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| Description
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| 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 | |
| Law Society of Ireland | 1830-06-24 | n/a | McGauran et al. 2005; www.lawsociety.ie; Solicitors Acts 1954-2002 | |
| Therapeutic Substances Advisory Committee | 1933-05-01 | 1993-01-01 | Therapeutic Substances Act 1932; S.I. No.106 of 1933; Dáil Éireann - Volume 407 - 07 May, 1991--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Bodies; S.I. No. 406/1992; Animal Remedies Act, 1993 | |
| Animal Remedies Consultative Committee | 1957-06-01 | Animal Remedies Acts 1956 & 1993; S.I. No. 861/2007 | ||
| 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 | |
| Irish National Productivity Committee | 1959-01-01 | 1972-05-30 | Functions taken over by Irish Productivity Centre | Dáil Éireann - Volume 190 - 14 June, 1961--Committee on Finance. - Vote 44—Industry and Commerce; Dáil Éireann - Volume 262 - 11 July, 1972--Committee on Finance. - Vote 40: Industry and Commerce |
| 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 | ||
| 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 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 |
| Advisory Council for English Language Schools | 1969-01-01 | 2010-01-01 | Absorbed into National Qualifications Authority of Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; Written answers, Tuesday, 19 January 2010, Department of Education and Science - Language Schools |
| 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 |
| Law Reform Commission | 1975-10-20 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.lawreform.ie/; Law Reform Commission Act 1975; S.I. No. 214/1975 | ||
| Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board | 1980-03-07 | 2009-01-01 | Replaced former non-statuatory Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education. Absorbed into HSE in 2009. | McGauran et al. 2005; Medical Practitioners Act 1978; Medical Practitioners Act 2007; S.I. No. 555/2008 |
| 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 | ||
| Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland | 1981-04-14 | http://www.asai.ie/ | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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/ | |
| 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 | |
| Irish Taxation Institute | 1967-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.taxinstitute.ie/ | ||
| Central Fisheries Board | 1980-10-22 | 2010-07-01 | Replaced Inland Fisheries Trust (and also took over functions of Boards of Conservators); replaced by Inland Fisheries Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.cfb.ie/; Fisheries Act 1980; Inland Fisheries Act 2010 |
| 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/; | |
| Medico-Social Research Board | 1965-04-15 | 1986-01-01 | Merged with Medical Research Council of Ireland in 1986 to form the Health Research Board | Health (Corporate Bodies) Act 1961; S.I. No. 80/1965; S.I. No. 169/1974; S.I. No.279/1986; S.I. No. 450/1986; S.I. No. 452/1986; http://www.hrb.ie/ |
| National Statistics Board | 1986-02-01 | Was initially set up on a non-statutory basis in 1986; and was established on a statutory basis in 1994 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nsb.ie/; The Statistics Act 1993 | |
| 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 | ||
| Building Regulations Advisory Body | 1991-12-04 | 2012-06-13 | Was re-appointed for a five-year term in January 2002 by S.I. No.2/2002. The Minister appointed the final BRAB on 14th June 2007 for a period of 5 years, expiring on 13th June 2012. BRAB was subsumed into the Department. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentandHousing/BuildingStandards/BRAB/; Building Control Act 1990; S.I. No.2/2002; www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2013-01-16/840; www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2017-05-09a.576 |
| National Council for Forest Research and Development | 1993-04-15 | Merged back into Dept in 2009 but still an entity within it | McGauran et al. 2005; Dáil Éireann - Volume 588 - 06 July, 2004--Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies; http://www.coford.ie/ | |
| International Education Board of Ireland | 1993-01-01 | 2009-11-30 | ceased trading on 30th November 2009 and its main functions transferred to Enterprise Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.educationireland.ie/ |
| 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 |
| Office for Social Inclusion | 2002-12-01 | 2009-07-01 | Absorbed into the Dept. of Social and Family Affairs as the Social Inclusion Division | http://www.socialinclusion.ie/; http://www.welfare.ie/; DSFA Annual Reports 2004-2007; National Action Plan against Poverty and Social Exclusion: 2003–2005; Social Inclusion Division Strategic Plan 2009 -2011 |
| 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 |
| 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 Export Board | 1959-09-01 | 1991-09-01 | Replaced Córas Tráchtála Teoranta (Limited Company); Merge with the Irish Goods Council to form Irish Trade Board 1991 | Export Promotion Act, 1959; Trade and Marketing Promotion Act 1991 |
| Judicial Appointments Advisory Board | 1995-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; Courts and Court Officers Act 1995; http://www.jaab.ie/ | ||
| National Centre for Guidence in Education | 1995-06-01 | National Centre for Guidance in Education aims to develop and support quality guidance provision in the education sector as part of lifelong learning in accordance with national and international best practice | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ncge.ie/ | |
| Heritage Council | 1995-07-10 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/; Heritage Act 1995 | ||
| Commission on School Accommodation | 1996-03-01 | 2011-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; Written answers, Thursday, 6 May 2010-- Department of Education and Science-School Accommodation; Written answers Wednesday, 22 June 2011, Department of Education and Skills - Schools Recognition; Written answers, Tuesday, 25 October 2011, Department of Education and Skills, Departmental Agencies | |
| Consultative Council on Hepatitis C | 1996-11-26 | McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 339/1996; http://www.consultativecouncilonhepc.ie/ | ||
| Judicial Studies Institute | 1996-01-01 | 2011-01-25 | Replaced by the Committee for Judicial Studies | McGauran et al. 2005; Court and Court Officers Act 1995; http://www.aji.ie/supports/judicial_education |
