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| Description
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| Irish Potato Marketing Co. Ltd. | 1950-02-16 | 1997-09-17 | In 1997, IPM became a subsidiary of Donegal Creameries PLC, one of Ireland's largest food and agri-business companies. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ipm.ie/; S.I. No. 355/1951; State Guarantees Act, 1954; S.I. No. 260/1969; Dáil Éireann - Volume 226 - 15 February, 1967--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Bodies; 'Potato buy confirmed by Donegal Creameries' Irish Independent, 18 Sept. 1997 |
| Bord Iascaigh Mhara | 1952-04-24 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.bim.ie/; Sea Fisheries Act 1952 and subsequent amendments | ||
| Animal Remedies Consultative Committee | 1957-06-01 | Animal Remedies Acts 1956 & 1993; S.I. No. 861/2007 | ||
| 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 |
| Córas Beostoic agus Feola | 1979-10-01 | 1994-12-01 | Created from dissolution of Córas Beostoic agus Feola Teoranta in 1979; Death by merge to form An Bord Bia 1994 | Córas Beostoic agus Feola Act 1979; An Bord Bia Act 1994 |
| 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 | |
| Coillte Teoranta | 1989-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.coillte.ie/; The Forestry Act 1988; S.I. No. 367/1988 | ||
| Milk Quota Appeals Tribunal | 1990-03-01 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 481 - 14 October, 1997--Written Answers. - Milk Quota Appeals Tribunal; www.agriculture.gov.ie/farmingsectors/dairy/milkquotas/milkquotaappealstribunal/ | ||
| 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 | |
| Salmon Research Agency | 1990-01-01 | 1999-07-01 | Originally Salmon Research Trust of Ireland, became Salmon Research Agency 1990; Absorbed into Marine Institute July 1999 | http://www.marine.ie/ |
| 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/ | |
| Bord Bia | 1994-12-01 | 1 July 2004: Responsibility for the development of the horticultural industry in Ireland, which rested with the former Bord Glas, was integrated into Bord Bia. 1 June 2009: The responsibility for seafood promotion in domestic and international markets was transferred from BIM (Bord Iascaigh Mharaigh) to Bord Bia. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.bordbia.ie/; An Bord Bia Act 1994 and amendment acts: 1995, 1996, 2004 | |
| 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 |
| National Milk Agency | 1994-12-30 | Prior to 1994: existed as Milk Boards (1936-1993) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nationalmilkagency.ie/; The Milk (Regulation of Supply) Act 1994; S.I. No. 409/1994 | |
| Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board | 1998-06-17 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.alab.ie/; Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 | ||
| Department of Agriculture (II) | 1977-02-09 | 1987-03-30 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 31/1977; S.I. No. 97/1987 | |
| Department of Agriculture and Fisheries | 1965-07-06 | 1977-02-08 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 146/1965; S.I. No. 31/1977 | |
| Department of Agriculture (I) | 1928-09-01 | 1965-07-05 | Land Commission transferred to Department of Fisheries to form Department of Lands and Fisheries | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928; S.I. No. 60/1928; S.I. No. 146/1965 |
| Department of Fisheries and Forestry | 1978-07-15 | 1986-02-18 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 195/1978; S.I. No. 40/1986 | |
| Department of Fisheries (II) | 1977-02-09 | 1978-07-14 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 29/1977; S.I. No. 195/1978 | |
| Department of Fisheries (I) | 1924-06-01 | 1928-09-01 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928 | |
| Department of Tourism, Fisheries, and Forestry | 1986-02-19 | 1987-03-18 | Tourism policy area added from Industry, Trade, Commerce, and Tourism in 1986 (S.I. No. 42/1986). It was moved again in 1987 to the Department of Tourism and Transport (S.I. No. 95/1987) | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 40/1986; S.I. No. 42/1986; S.I. No. 82/1987; S.I. No. 95/1987 |
| Department of Agriculture and Food (III) | 2002-06-19 | 2007-10-20 | Rural Development units ceded in 2002; Fisheries added in 2007 | S.I. No. 306/2002; S.I. No. 705/2007; http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/; DAFF Annual Reports 2003-2007 |
