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| Trinity College Dublin | 1592-03-03 | Founded by royal charter dated 3 March 1592 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.tcd.ie/ | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| University College Cork | 1908-01-01 | Founded in 1845 under the name of Queen's College, Cork; then renamed as University College Cork by Charter in 1908; and under the Universities Act 1997 is known as National University of Ireland, Cork | McGauran et al. 2005; www.ucc.ie; Universities Act 1997 | |
| University of Galway | 1845-01-01 | Established in 1845 as Queen's College Galway; became University College Galway in 1908; under the Universities Act 1997 was known as National University of Ireland, Galway until 21 February 2024, when it was renamed University of Galway | McGauran et al. 2005; www.nuigalway.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 | |
| 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 | ||
| National Gallery of Ireland | 1854-08-10 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nationalgallery.ie/; National Gallery of Ireland Acts 1854 to 1963 | ||
| 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 | |
| National Library of Ireland | 1877-01-01 | Was established as an autonomous cultural institution in May 2005 under the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997. The Library on Kildare Street in Dublin was opened to the public on 29 August 1890. The Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act 1927 gave the NLI legal deposit status for the first time. In 1986-1992 was under the aegis of the Dept. of An Taoiseach. In 1992 (until present) was transferred to the Dept. of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht (now under Arts, Sports and Tourism) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx; National Cultural Institutions Act 1997; Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act 1927; Dublin Science and Art Museum Act 1877; Irish Times, 28 August 1890 | |
| National Museum of Ireland | 1997-01-01 | Consists of four separate museum buildings: the NMI - Archaeology and History (1890), the NMI - Decorative Arts and History (1997), the NMI - Natural History (1857), the NMI Country Life (2001). | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.museum.ie/ National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 | |
| 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/ |
| 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 | ||
| Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland | 1845-01-01 | 2014-10-16 | Pre-independence body but remit revised by legislation in 1961 and 1973. Dissolved in 2014 and functions transferred to the new Charities Regulatory Authority. | Charitable Donations and Bequests (Ireland) Act 1844; McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.charitycommissioners.ie/; Charities Acts 1961 & 1973; www.charitiesregulator.ie; Charities Act 2009; S.I. No. 456/2014; S.I. No. 457/2014 |
| Office of the Revenue Commissioners | 1923-02-21 | The Revenue Commissioners took over functions previously performed by two UK-wide bodies—the Commissioners of Inland Revenue and the Commissioners of Customs and Excise | McGauran et al. 2005; www.revenue.ie; S.I. No. 2/1923--Revenue Commissioners Order 1923, dated 21/2/1923; https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1923-02-20/13/ | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | ||
| 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/; | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Central Statistics Office | 1949-06-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.cso.ie/; Statistics Act 1993 | ||
| Arts Council | 1951-05-08 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.artscouncil.ie/; The Arts Acts 1951; 1973 and 2003 | ||
| Bord Iascaigh Mhara | 1952-04-24 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.bim.ie/; Sea Fisheries Act 1952 and subsequent amendments | ||
| 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 | |
| Bord na gCon | 1958-07-11 | 2020-10-01 | Succeeded by Rásaíocht Con Éireann from 1 October 2020 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.igb.ie/; Greyhound Industry Act 1958; S.I. No. 150/1958; Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (No. 15 of 2019); S.I. No. 399/2020 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| University of Limerick | 1989-06-22 | Founded in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, it became a university in 1989 in accordance with the University of Limerick Act 1989. | McGauran et al. 2005; www.ul.ie; University of Limerick Act 1989; University of Limerick Act 1991; National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick Act 1980 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 |
| Legal Aid Board (incl. Refugee Legal Service) | 1979-12-22 | Was set up as a statutory body on foot of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.legalaidboard.ie; Civil Legal Aid Act 1995; Dáil Éireann - Volume 337 - 02 July, 1982--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Bodies | |
