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| Irish Patents Office | 1927-10-01 | 2019-12-02 | The Irish Patents Office was replaced by the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland from 2 December 2019 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.patentsoffice.ie/; Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act 1927; Patents Acts 1964 & 1992; Trade Marks Act 1996; Intellectual Property (Miscellanious Provisions) Act 1998; Industrial Designs Act 2001; European Communities (Supplementary Protection Certificate) Regulations 1993; S.I. No. 586/2019 |
| Electricity Supply Board | 1927-08-11 | Electricity Supply Act, 1927; www.esb.ie; FitzGerald, 1963 | ||
| Mining Board (II) | 1940-11-14 | McGauran et al. 2005; The Minerals Development Act 1940; Dáil Éireann - Volume 588 - 06 July, 2004--Written Answers. - State Boards | ||
| Bord na Móna plc | 1946-06-21 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.bnm.ie/; Turf Development Acts 1946 and 1950; S.I. No. 212/1946 | ||
| Arramara Teoranta | 1949-12-01 | 2014-05-09 | Privatised through sale to Acadian Seaplants of Nova Scotia. | McGauran et al. 2005; FitzGerald, 1963; http://www.arramara.ie/; Alginate Industries (Ireland) Limited (Acquisition of shares) Acts 1949, 1954 and 2002 ; Written answers, Thursday, 10 April 2014, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Departmental Agencies; 'New Canadian owner of Connemara seaweed company reassures harvesters' Connacht Tribune, 9 May 2014. |
| IDA Ireland | 1994-01-01 | A Subsidiary Body of Forfás until dissolution of Forfás in 2014 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.idaireland.com/; Industrial Development Act 1993; Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Act 2014; S.I. No. 304/2014 | |
| 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 |
| Shannon Development | 1959-01-28 | 2014-09-05 | While Shannon Development's primary reporting line is to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, they also liaise with the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Failte Ireland and Tourism Ireland in their role as the Regional Tourism Authority for the Shannon Region. Responsibility for tourism and aviation were delegated under S.I. No. 94/1987. On 5 Septemnber 2014 Shannon Development became part of Shannon Group plc and was renamed Shannon Commercial Enterprises DAC (Trading as Shannon Commercial Properties) and Shannon Developments previous enterprise support, employment development and tourism functions were transferred to the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.shannon-dev.ie/; Shannon Free Airport Development Company Ltd. Act, 1959; www.shannongroup.ie; www.gov.ie; State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014; S.I. No. 396/2014 |
| Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland | 1981-04-14 | http://www.asai.ie/ | ||
| National Lottery | 1986-09-29 | 2014-02-27 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.lotto.ie/; The National Lottery Act 1986; National Lottery Act 2013; S.I. No. 102/2014; 'Privatised national lottery gambles on long-term growth' Irish Times, 28 Feb 2014 | |
| Competition Authority | 1991-10-01 | 2014-10-31 | Took over functions of Restrictive Practices Commission in 1991. First established as a statutory non-departmental body but was converted to statutory corporation in 2002 (by the Competition Act 2002). Merged with the National Consumer Agency in 2014 to create the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.tca.ie/; Irish Takeover Panel Act 1997; S.I. No. 249/1991; Competition Acts 1991, 2002, 2006; Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 |
| 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 |
| Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (I) | 1997-07-12 | 2010-05-02 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.entemp.ie/; S.I. No. 305/1997; S.I. No. 185/2010 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Irish Trade Board | 1991-09-01 | 1998-07-22 | Now part of Enterprise Ireland-merge with Forbairt | Trade and Marketing Promotion Act 1991; Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998 |
| National Oil Reserves Agency | 1995-02-22 | Established in 1995 as a subsidiary of the Irish National Petroleum Corporation Limited (INPC, est. in 1979). In 2007 established as state agency under the aegis of the Dept. of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources | McGauran et al. 2005; Irish National Petroleum Corporation Limited Act 2001; National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007; http://www.nora.ie/ | |
| Department of Finance | 1924-06-01 | Dept of Finance took over responsibility for e-government from Dept of Taoiseach in 2008 | http://www.finance.gov.ie/; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 | |
| 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 |