| Department of Agriculture and Food (II) | 1997-07-12 | 1999-09-26 | SI 302/1997; SI 307/1999; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No.1 | |
| Department of Agriculture and Food (I) | 1987-03-31 | 1993-01-20 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 97/1987; S.I. No. 11/1993 | |
| Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry | 1993-01-21 | 1997-07-11 | S.I. 11/1993; S.I. 302/1997; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No.1 | |
| Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development | 1999-09-27 | 2002-06-19 | Rural Development units added, then ceded | S.I. 307/1999; S.I. No. 306/2002; http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/; DAFRD Annual Reports 1999-2001 |
| Loughs Agency | 1998-01-01 | It is an agency of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission (FCILC) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.loughs-agency.org/; North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) (NI) Order 1999; the British-Irish Agreement Acts 1999 and 2002; the Foyle Fisheries Act (NI) 1952 (as amended) and the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952 (as amended) | |
| Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission | 1999-12-02 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/index/north-south-bodies/foyle_carlingford-and-irish-lights.htm; North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) (NI) Order 1999; and the British-Irish Agreement Acts 1999 and 2002 | ||
| National Salmon Commission | 2000-03-21 | 2010-07-01 | 1999 Fisheries (Amendment) Act; SI 80/2000; Inland Fisheries Act 2010 | |
| Cómhlucht Siúicre Eireann, Teoranta | 1933-09-22 | 1991-04-01 | Nationalised in 1933 to rescue company and privatized in 1991 as part of the Greencore Plc. Group | Palcic and Reeves, 2007; FitzGerald, 1963; Sugar Manufacture Act, 1933; Sugar Act 1991; http://www.irish-sugar.ie/ |
| 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/ | ||
| Bord na gCapall | 1971-02-08 | 1989-05-09 | Horse Industry Act, 1970; S.I. No. 43/1971; Bord na gCapall (Dissolution) Act, 1989 | |
| 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 |
| An Bord Bainne | 1961-05-17 | 1975-03-28 | Took over functions of Butter Marketing Committee--export of butter. Then came to include export of all dairy products (from Department of Agriculture) in 1964. | Dairy Produce Marketing Act, 1961; S.I. No. 63/1975 |
| An Bord Gráin | 1958-07-29 | 1973-02-01 | Cereals marketing board--had to cease when the Common Agricultural Policy came into effect | Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act, 1958; S.I. No. 160/1963; Dáil Éireann - Volume 265 - 03 May, 1973 |
| 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 |
| Licensing Authority for Sea-fishing boats | 2003-07-01 | Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003 | ||
| 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 |
| Department of the Marine | 1987-03-19 | 1997-07-11 | S.I. No. 82/1987; S.I. No. 301/1997; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources | 2002-06-19 | 2007-10-20 | S.I. No. 307 of 2002; S.I. No. 706 of 2007; http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | 2007-10-20 | 2011-10-17 | S.I. No. 705/2007; S.I. No. 455/2011 | |
| Veterinary Council of Ireland | 2006-01-01 | Created by reconstitution of former Veterinary Council (1931-2006) | Veterinary Practice Act 2005; http://www.vci.ie/ | |
| Veterinary Council | 1931-11-10 | 2006-01-01 | Dissolved in 2006, replaced by Veterinary Council of Ireland | Veterinary Surgeons Act 1931; Veterinary Practice Act 2005 |
| 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/ | |
| Department of Lands | 1934-04-01 | 1977-02-08 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 40/1934; S.I. No. 29/1977 | |
| Department of Lands and Agriculture | 1924-06-01 | 1928-09-01 | Land Commission transferred to Department of Fisheries in 1928 to form Department of Lands and Fisheries | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928 |
| Department of Lands and Fisheries | 1928-09-01 | 1934-04-01 | Lands Commission transferred from Department of Lands and Agriculture in 1928 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928; S.I. No. 40/1934 |