| Screen Ireland | 1981-08-14 | Known as the Irish Film Board until renamed Screen Ireland in June 2018. Hiatus between 1987 and 1993 (see Dáil Éireann - Volume 373 - 25 June, 1987-- Estimates, 1987. - Vote 3: Department of the Taoiseach (Revised Estimate) and 'Higgins move to reactivate film board welcomed' P Woodworth, Irish Times, 31/03/1993). | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/; Irish Film Board Act 1980; S.I. No. 282/1981; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1993; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1997; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 2000; National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Act 2015; S.I. No. 182/2018 | |
| Údarás na Gaeltachta | 1980-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.udaras.ie/; The Údarás na Gaeltachta Acts 1979 to 1999; S.I. No. 424/1979 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Teagasc | 1988-09-08 | Took over the functions previously performed by the Agricultural Institute (An Foras Taluntais), An Chomhairle Oiliúna Talmhaíochta, and local committees of agriculture | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.teagasc.ie/; Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act 1988 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 Education and Science | 1997-10-01 | 2010-05-02 | http://www.education.ie/; S.I. No. 430/1997; S.I. No. 184/2010 | |
| 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 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 | |
| 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 |
| Marine Institute | 1992-10-30 | Prior to 1991: The Salmon Research Trust of Ireland was established in 1955; on the 1st of January 1990 the Salmon Research Agency took charge of the facilities on behalf of the Minister for the Marine; the Fisheries Research Centre, Abbotstown became part of the Marine Institute in January 1997; in July 1999 the Salmon Research Agency was transferred to the Marine Institute | http://www.marine.ie/; The Marine Institute Act 1991; S.I. No. 316/1992 | |
| National Cancer Registry | 1991-02-04 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ncri.ie/; S.I. No. 19/1991; S.I. No. 293/1996 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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/ | |
| Heritage Council | 1995-07-10 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/; Heritage Act 1995 | ||
| Criminal Assets Bureau | 1996-10-15 | http://www.garda.ie/cab.html; Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 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 | |
| An Foras Teanga | 1999-12-02 | Also known as North/South Language Body. Is comprised of two agencies: Ulster-Scots Agency and Foras na Gaeilge, each of which has its own board, whose members together constitute the board of the An Foras Teanga | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.anforasteanga.ie/; the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999; the North-South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northern Ireland Order 1999 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission | 1999-12-02 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/index/north-south-bodies/foyle_carlingford-and-irish-lights.htm; North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) (NI) Order 1999; and the British-Irish Agreement Acts 1999 and 2002 | ||
| InterTradeIreland | 1999-12-02 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.intertradeireland.com/; British-Irish Agreement Act 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 |
| Irish Water Safety Association (II) | 1999-11-26 | 2006-06-26 | Prior to 1999: Water Safety Ireland (1945-1998); the Irish Water Safety Association (1971-1987) - was amalgamated with fire and road safety under the auspices of the National Safety Council. In 1998 the Government decided to re-establish Water Safety as a singular organization. In 2006 was replaced by Irish Water Safety | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.iws.ie/; S.I. No.361/1999; S.I. No. 389 of 2006 |
| 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 | |
| Safe Food - Food Safety Promotion Board | 1999-12-02 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.safefoodonline.com/; British-Irish Agreement Act 1999; the North-South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northern Ireland Order 1999 | ||
| Special European Union Programmes Body (SEUPB) | 1999-12-02 | http://www.seupb.org/; the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999; the North-South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northern Ireland Order 1999 | ||
| Tha Boord O Ulstér-Scotch | 1999-12-02 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/; the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999; the North-South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northern Ireland Order 1999 | ||
| Tourism Ireland Ltd. | 2000-12-11 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.tourismireland.com/; Belfast Agreement of Good Friday 1998; CRO | ||
| Waterways Ireland | 1999-12-02 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.waterwaysireland.org/; the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999 | ||
| Western Development Commission | 1999-02-01 | Was established on a non-statutory basis in 1997 and became a statutory body in January 1999 on the basis of the Western Development Commission Act 1998 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.wdc.ie/; Western Development Commission Act 1998; S.I. No.9/1999 | |
