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43 ingested laws from Ireland introduced in 2004. 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· Public2004/40enacted

Appropriation Act 2004

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2004

Act to apply a certain sum out of the Central Fund to the service of the year ended 31 December 2003 and to appropriate to the proper supply services and purposes sums granted by the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965, to make provision in relation to deferred surrender to the Central Fund of certain undischarged appropriations by reference to the capital supply services and purposes as provided for by section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 and to make provision in relation to a financial resolution passed by Dáil Éireann on 1 December 2004

Law· Public2004/43enacted

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 9 December 2004

Act to make provision in relation to the repayment of certain amounts that may become payable to Housing Authorities or Planning Authorities on the subsequent sale of certain houses or lands that have been provided or made available by them and, for that purpose, to amend section 9 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 and section 99 of the Planning and Development Act 2000

Law· Public2004/41enacted

Social Welfare Act 2004

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2004

Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts and to amendthe Health Contributions Act 1979

Law· Public2005/32enacted

Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Act 2005

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 23 November 2004

Act to promote the revision of Statute Law by repealing enactments passed before 6 December 1922 which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary

Law· Public2004/42enacted

Health Act 2004

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004

Act to establish the health service executive and to provide for the dissolution of the Eastern Regional Health Authority, the Northern Area Health Board, the East Coast Area Health Board, the South-Western Area Health Board, the Health Boards established under the Health Act 1970 and certain other bodies; to provide for the transfer of the functions of the dissolved bodies and their employees to the health service executive; to establish mechanisms for involving public representatives, users of health and personal social services and other members of the public in matters relating to those services; to establish a statutory framework for handling certain complaints relating to health and personal social services; to establish mechanisms for the future dissolution of certain other health bodies and for the transfer of their functions and employees to the health service executive; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2006/12enacted

Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 17 November 2004

Act to establish a body to be known as An tÚdarás Clárúcháin Maoine or, in the english language, the Property Registration Authority, with the functions conferred on it by this Act, including the management and control of the Registry of Deeds and the Land Registry, to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, the law relating to the registration of deeds and other documents affecting land, to amend the law relating to the registration of title to land and to amend sections 16 and 28 of the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act 1978.

Law· Public2005/27enacted

Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 9 November 2004

Act to provide for the establishment and functions of the health and social care professionals council and of registration boards for certain designated health and social care professions, to provide for the registration of persons qualifying to use the title of a designated profession and for the determination of complaints relating to their fitness to practise; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2005/22enacted

Veterinary Practice Act 2005

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 27 October 2004

Act to establish a body known as Comhairle Tréidlianna na hÉireann or, in the English language, the Veterinary Council of Ireland to regulate and manage the veterinary professions and to provide for its other functions, to provide for establishment of a body known as Bord Altraí Tréidliachta na hÉireann or, in the English language, the Veterinary Nurses Board of Ireland, to dissolve the Veterinary Council established under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1931, to repeal the Veterinary Surgeons Acts 1931 to 1960 and certain other enactments and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2004/34enacted

Intoxicating Liquor Act 2004

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 2004

Act to amend the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1988

Law· Public2005/14enacted

Disability Act 2005

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 September 2004

Act to enable provision to be made for the assessment of health and education needs occasioned to persons with disabilities by their disabilities, to enable Ministers of the Government to make provision, consistent with the resources available to them and their obligations in relation to their allocation, for services to meet those needs, to provide for the preparation of plans by the appropriate Ministers of the Government in relation to the provision of certain of those, and certain other services, to provide for appeals by those persons in relation to the non-provision of those services, to make further and better provision in respect of the use by those persons of public buildings and their employment in the public service and thereby to facilitate generally access by such persons to certain such services and employment and to promote equality and social inclusion and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2005/24enacted

Land Act 2005

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 13 July 2004

Act to amend and extend the Land Purchase Acts

Law· Public2006/26enacted

Criminal Justice Act 2006

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2004

Act to amend and extend the powers of the Garda Síochána in relation to the investigation of offences, to amend criminal law and procedure in other respects, including provision for the admissibility in evidence of certain witness statements, an extension of the circumstances in which the Attorney General in the case or, if he or she is the prosecuting authority in a trial, the Director of Public Prosecutions may refer a question of law to the Supreme Court for determination or take an appeal in criminal proceedings, a restriction of the offences to which section 10(4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 applies, an amendment of the jurisdiction of the District Court in criminal matters, the imposition of fixed charges in respect of certain offences under the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, an amendment of the requirements for the issue of a firearms certificate and an amendment of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 relating to the issue and execution of certain warrants, and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2006/14enacted