| NDP/CSF Evaluation Unit | 1996-01-01 | 2006-06-01 | Replaced by Central Expenditure Evaluation Unit in Dept. of Finance (Later Dept. of Public Expenditure and Reform) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://publicspendingcode.per.gov.ie/about-us/; Written Answers - Departmental Expenditure. Wednesday, 28 June 2006, Dáil Eireann Debate Vol. 622 No. 78; Written Answers - Departmental Expenditure. Wednesday, 7 February 2007, Dáil Eireann Debate Vol. 631 No. 1 |
| Expert Group on Future Skills Needs | 1997-01-01 | http://www.skillsireland.ie/ | ||
| 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 Competitiveness Council | 1997-05-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.competitiveness.ie/ | ||
| 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 |
| Local Government Management Services Board | 1997-01-01 | 2012-08-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.lgmsb.ie/; S.I. No.410/1996; S.I. No. 289/2012; Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012; S.I. No. 287/2012 | |
| Designated Areas Appeals Advisory Board | 1998-01-01 | https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/files/daaab-guidelines.pdf; Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government Statement of Strategy 2008-2010; Written answers, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Special Protection Areas Appeals | ||
| National Centre for Technology in Education | 1998-03-01 | 2011-09-01 | No Board existed for the NCTE in 2011. Since September 2011, the NCTE is within the remit of Dublin West Education Centre alongside the Department’s largest support service, the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST). | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ncte.ie/; Written Answers - Departmental Agencies, Wednesday, 21 March 2012, Dáil Éireann Debate Vol. 758 No. 7 |
| National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism | 1998-01-01 | 2008-12-30 | Closed due to budgetary cutbacks | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nccri.ie/ |
| National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee | 1998-11-20 | McGauran et al. 2005; Housing (Traveller Accomodation) Act 1998; S.I. No. 448/1998 | ||
| Referendum Commission | 1998-03-02 | 2023-02-09 | Under the Referendum Act 2001 lost its function to put the arguments for and against referendum proposals. Main function at the moment: to explain the subject matter of referendum proposals, to promote public awareness and to encourage the electorate to vote at the poll. Replaced by the Electoral Commission | McGauran et al. 2005; Referendum Act 1998; Referendum (Amendment) Act 2001; http://www.refcom.ie/; Electoral Reform Act 2022 (No. 30 of 2022); S.I. No. 32/2023 |
| 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 | |
| Comhar - National Sustainable Development Partnership | 1999-02-26 | 2012-01-02 | Absorbed into NESC in January 2012 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nesc.ie/ |
| 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 | ||
| Institute of Public Health in Ireland | 1999-11-22 | CRO lists creation date as 01/10/2002 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.publichealth.ie/; Press release Dept of Health & Children (22/11/99) | |
| 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 |
| National Crime Council | 1999-09-01 | 2008-10-14 | The NCC ceased operations on 14 October 2008 as a result of a Government decision to rationalise State Agencies in the context of Budget 2009 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.irlgov.ie/crimecouncil/ |
| National Salmon Commission | 2000-03-21 | 2010-07-01 | 1999 Fisheries (Amendment) Act; SI 80/2000; Inland Fisheries Act 2010 | |
| North/South Ministerial Council | 1999-03-08 | McGauran et al. 2005; British-Irish Agreement Act 1999; http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/ | ||
| Placenames Commission | 1946-10-24 | 2012-10-11 | Future placenames orders will be made by the Minister of State following public consultation and on consideration of advice provided by a voluntary Placenames Committee (established 19 September 2013). A new Placenames Committee was appointed on the 13th September 2016. The primary responsibility of the Placenames Committee is to advise the Minister for the Gaeltacht in relation to the Placenames of Ireland as defined in section 31 of the Official Languages Act, 2003. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.logainm.ie/; Place-names Act 1973; http://www.ahg.gov.ie/en/Irish/ThePlacenamesBranch/; Dept. of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, 'Critical Review of the Placenames Commission'; Dept. of Public Expenditure and Reform, 'Summary of agency rationalisation measures as at January 2014', Table B - http://per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/Table-B.pdf; https://www.logainm.ie/en/inf/coiste |
| 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 | ||
| National Advisory Committee on Drugs | 2000-07-01 | During 2000-2002 acted under the auspices of the Dept. of Tourism, Sport and Recreation. Also established on a non-statutory basis iniatially for a three year period starting with 2000; and then extended to 2008 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nacd.ie/ | |
| National Disability Authority | 2000-06-12 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nda.ie/; National Disability Authority Act 1999; S.I. No. 162/2000 | ||
| Company Law Review Group | 2001-07-09 | Was accorded statutory advisory status by Part 7 of the Company Law Enforcement Act 2001 and operates on a two-yearly cycles | http://www.clrg.org/; Company Law Enforcement Act 2001 | |
| 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 |
| Irish Human Rights Commission | 2001-07-25 | 2014-11-01 | Set up as a direct result of the Good Equality Authority in 2014 to create the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ihrc.ie/; Human Rights Commission Acts 2000 and 2001; S.I. No. 340/2001; www.ihrec.ie; Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; S.I. No. 450/2014 |
| Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology | 2001-06-01 | 2012-03-29 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://research.ie/; Written answers, Tuesday, 13 May 2014, Department of Education and Skills -Departmental Bodies Data | |
| National Children's Advisory Council | 2001-05-01 | Was established as part of the National Children's Strategy | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dcya.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=%2Fdocuments%2FNational_Childrens_Advisory_Council_.htm | |