| Port of Cork Company | 1997-03-03 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.portofcork.ie/; Harbours Act 1996; S.I. 95/1997 | ||
| Port of Waterford Company | 1997-06-16 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.portofwaterford.com/; Harbours Act 1996; S.I. No. 253/1997 | ||
| Drogheda Port Company | 1997-03-03 | 2017-10-02 | Prior to 1997 existed as Drogheda Harbour Commissioners for about 200 years. Under the Harbours Act 2015, Drogheda Port Company was dissolved in October 2017 and transferred in its entirity to Louth County Council. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.droghedaport.ie/; Harbours Act 1996; S.I. No 95/1997; S.I. No. 238/2004; Harbours Act 2015; S.I. No. 424/2017 |
| Dublin Dockland Development Authority | 1997-05-01 | 2016-03-01 | Dissolved | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dublindocklands.ie/; Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997; Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015; S.I. No. 113/2016 |
| Dublin Port Company | 1997-03-03 | The port of Dublin dates back to 1707, and was managed by the Dublin Port and Docks Board from 1867. It was corporatised to become Dublin Port Company in 1997 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.dublinport.ie/; Harbours Act 1996; S.I. Nos. 95 & 98/1997 | |
| Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company | 1997-03-03 | 2018-10-03 | Under the Harbours Act 2015, Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company was dissolved in October 2018 and transferred in its entirity to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dlharbour.ie/; Harbours Act 1996; S.I. No. 95/1997; S.I. No.188/1997; Harbours Act 2015; S.I. No. 391/2018 |
| Expert Group on Future Skills Needs | 1997-01-01 | http://www.skillsireland.ie/ | ||
| National Standards Authority of Ireland | 1997-04-14 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nsai.ie/; National Standards Authority of Ireland Act 1996 | ||
| National Competitiveness Council | 1997-05-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.competitiveness.ie/ | ||
| Department of Enterprise and Employment | 1993-01-20 | 1997-07-11 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 19/1993; S.I. No. 305/1997 | |
| Department of Industry and Commerce (I) | 1924-06-01 | 1977-09-22 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; S.I. No. 306/1977 | |
| Department of Economic Planning and Development | 1977-12-13 | 1980-01-20 | Functions transferred to Department of Finance, 1980 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1977; S.I. No. 12/1980 |
| Department of Tourism and Trade | 1993-01-20 | 1997-07-11 | S.I. No. 16/1993; S.I. No. 304/1997; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism | 1981-08-21 | 1983-12-16 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 290/1981; S.I. No. 384/1983 | |
| Department of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism | 1980-01-23 | 1981-08-20 | Responsibility for tourism transferred from Department of Tourism and Transport (S.I. No. 8/1980) | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 10/1980; S.I. No. 290 of 1981 |
| Department of Industry and Energy | 1981-08-21 | 1983-12-16 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 289/1981; S.I. No. 385/1983 | |
| Department of Energy (I) | 1980-01-21 | 1981-08-20 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 12/1980; S.I. No. 289/1981 | |
| Department of Energy (II) | 1983-12-17 | 1993-01-19 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 385/1983; S.I. No. 16/1993 | |
| 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 |
| Galway Harbour Company | 1997-03-03 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.galwayharbour.com/; Harbours Act 1996; www.theportofgalway.ie | ||
| New Ross Port Company | 1997-03-03 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.transport.ie/; Harbours Act 1996; S.I. No. 95/1997 | ||
| Enterprise Ireland | 1998-07-23 | Created from Forbairt (1994-secession from IDA) and and An Bord Tráchtála; A Subsidiary Body of Forfás until dissolution of Forfás in 2014 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.enterprise-ireland.com/; Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998; S.I. No.252/1998; S.I. No.127/1999; Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Act 2014; S.I. No. 304/2014 | |
| Bord Gáis Éireann | 1976-09-13 | 2014-06-20 | Established as Limited Company in 1975; converted to Statutory Corporation in 1976; Restructured as Ervia in 2014 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.bordgais.ie/; Various Gas Acts from 1976 to 2002; S.I. No. 209/1976; ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014; S.I. No. 287/2014 |
| InterTradeIreland | 1999-12-02 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.intertradeireland.com/; British-Irish Agreement Act 1999 | ||
