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46 ingested laws from Ireland introduced in 1997. Year filters use the introduced date shown on each card. Walk years back as far as this source still publishes.

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Law· Public1998/2enacted

Central Bank Act 1998

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 1997

Act to make provision for the membership of the Central Bank in the European System of Central Banks and to amend and extend the Central Bank Acts, 1942 to 1997, and to provide for related matters

Law· Public1997/45enacted

Appropriation Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 1997

Act to appropriate to the proper supply services and purposes sums granted by the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act, 1965, and to make certain provisions in relation to Financial Resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on the 3rd day of December, 1997

Law· Public1998/23enacted

Roads (Amendment) Act 1998

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 1997

Act to amend and extend the Roads Act, 1993, and the Transport (Dublin Light Rail) Act, 1996, to provide, inter alia, for the compulsory acquisition of substrata of land for the purposes of those Acts, and to make provision for the declaration of certain proposed public roads as motorways, and to provide for connected matters

Law· Public1998/22enacted

Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 1997

Act to prohibit trafficking in, or the use of, children for the purposes of their sexual exploitation and the production, dissemination, handling or possession of child pornography, and to provide for related matters

Law· Public1998/40enacted

International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1998

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 1997

Act to enable Ireland to fulfil its obligations to co-operate with international tribunals in the performance of their functions relating to the prosecution and punishment of international war crimes and to provide for related matters

Law· Public1998/51enacted

Education Act 1998

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 1997

Act to make provision in the interests of the common good for the education of every child in the State, including any child with special educational needs, and to provide generally for primary, post-primary, adult and continuing education and vocational education and training; to ensure that the education system is accountable to students, their parents and the State for the education provided, respects the diversity of values, beliefs and traditions in Irish society and is conducted in a spirit of partnership between schools, patrons, students, parents, teachers and other school staff and the State; to provide for the recognition and funding of schools and their management through boards of management; to provide for an Inspectorate of schools, to provide for the role and responsibilities of Principals and teachers; to establish the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment and to make provision for it, and to provide for related matters

Law· Public1998/20enacted

Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1998

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 1997

Act to amend the Conspiracy, and Protection of Property Act, 1875, the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the Mercantile Marine Act, 1955, and the Merchant Shipping Act, 1992, and to provide for related matters

Law· Public1998/9enacted

Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1998

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 1997

Act to amend the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1983, to enable the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to appoint additional ordinary members of An Bord Pleanála

Law· Public1997/43enacted

Courts (No. 2) Act 1997

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 2 December 1997

Act to increase the number of ordinary judges of the High Court, to provide for the periods of appointment of judges of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court as the presiding judges of each of those Courts, respectively, to amend the order of precedence of judges of the Supreme Court and High Court, to amend the Law Reform Commission Act, 1975, and to provide for consequential and other related matters

Law· Public1999/10enacted

Criminal Justice Act 1999

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 2 December 1997

Act to create a new drug offence, to amend the law relating to proceedings in criminal matters, to amend the law relating to enforcement of penalties against drug traffickers, to establish rules relating to the sentencing of persons who have entered guilty pleas, to provide for evidence by certificate in relation to exhibits, to amend the law relating to the certification, for extradition purposes, of certain offences under the law of Northern Ireland and Scotland, and to provide for other related matters

Law· Public1998/8enacted

Courts Service Act 1998

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 27 November 1997

Act to establish a service to manage the courts and provide services to and for the judges, and to provide other services relating to courts administration, to transfer certain property to the service, to make provision for the staffing of the service, and to provide for related matters

Law· Public1998/21enacted

Employment Equality Act 1998

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 27 November 1997

Act to make further provision for the promotion of equality between employed persons; to make further provision with respect to discrimination in, and in connection with, employment, vocational training and membership of certain bodies; to make further provision in connection with Council Directive No. 75/117/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women and Council Directive No. 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions; to make further provision with respect to harassment in employment and in the workplace; to change the name and constitution of the Employment Equality Agency and provide for the administration by that body of various matters pertaining to this Act; to establish procedures for the investigation and remedying of various matters arising under this Act; to repeal the Anti-Discrimination (Pay) Act, 1974, and the Employment Equality Act, 1977 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public1997/46enacted

Scientific and Technological Education (Investment) Fund Act 1997

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 21 November 1997

Act to make available further financial resources for the provision of education and vocational training in the fields of science and technology and, for that purpose, to provide for the establishment of a fund to be known as the Scientific and Technological Education (Investment) Fund and to provide for related matters

Law· Public1998/7enacted

Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands (Powers and Functions) Act 1998

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 1997

Act to confer on the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands certain ancillary functions in relation to property, to clarify and extend the Minister's functions in relation to certain inland waterways, ferry services and other matters, and to provide for related matters

Law· Public1998/26enacted

Turf Development Act 1998

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 1997

Act to provide for the formation and registration under the Companies Acts, 1963 to 1990, of a public company to carry on the business of Bord na Móna, to provide for the dissolution of Bord na Móna and to provide for related matters

Law· Public1997/39enacted

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 1997

Act to consolidate enactments relating to income tax, corporation tax and capital gains tax, including certain enactments relating also to other taxes and duties

Law· Public1998/14enacted

Arbitration (International Commercial) Act 1998

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 1997

Act to enable effect to be given in the State to the UNCITRAL model law on international commercial arbitration (as adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on 21 June 1985) and to amend the Arbitration Act, 1954, and to make further and better provision in respect of arbitrations.