| National Forum on Europe | 2001-10-18 | 2009-04-01 | www.forumoneurope.ie/ | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education | 2002-10-31 | 2008-11-30 | Funding ceased 30 November 2008 as a result of a Government decision to rationalise State Agencies in the context of Budget 2009 | http://www.cecde.ie/, http://www.budget.gov.ie/(Annex D, 2009) |
| Reception and Integration Agency | 2001-04-02 | Replaced the Directorate for Asylum Support Services and the Refugee Agency (est. in 1991) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ria.gov.ie/ | |
| State Claims Agency | 2001-11-30 | National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2000; S.I. No. 526/2001; http://www.stateclaims.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 |
| Irish Council for Bioethics | 2002-05-15 | 2010-12-01 | Established by the Royal Irish Academy in 2002 in response to the Oct. 2000 report by Inter-Departmental Group on Modern Biotechnology. Status changed to company limited by guarantee not having share capital in 2008. A National Advisory Committee on Bioethics was established in March 2012 to advise the Minister for Health in this area. | http://www.bioethics.ie/; CRO; http://www.dohc.ie/about_us/divisions/bioethics.html |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland | 2002-05-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; Sustainable Energy Act 2002; http://www.sei.ie/ | ||
| 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 |
| Fire Prevention Council | 1978-07-20 | 1987-12-18 | The National Road Safety Association, the Fire Prevention Council and the Irish Water Safety Council were merged in 1987 to form the National Safety Council. | S.I. No. 206/1978; S.I. No. 327/1987 |
| Irish Water Safety Association (I) | 1971-04-01 | 1987-12-18 | Established on a statutory basis on August 1 1980. The National Road Safety Association, the Fire Prevention Council and the Irish Water Safety Council were merged in 1987 to form the National Safety Council. | S.I. No. 244/1980; S.I. No. 327/1987; Dáil Éireann - Volume 261 - 20 June, 1972--Committee on Finance. - Vote 26: Local Government |
| National Road Safety Association | 1974-04-08 | 1987-12-18 | the National Road Safety Association, the Fire Prevention Council and the Irish Water Safety Council were merged in 1987 to form the National Safety Council | S.I. No. 103/1974; S.I. No. 327/1987 |
| 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/ |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| National Haemophilia Council | 2004-06-22 | S.I. No.451/2004; http://www.nationalhaemophiliacouncil.ie/ | ||
| Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government | 2004-06-23 | 2012-10-26 | Was established in 2004 as part of a reorganised governance structure for the Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (ICSTI),now known as the Advisory Council for Science, Technology and Innovation. In 2012 was absorbed into Science Foundation Ireland with the Director General of Science Foundation Ireland taking on the role of Chief Scientific Adviser. | http://www.chiefscientificadviser.ie/; 'Tánaiste announces appointment of Ireland's first Chief Science Adviser', press release, Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation; SFI Press Release 26 October 2012, 'Director General of SFI to take on additional role of Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government'; 'Summary of agency rationalisation measures as at January 2014: Table B', Dept. of Public Expenditure and Reform |
| Health Education Bureau | 1975-01-30 | 1987-12-31 | S.I. No. 22/1975; S.I. No. 324/1987 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Advisory Council for Science Technology and Innovation | 2005-04-01 | 2012-01-01 | Established as a successor body to The Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (est. in 1997) | https://publicpolicy.ie/perspectives/fostering-innovation-in-irish-innovation-policy/ |
| Culture Ireland | 2005-02-01 | 2013-01-31 | Note: Plans announced in Feb 2007 to make Culture Ireland a statutory body never materialised. On 31 Jan. 2013, a Delegation Order delegated the functions of directing Culture Ireland to a Principal Officer within the Dept. of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. | http://www.cultureireland.ie/; Dept. of Public Expenditure and Reform 'Summary of agency rationalisation measures as at January 2014', Table B http://per.gov.ie/summary-of-agency-rationalisation-measures-as-at-january-2014/; Written answers, Thursday, 7 March 2013 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Departmental Appointments |
| 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/ | ||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| National Ambulance Advisory Council | 1998-02-04 | 2000-04-10 | Replaced by Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council in 2000 | S.I. No. 27/1998; S.I. No. 108/2000 |
| National Employment Rights Authority | 2007-02-01 | 2015-10-01 | Established in February 2007 on an interim basis pending the enactment of the Employment Law Compliance Bill which will give NERA a statutory footing. Merged with other organisations into the Workplace Relations Commission in 2015. Workplace Relations Act 2015 | http://www.employmentrights.ie/en/ |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Social Services Inspectorate | 1999-04-01 | 2007-04-21 | The SSI was administered by the Department of Health and Children (DoHC) until May 2007, when it was established on a statutory basis as the Office of the Chief Inspector of Social Services within the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). | Health Act 2007; http://web.archive.org/web/20060108031204/http://www.issi.ie/; Dail Eireann - Volume 554 - 09 October, 2002--Written Answers. - Social Services Inspectorate |
| 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 Development Corporation Ltd | 1986-06-11 | 1991-12-30 | Replaced National Enterprise Agency; Absorbed by Industrial Development Authority | National Development Corporation Act, 1986; Industrial Development (Amendment) Act, 1991 |
| National Enterprise Agency, Ltd | 1980-05-16 | 1986-06-11 | Replaced by National Development Corporation | National Development Corporation Act, 1986; Dáil Éireann - Volume 322 - 24 June, 1980 - Written Answers. - National Enterprise Agency |
| Office Premises Advisory Council | 1959-04-01 | 1989-11-01 | Merged into National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health | Office Premises Act, 1958; Safety, Health and Welfare At Work Act, 1989 |