| North/South Ministerial Council | 1999-03-08 | McGauran et al. 2005; British-Irish Agreement Act 1999; http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/ | ||
| Special European Union Programmes Body (SEUPB) | 1999-12-02 | http://www.seupb.org/; the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999; the North-South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northern Ireland Order 1999 | ||
| Western Development Commission | 1999-02-01 | Was established on a non-statutory basis in 1997 and became a statutory body in January 1999 on the basis of the Western Development Commission Act 1998 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.wdc.ie/; Western Development Commission Act 1998; S.I. No.9/1999 | |
| Shannon Foynes Port Company | 2000-09-18 | Was formed by the amalgamation of Shannon Estuary Ports and Foynes Port Company under the Harbours Act 2000. Shannon Estuary Ports was established by the Harbours Act 1996 from the former Limerick Harbour Commissioners. Foynes Port Company was est. by the Harbours act 1996 from the former Foynes Harbour Trustees | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.sfpc.ie/; Harbours Act 2000; S.I. 283/2000 | |
| 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 | |
| Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement | 2001-11-28 | 2022-07-07 | Replaced by the Corporate Enforcement Authority | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.odce.ie/; Company Law Enforcement Act 2001; the Companies Act 1963 to 2006; Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2022 |
| Shannon Estuary Ports | 1997-03-03 | 2000-09-18 | Death by merge into Shannon Foynes Port Company | Harbours Act 1996; the Harbours Act 2000; S.I. No. 283/2000; http://www.sfpc.ie/ |
| Foynes Port Company | 1997-03-03 | 2000-09-18 | Death by merge into Shannon Foynes Port Company | Harbours Act 1996; the Harbours Act 2000; http://www.sfpc.ie/ |
| Digital Hub Development Agency | 2003-07-21 | Was created in 2003 at the time of the dissolution of the Digital Media Development Limited | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.thedigitalhub.com/; Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003 | |
| Irish Steel Holdings Limited | 1947-06-01 | 1996-05-01 | Nationalised 1947; privatised--went into receivership 1994; purchased by Irish Ispat--finalized 1996 | State Guarantees Act, 1954; Irish Steel Holdings Limited Act, 1960; Irish Steel Limited Act, 1996; FitzGerald, 1963; Palcic and Reeves 2007 |
| 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 | |
| Forbairt | 1994-01-01 | 1998-07-22 | Subsidiary body of Forfas; merged with Irish Trade Board to form Enterprise Ireland | Industrial Development Act 1993; Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998 |
| 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 |
| An Foras Tionscal | 1952-01-01 | 1970-04-01 | Absorbed into Industrial Development Authority | Undeveloped Areas Act, 1952; Industrial Development Act, 1969 |
| Department of Transport and Power | 1959-07-27 | 1977-09-23 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1959; S.I. No. 305/1977 | |
| Gaeltarra Éireann | 1958-04-01 | 1980-01-01 | Took over administration of Rural Industries previously administered by the Gaeltacht Services Division. Replaced by Údarás na Gaeltachta-1980 | Gaeltacht Industries Acts, 1957 to 1977; Údarás na Gaeltachta Act, 1979 |
| National Consumer Agency | 2007-05-01 | 2014-10-31 | Prior to 2007 was known as the Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs (est. in 1978), merged with Competition Authority in 2014 to create the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission | http://www.consumerconnect.ie/; Consumer Protection Act 2007; Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 |
| 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 |
| Department of Industry and Commerce (II) | 1986-02-19 | 1993-01-19 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 41/1986; S.I. No. 19/1993 | |
| Department of Industry, Commerce and Energy | 1977-09-23 | 1980-01-22 | Responsibility for energy transferred to Department of Energy (formerly Department of Economic Planning) S.I. No. 9/1980 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 306/1977; S.I. No. 10/1980 |
| Department of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism | 1983-12-17 | 1986-02-19 | Responsibility for industry transferred from Dept of Industry and Energy in 1983 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 384/1983; S.I. No. 41/1986 |
| Taiscí Stáit Teoranta | 1964-02-21 | 1972-03-28 | Became Foir Teoranta | Taiscí Stáit Teoranta Act 1963; Foir Teoranta Act, 1972; Dáil Éireann - Volume 226 - 15 February, 1967--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Bodies |
| An Cheard-Chomhairle | 1960-04-11 | 1967-05-15 | regulated apprenticeships--functions taken over by AnCO | Apprenticeship Act, 1959; Industrial Training Act, 1967 |