| National Disability Authority | 2000-06-12 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nda.ie/; National Disability Authority Act 1999; S.I. No. 162/2000 | ||
| Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council | 2000-04-10 | Replaced the National Ambulance Advisory Council | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.phecit.ie/; S.I. No.108/2000; S.I. No. 109/2000; S.I. No.575/2004; S.I. No. 510/2005 | |
| 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 |
| 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/ |
| Horse Racing Ireland | 2001-12-18 | Succeeded the Irish Horseracing Authority (founded in 1994) and its predecessor the Racing Board (founded in 1945). Tote Ireland Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Horse Racing Ireland, with responsibility for the operation of a Totalisator on the 24 racecourses in the Republic of Ireland (http://www.tote.ie/). | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.goracing.ie/; Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001; | |
| 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 | |
| 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/ | ||
| Bord na gCapall | 1971-02-08 | 1989-05-09 | Horse Industry Act, 1970; S.I. No. 43/1971; Bord na gCapall (Dissolution) Act, 1989 | |
| Office of Tobacco Control | 2002-05-01 | 2011-01-01 | Set up on an administrative basis in late 2000 pending legislation and received statutory status in 01/05/2002, with the enactment of section 2 of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act, 2002; subsumed into the HSE on January 1, 2011 | McGauran et al. 2005; Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002; Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2010 |
| 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 | ||
| 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/ | ||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Civil Defence Board | 2003-05-07 | 2012-12-31 | Civil Defense structures first established in 1950; functions transferred back into Dept. of Defence under the Civil Defence Act 2012 | McGauran et al. 2005; Civil Defence Act 2002; http://www.civildefence.ie/; Civil Defence Act 2012 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Fáilte Ireland | 2003-05-28 | McGauran et al. 2005; National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003; http://www.failteireland.ie/ | ||
| Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority | 2005-12-13 | http://www.iaasa.ie/; Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003; S.I. No 791 of 2005 | ||
| National Council for Special Education | 2003-12-24 | First established as an independent statutory body by order of the Minister for Education and Science in December 2003; formally established under the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. | S.I. No.270/2004; Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; http://www.ncse.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 |
| State Examinations Commission | 2003-03-06 | The Commission assumed responsibility from the Dept. of Education and Science from 2003 onwards | McGauran et al. 2005; Education Act 1998; S.I. No.373/2003; http://www.examinations.ie/ | |
| 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 |
| 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/ | |
| 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 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 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/ | |
| Food Safety Advisory Board | 1995-06-22 | 1997-12-31 | Replaced by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (S.I. 524/1997) | S.I. No. 155/1995; S.I. No. 523/1997 |
| 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 |
| Ombudsman for the Defence Forces | 2005-08-31 | Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004; http://odf.ie/; S.I. No. 568/2005 | ||
| Personal Injuries Resolution Board | 2004-04-13 | Rebranded in 2023 as the Personal Injuries Resolution Board, previously the Personal Injuries Assessment Board | S.I. No. 627/2023 | |
| 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 |
| Private Security Authority | 2004-10-28 | Private Security Services Act 2004; http://www.psa.gov.ie/ | ||
| Public Appointments Service | 2004-10-19 | Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004; http://www.publicjobs.ie/ | ||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Health and Social Care Professionals Council | 2007-03-20 | Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; SI 124 of 2007; http://www.coru.ie/ | ||
| Health Service Executive | 2005-01-01 | Prior to 2004, services were delivered through a complex structure of ten regional Health Boards, the Eastern Regional Health Authority and a number of other agencies and organizations | Health Act 2004; http://www.hse.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 | |
| Dormant Accounts Board | 2006-01-04 | 2012-12-31 | Composed after the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board was dissolved--government was given discretion over accounts | Dormant Account Acts 2001 and 2005; Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2012 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | 2007-10-20 | 2011-10-17 | S.I. No. 705/2007; S.I. No. 455/2011 | |
