Lands and Agriculture under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | Article 56 and the 'Transitory Provisions' of the Schedule to the Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922 (No. 1 of 1922); Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/ |
| Ministry of Fisheries | 1922-12-14 | 1924-06-02 | Existed intermittently prior to Saorstát Éireann.'Departments of State' referred to in general terms under Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922. Subsequently replaced by Department of Fisheries (I) under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | Article 56 and the 'Transitory Provisions' of the Schedule to the Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922 (No. 1 of 1922); Chubb 1970 |
| Ministry of Education | 1922-01-11 | 1924-06-02 | Predated Saorstát Éireann.'Departments of State' referred to in general terms under Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922. Subsequently replaced by Department of Education (I) under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | Article 56 and the 'Transitory Provisions' of the Schedule to the Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922 (No. 1 of 1922); Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/ |
| Ministry of Local Government | 1922-01-10 | 1924-06-02 | Predated Saorstát Éireann.'Departments of State' referred to in general terms under Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922. Subsequently replaced by Department of Local Government and Public Health under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | Article 56 and the 'Transitory Provisions' of the Schedule to the Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922 (No. 1 of 1922); Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/#second-dail-2nd-ministry-post-treaty |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 1922-01-10 | 1922-09-09 | Replaced by Ministry of External Affairs (1922) | Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/#second-dail-2nd-ministry-post-treaty |
| Ministry of Economic Affairs | 1922-01-10 | 1922-09-09 | Appears to have been subsumed into new Ministry of Industry and Commerce from September 1922 | Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/#second-dail-2nd-ministry-post-treaty |
| Ministry for Publicity | 1922-01-11 | 1922-09-09 | Ministry seemingly discontinued from September 1922 | Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/ |
| Ministry of Labour | 1922-01-11 | 1922-09-09 | May also have incorporated the 'trade and commerce' portfolio for a time. Subsumed into new Ministry of Industry and Commerce from September 1922 | Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/ |
| Office of the President of the Executive Council | 1922-12-06 | 1924-06-02 | An Office of the President of the Executive Council existed prior to the establishment of a Department of the President of the Executive Council in June 1924 | Chubb 1970; Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Report 1923-1924: https://www.audit.gov.ie/en/find-report/publications/appropriation%20accounts/appropriation-accounts-1923-24.pdf |
| Office of the Chairman of the Provisional Government | 1922-01-10 | 1922-12-06 | An Office of the Chairman of the Provisional Government is assumed to have preceded the Office of the President of the Executive Council, the position created under the Saorstát Constitution effective 6 December 1922 | Chubb 1970 |
| Ministry of Trade | 1922-01-11 | 1922-09-09 | Appears to have been subsumed into a new Ministry of Industry and Commerce from September 1922 | https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/ |
| Office of the Postmaster General | 1922-04-22 | 1924-06-02 | Replaced by the Department of Posts and Telegraphs under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | Chubb 1970; Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) |
| Office of the Law Officer | 1922-01-10 | 1922-09-09 | Hugh Kennedy was the first Law Officer, serving under the Provisional Government and, later, as Attorney General | Chubb 1970 |
| Office of the Attorney General (I) | 1922-09-09 | 1924-06-02 | Replaced the previous position of Law Officer. Hugh Kennedy continued in post as Attorney General | Chubb 1970 |
| Royal Veterinary College of Ireland | 1900-01-01 | 1977-01-01 | Incorporated by Royal Charter and began its work in October 1900. Following the withdrawal of the Department of Agriculture as a direct employing agency in 1960, two separate veterinary schools were run by UCD and TCD at the Ballsbridge site and this continued until 1977 when the two schools were merged and fully incorporated into UCD and the college ceased to be a separate entity | https://www.ucd.ie/archives/collections/universityarchives/items/collectionname,235378,en.html#accordion1 |
