‘Units’ in this database are national-level organisations which perform public functions under public authority. These include government departments, agencies, and commercial state-owned enterprises. For further details on the types of organisations included in the database, see the what we have done and why document.
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7 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Roads Authority | 1993-12-23 | 2015-08-01 | Dissolved, merged into Transport Infrastructure Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nra.ie/; Roads Act 1993; S.I. No. 407/1993; Roads Act 2015; S.I. No. 297 of 2015 |
| Railway Procurement Agency | 2001-12-01 | 2015-08-01 | Dissolved, merged into Transport Infrastructure Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.rpa.ie/; Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001; Roads Act 2015; S.I. No. 297 of 2015 |
| National Treatment Purchase Fund | 2002-04-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ntpf.ie/; S.I. No. 179/2004 | ||
| Grangegorman Development Agency | 2006-05-10 | The Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA) is a statutory agency established in 2006 to redevelop the former St. Brendan’s Hospital grounds in Dublin City Centre. | http://www.ggda.ie/; Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005; S.I. No. 252/2006 | |
| Independent Radio and Television Commission | 1988-10-17 | 2001-09-01 | Replaced by Broadcasting Commission of Ireland | Radio and Television Act, 1988; Broadcasting Act, 2001 |
| National Transport Authority | 2009-12-01 | http://www.nationaltransport.ie/; Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008; Public Transport Regulation Act 2009; S.I. No. 474/2009 | ||
| Transport Infrastructure Ireland | 2015-08-01 | Replaced the National Roads Authority and the Railway Procurement Agency | www.tii.ie; Roads Act 2015; Roads Act 2015 (Operational Name of National Roads Authority) Order 2015 |