| Factories Advisory Council | 1956-10-01 | 1989-11-01 | Merged into National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health | Factories Act 1955; Safety, Health and Welfare At Work Act, 1989 |
| 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 |
| Dangerous Substances Advisory Council | 1979-01-01 | 1989-11-01 | Merged into National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health | Dangerous Substances (Amendment) Act, 1979; Safety, Health and Welfare At Work Act, 1989 |
| 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 |
| National Heritage Council | 1988-09-05 | 1995-07-10 | Predecessor of Heritage Council | http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/ |
| National Science Council | 1968-01-04 | 1978-04-05 | Established on OECD recommendation; Replaced by National Board for Science and Technology | Dáil Éireann - Volume 293 - 04 November, 1976; National Board for Science and Technology Bill, 1976: Second Stage; National Board for Science and Technology Act 1977; 'Science Policy Necessary' Irish Times, 5 January 1968. |
| Advisory Committee on Cultural Relations | 1949-01-01 | 2005-02-01 | Replaced by Culture Ireland | Dáil Éireann - Volume 127 - 21 November, 1951 - Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cultural Relations Committee; Dáil Debate - Vol. 647 No. 1, 13 Feb 2008 Q. 232 |
| National Manpower Service | 1971-06-01 | 1988-01-01 | Merged into FAS | Labour Services Act, 1987; 'Manpower Service puts 800 in jobs' Irish Times, 25 Sept. 1971 |
| Water Pollution Advisory Council | 1977-06-13 | 1990-07-18 | Replaced informal council set up Feb 1975 | Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977; Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Act, 1990 |
| Public Offices Commission | 1995-11-01 | 2001-12-10 | Replaced by Standards in Public Office Commission | Ethics in Public Office Act 1995; Standards in Public Office Act, 2001 |
| Committee on Court Practice and Procedure | 1962-04-13 | Question Posed By: Deputy Leo Varadkar--Subject: Departmental Bodies--Date: 13 February 2008--Question Number: 371, 373, 378; http://www.jcfj.ie/pqs/index.php?option=com_sobi2&sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=180&sobi2Id=569&Itemid=27 | ||
| 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 Health Council | 1948-03-03 | 1996-11-06 | Health Act, 1947; S.I. No. 81/1948; Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act, 1996 | |
| National Prices Commission | 1971-10-15 | 1986-01-01 | S.I. No. 285/1971; Lyons, P. (2007) 'Competition and Merger Law and Practice 1953-2002' p. 219 (available at http://webird.tcd.ie/bitstream/2262/11978/1/LyonsP0507.pdf) | |
| National Industrial and Economic Council | 1963-10-09 | 1973-11-02 | Chaired by T.K. Whitaker 1963-1967 (http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/authors/w/Whitaker,TK/life.htm). Replaced by NESC in 1973 | Lee, J., 1991; Dáil Éireann - Volume 233 - 06 March, 1968--Committee on Finance. - Vote 40—Industry and Commerce; Dáil Éireann - Volume 205 - 23 October, 1963--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - National Industrial Economic Council |
| Wildlife Advisory Council | 1977-06-01 | 1995-07-10 | Merged into Heritage Council | Wildlife Act, 1976; Heritage Act 1995 |
| Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee | 2007-02-01 | http://www.criminalcode.ie/; Criminal Justice Act 2006 | ||
| National Savings Committee | 1955-12-21 | 1985-01-01 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 241 - 08 July, 1969--Committee on Finance. - Vote 6: Office of the Minister for Finance; Dáil Éireann - Volume 168 - 12 June, 1958--Written Answers. - State-sponsored Companies, Commissions, Committees and Advisory Councils; Private Members' Business. - Protection of Investments: Motion (Resumed). Wednesday, 15 February 1984, Dáil Éireann Debate - Vol. 347 No. 13 | |
| National Monuments Advisory Council | 1930-08-02 | 1990-01-01 | Lapsed while legislation to establish replacement body (Historic Monuments Council) pending enactment (see Dáil Éireann - Volume 418 - 08 April, 1992--Written Answers. - National Monuments Advisory Council), ultimately replaced by Heritage Council under Heritage Act, 1995 | National Monuments Acts, 1930 to 1987; Heritage Act 1995; Dáil Éireann - Volume 168 - 12 June, 1958--Written Answers. - State-sponsored Companies, Commissions, Committees and Advisory Councils |
| Córas Beostoic agus Feola Teoranta | 1969-02-04 | 1979-10-01 | Replaced by Córas Beostoic agus Feola in 1979 | Córas Beostoic agus Feola Act, 1979 |
| Inland Fisheries Trust Incorporated | 1951-05-07 | 1980-10-29 | Death by replacement by Central Fisheries Board | Fisheries Act, 1980; CRO |
| An Coimisiún Dumpála | 1969-01-01 | 1985-01-01 | Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act 1968; Ceisteanna-Questions. Oral Answers. - Dumping Controls. Dáil Éireann Debate Vol. 259 No. 8, Wednesday, 8 March 1972; Dáil Éireann - Volume 358 - 07 May, 1985--Written Answers. - Statutory/Non-Statutory Bodies and Committees | |
| Public Service Advisory Council | 1973-11-01 | 1987-01-01 | Ministers and Secretaries Act 1973; S.I. No. 293/1973; Dáil Éireann - Volume 422 - 08 July, 1992--Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Public Service Advisory Council | |
| Credit Union Advisory Committee | 1966-03-01 | Credit Union Act, 1966; S.I. No. 29/1967; Credit Union Act 1997; S.I. No. 193/2007; http://www.financialregulator.ie/ABOUT-US/COMMITTEE/Pages/statutory-panels.aspx | ||
| Motor Insurance Advisory Board | 1984-11-16 | 2004-09-01 | S.I. No. 299/1984; Dáil Éireann - Volume 603 - 25 May, 2005--Written Answers. - Motor Insurance | |
| 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 |
| Irish Maritime Development Office | 2000-07-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.imdo.ie/; Marine Institute Act 1991; Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1999 | ||
| Library Council | 1948-05-12 | 2012-11-01 | 'Objects of New Library Council' Irish Times 13 May 1948; McGauran et al. 2005; Public Libraries Act 1947; Local Government Act 2001; Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012; S.I. No. 422/2012; Seanad Éireann Debate Vol. 215 No. 13 - Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Second Stage, 6 June 2012 | |
| Cospóir | 1978-02-10 | 1999-07-01 | Replaced by statutory Irish Sports Council | Irish Sports Council Act 1999; Dáil Éireann - Volume 323 - 05 November, 1980--Ceisteanna—Questions . Oral Answers . - Departmental Advisory Bodies; Dáil Éireann - Volume 463 - 28 March, 1996--Written Answers. - Sports Activities Recognition |
| 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 |
| Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation | 1997-04-01 | 2005-04-01 | Under aegis of Forfas; ICSTI was replaced by Advisory Council for Science, Technology and Innovation | http://web.archive.org/web/20021219022343/www.forfas.ie/icsti/; Address by Mr Noel Treacy T.D. Minister for Science, Technology and Commerce to the Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation on Tuesday, 14 September 1999 |
| Comhairle na Gaeilge | 1969-06-13 | 1978-11-01 | predecessor of Bord na Gaeilge | Seanad Éireann - Volume 89 - 07 June, 1978--An Bille um Bord na Gaeilge, 1978: An Dara Céim. Bord na Gaeilge Bill, 1978: Second Stage; 'Taking another look at Irish: Haughey's new council' Irish Times, 14 June 1969 |
| Córas Tráchtála Teoranta | 1951-06-01 | 1959-09-01 | Replaced by Córas Tráchtála (Irish Export Board) | Export Promotion Act, 1959; Dáil Éireann - Volume 176 - 09 July, 1959--Export Promotion Bill, 1959—Second Stage; IPA Yearbook 1967 |
| Milling Advisory Committee | 1933-05-24 | 1958-07-29 | Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933 to 1956; Dáil Éireann - Volume 168 - 12 June, 1958--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Companies, Commissions, Committees and Advisory Councils; S.I. No. 65/1933 — Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933 (Parts I To VII) (Commencement) Order, 1933. | |
| Dublin Transport Authority | 1986-11-12 | 1987-12-27 | Dublin Transport Authority Act, 1986; Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act, 1987 | |
| Dublin Metropolitan Streets Commission | 1987-02-01 | 1987-07-01 | Dublin Metropolitan Streets Commission Act, 1986; Dublin Metropolitan Streets Commission (Dissolution) Order, 1987 | |
| Environmental Research Unit | 1988-02-10 | 1994-01-01 | Replaced by the Environmental Protection Agency | S.I. No. 20/1988; Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992; S.I. No. 409/1993 |
| National Council for the Elderly | 1990-01-01 | 1997-03-01 | Replaced the National Council for the Aged in 1990; replaced by the National Council on Ageing and Older People in 1997. | http://www.ncaop.ie/; S.I. No. 120/1997 |
| National Council for the Aged | 1981-06-01 | 1990-01-01 | Replaced by National Council for the Elderly in 1990. | http://www.ncaop.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 372 - 21 May, 1987--Written Answers. - Departmental Advisory Bodies |
| National Social Service Board (I) | 1981-06-01 | 1982-12-08 | Replaced the National Social Service Council; Replaced by National Community Development Agency | National Community Development Agency Act, 1982; Dáil Éireann - Volume 347 - 25 January, 1984--National Social Service Board Bill, 1983: Second Stage; Seanad Éireann - Volume 103 - 22 February, 1984; Dáil Éireann - Volume 335 - 01 June, 1982--Return to Writ: Dublin West. - National Community Development Agency Bill, 1982: Second Stage |
| National Social Service Council | 1971-10-01 | 1981-06-01 | Replaced by the National Social Service Board | Dáil Éireann - Volume 347 - 25 January, 1984--National Social Service Board Bill, 1983: Second Stage; Seanad Éireann - Volume 103 - 22 February, 1984--National Social Service Board Bill, 1983: Second Stage; Dáil Éireann - Volume 335 - 01 June, 1982--Return to Writ: Dublin West. - National Community Development Agency Bill, 1982: Second Stage |
| Industrial Alcohol Advisory Board | 1935-02-19 | 1938-11-11 | Replaced by Monarchana Alcóil na hÉireann, Teoranta in 1938 | Industrial Alcohol Act 1934; Industrial Alcohol (Advisory Body) Order 1935; Industrial Alcohol Act, 1938 |
| National Organisation for Rehabilitation | 1955-11-01 | 1967-09-21 | Replaced by National Rehabilitation Board | S.I. No. 300/1967; Dáil Éireann - Volume 160 - 06 December, 1956--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Advisory Councils and Similar Bodies: Health |
| Dublin Rheumatism Clinic Board | 1980-05-08 | 1980-05-30 | Replaced the Dublin Rheumatism Clinic Association; staff, assets (excluding premises) liabilities etc. transferred to the St. James's Hospital Board upon dissolution. | S.I. No. 135/1980; S.I. No. 153/1980 |
| Dublin Rheumatism Clinic Association | 1942-10-01 | 1978-09-07 | S.I. No. 135/1980; FitzGerald, 1963; IPA Yearbooks | |
| National Disease Surveillance Centre | 1998-10-01 | 2005-01-01 | Name change in 2005 to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre as part of its move into the Health Service Executive | McGauran et al. 2005; SI 151/2000; SI 865/2004; http://web.archive.org/web/20001216224100/www.ndsc.ie/who_is_ndsc.htm; Written Answers. - National Disease Surveillance Centre. Wednesday, 24 May 2000, Dáil Eireann Debate, Vol. 519 No. 6 |
| Development Education Support Centre | 1986-01-01 | 1994-06-30 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 412 - 13 November, 1991--Written Answers. - Development Education Support Centre; Dáil Éireann - Volume 444 - 21 June, 1994 | |
| Comhairle na nOspidéal | 1972-06-29 | 2005-01-01 | Replaced by National Hospitals Office of the HSE | Health Acts 1970 & 2004; S.I. No. 164/1972 |
| Centre for Housing Research | 2006-03-01 | 2010-05-01 | Replaced housing unit which was set up as a joint initiative between Department and the local authorities in 1998; Administered by IPA until replacement by Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency | Dáil Éireann - Volume 616 - 08 March, 2006--Written Answers. - Social and Affordable Housing; Written Answers - State Agencies--Thursday, 20 January 2011 |
| Local Supplies Advisory Committee | 1925-01-01 | 1994-01-01 | Local Authorities Combined Purchasing Acts 1925 & 1939; Dáil Éireann - Volume 324 - 27 November, 1980--Written Answers. - Advisory Bodies; S.I. No. 171/1994 | |
| Energy Advisory Board | 1994-09-01 | 2002-01-01 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 445 - 11 October, 1994 - Written Answers. - Energy Advisory Board Appointments; Dáil Éireann - Volume 647 - 19 February, 2008 - Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies | |
| Irish Legal Terms Advisory Committee | 1945-09-01 | Irish Legal Terms Act, 1945; Irish Times Report of 20 September 1945; Dáil Éireann - Volume 437 - 26 January, 1994--Written Answers. - Bodies under Aegis of Department; http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/Ahern%20welcomes%20appointments%20to%20the%20Irish%20Legal%20Terms%20Advisory%20Committee | ||
| Council of Defence | 1924-06-01 | Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; Defence Act 1954 | ||
| Advisory Council on Development Cooperation | 1979-12-01 | 1991-12-01 | http://www.dochas.ie/documents/history_of_dochas.pdf; Dáil Éireann - Volume 407 - 07 May, 1991--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Bodies; Dáil Éireann - Volume 420 - 05 June, 1992--Estimates, 1992. - Vote 39: International Co-Operation (Revised Estimate) | |