| Department of Public Enterprise | 1997-07-12 | 2002-06-18 | S.I. No. 299/1997; S.I. No. 305/2002; http://www.transport.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources | 2007-10-20 | 2016-07-23 | http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/; Creation: S.I. No. 706 of 2007, Termination: S.I. No. 421 of 2016 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Irish Stock Exchange Ltd. | 1995-05-30 | Roots stretch back to 1793 when the Exchange first opened for trading in Dublin. Before was known as the "Irish Unit of the International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Limited "; became known as the "Irish Stock Exchange Limited" on the basis of the Stock Exchange Act, 1995 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.ise.ie; Stock Exchange Act, 1995 | |
| Fóir Teoranta | 1972-03-28 | 1991-04-02 | Replaced Taiscí Stáit Teoranta in 1972; Absorbed into Industrial Credit Corporation Public Limited Company in 1991 | Fóir Teoranta Act, 1972; Foir Teoranta (Amendment) Act, 1973; Fóir Teoranta (Dissolution) Act, 1990 |
| Agricultural Credit Corporation | 1927-09-30 | 2001-12-01 | Purchased by Rabobank | Agricultural Credit Act, 1927; Acc Bank Act, 1992; Acc Bank Act, 2001; Palcic and Reeves 2007; MacCarthaigh 2009 |
| 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) | |
| Industrial Credit Corporation | 1933-10-04 | 2001-01-01 | Purchased by Bank of Scotland | Industrial Credit Act, 1933; ICC Bank Act, 1992; Palcic and Reeves 2007; FitzGerald, 1963; MacCarthaigh 2009 |
| Great Southern Hotels | 1961-06-27 | 2006-08-24 | Nationalised in 1961 as a subsidiary of CIE, then Aer Rianta and the DAA | MacCarthaigh 2009; FitzGerald, 1963; Transport Act, 1963; Dáil Éireann - Volume 203 - 28 May, 1963--Committee on Finance. - Transport Bill, 1963 [Seanad]— Second Stage; 'DAA sells Great Southern Hotels chain' RTE News, 24 August 2006 |
| Irish National Petroleum Corporation | 1979-07-02 | 2001-07-16 | purchased by Tosco Corp. | Irish National Petroleum Corporation Limited Act, 2001; http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Energy/Oil+Supply+Division/National+Petroleum+Corporation+%28INPC%29.htm Palcic and Reeves 2007 |
| 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 |
| National Film Studios of Ireland | 1975-06-01 | 1982-04-01 | Ardmore Film Studios were purchased by the Government in 1973, run by RTE until 1975 when name changed to NFSI; statutory basis in 1980; closed and went into receivership & company liquidated April 1982 | National Film Studios of Ireland Limited Act, 1980; Dáil Éireann - Volume 334 - 18 May, 1982--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Ardmore Studios Closure; Dáil Éireann - Volume 340 - 02 March, 1983--Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - National Film Studios |
| 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 | |
| Merchandise Marks Commission | 1932-03-10 | 1980-01-01 | Merchandise Marks Act, 1931; Irish Times, 12 March 1932; Dáil Éireann - Volume 323 - 23 October, 1980--Ceisteanna—Questions . Oral Answers . - State Advisory Bodies | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| Anglo Irish Bank | 2009-01-21 | 2011-10-14 | Nationalized in 2009, and on 14 October 2011, the name of Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited was changed to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited, trading as IBRC. | Anglo-Irish Bank Corporation Act 2009; http://www.angloirishbank.ie/; Laeven & Valencia, 'Systemic Banking Crises Database: An Update', IMF Working Paper WP/12/163, p. 29. |
| Irish Maritime Development Office | 2000-07-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.imdo.ie/; Marine Institute Act 1991; Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1999 | ||
| Digital Media Development Limited | 2000-03-28 | 2003-07-21 | Dissolved and replaced by Digital Hub Development Agency | S.I. No. 220/2001; Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003; Dáil Éireann - Volume 647 - 19 February, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies |
| Irish Life Assurance Co., Ltd | 1939-03-15 | 1991-07-01 | Former subsidiaries include Irish Estates, Ltd. and Ilasco | Insurance Act 1936; Insurance Amendment Act 1938; Palcic and Reeves 2007 |
| 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 |
| Erin Foods | 1963-08-20 | 1990-01-01 | Subsidiary of Irish Sugar | Sugar Manufacture (Amendment) Act, 1962; S.I. No. 195/1965; McCarthaigh 2009 |
| Irish Shipping Ltd | 1941-03-21 | 1984-11-14 | Irish Shipping Limited Act, 1947; Dáil Éireann - Volume 353 - 14 November, 1984--Irish Shipping Limited: Motion | |
| Ceimicí Teoranta | 1947-01-29 | 1986-07-30 | Monarchana Alcóil na hÉireann, Teoranta under 1938 Act; change of name under Industrial Alcohol (Amendment) Act, 1947; went into liquidation in 1986. | Industrial Alcohol (Amendment) Act, 1947; '£4.5m. losses force closure of Ceimici Teo' Irish Independent, 31 July 1986 |
