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Name
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| Description
| Source
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| Adoption Board | 1953-01-01 | 2010-11-01 | Replaced by Adoption Authority of Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.aai.gov.ie/; Adoption Act 1952; S.I. No. 380/1952; Adoption Act 2010 |
| 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 | |
| National Social Work Qualifications Board | 1997-02-27 | 2011-03-31 | Replaced the National Validation Body on Social Work Qualifications and Training; functions taken over by the Health and Social Care Professionals Council | McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 97/1997; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. Nos. 144 & 145/2011 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Pensions Board | 1990-12-21 | 2014-03-07 | Became the Pensions Authority in 2014 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.pensionsauthority.ie/; Pensions Act 1990; Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013; S.I. No. 103/2014 |
| 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 |
| Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs | 2002-06-19 | 2010-06-02 | S.I. No. 308/2002; S.I. No. 215/2010 | |
| 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 |
| Department of Social Welfare | 1947-01-22 | 1997-07-11 | MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1946; S.I. No. 307/1997; http://www.welfare.ie/ | |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council | 2000-04-10 | Replaced the National Ambulance Advisory Council | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.phecit.ie/; S.I. No.108/2000; S.I. No. 109/2000; S.I. No.575/2004; S.I. No. 510/2005 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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/ | |
| 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 | |
| Office of the Ombudsman for Children | 2003-12-18 | http://www.oco.ie/; Ombudsman for Children Act 2002; S.I. No. 712/2003 | ||
| Residential Institutions Redress Board | 2002-12-16 | The Redress Board was set up under the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002 to make fair and reasonable awards to persons who, as children, were abused while resident in industrial schools, reformatories and other institutions subject to state regulation or inspection. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.rirb.ie/; Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 | |
| 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 |
| 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/ | |
| Office of the Pensions Ombudsman | 2003-09-02 | 2018-01-01 | In January 2018 the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman and Financial Services Ombudsman Bureau merged to form the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.pensionsombudsman.ie/; Pensions Act 1990; Pensions (Amendment) Act 2002; pensions Ombudsman Regulations (S.I. No. 397/2003); www.fspo.ie; Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017; S.I. No. 524/2017 |
| Department of Health and Children | 1997-07-12 | 2011-06-04 | http://www.dohc.ie/; S.I. No. 308/1997; S.I. No. 219/2011 | |
| Department of Social and Family Affairs | 2002-06-20 | 2010-05-02 | http://www.welfare.ie/; S.I. No. 310/2002; S.I. No. 186/2010 | |
| Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs | 1997-07-12 | 2002-06-19 | S.I. No. 307/1997; S.I. No. 310 of 2002; http://www.welfare.ie/ | |
| Special Education Appeals Board | 2006-04-03 | Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 | ||
| Area Development Management Ltd. | 1992-10-14 | 2005-07-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.pobal.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 458 - 21 November, 1995--Written Answers. - Establishment of ADM; Dáil Éireann - Volume 663 - 14 October, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies | |
| Health and Social Care Professionals Council | 2007-03-20 | Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; SI 124 of 2007; http://www.coru.ie/ | ||
| Pobal | 2005-07-01 | Previously known as Area Development Management Limited (est. in 1992): ADM was established following the second national social partnership agreement, the Programme for Economic and Social Progress (PESP), 1991-1993. In 2005 the company changed its name to Pobal | http://www.pobal.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 663 - 14 October, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies | |
| Welfare Service | 1969-01-01 | 1979-01-01 | As a service was established in 1962 under the title: 'Probation and After-Care Service'. In 1969 was re-named to the 'Welfare Service'. In 1979 was re-named to the 'Probation and Welfare Service' | http://www.probation.ie/ |