| Office of the Registrar of District Court Clerks | 1922-04-01 | 1926-09-01 | Replaced the Office of the Registrar of Petty Sessions Clerks and was abolished in 1926 | District Justices (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (No. 6 of 1923); Section 50 of the Court Officers Act 1926 (No. 27 of 1926) |
| Metropolitan School of Art | 1877-01-01 | 1936-01-01 | The origins of the College date from 1746 when Robert West had a private drawing school in George's Lane, Dublin, which was taken over by the Dublin Society (later the RDS). From 1854 the institution was controlled by the Department of Science and Art, London. In 1877 it was renamed The Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. The Department of Education took control in 1924, and twelve years later it became the National College of Art | https://www.ncad.ie/about/ |
| National College of Art | 1936-01-01 | 1971-12-01 | The origins of the College date from 1746 when Robert West had a private drawing school in George's Lane, Dublin, which was taken over by the Dublin Society (later the RDS). From 1854 the institution was controlled by the Department of Science and Art, London. In 1877 it was renamed The Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. The Department of Education took control in 1924, and twelve years later it became the National College of Art. In 1972 the National College of Art and Design was established under an Act of the Oireachtas | https://www.ncad.ie/about/ |
| Royal College of Science for Ireland | 1867-01-01 | 1926-01-01 | An institute for higher education in Dublin which existed from 1867 to 1926, specialising in physical sciences and applied science. It was originally based on St. Stephen's Green, moving in 1911 to a purpose-built "Royal College of Science" building on Merrion Street. In 1926 it was absorbed into University College Dublin (UCD) as the faculty of Science and Engineering. | https://www.ucd.ie/merrionstreet/rcsci.html |
| Museum of Irish Industry | 1854-01-01 | 1866-01-01 | A museum dedicated to the exhibition of the various, display-worthy materials from, and donated by, the industries of mining and manufacturing established in Ireland. In addition, the museum gave lectures on the subject, and related subject matters, to th | https://web.archive.org/web/20120306001947/http://www.ucd.ie/archives/html/university/mii.htm; https://web.archive.org/web/20050331014146/http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/eppi/ref12709.html |
| National Education Board | 1831-10-01 | 1923-08-16 | The National Education Board was established in 1831 for the purpose of administering a fund placed at the disposal of the Lord Lieutenant for the education of the poor in Ireland. Their powers were based on a set of instructions drawn up by Chief Secretary Stanley and were not defined in any enactment | https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/timeline/board-commissioners-national-education-formed; National Education Commissioners Order, 1923 (S.I. No. 10/1923) |
| Intermediate Education Commissioners | 1923-01-01 | 1925-03-31 | Replaced the Intermediate Education Board for Ireland. The statutory objective of the Commissioners was to promote intermediate secular education in Ireland, using funds at their disposal | Intermediate Education Commission Order, 1923 (S.I. No 7/1923); The Intermediate Education Commissioners (Transfer of Functions) Order, 1925 (S.I. No. 17/1925); The Intermediate Education Commissioners (Statutory Funds Winding-Up) Order, 1925 (S.I. No. 18/1925) |
| Intermediate Education Board for Ireland | 1878-08-16 | 1923-01-01 | The statutory objective of the Board was to promote intermediate secular education in Ireland, using funds at their disposal. Replaced by the Intermediate Education Commissioners in 1923 | Intermediate Education (Ireland) Act 1878; Intermediate Education Commission Order, 1923 (S.I. No. 7/1923) |
| National Education Commissioners | 1923-08-16 | 1935-08-02 | The National Education Commissioners replaced the previous National Educational Board and was subsequently absorbed into the Department of Education | National Education Commissioners Order, 1923 (S.I. No. 10/1923); National Education Commissioners (Transfer of Functions) Order 1935 (S.I. 264/1935) |
| Inspector of Reformatory and Industrial Schools | 1909-04-01 | 2007-03-01 | The Inspector of Reformatory and Industrial Schools was a Ministerial appointee mandated to inspect 'certified schools' under the Children Act 1908. The position likely fell into abeyance by c. 2000, following closure of the remaining certified schools in the late 1990s. The 1908 Act itself (including the inspector provisions) was fully repealed in 2007 | Children Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 67) https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1908/67/pdfs/ukpga_19080067_en.pdf; Schedule 2 of the Children Act 2001 (No. 24 of 2001); Children Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 64/2007); http://www.childabusecommission.ie/ |
