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7 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
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| Irish Water | 2013-03-29 | Water Services Act 2013; S.I. No. 108/2013; http://www.water.ie/; CRO Registered Company No. 530363 | ||
| Ervia | 2014-06-20 | Holding company for Gas Networks Ireland and Irish Water | ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014; S.I. No. 287/2014 | |
| National Rural Water Services Committee | 2008-12-15 | 2018-06-11 | In June 2018 the National Rural Water Services merged with the Public Water Forum to form The Water Forum | Water Services Act 2007; S.I. No. 522/2008; Water Services Act 2017; S.I. No. 193/2018 |
| Public Water Forum | 2015-05-29 | 2018-06-11 | In June 2018 the Public Water Forum merged with the National Rural Water Services Committee to form The Water Forum | Water Services Act 2014; S.I. No. 234/2015; Water Services Act 2017; S.I. No. 193/2018 |
| The Water Forum | 2018-06-11 | Created by a merge of the Public Water Forum and National Rural Water Services Committee | www.nationalwaterforum.ie; Water Services Act 2017; S.I. No. 193/2018 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |