Unit: Screen Ireland

Screen Ireland

Bord Scannán na hÉireann

Friday 14th of August 1981 - still active

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).

From date: 1981-08-14
To date:
Source: 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
Confidence: Very Confident
Names: Bord Scannán na hÉireann
- Source: McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 182/2018
- Description: Irish Language Name
- From date: 1981-08-14
- To date: 2018-06-18
- Confidence: Very Confident
Names: Irish Film Board
- From date: 1981-08-14
- To date: 2018-06-18
- Confidence: Very Confident
Names: Fís Éireann
- Source: www.screenireland.ie; S.I. No. 182/2018
- Description: Irish Language Name
- From date: 2018-06-18
- Confidence: Very Confident
Legal forms: Statutory Corporation
- Source: Irish Film Board Act 1980; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1993; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1997; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 2000
- From date: 1981-08-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Functions: Transfer
- Source: http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/; Irish Film Board Act 1980; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1993; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1997; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 2000
- From date: 1981-08-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Policy domains: Recreation, Culture, Religion
- Source: http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/; Irish Film Board Act 1980; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1993; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1997; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 2000
- From date: 1981-08-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Source: McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 302 & 309/2002; http://www.arts-sport-tourism.gov.ie/
- Description: Responsibility for the Irish Film Board transferred from the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands to the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism (via the Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation) under S.I. No. 302 & 309/2002
- From date: 2002-06-19
- To date: 2010-05-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism
- Source: Irish Film Board Act, 1980; S.I. No. 282/1981
- Description: Responsibility for the Irish Film Board transferred from the Department of Industry, Commerce and Tourism to the Department of Industry and Energy (via Department of Energy) under S.I. No. 288 & 289/1981
- From date: 1981-08-14
- To date: 1981-08-21
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Industry and Energy
- Source: S.I. No. 288 & 289/1981; S.I. No. 383 & 384/1983
- Description: Responsibility for the Irish Film Board transferred from the Department of Industry, Commerce and Tourism to the Department of Industry and Energy (via Department of Energy) under S.I. No. 288 & 289/1981 and From the Department of Industry and Energy to the Department of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism (via the Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism)under S.I. No. 383 & 384/1983
- From date: 1981-08-21
- To date: 1983-12-17
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism
- Source: S.I. No. 383 & 384/1983; S.I. No. 41/1986
- Description: Responsibility for the Irish Film Board transferred from the Department of Industry and Energy to the Department of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism (via the Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism)under S.I. No. 383 & 384/1983 and from the Department of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism to the Department of Industry and Commerce under S.I. No. 41/1986
- From date: 1983-12-17
- To date: 1986-02-19
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Industry and Commerce (II)
- Source: S.I. No. 41/1986; S.I. No. 462/1986
- Description: Responsibility for the Irish Film Board transferred from the Department of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism to the Department of Industry and Commerce under S.I. No. 41/1986 and from the Department of Industry and Commerce to the Department of the Taoiseach under S.I. No. 462/1986
- From date: 1986-02-19
- To date: 1986-07-31
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of the Taoiseach
- Source: S.I. No. 462/1986; S.I. No. 21 & 22/1993
- Description: Responsibility for the Irish Film Board transferred from the Department of Industry and Commerce to the Department of the Taoiseach under S.I. No. 462/1986 and from the Department of the Taoiseach to the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht (via the Department of the Gaeltacht) under S.I. No. 21 & 22/1993
- From date: 1986-07-31
- To date: 1993-01-20
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht
- Source: S.I. No. 21 & 22/1993; S.I. No. 306/1997
- Description: Responsibility for the Irish Film Board transferred from the Department of the Taoiseach to the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht (via the Department of the Gaeltacht) under S.I. No. 21 & 22/1993 and from the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht to the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands under S.I. No. 306/1997
- From date: 1993-01-20
- To date: 1997-07-12
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht, and the Islands
- Source: S.I. No. 306/1997; S.I. No. 302 & 309/2002
- Description: Responsibility for the Irish Film Board transferred from the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht to the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands under S.I. No. 306/1997 and from the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands to the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism (via the Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation) under S.I. No. 302 & 309/2002
- From date: 1997-07-12
- To date: 2002-06-19
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport
- Source: http://www.ahg.gov.ie/; S.I. No. 220/2011
- From date: 2010-05-02
- To date: 2011-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Source: S.I. No. 220/2011; S.I. No. 357/2016
- From date: 2011-06-02
- To date: 2016-07-07
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Source: S.I. No. 357/2016; S.I. No. 350/2017
- From date: 2016-07-07
- To date: 2017-08-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Source: S.I. No. 350/2017; S.I. No. 403/2020
- From date: 2017-08-01
- To date: 2020-09-30
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
- Source: S.I. No. 403/2020
- From date: 2020-09-30
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ranks: Principal
- Source: Dáil Éireann - Volume 661 - 24 September, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies
- Description: CEO, as of 2008
- Confidence: Very Confident
Counties: Galway
- Source: http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/
- Description: Head offices located in Galway, secondary offices in Dublin and Los Angeles
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: cultural services
- Source: http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/; Irish Film Board Act 1980; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1993; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1997; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 2000
- From date: 1981-08-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: Research and Development (RCR)
- Source: http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/; Irish Film Board Act 1980; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1993; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1997; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 2000
- From date: 1981-08-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: recreation, culture and religion NEC
- Source: http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/; Irish Film Board Act 1980; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1993; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1997; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 2000
- From date: 1981-08-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
FOI: yes
- Source: http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/; S.I. No. 359/2002
- From date: 2002-06-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Comptrollers: yes
- Source: Irish Film Board Act 1980; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1993; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 1997; Irish Film Board (Amendment) Act 2000; http://audgen.gov.ie/
- From date: 1981-08-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ombudsmans: yes
- Source: Disability Act 2005
- Description: Under the Disability Act 2005
- From date: 2005-01-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ombudsmans: yes
- Source: SI 69 -1985
- Description: Under SI 69 -1985
- From date: 1985-01-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Financial information:
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1980/act/36/enacted/en/html
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1993/act/36/enacted/en/html
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1997/act/44/enacted/en/html
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2000/act/35/enacted/en/html
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2015/act/44/enacted/en/html
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1981/si/282/
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/182/

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Name	Date	From	To
Irish Film Board	1981-08-14		Screen Ireland

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Screen Ireland

Bord Scannán na hÉireann