| 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 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 Foreign Affairs (II) | 1971-03-03 | 2011-06-02 | http://www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 158/1971; S.I. No. 246/2011 | |
| 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 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/ |
| Road Safety Authority | 2006-09-01 | Road Safety Authority Act 2006; http://www.rsa.ie/ | ||
| Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism | 2002-06-19 | 2010-05-02 | S.I. 309/2002; S.I. No. 178/2010 | |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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/ | |
| Health Information and Quality Authority | 2007-04-21 | Integrated and expanded functions of two agencies: the Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) (est. in 1999) and the Irish Health Services Accreditation Board (IHSAB) (est. in 2002) | Health Act 2007; http://www.hiqa.ie/ | |
| 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 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 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 Paediatric Hospital Development Board | 2007-05-23 | S.I. No. 246/2007; http://www.newchildrenshospital.ie/index.cfm/page/NPHDB | ||
| 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 |
| Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority | 2007-01-01 | Prior to 2007, these function were exercised by the Seafood Control Division of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources | Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006; http://sfpa.oghamtech.ie/ | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 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 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 Fisheries | 1965-07-06 | 1977-02-08 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 146/1965; S.I. No. 31/1977 | |
| 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 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 Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs | 2002-06-19 | 2010-06-02 | S.I. No. 308/2002; S.I. No. 215/2010 | |
| 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 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 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 Defence | 1924-06-01 | Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; http://www.defence.ie/ | ||
| 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 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 |
| 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 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 Health (I) | 1947-01-22 | 1997-07-11 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1946; S.I. No. 308/1997 | |
| 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 Justice (I) | 1924-06-01 | 1997-07-08 | MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES ACT, 1924; S.I. No. 298/1997; Coakley and Gallagher 2005 | |
| 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 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 |
| 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 the Taoiseach | 1937-07-01 | http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/; Constitution (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 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 | |
| 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 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 |
| Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission | 2007-05-09 | http://www.gardaombudsman.ie/; The Garda Síochána Act 2005 | ||
| Salmon Research Agency | 1990-01-01 | 1999-07-01 | Originally Salmon Research Trust of Ireland, became Salmon Research Agency 1990; Absorbed into Marine Institute July 1999 | http://www.marine.ie/ |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Dublin Dental Hospital Board | 1963-07-17 | McGauran et al. 2005; Statutory Instrument No. 129 of 1963; Statutory Instrument No.370 of 1980 | ||
| 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 |
| 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/ |
| Shannon Development | 1959-01-28 | 2014-09-05 | While Shannon Development's primary reporting line is to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, they also liaise with the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Failte Ireland and Tourism Ireland in their role as the Regional Tourism Authority for the Shannon Region. Responsibility for tourism and aviation were delegated under S.I. No. 94/1987. On 5 Septemnber 2014 Shannon Development became part of Shannon Group plc and was renamed Shannon Commercial Enterprises DAC (Trading as Shannon Commercial Properties) and Shannon Developments previous enterprise support, employment development and tourism functions were transferred to the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.shannon-dev.ie/; Shannon Free Airport Development Company Ltd. Act, 1959; www.shannongroup.ie; www.gov.ie; State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014; S.I. No. 396/2014 |
| 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 | |