| Local Government Board for Ireland | 1872-08-10 | 1924-06-02 | The Local Government Board for Ireland took over the functions of the Irish Poor Law Commissioners with respect to Boards of Guardians of Poor Law Unions, and also dealt with urban municipal government (town commissioners and borough corporations). The Board continued for a time post-independence, though its personnel and functions were moved to other parts of the Government administration. The Board's functions appear to have been formally subsumed into the Department of Local Government and Public Health by 1924 | Local Government Board (Ireland) Act 1872; Third Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924); Mary E. Daly, 'The Buffer State: The Historical Roots of the Department of the Environment' (Institute of Public Administration, 1997) |
| Board of Trade | 1861-01-01 | 1924-06-02 | Existed under various guises and officially known as the Board of Trade from 1861. The Board would evolve gradually into a government department with considerable power and a diverse range of functions, including regulation of domestic and foreign commerce, the development, implementation and interpretation of the Acts of Trade and Navigation, and the review and acceptance of legislation passed in the colonies. Powers conferred on the Board under certain legislation applicable to Ireland continued to apply post-independence but were effectively exercised by the Minister for Industry and Commerce. The Board's functions in Ireland are assumed to have been formally absorbed by the Department of Industry and Commerce by 1924 | https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110203025220/http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=1&CATID=38&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=BT; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Trade; Companies Acts, 1908 To 1917 (S.I. No. 12/1923); Sixth Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) |
| Office of the Paymaster General | 1861-01-01 | The Office of the Paymaster General, including its Ireland-related functions, was formed in 1861 with the merger of a number of pre-existing offices, including the Paymaster of the Civil Service in Ireland. The Office continued in being post-independence. The Office has two operational arms: one provides a banking service to Departments and Offices while the other pays pensions on an agency basis to certain retired civil servants, office holders and VEC staff. The Office is administered from within the Department of Finance | https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Belfast/issue/39/page/379; First Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924); https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2012-01-31.867.0 | |
| Hospitals Trust (1940) Limited | 1940-01-01 | 1987-03-01 | The Irish Hospital Sweepstakes was established in 1930 and was promoted by a private company, Hospitals' Trust (1940) Limited, in pursuance of a 'standing agreement' with a sweepstake committee appointed by the governing bodies of various hospitals. The Hospitals' Trust Fund was used to channel the net proceeds of the sweepstakes to hospitals for capital purposes. Statutory responsibility for the Hospitals' Trust Fund was with the Minister for Health and that for the running of the sweepstakes by Hospitals' Trust (1940) Limited with the Minister for Justice. The company's operations were opaque in certain respects. It went into voluntary liquidation in 1987, having failed to secure the contract for the new National Lottery | Public Hospitals Act 1933 (No. 18 of 1933); Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act 1990 (No. 30 of 1990); https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-06-29/27/?highlight%5B0%5D=hospitals&highlight%5B1%5D=trust&highlight%5B2%5D=1940; https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/follow-the-money-the-hidden-tale-of-greed-behind-the-first-irish-hospitals-sweepstakes-and-where-those-millions-went-39748023.html; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Hospitals%27_Sweepstake |
| Inspectorate of Factories | 1901-01-01 | 1956-10-01 | The Inspectors of Factories were appointed under the Factory and Workshop Act 1901. The Chief and District Inspector were vested with statutory powers specified under the Act. Their post-independence remit included health and safety, as well as wage-related, compliance. Upon independence, the Irish inspectors are assumed to have initially transferred to the Ministry of Labour and later to Industry and Commerce. The Factories Inspectorate was administratively merged with the Mines and Quarries Inspectorate, creating the Industrial Inspectorate, by 1971 | Factory and Workshop Act 1901 (1 Edw. VII, c. 22); Factories Act 1955 (No. 10 of 1955); S.I. No. 160/1956; http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/handle/2262/4520/jssisiVolXv45_53.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y; Houses of the Oireachtas Library, Annual Report of the Industrial Inspectorate for 1 June 1970 to 31 December 1971 |
