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14 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mining Board (II) | 1940-11-14 | McGauran et al. 2005; The Minerals Development Act 1940; Dáil Éireann - Volume 588 - 06 July, 2004--Written Answers. - State Boards | ||
| 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 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 and Energy | 1981-08-21 | 1983-12-16 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 289/1981; S.I. No. 385/1983 | |
| 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 |
| An Foras Forbartha Teoranta | 1964-03-26 | 1993-08-01 | Operated in partnership with UN first 5 yrs. Absorbed by research unit of Environmental Protection Agency in 1993 | Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992; S.I. No. 215/1993 |
| 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 | |
| Mines and Quarries Advisory Committee | 1966-07-28 | 1989-11-01 | Merged into National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health | Mines and Quarries Act 1965; Safety, Health and Welfare At Work Act, 1989 |
| Mining Board (I) | 1931-12-22 | 1940-11-14 | Replaced by Mining Board (II) | Mines and Minerals Act, 1931; S.I. No. 29/1933; Minerals Development Act, 1940; Dáil Éireann - Volume 588 - 06 July, 2004--Written Answers. - State Boards |
| Mianrai Teoranta | 1945-06-01 | 1955-01-01 | Amalgamation of the former Slieveardagh Coalfield Development Company Limited and the Minerals Exploration and Development Company, Limited | Minerals Company Acts, 1945 & 1947 |
| Minerals Exploration and Development Company, Limited | 1941-09-01 | 1945-06-01 | Death by merge into Mianrai Teoranta | Minerals Exploration and Development Company Act, 1941; Minerals Company Act, 1945 |
| Slieveardagh Coalfield Development Company Limited | 1941-05-20 | 1945-06-01 | Merge into Mianrai Teoranta | Slievardagh Coalfield Development Act, 1941; Minerals Company Act, 1945 |
| 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 |
| 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/ |