| Department of Local Government and Public Health | 1924-06-01 | 1947-01-22 | Health and Welfare functions lost to new departments in 1947 | http://www.environ.ie/; Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924; S.I. No. 16/1947 |
| Citizens Information Board | 2007-02-21 | Formerly known as the National Social Services Board (1984-2000) and Comhairle (2000-2007) | Citizens Information Act 2007; http://www.citizensinformationboard.ie/ | |
| National Rehabilitation Board | 1967-12-20 | 2000-06-12 | Replaced the National Organisation for Rehabilitation; in 2000 dissolved and absorbed into Comhairle, Eastern Regional Health Authority, FÁS, and the National Disability Authority | S.I. No. 300/1967; S.I. No. 171/2000 |
| 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 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 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 |
| Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board | 2002-06-05 | 2006-01-04 | Replaced by Dormant Accounts Board | McGauran et al. 2005; Dormant Account Acts 2001 and 2005 |
| Probation and Welfare Service | 1979-01-01 | 2006-06-26 | Previously known as the 'Welfare Service'. In 1979 was re-named to the 'Probation and Welfare Service'. Restructured as the 'Probation Service' in 2006. The Probation of Offenders Act (1907) provided for statutory supervision of offenders in the community and is the foundation for probation work in Ireland. | McGauran et al. 2005; Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983; Criminal Justice Act 2006; http://www.probation.ie/ |
| Probation Service | 2006-06-26 | Replaced the 'Probation and Welfare Service' in 2006 | Criminal Justice Act 2006; http://www.probation.ie/ | |
| Probation and After-Care Service | 1962-01-01 | 1969-01-01 | Probation officers can be traced back to the 1907 Probation of Offenders Act; but no separate agency/service was established. As a service was established in 1962 under the title: 'Probation and After-Care Service'. In 1969 was reorganized and re-named the 'Welfare Service'. | Probation of Offenders Act 1907; Criminal Justice (Administration) Act 1914; Criminal Justice Act 1960; http://www.probation.ie/ |
| National Validation Body on Social Work Qualifications and Training | 1994-01-01 | 1997-02-27 | Replaced by statutory National Social Work Qualifications Board | S.I. No. 97/1997; Dáil Éireann - Volume 455 - 20 September, 1995--Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments |
| Refugee Agency | 1991-04-01 | 2001-04-02 | Merge w/ Directorate for Asylum Support Services to form the Reception and Integration Agency | Dáil Éireann - Volume 533 - 03 April, 2001--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies; http://www.ria.gov.ie/ |
| Directorate for Asylum Support Services | 1999-11-01 | 2001-04-02 | Merged w/ Refugee Agency to form the Reception and Integration Agency in 2001. Before November 1999 the Eastern Health Board was responsible for the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers. | Dáil Éireann - Volume 528 - 12 December, 2000--Written Answers. - Accommodation for Asylum Seekers; Dáil Éireann - Volume 532 - 06 March, 2001--Written Answers. - Asylum Support Services; http://www.ria.gov.ie/ |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Department of Social Protection (I) | 2010-05-02 | 2017-09-02 | Replaced Department of Social and Family Affairs. Replaced by Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. | http://www.welfare.ie/; S.I. No. 186/2010; S.I. No 366/2017 |
| Social Welfare Appeals Office | 1990-09-01 | Set up under the Programme for Government 1989-1993 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.socialwelfareappeals.ie/; Dáil Éireann - Volume 399 - 29 May, 1990--Written Answers. - Social Welfare Appeals Office | |
| Compensation (Personal Injuries) Committee | 1923-01-01 | 1926-01-01 | Payments made in accordance with terms of agreement that were made between the Provisional Government and the British Government in respect of Personal Injury Claims, arising out of the Anglo-Irish conflict | Dáil Éireann - Volume 3 - 19 April, 1923--CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - PRE-TRUCE COMPENSATION CLAIMS |
| State Agencies Development Cooperation Organisation | 1979-05-25 | 1992-01-01 | First set up (Sept) 1975 as coordinating forum, did not have formal status until 1979, when it was registered with the CRO. | Seanad Éireann - Volume 89 - 31 May, 1978--Joint Committee on State-Sponsored Bodies: Motion. |
| Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs | 2010-06-02 | 2011-06-02 | S.I. No. 215/2010; S.I. No. 214/2011 | |
| 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 | |
| Office of the Disability Appeals Officer | 2007-06-01 | Disability Act 2005; www.gov.ie/en/publication/08b143-office-of-the-disability-appeals-officer | ||
| Social Workers Registration Board | 2010-06-07 | Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 279/2010 | ||