| Bord na Leabhar Gaeilge | 1952-09-05 | 2008-01-01 | Absorbed into Foras na Gaeilge; functions are now carried out under the name of Clár na Leabhar Gaeilge | http://www.gaeilge.ie/Foras_na_Gaeilge/Clar_na_Leabhar_Gaeilge.asp; 'Book Body Meets' the Irish Press, 5 Sept. 1952; http://www.educationmatters.ie/2007/10/31/irish-language-books-board-disbanded/ |
| 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/ |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| An Bord Scoláireachtaí Cómalairte | 1957-12-23 | 1992-02-03 | Replaced by the Ireland - United States Commission for Educational Exchange (The Fulbright Commission) | Scholarship Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America) Act, 1957; the Educational Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America) Act, 1991; http://www.fulbright.ie/ |
| General Medical Services (Payments) Board | 1972-07-28 | 2005-01-01 | Became part of HSE | S.I. No. 184/1972; Health Act 2004 |
| National Community Development Agency | 1982-12-08 | 1984-07-19 | Replaced National Social Service Board (I); Replaced by National Social Service Board (II) | National Community Development Agency Act, 1982; National Social Service Board Act, 1984 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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/ |
| An Bord Fáilte | 1952-07-03 | 1955-07-01 | Replaced Irish Tourist Board; Replaced by Bord Fáilte Éireann | Tourist Traffic Act 1952; Tourist Traffic Act 1955 |
| Fógra Fáilte | 1952-01-01 | 1955-07-01 | Merge with An Bord Fáilte to form Bord Fáilte Éireann | Tourist Traffic Acts 1952 & 1955 |
| Health Boards Executive | 2000-03-01 | 2005-01-01 | Death by merge into HSE | Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act, 1999; Health Act 2004 |
| 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 |
| Office of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation | 1997-03-10 | 2002-12-01 | Replaced by the Commission for Communications Regulation | Telecommunications (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1996; Communications Regulation Act, 2002 |
| Commission for Electricity Regulation | 1999-07-14 | 2002-12-01 | Replaced by Commission for Energy Regulation (responsibility for Gas added) | Electricity Regulation Act, 1999; Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act, 2002 |
| National Breast Screening Board (I) | 1998-09-03 | 2005-01-01 | Joint board--included representatives of health boards. Replaced by National Breast Screening Board (II)--reconfigured to work with HSE | S.I. No. 319/1998; S.I. 891/2004 |
| Currency Commission | 1927-09-21 | 1943-02-01 | Replaced by Central Bank | Currency Act, 1927; Central Bank Act 1942; Pohl, M. & Freitag, S. (1994) 'Handbook on the history of European banks'. Aldershot: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| 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 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 |
| Medical Council | 1979-04-26 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.medicalcouncil.ie/; Medical Practitioners Act 1978 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| National Dairy Publicity Council | 1964-06-18 | 1973-01-01 | The Council changed from a semi-state body to an industry-financed organisation in 1973 subsequent to Ireland joining the EEC. | Dáil Éireann - Volume 226 - 15 February, 1967--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Bodies; http://www.ndc.ie/about/history.asp |
| 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 | ||
| Agricultural Wages Board | 1937-04-22 | 1977-02-28 | Replaced by a joint labour committee for agricultural workers | Agricultural Wages Act, 1936; Industrial Relations Act, 1976 |
| Irish National Stud Co. Ltd. | 1946-08-31 | Stud farm established in 1900, became British National Stud 1916. Handed over to the Irish Government 1943-1946. (http://www.irish-national-stud.ie/tourism/history/; http://www.nationalstud.co.uk/about-History.asp) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.irish-national-stud.ie/; National Stud Acts, 1945; 1953; 1969; 2000; S.I. No. 289/1946 | |
| 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 |
| Irish Steel Holdings Limited | 1947-06-01 | 1996-05-01 | Nationalised 1947; privatised--went into receivership 1994; purchased by Irish Ispat--finalized 1996 | State Guarantees Act, 1954; Irish Steel Holdings Limited Act, 1960; Irish Steel Limited Act, 1996; FitzGerald, 1963; Palcic and Reeves 2007 |
| Taiscí Stáit Teoranta | 1964-02-21 | 1972-03-28 | Became Foir Teoranta | Taiscí Stáit Teoranta Act 1963; Foir Teoranta Act, 1972; Dáil Éireann - Volume 226 - 15 February, 1967--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Bodies |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| National Building Advisory Council | 1963-05-01 | 1969-07-22 | The Council was established in May, 1963. It was incorporated as a Company on 15th December, 1964 under the Companies Act, 1963. Eventually absorbed into An Foras Forbartha. | Dáil Éireann - Volume 226 - 15 February, 1967--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Bodies; Dáil Éireann - Volume 221 - 16 March, 1966--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Building Advisory Council; Dáil Éireann - Volume 231 - 06 December, 1967--Committee on Finance. - Vote 26—Local Government (Resumed); CRO |