| Monarchana Alcóil na hÉireann, Teoranta | 1938-11-11 | 1947-01-29 | Replaced Industrial Alcohol Advisory Board, replaced by Ceimicí Teoranta | Industrial Alcohol Act, 1938; Industrial Alcohol (Amendment) Act, 1947 |
| 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 |
| Turf Development Board, Ltd. | 1934-07-16 | 1946-06-21 | Replaced by Bord na Móna | Turf (Use and Development) Act, 1936; Turf Development Act, 1946 |
| Irish Tourist Board | 1939-08-01 | 1952-07-03 | Replaced by An Bord Failte | Tourist Traffic Act, 1939; Tourist Traffic Act, 1952 |
| Fuel Importers (Eire) Ltd | 1940-07-08 | 1959-05-27 | State Guarantees Act, 1954; S.I. No. 88/1961; Dáil Éireann - Volume 81 - 19 February, 1941--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Fuel Importers, Limited; Dáil Éireann - Volume 175 - 27 May, 1959--Committee on Finance. - Vote 50—Industry and Commerce; 'Liquidator for Fuel Importers' Irish TImes, 27 May 1959 | |
| Tea Importers Ltd | 1958-01-01 | 1973-07-02 | Replaced Tea Importers (Eire) Ltd.; disbanded in 1973 to conform to EEC regulations - large shareholdings were sold and the resulting company was restructured as the Irish Bank of Commerce Ltd. | Tea (Purchase and Importation) Act, 1958; Aylmer, D., 'Tea for the Irish' in the Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, Jun. 1999; Seanad Éireann - Volume 49 - 16 April, 1958--Tea (Purchase and Importation) Bill, 1957—Second Stage; 'Jessel taking stake in Tea Importers group' Irish Independent, 3 July 1973; 'Tea Importers (1958) Limited' Announcement, The Irish Press, 4 October, 1973 |
| Tea Importers (Eire) Ltd | 1941-07-08 | 1958-01-01 | Replaced by Tea Importers, Ltd. | State Guarantees Act, 1954; Tea (Purchase and Importation) Act, 1958; S.I. No. 88/1961; Aylmer, D., 'Tea for the Irish' in the Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, Jun. 1999; Seanad Éireann - Volume 49 - 16 April, 1958--Tea (Purchase and Importation) Bill, 1957—Second Stage |
| Mining Board (I) | 1931-12-22 | 1940-11-14 | Replaced by Mining Board (II) | Mines and Minerals Act, 1931; S.I. No. 29/1933; Minerals Development Act, 1940; Dáil Éireann - Volume 588 - 06 July, 2004--Written Answers. - State Boards |
| Mianrai Teoranta | 1945-06-01 | 1955-01-01 | Amalgamation of the former Slieveardagh Coalfield Development Company Limited and the Minerals Exploration and Development Company, Limited | Minerals Company Acts, 1945 & 1947 |
| Minerals Exploration and Development Company, Limited | 1941-09-01 | 1945-06-01 | Death by merge into Mianrai Teoranta | Minerals Exploration and Development Company Act, 1941; Minerals Company Act, 1945 |
| Slieveardagh Coalfield Development Company Limited | 1941-05-20 | 1945-06-01 | Merge into Mianrai Teoranta | Slievardagh Coalfield Development Act, 1941; Minerals Company Act, 1945 |
| Timber Importers Ltd | 1939-11-20 | 1950-04-01 | Imported Timber (Maximum Prices) (No. 15) Orders 1947-1949; Dáil Éireann - Volume 135 - 04 December, 1952--Adoption Bill, 1952—From Seanad. - Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946 (Continuance) Bill, 1952—Second Stage (Resumed); Irish Times 10 Aug 1949 | |
| Trustee Savings Bank | 1992-06-01 | 2001-04-01 | Nationalised and merged with Irish Life & Permanent (formerly Irish Life Assurance and Irish Permanent Building Society)--now trades under the name Permanent TSB | Trustee Savings Banks Act, 1989; S.I. No. 55/1992; S.I. No. 175/2001; Palcic and Reeves 2007; MacCarthaigh 2009; http://web.archive.org/web/19991119021859/http://www.tsbbank.ie/ |
| Oils and Fats (Eire) Ltd | 1944-02-18 | 1950-04-14 | O'Donovan 1950; MacCarthaigh 2009; Dáil Éireann - Volume 103 - 23 October, 1946--Written Answers. - Directors of State-Controlled Companies; legal notice in Irish Times 5 April 1950 | |
| Commission for Electricity Regulation | 1999-07-14 | 2002-12-01 | Replaced by Commission for Energy Regulation (responsibility for Gas added) | Electricity Regulation Act, 1999; Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act, 2002 |
| Bord Gáis Éireann Teoranta | 1975-04-18 | 1976-09-13 | Replaced by Bord Gáis Éireann | Gas Act, 1976; Dáil Éireann - Volume 291 - 15 June, 1976--Return to Writs: North-East Donegal and Dublin South-West. - Gas Bill, 1976: Second Stage |
| Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs | 1978-01-01 | 2007-05-01 | Replaced by National Consumer Agency | Consumer Information Act, 1978; Consumer Protection Act 2007 |
| 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 | |
| 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 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 |
| National Asset Management Agency | 2009-12-21 | http://www.nama.ie/; National Asset Management Agency Act, 2009 | ||
| 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 | |
