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10 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 1993-07-26 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.epa.ie/; Environmental Agency Protection Act 1992; S.I. No. 213/1993; Waste Management Act 1996; Protection of the Environment Act 2003 | ||
| 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 | |
| Designated Areas Appeals Advisory Board | 1998-01-01 | https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/files/daaab-guidelines.pdf; Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government Statement of Strategy 2008-2010; Written answers, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Special Protection Areas Appeals | ||
| 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/ |
| 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 | |
| Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information | 2007-05-01 | S.I. No. 133/2007; www.ocei.gov.ie/en/ | ||
| 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/ | |
| 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 |