| Airports Construction Committee | 1936-08-01 | 1985-01-01 | To secure Department of Finance sanction for projected works at the State airports, to act as a medium for co-ordinating and reporting progress on the planning and execution of construction projects and for the provision of equipment | Dáil Éireann - Volume 255 - 29 June, 1971--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Departmental Committees; Dáil Éireann - Volume 355 - 13 February, 1985--Ceisteanna—Questions Oral Answers - Dublin Airport Runway |
| Irish Sea Fisheries Association Ltd | 1930-11-20 | 1952-04-24 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 37 - 26 February, 1931--Vote 54—Fisheries and Gaeltacht Services; Sea Fisheries Act, 1931; Hire-Purchase Act, 1946; Sea Fisheries Act 1952; Dáil Éireann - Volume 130 - 20 March, 1952--Committee on Finance. - Sea Fisheries Bill, 1952—Second Stage (Resumed) | |
| Irish Productivity Centre | 1972-05-30 | 2009-03-22 | Replaced the Irish National Productivity Committee; comprised employer and trade unions reps & grant-aided by Govt. Post 1992 - grant reduced but involved with NESC and considered part of state apparatus. Lost public funding in 1998, dissolved in 2009. | IPA Yearbook and Diary 2008 Dáil Éireann - Volume 460 - 23 January, 1996 Written Answers. - Public and Semi-State Bodies. On possible closure see also Dáil Éireann - Volume 418 - 07 April, 1992 Joint Committee on Employment: Motion; Companies Registration Office |
| An Forás Orgánach | 2009-07-01 | 2012-06-01 | 'Minister Sargent announces appointment of Chair of new organic body Forás Orgánach' Dept. of Agriculture Press Release, 15 July 2009; Written Answers - Organic Farming. Thursday, 15 October 2009, Dáil Éireann Debate, Vol. 692 No. 1; 'Minister McEntee launches a new group called Organic Focus' Dept. of Agriculture Press Release, 6 June 2012 | |
| National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence | 2007-06-25 | 0000-00-00 | In August 2019, the Department of Justice implemented a significant Transformation Programme, most notably in response to the recommendations of the Effectiveness and Renewal Group which was established by Government in January 2018. The Department's work was previously structured by subject areas relating to different parts of the Justice and Equality sector. Cosc - The National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence was an example of this | http://www.cosc.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 639 - 09 October, 2007--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies |
| Irish Youth Justice Service | 2005-12-01 | http://www.iyjs.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 646 - 05 February, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies | ||
| Environmental Awareness Bureau | 1985-02-01 | 1988-04-01 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 367 - 10 June, 1986--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Anti-Litter Film; Dáil Éireann - Volume 373 - 12 June, 1987--Estimates, 1987. - Vote 29: Environment ( Revised Estimate ); Dáil Éireann - Volume 378 - 09 March, 1988--Ceisteanna-Questions. Oral Answers. - Environmental Research Unit | |
| Irish Goods Council | 1978-08-25 | 1991-09-01 | Merge with the Irish Export Board to form Irish Trade Board 1991 | Trade and Marketing Promotion Act 1991; Dáil Éireann - Volume 337 - 02 July, 1982--Written Answers. - Non-Commercial State Bodies |
| Bord Glas | 1990-03-22 | 2004-07-01 | Absorbed into Bord Bia in 2004 | http://www.bordbia.ie/; Bord Glas Act, 1990; An Bord Bia (Amendment) Act 2004 |
| Broadcasting Advisory Committee | 1927-03-24 | 1952-12-31 | Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926; S.I. No. 31/1927; http://www.rte.ie/ | |
| Commission on Emigration and Other Population Problems | 1948-04-05 | 1954-07-01 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 121 - 31 May, 1950--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Commission on Emigration; Dáil Éireann - Volume 147 - 27 October, 1954--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Commission on Emigration | |
| 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/ | |
| Curriculum and Examinations Board | 1984-01-23 | 1987-12-08 | Precursor of National Council for Curriculum and Assessment | Dáil Éireann - Volume 348 - 06 March, 1984--Programme for Action in Education: Statements; Dáil Éireann - Volume 358 - 07 May, 1985--Written Answers. - Statutory/Non-Statutory Bodies and Committees; Written Answers - National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. Tuesday, 8 April 1997, Dáil Éireann Debate, Vol. 477 No. 2 |
| Geological Survey of Ireland | 1845-01-01 | Geological Survey Act 1845; Ministers and Secretaries 1924; http://www.gsi.ie/ | ||
| Council of National Cultural Institutions | 2001-12-21 | Heritage Fund Act 2001; http://www.cnci.ie/ | ||
| Office for Internet Safety | 2008-03-01 | 2019-06-30 | The functions of the Office for Internet Safety have been incorporated into the Cybercrime division of the Department of Justice and Equality | http://www.internetsafety.ie/; www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/Cybercrime;www.oireachtas.ie/ga/debates/question/2018-02-06/250/ |
| Dairy Produce Consultative Council | 1925-06-25 | 1960-01-01 | Dairy Produce Act, 1924; Dáil Éireann - Volume 168 - 12 June, 1958--Written Answers. - State-sponsored Companies, Commissions, Committees and Advisory Councils | |
| Live Stock Consultative Council | 1925-07-25 | 1965-01-01 | Live Stock Breeding Act, 1925; Dáil Éireann - Volume 259 - 07 March, 1972--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Livestock Consultative Council | |
| Boundary Commission | 1924-11-06 | 1925-12-03 | Included Northern Irish and Irish Free State representatives | Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922; PRIME MINISTER'S ANNOUNCEMENT. HC Deb 03 December 1925 vol 188 cc2655-8 |
| Agricultural Production Council | 1956-10-18 | 1958-01-01 | Lapsed in 1958 | S.I. No. 261/1956; Leon, D. (1963) 'Advisory Bodies in Irish Government' Dublin: Institution of Public Administration. |
| National Youth Work Advisory Committee | 1997-06-23 | Youth Work Acts, 1997 & 2001; Dáil Éireann - Volume 481 - 07 October, 1997--Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments; Dáil Éireann - Volume 654 - 13 May, 2008--Written Answers. - Youth Work Sector; Written answers--Tuesday, 18 May 2010, Department of Health and Children, Youth Services | ||