| Investor Compensation Company Ltd. | 1998-08-01 | Investor Compensation Act, 1998; Dáil Éireann - Volume 588 - 06 July, 2004--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies; http://www.investorcompensation.ie/ | ||
| Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority | 2003-05-01 | 2010-10-01 | Under the auspices of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland until they merged in 2010 to form the Central Bank of Ireland | Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003; http://www.financialregulator.ie/; www.centralbank.ie; Central Bank Reform Act 2010; S.I. No. 469/2010 |
| Sealúchais Árachais Teoranta | 1985-03-15 | 2014-10-05 | Sealuchais Árachais Teoranta (SAT), a statutory company under the Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1985 was a non-trading holding company for Icarom plc (formerly the Insurance Corporation of Ireland) under administration. | Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1985; Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2007; Dáil Éireann - Volume 647 - 13 February, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies; https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2018-01-23a.292 |
| Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation | 2010-05-02 | 2011-06-02 | http://www.deti.ie/; S.I. No. 185/2010; S.I. No. 245/2011 | |
| Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation | 2011-06-02 | 2017-09-02 | Department replaced by Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation in 2017 following election of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach | http://www.deti.ie/; S.I. No. 245/2011 S.I. No. 364/2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/364 |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2011-06-02 | 2020-09-24 | Succeeded by Department of Foreign Affairs (II) | http://www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011; S.I. No. 382/2020 |
| Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited | 2011-10-14 | 2013-02-07 | After the transfer of the business of Irish Nationwide Building Society (INBS) to Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited on 1 July 2011, the Bank’s name was changed to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited, and it traded as IBRC until going into special liquidation on 7 February 2013. | http://www.ibrc.ie/Media_centre/IBRC_news/Press_Releases/Press_Release_Pages/Change_of_Name_%E2%80%93_Anglo_Irish_Bank_Corporation_Limited.html; Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013; S.I. No. 36/2013; CRO, Registered Company No. 22045 |
| 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 | |
| Irish Life Ltd. | 2011-03-31 | 2013-07-18 | The Minister for Finance had a 100% direct shareholding in Irish Life and its subsidiary companies. Irish Life was sold in July 2013 to Canada’s Great-West Lifeco. | Statement by the Dept of Finance: http://finance.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=7295; Laeven & Valencia, 'Systemic Banking Crises Database: An Update', IMF Working Paper WP/12/163, p. 29.; 'State closes €1.3 billion sale of Irish Life to Canada’s Great-West Lifeco', Irish Times, 19 July 2013 |
| Allied Irish Bank | 2011-04-01 | The Irish State has been AIB majority shareholder since April 2011 through the National Pension Reserve Fund (now Irish Strategic Investment Fund). The Educational Building Society (EBS) was taken into state ownership through absorption into AIB on 1 July 2011. In 2017, the Shareholding and Financial Advisory Division (SFAD) planned and implemented an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of a portion of the State’s shares in AIB, listing the stock on the premium segment of the Irish and London stock exchanges. The IPO resulted in the sale of 28.75% of the banks ordinary shares (including a greenshoe mechanism) and recouped €3.4 billion for the Irish exchequer. The State now retains about 71% of the bank’s Ordinary Shares. | Written answers - Banks Recapitalisation, Wednesday, 20 June 2012, Dáil Éireann Debate, Vol. 769 No. 2; Written Answers - Banking Sector Regulation, Thursday, 29 March 2012, Dáil Éireann Debate, Vol. 761 No. 2; National Pension Reserve Fund Annual Report 2010; http://www.aib.ie/; 'State's Shareholding in Banks' www.gov.ie/en/publication/066a28-banks/ | |
| Credit Review Office | 2010-03-01 | The enabling legislation is the guidelines issued under section 210 (1) of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 | http://www.creditreview.ie/; 'Credit Review Office - Information Note' Department of Finance, http://www.finance.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=6254 | |
| 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/ | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Microfinance Ireland | 2012-09-27 | Microenterprise Loan Fund Act 2012; http://microfinanceireland.ie/; http://www.sff.ie/; CRO No. 516555 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Ervia | 2014-06-20 | Holding company for Gas Networks Ireland and Irish Water | ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014; S.I. No. 287/2014 | |