| 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 Water Safety | 2006-06-26 | 2019-02-18 | Replaced the Irish Water Safety Association, replaced by Water Safety Ireland | S.I. No. 389 of 2006; http://www.iws.ie/; S.I. No. 56/2019; www.watersafety.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 |
| Department of Public Expenditure and Reform | 2011-07-06 | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011; S.I. No. 401/2011; http://per.gov.ie/ | ||
| 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/ | |
| Child and Family Agency | 2014-01-01 | http://www.tusla.ie/; Child and Family Agency Act 2013; Press Release; Issued on Behalf of the Newly Established Children and Family Agency, 1 January 2014, http://www.dcya.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=/documents/HSE_CFA_Press_Release20140101.htm | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Office of the Regulator of the National Lottery | 2014-02-27 | National Lottery Act 2013; S.I. No. 102/2014 | ||
| 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/ | ||
| 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 | |
| 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/ |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Water Safety Ireland | 2019-02-18 | Replaced Irish Water Safety | S.I. No. 56/2019; www.watersafety.ie | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Shannon Group plc | 2014-09-05 | Shannon Group is a public limited company whose principal activities include the operation, management and development of Shannon Airport, the management and development of the commercial property portfolio held by Shannon Commercial Properties (formerly part of Shannon Development) and the operation of the tourism sites managed by Shannon Heritage. A fourth business unit of the Group is the International Aviation Services Centre (IASC) which is focused on further development of the aviation business cluster in Shannon. | www.shannongroup.ie; www.gov.ie; State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014; S.I. No. 395/2014; S.I. No. 396/2014 | |
| 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 | ||
| Policing Authority | 2016-01-01 | www.policingauthority.ie; Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015; S.I. No. 611/2015 | ||
| 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 | |
| National Shared Services Office | 2018-01-01 | The National Shared Services Office (NSSO) is a Scheduled Body which is a Shared Services provider for HR, pensions and payroll administration for Government Departments and Bodies. | www.gov.ie; National Shared Services Office Act 2017; S.I. No. 579/2017 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Horse Sport Ireland, Ltd. | 2006-11-20 | http://www.horsesportireland.ie/ | ||
| Judicial Council | 2019-12-17 | Replaced the Interim Judicial Council, established on a non-statutory basis in November 2011. | Judicial Council Act 2019; S.I. No. 641/2019 | |
| 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/ | |
| 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 | |
| Rásaíocht Con Éireann | 2020-10-01 | Greyhound Racing Ireland (GRI)/ Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) (formerly known as the Irish Greyhound Board (IGB)/Bord na gCon) - is a commercial semi-state body responsible for the control and development of the greyhound industry in the Republic of Ireland | Greyhound Racing Act 2020 (No. 15 of 2019); S.I. No. 399/2020; https://www.grireland.ie/About-GRI/news/igb-rebrands-to-gri/ | |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 |
| Forestry Commission | 1919-01-01 | 1927-08-11 | Absorbed into Dept of Lands and Agriculture. Absorption preceded by a very short lived 'Saorstát Éireann Forestry Commission' | Forestry Act, 1919; S.I. No. 68 & 69/1927 |
| 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 |
| 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/ | |
| Public Trustee | 1903-11-01 | 1992-01-01 | Irish Land Act 1903; Public Trustee Rules, 1904, 1908, 1927 (S.I. No. 14/1927) and 1947 (S.I. No. 94/1947); Seanad Éireann - Volume 134 - 21 October, 1992--Irish Land Commission (Dissolution) Bill, 1989: Second Stage | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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/ |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Munster Technological University | 2021-01-01 | Munster Technological University was an amalgamation of the prior Cork and Tralee Institutes of Technology | Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018); S.I. No. 568/2020 | |
| Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest | 2021-10-01 | Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest was an amalgamation of the prior Athlone and Limerick Institutes of Technology | Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018); S.I. No. 360/2021 | |
| 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 | |
| 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/ |