| Landlord and Tenant Commission | 1966-01-20 | 1982-01-01 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 258 - 17 February, 1972--Ceisteanna—Questions Oral Answers. - Departmental and semi-State Body Reports; Dáil Éireann - Volume 326 - 19 February, 1981--Ceisteanna — Questions Oral Answers - Landlord and Tenant Act | |
| 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 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 |
| Consultative Cancer Council | 1948-04-08 | 1949-07-05 | S.I. No. 125/1948; Dáil Éireann - Volume 118 - 16 November, 1949--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cancer Consultative Council.; Dáil Éireann - Volume 123 - 06 December, 1950--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Council of Health | |
| 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 | |
| Peatlands Council | 2011-04-07 | http://www.npws.ie/peatlandsturf-cutting/peatlandscouncil/ | ||
| 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 | |
| Local Government Management Agency | 2012-08-01 | http://www.lgcsb.ie/en; S.I. No. 290/2012 | ||
| 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/ | |
| 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 | ||
| 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/ | |
| Pensions Council | 2014-03-07 | Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013; S.I. No. 103/2014 | ||
| Committee for Judicial Studies | 2011-01-25 | http://www.aji.ie/supports/judicial_education; http://www.ejtn.eu/About/EJTN-Affiliates/Members/Ireland/ | ||
| Comhairle Radio Éireann | 1953-01-01 | 1960-05-31 | Replaced by Radio Éireann under the Broadcasting Authority Act, 1960. | Advisory Committee - Dáil Éireann - Volume 168 - 12 June, 1958, Written Answers. - State-sponsored Companies, Commissions, Committees and Advisory Councils; Dáil Éireann - Volume 179 - 24 February, 1960, Committee on Finance. - Broadcasting Authority Bill, 1959 [Seanad]—Second Stage; Broadcasting Authority Act, 1960 |
| Tariff Commission | 1926-07-31 | 1939-03-22 | Suspended prior to dissolution - its functions had largely been taken up by the Prices Commission | Tariff Commission Act, 1926, Tariff Commission (Repeal) Act, 1939; Seanad Éireann - Volume 22 - 15 March, 1939 - Tariff Commission (Repeal) Bill, 1939—Committee and Final Stages. |
| Prices Commission | 1932-12-23 | 1958-04-17 | Control of Prices Act, 1932; Control of Prices Act, 1937; Prices Commission (Extension of Functions) Act, 1938; Prices Act, 1958 | |
| Council of Education | 1950-04-04 | 1962-01-01 | Report of the Department of Education, 1949-1950, p. 55; Dáil Éireann - Volume 194 - 04 April, 1962 - Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Council of Education | |
| Independent Monitoring Commission | 2004-01-07 | 2011-03-31 | Established by agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain And Northern Ireland | Independent Monitoring Commission Act 2003; S.I. No. 160/2011; Written answers Thursday, 20 October 2011, Department of Justice, Equality and Defence, Departmental Bodies |
| Independent International Commission on Decommissioning | 1997-09-24 | 2011-03-31 | Decommissioning Act, 1997; S.I. No. 159/2011; Written answers Thursday, 20 October 2011, Department of Justice, Equality and Defence, Departmental Bodies | |
| Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council | 2002-02-01 | http://www.fawac.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 647 - 13 February, 2008, Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies. | ||
| Industrial Research Council | 1934-03-20 | 1946-08-27 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 50 - 23 February, 1934, Supplementary Estimate, 1933-34. - Vote No. 56—Industry and Commerce; Dáil Éireann - Volume 102 - 03 July, 1946 Industrial Research and Standards Bill, 1946—Second Stage; Industrial Research and Standards Act, 1946 | |
| Tobacco Advisory Committee | 1934-11-01 | 1956-01-01 | Tobacco Act, 1934; Dáil Éireann - Volume 118 - Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Tobacco Advisory Committee. Wednesday, 7 December 1949 | |
| Victims of Crime Office | 2008-09-01 | http://www.victimsofcrimeoffice.ie/; Written answers, Wednesday, 12 February 2014, Department of Justice and Equality - Departmental Bodies | ||
| Active Citizenship Office | 2008-01-01 | 2009-11-01 | Set up to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Active Citizenship; Dissolved on the advice of the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes | Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes, Volume II: Detailed Papers; Dáil debates - Wednesday, 12 March 2008, Ceisteanna - Questions - Programmes for Government; Written answers, Wednesday, 24 September 2008, Department of An Taoiseach, Task Force on Active Citizenship; Written answers, Tuesday, 13 May 2014, Department of An Taoiseach - Departmental Bodies |
| Advisory Board for Irish Aid | 2002-08-01 | 2008-10-31 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 644 - 19 December, 2007, Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies; Written answers, Thursday, 21 January 2010, Department of Foreign Affairs, Departmental Bodies | |
| Irish Aid Advisory Committee | 1993-01-01 | 2002-08-01 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 644 - 19 December, 2007, Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies | |
| Ireland Newfoundland Partnership | 2001-04-01 | 2009-01-01 | Written Answers - Ireland Newfoundland Partnership, Tuesday, 2 November 2010, Dáil Éireann Debate, Vol. 720 No. 3; http://web.archive.org/web/20070217141232/http://www.inp.ie/; Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes, Volume II: Detailed Papers | |
| Development Education Advisory Committee | 2003-01-01 | 2013-09-01 | Written answers, Tuesday, 13 May 2014, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Departmental Bodies Data; http://www.irishaid.ie/about-us/our-organisation/our-advisory-groups/development-education-advisory-committee/; "Deepening Public understanding of International Development: development education strategy plan 2003-2005", Department of Foreign Affairs | |
| Sport Ireland | 2015-10-01 | Replaced the Irish Sports Council and National Sports Development Authority | www.sportireland.ie/; Sport Ireland Act 2015 | |
| 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 | |
| Climate Change Advisory Council | 2016-01-18 | Established under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015, the Climate Change Advisory Council The Climate Change Advisory Council is an independent advisory body tasked with assessing and advising on how Ireland is making the transition to a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050. | www.climatecouncil.ie; Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015; S.I. No. 25/2016 | |