| Gas Networks Ireland | 2014-06-03 | Gas Regulation Act 2013; S.I. No. 229/2014 | ||
| Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation | 2017-09-02 | 2020-11-10 | New Department created following election of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach, succeeds Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Subsequently replaced by Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (II) | S.I. No. 364/2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/364; S.I. No. 519/2020 |
| Department of Rural and Community Development | 2017-07-19 | Creation of new department, taking Rural Affairs from the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Community from the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. Islands-related responsibilities transferred to this Department on 23 September 2020 | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/18 S.I. No. 165/2018 - Community Development (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2018, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/165 S.I. No. 348/2017 - Charities (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/348 S.I. No. 357/2017 - Community Development (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/357 S.I. No. 354/2017 - Rural Affairs (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/354; S.I. No. 379/2020 | |
| Competition and Consumer Protection Commission | 2014-10-31 | Resulted from a merger of the Competition Authority and Consumer Protection Agency | www.ccpc.ie; Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014; S.I. No. 367/2014 - Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (Establishment Day) Order 2014 | |
| Shannon Group plc | 2014-09-05 | Shannon Group is a public limited company whose principal activities include the operation, management and development of Shannon Airport, the management and development of the commercial property portfolio held by Shannon Commercial Properties (formerly part of Shannon Development) and the operation of the tourism sites managed by Shannon Heritage. A fourth business unit of the Group is the International Aviation Services Centre (IASC) which is focused on further development of the aviation business cluster in Shannon. | www.shannongroup.ie; www.gov.ie; State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014; S.I. No. 395/2014; S.I. No. 396/2014 | |
| Central Bank of Ireland | 2010-10-01 | Replaced the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland and Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority | www.centralbank.ie; Central Bank Reform Act 2010; S.I. No. 469/2010 | |
| Permanent TSB Group Holdings p.l.c | 2011-07-26 | In 2011, Permanent TSB p.l.c received significant support from the Irish State in the context of the financial crisis. As a result of these State support measures, the Minister for Finance of Ireland then became the owner of 99.2% of the issued ordinary shares of the Company. In April 2015, this interest reduced to 74.92% following the successful completion of a €400m equity capital raise, an open offer take up for €2m and through the sale by the Minister for Finance of 21.8 million shares. | www.permanenttsbgroup.ie; www.permanenttsbgroup.ie/media/press-releases/2011/26-07-2011; www.assets.gov.ie/5907/220119171401-73204346db4a45f9b88b0b4cd64066a7.pdf; www.gov.ie/en/publication/066a28-banks/; Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 | |
| Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (II) | 2020-11-10 | Replaced Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation | S.I. No. 519/2020; https://www.enterprise.gov.ie/en/ | |
| Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland | 2014-09-12 | The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) was established in 2014 to avail of both national and international funding for the purpose of making low-cost credit available to Irish small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Credit is provided through on-lending partners who, in turn, lend directly to SMEs | Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Act 2014 (No 22 of 2014); https://sbci.gov.ie/about-us; https://core.cro.ie/e-commerce/company/582344 | |
| Intellectual Property Office of Ireland | 2019-12-02 | The Intellectual Property Office of Ireland is the national intellectual property agency, responsible for the administration of Intellectual Property (IP) rights in Ireland | Section 42 of the Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (No. 19 of 2019); S.I. No. 586/2019 | |
| Ministry of Industry and Commerce | 1922-09-09 | 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 Industry and Commerce (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 |