| Department of Marine and Natural Resources | 1997-07-12 | 2002-06-19 | S.I. No. 301/1997; S.I. No. 307/2002; http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Agricultural Wages Board | 1937-04-22 | 1977-02-28 | Replaced by a joint labour committee for agricultural workers | Agricultural Wages Act, 1936; Industrial Relations Act, 1976 |
| Dairy Disposal Company, Ltd. | 1927-04-29 | 1972-01-01 | 3 subsidiaries-Cleeves Confectionary (Limerick) Ltd., Condensed Milk Co. of Ireland Ltd, Newmarket Dairy Co. Ltd | Creamery Act 1928; MacCarthaigh 2009 |
| Pigs and Bacon Commission | 1940-01-01 | 1983-08-01 | replaced the Bacon Marketing Board and the Pigs Marketing Board; privatised 1983 | Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1939; Seanad Éireann - Volume 102 - 30 November, 1983--State Guarantees Act, 1954 (Amendment of Schedule) (No. 2) Order, 1983 |
| Nitrigin Eireann Teoranta | 1961-10-03 | 2008-12-01 | Ended up as a holding company for the state's 51% shareholding in IFI (Irish Fertilizer) | Nítrigin Éireann Teoranta Acts 1963 to 2001; Dáil Éireann - Volume 588 - 06 July, 2004--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies; Dáil Éireann - Volume 647 - 19 February, 2008--Written Answers. - Semi-State Bodies; CRO |
| 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 |
| Grain Importers (Eire) Ltd | 1939-09-29 | 1960-11-17 | State Guarantees Act, 1954; S.I. No. 88/1961; State Enterprises; By John O'Donovan, M.A., D.ECON.SC.[Read before the Society, 12th May, 1950.]; Dáil Éireann - Volume 222 - 29 March, 1966--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Overdraft of Grain Importers, Limited. | |
| Butter Marketing Committee | 1935-06-29 | 1961-05-17 | A Butter Marketing Committee was in existence at creamery industry level pre 1930 and had some official standing. The Dairy Produce (Price Stabilisation) Act, No 21 of 1935 enabled the Minister to give recognition to marketing organisations e.g. the Butter Marketing Committee. Substance was given to this recognition in SI 354/1935 - Butter (Levy and Bounty) Order 1935; Replaced by An Bord Bainne | S.I. No. 354/1935; S.I. No. 205/1952; Dairy Produce Marketing Act, 1961 |
| Erin Foods | 1963-08-20 | 1990-01-01 | Subsidiary of Irish Sugar | Sugar Manufacture (Amendment) Act, 1962; S.I. No. 195/1965; McCarthaigh 2009 |
| 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. | |
| Pigs Marketing Board | 1935-09-02 | 1940-01-01 | Merged with Bacon Marketing Board to form Pigs and Bacon Commission | Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935; Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1939; S.I. 409/1935 |
| Bacon Marketing Board | 1935-08-06 | 1940-01-01 | Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935; Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1939; S.I. No. 262/1935 | |
| Min-Fhéir Teo (II) | 1960-05-01 | 1982-01-01 | Re-formed version of Min-Fheir (I); liquidated in 1982, see Irish Times 05/05/00 | Grass Meal (Production) Acts, 1959 and 1969; FitzGerald, 1963; Irish Times 05/05/00 |
| Flax Development Board, Ltd. | 1943-02-16 | 1949-04-07 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 94 - 14 June, 1944--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - The Flax Board; Dáil Éireann - Volume 97 - 12 July, 1945--Written Answers. - State Companies; Dáil Éireann - Volume 119 - 15 March, 1950--Committee on Finance. - Flax Act, 1936 (Suspension) Bill, 1950—Committee Stage; 'Farming Since the Famine' CSO, 1997; 'Flax Board for Eire Set Up' Irish Times, 17 Feb. 1943; 'Flax Board Activities Come to End' Irish Independent, 7 April 1949 | |
| Animal Feeding Stuffs (Éire) Ltd | 1939-11-20 | 1950-09-01 | PQ Co Reg No 9887; Dáil Éireann - Volume 79 - 06 March, 1940--Vote 71—Office of the Minister for Supplies; Dáil Éireann - Volume 101 - 04 June, 1946--Committee on Finance. - Vote 29—Agriculture; legal notice in Irish Times 22 August 1950 | |
| Min-Fhéir Teo (I) | 1954-03-05 | 1956-01-01 | Grass Meal (Production) Act, 1953; Dáil Éireann - Volume 158 - 26 June, 1956; Written Answers; Dáil Éireann - Volume 241 - 09 July, 1969 | |
| Salmon Research Trust of Ireland | 1955-06-01 | 1990-01-01 | Partially funded by Guinness; became Salmon Research Agency 1990 | FitzGerald, 1963; Dáil Éireann - Volume 373 - 25 June, 1987--Written Answers. - Public Service Staff; http://www.marine.ie/ |