| Adoption Authority of Ireland | 2010-11-01 | Adoption Act 2010; http://www.aai.gov.ie/; 'New Adoption Authority Appointed' Irish Times, 1 November 2010 | ||
| Department of Children and Youth Affairs | 2011-06-02 | 2020-10-15 | Succeeded by Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. Certain youth justice functions also transferred to Department of Justice (II) | http://www.dcya.gov.ie/; S.I. No. 214/2011; S.I. No. 437/2020; S.I. No. 435/2020 |
| 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 | ||
| Pyrite Resolution Board | 2014-01-10 | Pyrite Resolution Act 2013; http://www.pyriteboard.ie/ | ||
| 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 | ||
| Pensions Authority | 2014-03-07 | Replaced the Pensions Board | http://www.pensionsauthority.ie/; Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013; S.I. No. 103/2014 | |
| Social Finance Foundation | 2007-01-25 | In 2012, SFF was given responsibility for the administration of a Microfinance Loan Fund through their subsidiary Microfinance Ireland (Microenterprise Loan Fund Act 2012). | http://www.sff.ie/; Microenterprise Loan Fund Act 2012; CRO, company registration number 433581; Written answers, Wednesday, 12 February 2014, Department of Finance, Departmental Bodies | |
| Victims of Crime Office | 2008-09-01 | http://www.victimsofcrimeoffice.ie/; Written answers, Wednesday, 12 February 2014, Department of Justice and Equality - Departmental Bodies | ||
| Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime | 2005-03-01 | http://www.csvc.ie/; Written answers, Wednesday, 16 October 2013, Department of Justice and Equality, Departmental Funding | ||
| 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 |
| Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection | 2017-09-02 | 2020-10-21 | New Department created to replace Department of Social Protection (I). Subsequently replaced by Department of Social Protection (II). Employment Affairs responsibilities also moved to new Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | S.I. No 366/2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/366; S.I. No. 447/2020; S.I. No. 438/2020 |
| 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 | |
| Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman | 2018-01-01 | Result of merger of the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman and Financial Services Ombudsman Bureau in January 2018 | www.fspo.ie; Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017; S.I. No. 524/2017 | |
| 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 | |
| Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth | 2020-10-15 | Replaced Department of Children and Youth Affairs | S.I. No. 437/2020; https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-children-equality-disability-integration-and-youth/ | |
| Department of Social Protection (II) | 2020-10-21 | Replaced Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection | S.I. No. 447/2020; https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-social-protection/ | |
| The Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust | 1923-07-16 | 1987-01-01 | The Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust was a body established under the Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1922 (UK). This body was tasked with 'providing in Ireland cottages, with or without plots or gardens, for the accommodation of men who served in any of His Majesty's naval, military, or air forces in the late war, and for other purposes incidental thereto'. The Saorstát Éireann Land Trust Powers Act 1923 enabled the Trust, subject to certain conditions, to 'acquire and hold land in Saorstát Eireann and such other powers as may be necessary to enable the Trust to carry out in Saorstát Eireann the purposes of [the UK legislation]'. Under the UK legislation, the Trust was comprised of 5 members, 3 of whom were appointed by a British Secretary of State, 1 of whom was appointed by the President of the Executive Council of Saorstát Éireann and 1 of whom was appointed by the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. A winding up the Trust appears to have been carried out in 1987 and excess monies were divided between the Governments. | Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1922(13 Geo. 5 Session 2), Ch. 2; Land Trust Powers Act 1923 (No. 25 of 1923); Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1987, ch. 48; Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1988 (No. 33 of 1988) |
| Office of the Chief Deciding Officer of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme | 2024-03-04 | The Chief Deciding Officer is mandated to make determinations relating to payment eligibility and related matters under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme | Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 (No. 20 of 2023); S.I. No. 67/2024; S.I. No. 68/2024 |