| Garda Síochána Inspectorate | 2006-07-28 | www.gsinsp.ie; Garda Síochána Act 2005; S.I. No. 401/2006 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| The Interim Judicial Council | 2011-11-18 | 2019-12-17 | Established on a non-statutory basis in November 2011, replaced by the statutory Judicial Council under the Judicial Council Act 2019 | www.aji.ie/supports/the-interim-judicial-council/; Judicial Council Act 2019; S.I. No. 641/2019 |
| 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 | |
| Constituency Commission | 1997-09-30 | 2017-06-27 | The function of the Constituency Commission is to periodically make reports in relation to the constituencies for the election of members to the Dáil, and/or the election of representatives to the European Parliament. In certain circumstances a European Parliament Constituencies Committee may be formed in lieu of the Constituency Commission. Note: A single ISAD entry is used for this body but it should be noted that the 'start' and 'end' date indicates the period of time in which various separate Constituency Commissions have been intermittently activated and deactivated. | Part II of the Electoral Act 1997 (No. 25 of 1997); S.I. No. 374/2016; S.I. No. 396/2011; S.I. No. 174/2007; S.I. No. 292/2003; S.I. No. 393/1997; http://www.constituency-commission.ie/cc/cc-oldreports.html |
| European Parliament Constituency Committee | 2013-07-25 | 2018-09-24 | Where 1) a Constituency Commission has presented its latest report and afterwards the total number of members of the European Parliament to be elected in the State specified pursuant under the treaties governing the European Union is different from the total number to which the Constituency Commission had regard in preparing its report; 2) a Constituency Commission is not due to be established and to present a report before the next European Parliament election; then 3) a European Parliament Constituency Committee may be established to do so. Note: A single ISAD entry is used for this body but it should be noted that the 'start' and 'end' date indicates the period of time in which various separate European Parliament Constituency Committees have been intermittently activated and deactivated. | Section 5(1A) of the Electoral Act 1997 (No. 25 of 1997); S.I. No. 282/2013; S.I. No. 279/2018; http://www.constituency-commission.ie/ep/ep-index.htm |
| Teastas | 1995-09-01 | 2001-02-26 | Teastas (the Irish National Certification Authority) was established on a non-statutory interim basis in September 1995. This was pending the enactment of new legislation formally establishing the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, FETAC and HETAC, following the 'Teastas report' in 1998 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-10-22/193/?highlight%5B0%5D=teastas&highlight%5B1%5D=teastas; https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/the-teastas-report-1.128991; Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 (No. 26 of 1999); S.I. No. 57/2001 |
| National Oversight and Audit Commission | 2014-07-01 | The National Oversight & Audit Commission (NOAC) is a statutory body established to oversee the local government sector | Section 126B of the Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001); S.I. 297/2014; http://noac.ie/background-functions/ | |
| CervicalCheck Tribunal | 2020-10-21 | An independent body set up under the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019 to provide an alternative system for dealing with claims arising from CervicalCheck | CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019 (No. 31 of 2019); S.I. No. 453/2020 | |
| Office of the Law Officer | 1922-01-10 | 1922-09-09 | Hugh Kennedy was the first Law Officer, serving under the Provisional Government and, later, as Attorney General | Chubb 1970 |
| 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 |
| The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland | 1839-01-01 | The Royal Institute of the Architects was founded by royal charter in 1839. It is the public competent authority and professional body for architects in Ireland | https://www.riai.ie/the-riai/about-the-riai; Building Control Act 2007 (No. 21 of 2007); S.I. No. 50/2008 | |
| The Future of Media Commission | 2020-09-01 | 2022-07-12 | The Future of Media Commission was set up by the Government in September 2020 to examine the future of the media in Ireland. This includes Ireland’s public service broadcasters, commercial broadcasters, print and online media platforms. The Commission published its report in July 2022 | https://futureofmediacommission.ie/; https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/ccae8-report-of-the-future-of-media-commission/#:~:text=Established%20by%20Government%20in%20September,of%20delivering%20public%20service%20aims. |
| Light Railway Commissioners | 1896-08-14 | 1923-06-02 | The Light Railways Commission was established for the purpose of facilitating the construction and working of light railways. It later assumed related functions, for example advising on charges for tramway undertakings | Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict.) Ch. 48; Tramways (Temporary Increase of Charges) Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5.) Ch. 14 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Electoral Commission | 2023-02-09 | The Electoral Commission was established to fulfil a broad range of functions in relation to elections, referenda and the political system, including the regulation of online political advertising. It replaced the Referendum Commission | Electoral Commission Act 2022 (No. 30 of 2022); S.I. No. 31/2023 | |
| 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/ | |
| 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 |
| 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/ | |
| Taighde Éireann | 2024-08-01 | Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland promotes and supports the contribution of research and innovation to Ireland’s economic, social, cultural, and environmental development and sustainability, as well as strengthens the engagement between the research and innovation system and enterprise, Government and public bodies, the voluntary sector and society. It amalgamates the functions previously performed by the Irish Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland | S.I. No. 375/2024; https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/e0f96-minister-odonovan-announces-establishment-of-taighde-eireann-research-ireland/ |