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9 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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/ | |
| 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 | |
| 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/ | |
| Social Welfare Appeals Office | 1990-09-01 | Set up under the Programme for Government 1989-1993 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.socialwelfareappeals.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 399 - 29 May, 1990--Written Answers. - Social Welfare Appeals Office | |
| Compensation (Personal Injuries) Committee | 1923-01-01 | 1926-01-01 | Payments made in accordance with terms of agreement that were made between the Provisional Government and the British Government in respect of Personal Injury Claims, arising out of the Anglo-Irish conflict | Dáil Éireann - Volume 3 - 19 April, 1923--CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - PRE-TRUCE COMPENSATION CLAIMS |
| Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board | 2013-03-25 | The Board of the Fund oversees the use of cash contributions of up to €110m pledged by the religious congregations to support the needs of some 15,000 survivors of residential institutional child abuse | Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012; S.I. No. 95/2013; Written Answers, Wednesday, 22 January 2014, No. 80 - Departmental Bodies Establishment; http://www.education.ie/en/The-Department/Agencies/Residential-Institutions-Statutory-Fund-Board.html; http://www.caranua.ie/ | |
| 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/ |