| Forestry Commission | 1919-01-01 | 1927-08-11 | Absorbed into Dept of Lands and Agriculture. Absorption preceded by a very short lived 'Saorstát Éireann Forestry Commission' | Forestry Act, 1919; S.I. No. 68 & 69/1927 |
| 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) | |
| Eradication of Animal Disease Board | 1988-04-01 | 1992-04-01 | Dáil Éireann - Volume 407 - 18 April, 1991; Dáil Éireann - Volume 429 - 29 April, 1993--Bovine Diseases (Levies) Regulations, 1993: Motion | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| Farm Classification Office | 1985-08-26 | 1987-03-31 | Dissolved without legislation under the 1987 budget. Records were transferred to the Valuation office. | Farm Tax Act, 1985; Dáil Éireann - Volume 365 - 06 May, 1986--Estimates, 1986. - Vote 19: Farm Classification Office; Dáil Éireann - Volume 371 - 31 March, 1987--Financial Resolutions, 1987. - Financial Statement, Budget, 1987; O’Connor, Tom (1993) ‘The farm tax – a political casualty’. Seirbhís Phoiblí. April: 21-31. |
| 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/ | |
| 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 | |
| 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 Botanic Gardens | 1878-01-01 | Gardens originally founded in 1795, came into state control in 1878. | Ministers and Secs. 1924; S.I. No. 6/1992; S.I. No. 356/2002; http://www.botanicgardens.ie/ | |
| 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 |
| Congested Districts Board | 1891-08-05 | 1923-07-24 | Absorbed into Irish Land Commission in 1923 | Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891; Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Act 1899; Land Law (Commission) Act, 1923 |
| Exported Live Stock (Insurance) Board | 1940-07-13 | 1984-07-04 | Exported Live Stock (Insurance) Act, 1940; Exported Live Stock (Insurance) Act, 1984; Exported Live Stock (Insurance) Bill, 1942—Second Stage. Wednesday, 20 January 1943; Exported Live Stock (Insurance) Bill, 1984: Second Stage. Thursday, 28 June 1984 | |
| Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council | 2002-02-01 | http://www.fawac.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 647 - 13 February, 2008, Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies. | ||
| Office of the Controller of Plant Breeders' Rights | 1980-07-14 | Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Act, 1980; http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/farmingsectors/crops/officeofthecontrollerplantbreedersrights/ | ||
| Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine | 2011-10-17 | S.I. No. 455/2011; http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/ | ||
| Ministry of Agriculture | 1922-01-11 | 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 Lands and Agriculture 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/ |
| Ministry of Fisheries | 1922-12-14 | 1924-06-02 | Existed intermittently prior to 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 Fisheries (I) 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 |
| Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland | 1900-01-01 | 1931-04-01 | The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland was established as a separate department for Ireland prior to 1922, the functions of which continued for a period following independence. This body had a broad mandate with respect to the development of agriculture and industry, encompassing educational, regulatory, funding and statistical functions. Certain functions of this body were transferred to the Department of Lands in 1924 and Education and Fisheries in 1927. This body was dissolved in 1931 and its remaining functions transferred to the Departments of Agriculture and Industry and Commerce | Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict.), Ch. 50; Agriculture Act 1931 (No. 8 of 1931) |
| An Rialálaí Agraibhia | 2023-12-13 | An Rialálaí Agraibhia has two main functions: a price and market analysis and reporting function, and a regulatory enforcement function concerning the enforcement of prohibited unfair trading practices | Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023 (No. 19 of 2023); https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/49ccd-minister-mcconalogue-announces-the-ceo-designate-for-an-rialalai-agraibhia/ |