| Industrial Inspectorate | 1956-10-01 | 1989-11-01 | An administrative merger of the Factories Inspectorate and the Quarries and Mines Inspectorate by 1971 created a new regime for industrial, particularly health and safety, inspections. This was administered by an Industrial Inspectorate in the Department of Labour. Functions subsequently assumed by the National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health | Factories Act 1955 (No. 10 of 1955); Mines and Quarries Act 1965 (No. 7 of 1965); S.I. No. 73/1970; Annual Reports of the Industrial Inspectorate, Houses of the Oireachtas Library; Section 4 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989 (No. 7 of 1989); S.I. No. 236/1989 |
| The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland | 1839-01-01 | The Royal Institute of the Architects was founded by royal charter in 1839. It is the public competent authority and professional body for architects in Ireland | https://www.riai.ie/the-riai/about-the-riai; Building Control Act 2007 (No. 21 of 2007); S.I. No. 50/2008 | |
| The Future of Media Commission | 2020-09-01 | 2022-07-12 | The Future of Media Commission was set up by the Government in September 2020 to examine the future of the media in Ireland. This includes Ireland’s public service broadcasters, commercial broadcasters, print and online media platforms. The Commission published its report in July 2022 | https://futureofmediacommission.ie/; https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/ccae8-report-of-the-future-of-media-commission/#:~:text=Established%20by%20Government%20in%20September,of%20delivering%20public%20service%20aims. |
| Technological University Dublin | 2019-01-01 | Technological University Dublin was an amalgamation of the prior Dublin Institute of Technology with the Institutes of Technology Blanchardstown and Tallaght | Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018); S.I. No 437/2018 | |
| National College of Art and Design | 1971-12-01 | The origins of the College date from 1746 when Robert West had a private drawing school in George's Lane, Dublin, which was taken over by the Dublin Society (later the RDS). From 1854 the institution was controlled by the Department of Science and Art, London. In 1877 it was renamed The Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. The Department of Education took control in 1924, and twelve years later it became the National College of Art. On 1 May 1972 the National College of Art and Design was established under an Act of the Oireachtas passed on 1 December 1971 | https://www.ncad.ie/about/; National College of Art and Design Act 1971 (No. 28 of 1971); S.I. No. 108/1972 | |
| Land Development Agency (II) | 2022-03-31 | The Land Development Agency (II) is the successor to the prior Land Development Agency, reconstituted and conferred with expanded functions | Land Development Agency Act 2021 (No. 26 of 2021); S.I. No. 143/2022 | |
| Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland | 1900-01-01 | 1931-04-01 | The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland was established as a separate department for Ireland prior to 1922, the functions of which continued for a period following independence. This body had a broad mandate with respect to the development of agriculture and industry, encompassing educational, regulatory, funding and statistical functions. Certain functions of this body were transferred to the Department of Lands in 1924 and Education and Fisheries in 1927. This body was dissolved in 1931 and its remaining functions transferred to the Departments of Agriculture and Industry and Commerce | Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict.), Ch. 50; Agriculture Act 1931 (No. 8 of 1931) |
| Rates Advisory Committee | 1925-03-02 | 1944-12-08 | A Rates Advisory Committee was established to perform certain advisory functions for charges, rates etc. pertaining to harbours, docks and piers under pre-independence legislation carried forward. It is assumed this body ceased to exist following enactment of the Transport Act 1944 and associated legislative repeals | S.I. No. 11/1925; Harbours, Docks, and Piers (Temporary Increase of Charges) Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5.), ch. 21 |
| Office of Arms | 1552-02-02 | 1943-04-01 | The Office of Arms was Ireland's oldest Office of State, formally established in the 16th century to perform heraldic and genealogical functions. The Office was peculiar in that it retained a direct link to the British Crown through its officeholder until 1943, when it was transferred to the Irish public administration | S. Hood, 'Royal Roots, Republican Inheritance: The Survival of the Office of Arms' (2002, Woodfield Press) ('Hood') |
| Corporate Enforcement Authority | 2022-07-07 | The Corporate Enforcement Authority's functions include: promoting compliance with company law; investigating instances of suspected breaches of company law; taking appropriate enforcement action in response to identified breaches of company law; supervising the activities of liquidators of insolvent companies; and operating a regime of restriction and disqualification undertakings in respect of directors of insolvent companies. The CEA replaced the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement | https://cea.gov.ie/en-ie/About; Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 (No. 48 of 2021); S.I. No. 337/2022 | |
| Electoral Commission | 2023-02-09 | The Electoral Commission was established to fulfil a broad range of functions in relation to elections, referenda and the political system, including the regulation of online political advertising. It replaced the Referendum Commission | Electoral Commission Act 2022 (No. 30 of 2022); S.I. No. 31/2023 | |
| Irish Air Navigation Service | 2023-05-01 | The Irish Air Navigation Service was established to perform a number of functions with respect to the operation and management of air navigation in Irish and other airspace. The IANS assumed certain functions of the Irish Aviation Authority | Part 2 of the Air Navigation and Transport Act 2022 (No. 40 of 2022); S.I. No. 218/2023; https://core.cro.ie/e-commerce/company/5035589 | |
| Tailte Éireann | 2023-03-01 | Tailte Éireann is responsible for providing an authoritative property registration system, national mapping and surveying infrastructure and property valuation services for the State. As such, it is the primary national source of property information and geo-spatial data. Tailte Éireann merged the functions of the previous Property Registration Authority, Ordnance Survey Ireland and the Valuation Office | Tailte Éireann Act 2022 (No. 50 of 2022); S.I. No. 58/2023; https://www.valoff.ie/en/about-us/tailte-eireann/ | |
| Coimisiún na Meán | 2023-03-15 | Coimisiún na Meán assumed the functions of the prior Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. It has also been mandated to establish a regulatory framework for online safety, to update the regulation of television broadcasting and video on-demand. It will also facilitate the transposition of relevant EU directives into Irish law | Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (No. 41 of 2022); Broadcasting Act 2009 (No. 18 of 2009) (as amended); S.I. No. 72/2023; https://www.cnam.ie/about-us/ | |
| Office of the Registrar of Petty Sessions Clerks | 1858-08-02 | 1923-03-27 | The Office of the Registrar of Petty Sessions Clerks was responsible for regulating, in particular, the fees payable to clerks appointed by judges of lower courts, known as Petty Sessions. The Registrar was previously known as the Clerk of Fines and Penalties. Replaced by the Office of the Registrar of District Court Clerks in 1923 | Petty Sessions Clerk (Ireland) Act, 1858 (c. 100); District Justices (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (No. 6 of 1923) |
| North-Eastern Boundary Bureau | 1922-10-02 | 1925-12-03 | The North-Eastern Boundary Bureau, or Boundary Bureau, was established pursuant to a minute of the Irish Free State Provisional Government authorising the Assistant Law Adviser to the Provisional Government to take all necessary steps for the collection and compilation of data in connection with possible future hearings before the Boundary Commission. The Bureau was wound up following the suspension of the Boundary Commission | National Archives of Ireland |
| Office of the Chief Deciding Officer of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme | 2024-03-04 | The Chief Deciding Officer is mandated to make determinations relating to payment eligibility and related matters under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme | Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 (No. 20 of 2023); S.I. No. 67/2024; S.I. No. 68/2024 | |
| An Ghníomhaireacht um Fhoréigean Baile, Gnéasach agus Inscnebhunaithe | 2024-01-01 | Cuan is tasked with planning, coordinating and monitoring the development of refuge accommodation for victims of domestic, sexual or gender-based violence, and to perform related functions | Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Act 2023 (No. 31 of 2023); S.I. No. 668/2023; https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/1da52-minister-mcentee-opens-cuan-the-new-statutory-domestic-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-agency/ |