Law· Public1998/24enacted

Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 1997

Act to provide for the vesting of Dublin Airport, Shannon Airport and Cork Airport in Aer Rianta, Cuideachta Phoiblí Theoranta, the assignment to the said company of certain functions heretofore exercised by the Minister for Public Enterprise relating to the management, operation and development of those airports; to amend the Air Navigation and Transport Acts, 1936 to 1988, the Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993, and other enactments and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Law· Public1997/38enacted

Europol Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 September 1997

Act to give the force of law to the Convention on the establishment of a European Police Office and to provide for related matters

Law· Public1997/34enacted

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 1997

Act to provide for the establishment of a Tribunal to be known as the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal to award compensation to certain persons who have contracted Hepatitis C within the State from Anti-D Immunoglobulin, other blood products or blood transfusion and to provide for connected matters

Law· Public1997/32enacted

ICC Bank (Amendment) Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 1997

Act to amend and extend the ICC Bank Acts, 1933 to 1992

Law· Public1997/40enacted

Children Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 April 1997

Act to amend the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964, by providing a mechanism for and relating to the recognition of natural fathers as guardians, for the taking into account of the wishes of children in guardianship, custody and access decisions affecting their welfare, and for the safeguarding of the interests of children, including their representation, in certain court proceedings; and relating to the giving of evidence in civil proceedings by children by means of television links and through intermediaries and the admissibility of and weight to be given to such evidence; and to amend the Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995, the Courts (No. 2) Act, 1986, the Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act, 1989, the Child Care Act, 1991, and the Family law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976, and for related purposes

Law· Public1997/18enacted

Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 April 1997

Act to amend the law in relation to notification of intention to marry, the law in relation to barring orders, the law in relation to irrevocable powers of attorney and the law in relation to the distribution of disclaimed estates

Law· Public1997/29enacted

Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 April 1997

Act to enable local authorities to enjoy the revenues from duties charged under the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952, and from duties and fees charged under certain other enactments, to remove the power of local authorities to make charges for the supply of water for domestic purposes or for the disposal of domestic sewage, to enable steps to be taken for the purpose of securing the provision by local authorities of services in a more economical and efficient manner, to otherwise make provision in relation to local government (in particular for the purpose of ensuring that the revenues from duties and fees aforesaid are apportioned among local authorities on an equitable and fair basis) and to provide for related matters

Law· Public1997/33enacted

Licensing (Combating Drug Abuse) Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 April 1997

Act to make provision for measures to combat drug abuse in places used for public dancing, licensed premises and other places of entertainment and to provide the Garda Síochána with powers to prevent drug abuse at unlicensed dances and for those purposes to amend the Licensing Acts, 1833 to 1995, section 51 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, and the Public Dance Halls Act, 1935, and to provide for connected matters

Law· Public1997/31enacted

Prompt Payment of Accounts Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 April 1997

Act to provide for the prompt payment of business accounts by certain public sector and other purchasers of goods and services, and for related purposes

Law· Public1998/35enacted

Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1998

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 April 1997

Act to enable effect to be given to the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 done at Geneva on 10 June 1977 and for that purpose to amend the Geneva Conventions Act, 1962, section 6(1) of the Red Cross Act, 1938, and the Prisoners of War and Enemy Aliens Act, 1956, and to provide for connected matters

Law· Public1997/27enacted

Public Service Management Act 1997

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 3 April 1997

Act to provide for a new management structure to enhance the management, effectiveness and transparency of operations of Departments of State and certain other offices of the public service and increase the accountability of civil servants while preserving the discretion of the Government in relation to their responsibility to Dáil Éireann, to provide for the administration of Departments of State and the offices aforesaid, the appointment of special advisors, the assignment of cross-departmental functions and the corporate status of certain public offices and to provide for related matters

Law· Public1997/22enacted

Finance Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 March 1997

Act to charge and impose certain duties of customs and inland revenue (including excise), to amend the law relating to customs and inland revenue (including excise) and to make further provisions in connection with finance

Law· Public1997/16enacted

Bail Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 1997

Act to make further provision in relation to bail, to amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967, and to provide for related matters

Law· Public1997/28enacted

Chemical Weapons Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 March 1997

Act to implement the Conventionon the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction, and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public1997/30enacted

Youth Work Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 1997

Act to extend the functions of education boards in relation to youth work, to make provision for the making of grants in respect of youth work, to establish Voluntary Youth Councils, to provide for the development and co-ordination of organisations and persons engaged in youth work and in the provision of youth work programmes and youth work services, and for that purpose to establish a National Youth Work Advisory Committee and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public1997/9enacted

Health (Provision of Information) Act 1997

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 27 February 1997

Act to allow for the provision of information to the National Cancer Registry Board, the Minister for Health and certain health bodies, for the purposes of national cancer screening programmes, and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public1997/6enacted

Courts Act 1997

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 24 February 1997

Act to amend the Courts and Court Officers Act, 1995, to increase the number of ordinary judges of the High Court, and for related purposes.

Law· Public1997/26enacted

Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 1997

Act to revise the law relating to the main non-fatal offences against the person an to provide for connected matters.

Law· Public1997/10enacted

Social Welfare Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 1997

Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts, section 4 of the National Social Service Board Act, 1984, section 7A of the Health Contributions Act, 1979, and section 18A of the Youth Employment Agency Act, 1981.

Law· Public1997/1enacted

Fisheries (Commissions) Act 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 January 1997

Act to provide for certain validations, to amend the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1995, to provide for the indemnification of members of commissions under that Act, and for related purposes