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30 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Court | 1946-09-23 | McGauran 2005 et al.; http://www.labourcourt.ie/; Industrial Relations Act 1946 | ||
| Employment Appeals Tribunal | 1977-05-09 | Replaced the Redundancy Appeals Tribunal (est. in 1967); merged into Workplace Relations Commission in October 2015 but continues to hear appeals submitted before 1 October 2015 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.eatribunal.ie/; Unfair Dismissals Act 1977; Workplace Relations Act 2015 | |
| An Bord Pleanála | 1977-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.pleanala.ie/; Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1976; S.I. No. 308/1976; Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2006; Building Control Act 1990. | ||
| Rent Tribunal | 1983-08-02 | 2016-01-08 | From 1 October 2009, administrative support services to the Rent Tribunal were provided by the PRTB and the Rent Tribunal was located at the offices of the PRTB. On 8 January 2016 the Rent Tribunal was absorbed into the Residential Tenancies Board. | McGauran et al., 2005; Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act 1983; S.I. No. 220/1983; S.I. No. 222/1983; S.I No.140/1988; Written answers--Tuesday, 30 June 2009- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government-- Private Rented Accommodation; Written answers--Tuesday, 23 March 2010 Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government--Private Residential Tenancies Board; www.rtb.ie; Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015; S.I. No. 151/2016; S.I. No. 4/2016 |
| Valuation Tribunal | 1988-07-22 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.valuationtribunal.ie/; The Valuation Act 1988; Valuation Act 2001; S.I. No. 191/1988 | ||
| Equality Tribunal | 1999-10-18 | 2015-10-01 | Also known as the Office of the Director of Equality Investigations--name changed to Equality Tribunal by the Equality Act 2004 (section 30). Merged with the National Employment Rights Authority, Labour Relations Commission, Rights Commissioners Service and the Employment Appeals Tribunalin 2015 to create the Workplace Relations Commission. | http://www.equalitytribunal.ie/; Employment Equality Act 1998; Equal Status Act 2000; Equality Act 2004; Workplace Relations Act 2015; S.I. No. 412/2015 - Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Establishment Day) Order 2015 |
| Refugee Appeals Tribunal | 2000-10-04 | 2016-12-31 | Replaced by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.refappeal.ie/; 1951 Geneva Convention on the status of refugees; Refugee Act 1996; www.protectionappeals.ie; International Protection Act 2015; S.I. No. 661/2016 - International Protection Act 2015 (Establishment Day) Order 2016 |
| Agriculture Appeals Office | 2002-05-13 | McGauran et al. 2005; Agriculture Appeals Act 2001; S.I. No. 558/2002; S.I. No.65/2006; S.I. No. 584/2006; Dáil Éireann - Volume 561 - 13 February, 2003--Written Answers. - Agriculture Appeals Office; http://www.agriappeals.gov.ie/ | ||
| Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal | 2004-01-01 | http://www.ifsat.ie/; Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Acts 2003; S.I. No. 224/2008 | ||
| Redundancy Appeals Tribunal | 1968-01-01 | 1977-05-09 | Functions taken over by Employment Appeals Tribunal | Redundancy Payments Act, 1967; S.I. No. 302/1967; S.I. No. 26/1969; Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977 |
| Special Education Appeals Board | 2006-04-03 | Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 | ||
| Fair Trade Commission | 1953-05-07 | 1972-06-20 | Replaced by Restrictive Practices Commission in 1972 | Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1953; Restrictive Practices Act, 1972 |
| Restrictive Practices Commission | 1972-06-20 | 1991-10-01 | Continuation/name change of Fair Trade Commission; functions transferred to Competition Authority in 1991 | Restrictive Practices Act, 1972; Competition Act, 1991 |