| Ministry of Economic Affairs | 1922-01-10 | 1922-09-09 | Appears to have been subsumed into new Ministry of Industry and Commerce from September 1922 | Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/#second-dail-2nd-ministry-post-treaty |
| Ministry of Trade | 1922-01-11 | 1922-09-09 | Appears to have been subsumed into a new Ministry of Industry and Commerce from September 1922 | https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/ |
| Board of Trade | 1861-01-01 | 1924-06-02 | Existed under various guises and officially known as the Board of Trade from 1861. The Board would evolve gradually into a government department with considerable power and a diverse range of functions, including regulation of domestic and foreign commerce, the development, implementation and interpretation of the Acts of Trade and Navigation, and the review and acceptance of legislation passed in the colonies. Powers conferred on the Board under certain legislation applicable to Ireland continued to apply post-independence but were effectively exercised by the Minister for Industry and Commerce. The Board's functions in Ireland are assumed to have been formally absorbed by the Department of Industry and Commerce by 1924 | https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110203025220/http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=1&CATID=38&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=BT; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Trade; Companies Acts, 1908 To 1917 (S.I. No. 12/1923); Sixth Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) |
| Corporate Enforcement Authority | 2022-07-07 | The Corporate Enforcement Authority's functions include: promoting compliance with company law; investigating instances of suspected breaches of company law; taking appropriate enforcement action in response to identified breaches of company law; supervising the activities of liquidators of insolvent companies; and operating a regime of restriction and disqualification undertakings in respect of directors of insolvent companies. The CEA replaced the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement | https://cea.gov.ie/en-ie/About; Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 (No. 48 of 2021); S.I. No. 337/2022 | |
| Mines and Quarries Inspectorate | 1894-08-25 | 1970-01-01 | An inspectorate responsible for mines and quarries was established in 1894. This built on an inspectorate previously responsible for mines only. Upon independence, the Irish inspectors are assumed to have initially transferred to the Ministry of Labour and later to Industry and Commerce. Reference is made to the pre-independence legislation in the Mines and Quarries Act 1965 (No. 7 of 1965). The Mines and Quarries Inspectorate was administratively merged with the Inspectorate of Factories to form the Industrial Inspectorate by 1971 | Quarries Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict.), Ch 42; Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict.), Ch. 77; Mines and Quarries Act, 1965 (No. 7 of 1965); Houses of the Oireachtas Library, Annual Report of the Industrial Inspectorate for 1 June 1970 to 31 December 1971 |
| Inspectorate of Factories | 1901-01-01 | 1956-10-01 | The Inspectors of Factories were appointed under the Factory and Workshop Act 1901. The Chief and District Inspector were vested with statutory powers specified under the Act. Their post-independence remit included health and safety, as well as wage-related, compliance. Upon independence, the Irish inspectors are assumed to have initially transferred to the Ministry of Labour and later to Industry and Commerce. The Factories Inspectorate was administratively merged with the Mines and Quarries Inspectorate, creating the Industrial Inspectorate, by 1971 | Factory and Workshop Act 1901 (1 Edw. VII, c. 22); Factories Act 1955 (No. 10 of 1955); S.I. No. 160/1956; http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/handle/2262/4520/jssisiVolXv45_53.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y; Houses of the Oireachtas Library, Annual Report of the Industrial Inspectorate for 1 June 1970 to 31 December 1971 |
| Maritime Area Regulatory Authority | 2023-07-17 | MARA administers a streamlined consenting system for the maritime area, including: Assessing Maritime Area Consent (MAC) applications for the maritime area, which are required by developers before development permission can be granted; granting marine licencing for specified activities; compliance and enforcement of MACs; licenses and offshore development consents; investigations and prosecutions; administration of the existing Foreshore consent portfolio; and fostering & promoting co-operation between regulators of the maritime area. | Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (No. 50 of 2021); S.I. No. 369/2023; https://www.maritimeregulator.ie/ |