Road Safety Authority Act 2006

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 July 2004

Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as An tÚdarás um Thástáil agus Caighdeáin do Thiománaithe, or in the English language as the Driver Testing and Standards Authority to define its functions and to provide for connected matters

Law· Public2005/11enacted

Maritime Safety Act 2005

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 23 June 2004

Act to provide for the regulation and control of certain fast powered watercraft and codes of practice for vessels, to prohibit the use of unseaworthy vessels, putting the crew or persons on board a vessel at risk and operating vessels while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and control consumption of alcohol or drugs on board vessels and to prohibit disruptive behaviour on board vessels and endangering vessels and persons on board, to amend the Harbours Act 1946, the Fishery Harbour Centres Act 1968, the Canals Act 1986, the Shannon Navigation Act 1990, the Merchant Shipping Act 1992 and the Harbours Act 1996 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2005/8enacted

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 22 June 2004

Act to amend the Dormant Accounts Acts 2001 and 2003 to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as the Dormant Accounts Board and to define its functions; to reform the processes by which decisions are made about disbursements, and moneys are disbursed, from the Dormant Accounts Fund; and to provide for the dissolution of the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board and for related matters

Law· Public2005/10enacted

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2004

Act to make further provision for securing the safety, health and welfare of persons at work and for the enforcement of the relevant statutory provisions, to give further effect to Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work and Council Directive 91/383/EEC of 25 June 1991 on measures to improve the safety and health at work of workers with a fixed-duration or temporary employment relationship, to provide for the further regulation of work activities, to continue in being and confer additional functions on the National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health and rename that body as the Health and Safety Authority, to repeal the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989, to provide for the repeal of certain other enactments and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2004/32enacted

State Airports Act 2004

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 June 2004

Act to provide for the vesting, management, operation and development of the State airports known as Dublin Airport, Cork Airport and Shannon Airport and for that purpose to re-name Aer Rianta, cuideachta phoiblí theoranta as Dublin Airport Authority, public limited company to have vested in it, manage, operate and develop Dublin Airport and in connection with this restructuring to provide inter alia for the transfer of certain assets of Aer Rianta cpt in two new public limited companies formed and registered under the Companies Acts 1963 to 2003 one of which to be named Cork Airport Authority, public limited company to have vested in it, manage, operate and develop Cork Airport and the other to be named Shannon Airport Authority, public limited company, to have vested in it, manage, operate and develop Shannon Airport, to amend the Air Navigation and Transport Acts 1936 to 1998, the Customs-free Airport Act 1947, the Aviation Regulation Act 2001 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2005/18enacted

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Act 2005

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2004

Act to provide for the amendment of the Civil Service Regulation Act 1956, to provide for the application of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 to certain civil servants, to provide for the application of the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973 to civil servants, to provide for the amendment of the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, to provide for the amendment of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974, to provide for the amendment of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004, to provide for the alteration of the title of the Secretary to the President and to provide for matters connected with the matters aforesaid

Law· Public2005/21enacted

Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 June 2004

Act to make provision for the development of an area in Grangegorman, Dublin as a location for education, health and other facilities, and for that purpose to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as the Grangegorman Development Agency, to define its functions, to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the National Development Finance Agency Act 2002 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2004/22enacted

National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2004

Act to amend and extend the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 1994 and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2004/44enacted

Road Traffic Act 2004

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2004

Act to amend and extend the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2003 and to amend the Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act 1975 and the Taxi Regulation Act 2003

Law· Public2004/18enacted

Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2004

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 25 May 2004

Act to remove doubt in relation to the lawfulness, under the copyright and Related Rights Act 2000, of displaying certain works in public

Law· Public2004/25enacted

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 2004

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 23 April 2004

Act to amend section 4 of the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1954 and to provide for connected matters

Law· Public2005/25enacted

Adoptive Leave Act 2005

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 20 April 2004

Act to amend the Adoptive Leave Act 1995 and to provide for connected matters

Law· Public2004/19enacted

Health (Amendment) Act 2004

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 April 2004

Act to provide that the members of the health boards established under the Health Act 1970, the Eastern Regional Health Authority, the Northern Area Health Board, the East Coast Area Health Board and the South-Western Area Health Board shall cease to hold office upon the commencement of this Act; to provide that the functions of those bodies shall be performed by their chief executive officers and, in certain circumstances, by the Minister for Health and Children; to remove the distinction between reserved and executive functions; for those purposes to amend the Health Act 1970, the Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act 1996, the Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act 1999 and other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith

Law· Public2004/15enacted

Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 2004

Act to amend and extend the Electoral Acts 1992 to 2002, the European Parliament Elections Acts 1992 to 2004, the Presidential Elections Acts 1992 to 2001, the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2003, the Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2002 and the Referendum Acts 1992 to 2001 and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2004/29enacted

Maritime Security Act 2004

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 4 March 2004

Act to give effect to the United Nations Convention for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of maritime navigation, done at Rome on 10 March 1988, and to the protocol for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of fixed platforms located on the continental shelf, done at Rome on that date.

Law· Public2004/7enacted

Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 17 February 2004

Act to remove the compulsory retirement age for certain categories of new entrants into the public service on or after 1 April 2004, to increase the pensionable age for certain categories of new entrants into the public service from that date, including members of either House of the Oireachtas and certain office holders, and to make consequential provisions, to provide for certain other categories of new entrants, for transitional matters and for the making of a scheme or schemes for the granting of superannuation benefits to or in respect of new entrants into the Permanent Defence Force appointed on or after 1 April 2004, and to provide for connected matters

Law· Public2005/20enacted

Garda Síochána Act 2005

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 13 February 2004

Act to make further and better provision in relation to the Garda Síochána and, in particular, to consolidate with amendments certain enactments relating to the Garda Síochána, to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Coimisiún Ombudsman an Gharda Síochána or, in English, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission for the purposes of ensuring openness, transparency and accountability in the process by which complaints against the Garda Síochána are investigated and also for the establishment of a body to be known as Cigireacht an Gharda Síochána or, in English, the Garda Síochána Inspectorate for the purpose of achieving and maintaining the highest levels of efficiency and effectiveness in the operation and administration of the Garda Síochána, and to provide for related matters.

Law· Public2004/31enacted

Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 11 February 2004

Act to provide for certain procedural and other changes in actions to recover damages for personal injuries; to provide than an action for personal injuries shall not be brought after the expiration of one year from the date of accrual of the cause of action or the date of knowledge of the cause of action whichever occurs later; to provide that where a plaintiff in a personal injuries action gives false evidence, the court may dismiss the plaintiff's action; to make provision in relation to the assessment of damages in a personal injuries action; to make provision in relation to the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court in proceedings relating to land; to provide for the disposal of part of the funds of suitors vested in the Accountant of the Courts of Justice; to make provision in relation to the publication of reports, and production of documents prepared for the purposes, of proceedings to be heard otherwise than in public; and for those purposes, to amend the Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Act 1991, the Civil Liability Act 1961 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2004/9enacted

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2004

Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts, to amend and extend the Pensions Act 1990 for, amongst other purposes, the purpose of giving effect (in so far as they relate to occupational pensions) to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin and Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation and to amend the Health Contributions Act 1979 and the National Training Fund Act 2000

Law· Public2004/37enacted

Council of Europe Development Bank Act 2004

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2004

Act to provide for the approval of the terms of the Agreement for the Council of Europe Development Bank and to provide for matters (including payments) related to that Agreement.

Law· Public2004/5enacted

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Act 2004

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 February 2004

Act to amend and extend the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952 and the Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 in respect of certain duties or licences leviable or issuable thereunder and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2004/8enacted

Finance Act 2004

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 February 2004

Act to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs

Law· Public2004/1enacted

Immigration Act 2004

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 27 January 2004

Act to make provision, in the interests of the common good, for the control of entry into the State, the duration and conditions of stay in the State and obligations while in the State of non-nationals and to provide for related matters

Law· Public2004/24enacted

Equality Act 2004

Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 13 January 2004

Act to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 and Equal Status Act 2000 for the purpose of making further and better provision in relation to equality of treatment in the workplace and elsewhere; to give effect to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation and Directive 2002/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 amending Council Directive 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; and to revoke in part and enact in respect of proceedings under this Act the European Communities (Burden of Proof in Gender Discrimination Cases) Regulations 2001, which gave effect to Council Directive 97/80/EC of 15 December 1997 on the burden of proof in cases of discrimination based on sex