| Electronic Communications Appeal Panel | 2003-01-01 | 2007-06-13 | S.I. No.307/2003; http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Communications/Regulation+and+Postal+Division/The+former+Electronic+Communications+Appeals+Panel.htm; Dáil Éireann - Volume 656 - 29 May, 2008--Written Answers. - Commission for Communications Regulation | |
| Levy Appeals Tribunal | 1967-01-01 | 2000-01-01 | Industrial Training Act, 1967; S.I. No. 166/1970; S.I. No. 470-474/1998; National Training Fund Act, 2000; Dáil Éireann - Volume 328 - 14 May, 1981--Written Answers. - Administrative Tribunals; Dáil Éireann - Volume 407 - 23 April, 1991--Written Answers. - Semi-State Bodies | |
| Railway Tribunal | 1924-10-14 | 1945-01-01 | Took over functions of the Railway and Canal Commission; upon dissolution, powers given to High Court (Transport Act 1944) | Railways Act, 1924; 'First Sitting of the Railway Tribunal' Irish Times, 4 October 1924; Railways (Amendment) Act, 1929; S.I. No. 659/1935; Transport Act 1944 |
| Censorship of Films Appeals Board | 1923-07-16 | 2008-07-20 | Censorship of Films Act, 1923; Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 | |
| Classification of Films Appeal Board | 2008-07-20 | Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008; www.ifco.ie | ||
| Dáil Eireann Courts Winding Up Commission | 1923-01-01 | 1925-04-30 | Dáil Eireann Courts (Winding-Up) Act, 1923; Dáil Eireann Courts (Winding-Up) Act, 1925 | |
| Farm Tax Tribunal | 1987-02-06 | 1990-02-06 | Farm Tax Act, 1985; S.I. No. 40/1987; O’Connor, Tom (1993) ‘The farm tax – a political casualty’. Seirbhís Phoiblí. April: 21-31. | |
| Bookmakers Appeal Committee | 1994-12-01 | Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994 | ||
| Disabled Drivers Board of Appeal | 1989-12-21 | S.I. No. 340/1989; Dáil Éireann - Volume 403 - 05 December, 1990, Written Answers. - Disabled Drivers' Medical Board of Appeal; Written Answers - Departmental Bodies, 1 May 2012, Dáil Éireann Debate, Vol. 763 No. 3; http://www.nrh.ie/about-nrh/non-clinical-services/disabled-drivers-board-of-appeal/ | ||
| Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board | 2006-09-27 | http://www.mhclrb.ie/; Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006; S.I. No. 499/2006; Written answers, Thursday, 16 January 2014, No.228, Department of Justice and Equality - Departmental Bodies | ||
| Student Grants Appeals Board | 2011-09-08 | The Board reviews appeals from applicants, under the 2011 Student Grant Scheme onwards, in relation to the decision on their grant application. | http://www.education.ie/en/The-Department/Bodies-and-Committees/Student-Grants-Appeals-Board.html; Student Support Act 2011 | |
| International Protection Appeals Tribunal | 2016-12-31 | Replaced the Refugee Appeals Tribunal | www.protectionappeals.ie; International Protection Act 2015; S.I. No. 661/2016 - International Protection Act 2015 (Establishment Day) Order 2016 | |
| Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal | 1995-12-16 | 2002-10-09 | Established on a non-statutory basis in December 1995, became statutory on 1 November 1997. Replaced by the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal. | www.hepccomptrib.com; Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act 1997; S.I. No. 443/1997; Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2002; S.I. No. 473/2002 |
| Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal | 2002-10-09 | Replaced the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal | www.hepccomptrib.com; Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2002; S.I. No. 473/2002 | |
| Charity Appeals Tribunal | 2016-08-01 | www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/672545-charity-appeals-tribunal; Charities Act 2009; S.I. No. 209/2018 | ||
| Social Welfare Tribunal | 1982-10-05 | The Social Welfare Tribunal is a statutory tribunal established in 1982 to deal with cases where entitlement to Jobseeker's Benefit or Jobseeker's Allowance is refused due to an involvement in a trade dispute | www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Social-Welfare-Tribunal; Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1981; Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 1982; S.I. No. 309/1982 | |
| 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 |