| The Railway and Canal (Extension of Time) Commission | 1923-02-05 | 1924-07-23 | The Railway and Canal (Extension of Time) Commission was a transitional body established to perform specific land-related functions under the pre-independence Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Act 1916. The establishment of a body was deemed necessary for this purpose, as the Railway and Canal Commission had ceased to have authority in Saorstát Éireann | S.I. No. 1/1923; Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Act 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. V., ch. 63); section 23 of the Railways Act 1924 (No. 29 of 1924); https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1923-02-14/6/?highlight%5B0%5D=railway&highlight%5B1%5D=railway |
| The Light Railway Commission | 1923-06-02 | 1945-01-01 | The Light Railway Commission was established to exercise in Saorstát Éireann the functions which were previously exercised by the Light Railway Commissioners under Section 2 of the Tramways (Temporary Increase of Charges) Act, 1920. This transitional body is assumed to have fallen away upon the enactment of the Transport Act 1944, which repealed the 1920 Act | S.I. No. 6/1923; Transport Act 1944 (No. 21 of 1944) |
| General Nursing Council | 1923-06-22 | 1951-06-07 | The General Nursing Council was established to take over the functions of the previous General Nursing Council for Ireland. It was subsequently merged into An Bord Altranais | S.I. No. 8/1923; Nurses Act, 1950 (No. 27 of 1950) |
| Central Midwives Board (I) | 1923-06-22 | 1947-01-01 | The Central Midwives Board (I) replaced the previous Central Midwives Board for Ireland. It was subsequently replaced by the Central Midwives Board (II) | S.I. No. 9/1923; Nurses Act 1944 (No. 10 of 1944) |
| Central Midwives Board (II) | 1945-01-01 | 1951-06-07 | Merge w/General Nursing Council to form An Bord Altranais | Midwives Act, 1944; Nurses Act, 1950; Browne, R. Statutory Corporations and Commissions, in King, F.Public Administration in Ireland Vol. 1, 1944 |
| 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 | |
| Atlantic Technological University | 2022-04-01 | Atlantic Technological University amalgamated the previous institutes of technology of Galway-Mayo, Letterkenny and Sligo. St Angela's College, Sligo, was also incorporated later | Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018); S.I. No. 56/2022; S.I. No. 356/2023 | |
| South East Technological University | 2022-05-01 | South East Technological University amalgamated the previous Waterford and Carlow Institutes of Technology | Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018); S.I. No. 175/2022 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Mines and Quarries Inspectorate | 1894-08-25 | 1970-01-01 | An inspectorate responsible for mines and quarries was established in 1894. This built on an inspectorate previously responsible for mines only. Upon independence, the Irish inspectors are assumed to have initially transferred to the Ministry of Labour and later to Industry and Commerce. Reference is made to the pre-independence legislation in the Mines and Quarries Act 1965 (No. 7 of 1965). The Mines and Quarries Inspectorate was administratively merged with the Inspectorate of Factories to form the Industrial Inspectorate by 1971 | Quarries Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict.), Ch 42; Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict.), Ch. 77; Mines and Quarries Act, 1965 (No. 7 of 1965); Houses of the Oireachtas Library, Annual Report of the Industrial Inspectorate for 1 June 1970 to 31 December 1971 |
| 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 Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam | 2023-03-20 | The Office of Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam, is mandated to, inter alia, arrange for the forensic excavation and recovery of human remains buried in a manifestly inappropriate manner and to make final arrangements for human remains recovered. The establishment of this Office relates, in particular, to inappropriate historic burials of childrens' remains on the grounds of a Mother and Baby Home at Tuam, County Galway | Ministerial Order under section 9(1) of the Institutional Burials Act 2022 (No. 18 of 2022) | |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Maritime Area Regulatory Authority | 2023-07-17 | MARA administers a streamlined consenting system for the maritime area, including: Assessing Maritime Area Consent (MAC) applications for the maritime area, which are required by developers before development permission can be granted; granting marine licencing for specified activities; compliance and enforcement of MACs; licenses and offshore development consents; investigations and prosecutions; administration of the existing Foreshore consent portfolio; and fostering & promoting co-operation between regulators of the maritime area. | Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (No. 50 of 2021); S.I. No. 369/2023; https://www.maritimeregulator.ie/ | |
| An Rialálaí Agraibhia | 2023-12-13 | An Rialálaí Agraibhia has two main functions: a price and market analysis and reporting function, and a regulatory enforcement function concerning the enforcement of prohibited unfair trading practices | Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023 (No. 19 of 2023); https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/49ccd-minister-mcconalogue-announces-the-ceo-designate-for-an-rialalai-agraibhia/ | |
| 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/ |