15. Enterprise, Economic Development and Tourism

Updated to 31 December 2023 (Act No. 9 of 2024 and S.I. No. 141 of 2024)

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15.1. Digital Hub Development Agency 1

1 See S.I. No. 140 of 2011 and S.I. No. 141 of 2011.
Comms 2 23/2003
Comms 4/2023
2

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

15.2. Credit Guarantee, Enterprise Loans and Export Guarantees

15.2.1. Credit Guarantee

Enterprise 26/2012
Enterprise 1/2016
Enterprise 5/2020
Enterprise 38/2022

15.2.2. Enterprise Loans

Enterprise 31/2012
Enterprise 22/2014
Enterprise 32/2018
Enterprise 3/2020
Enterprise 9/2021

15.2.3. Export Guarantee and Trade Loans Guarantee

Enterprise 5/1939
Enterprise
  • none
9/1949
Enterprise
  • none
2/1953
Enterprise
  • none
38/1954
Agric
  • none
12/1984
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid.
7 This Act prospectively repeals itself in accordance with ss. 7 and 10(3), subject to an order dissolving the Exported Live Stock (Insurance) Board. The Commission is not aware of such an order. The Act is probably obsolete.

15.3. Export Credit Insurance

Enterprise 7/1953
Enterprise
  • none
28/1961
Enterprise
  • none
5/1969
Enterprise
  • none
10/1971
Enterprise
  • none
30/1978
Enterprise
  • none
34/1981
Enterprise
  • none
5/1983
Enterprise
  • none
22/1988

15.4. Export Regulation (Dual-Use Military/Civil Use Goods)

Enterprise 1/2008
Enterprise
  • none
27/2023

15.5. Import Regulation

Enterprise
  • none
12/1934
Enterprise
  • none
8/1937
Enterprise
  • none
13/1963
Enterprise
  • none
20/1964
Enterprise
  • none
20/1962
Enterprise
  • none
13/1958
Enterprise
  • none
14/1966
Enterprise 23/1966
8 This Act appears to be obsolete. SIs made under this Act therefore ceased to have effect and should be revoked. They are: S.R.& O. Nos. 231 of 1934, 255 of 1934, 18 of 1935, 19 of 1935, 160 of 1935, 606 of 1935, 666 of 1935, 668 of 1935, 178 of 1936, 179 of 1936, 180 of 1936, 53 of 1937, 147 of 1937, 197 of 1937, 207 of 1937, 209 of 1937, 213 of 1937, 215 of 1937, 175 of 1938, 176 of 1938, 173 of 1939, 295 of 1939, 353 of 1939, 402 of 1939, 199 of 1940, 214 of 1940, 317 of 1940, 383 of 1940, 384 of 1940, 351 of 1941, 345 of 1946, 347 of 1946, S.I. Nos. 50 of 1948, 97 of 1948, 195 of 1949, 357 of 1949, 173 of 1950, 237 of 1951, 138 of 1952, 145 of 1952, 308 of 1952, 39 of 1953, 220 of 1953, 273 of 1953 300 of 1953, 227 of 1954, 108 of 1955, 205 of 1955, 248 of 1955, 256 of 1955, 257 of 1955, 258 of 1955, 25 of 1956, 206 of 1956, 147 of 1957, 29 of 1958, 134 of 1958, 154 of 1958, 167 of 1958, 168 of 1958, 98 of 1960, 10 of 1962, 118 of 1963, 297 of 1964, 298 of 1964, 261 of 1965, 107 of 1966, 109 of 1966, 114 of 1966, 107 of 1977, 108 of 1977, 266 of 1977, 295 of 1987, 296 of 1987, 305 of 1988, 306 of 1988.
9 This Act appears to be obsolete.
10 Ibid.
11 Ibid.
12 SIs made under this Act appear to be obsolete/spent and should be revoked. They are: S.I. Nos. 254 of 1967, 269 of 1967, 13 of 1973, 262 of 1976, 376 of 1977, 133 of 1983, 163 of 1984, 291 of 1986, 63 of 1987, 64 of 1987, 305 of 1989, 217 of 1990, 68 of 1991, and 54 of 1992.
13 Tea (Importation and Distribution) Act 1956 (20/1956) expired on 30 June 1958 as provided by Tea (Importation and Distribution) Act 1956 (Continuance) Act 1958 (5/1958), s. 2(1), which Act also appears to be obsolete/spent.
14 This Act appears to be obsolete.
15 Ibid.

15.6. Industrial Alcohol Regulation

Enterprise 16
  • none
23/1938
Enterprise
  • none
2/1947
Enterprise
  • none
42/1980
16

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

15.7. Industrial Development

15.7.1. General

Enterprise 9/1986
Enterprise 19 19/1993
Enterprise 20 28/1995
Enterprise 21 34/1998
Higher Ed 22 30/2003
Enterprise 36/2013
Enterprise
  • none
34/2006
Enterprise
  • none
11/2009
Enterprise 4/2014
Enterprise 13/2014
Enterprise
  • none
13/1987
Enterprise 19/2018
Enterprise 46/2019
17 The enabling provision is Industrial Development (No. 2) Act 1981 (14/1981), s. 3. This is repealed by Industrial Development Act 1986 (9/1986), s. 9 subject to s. 3(3): (3) An order under section 3 of the Industrial Development (No. 2) Act, 1981, in force immediately before the commencement of this section shall continue in force and shall be deemed to be an order made under this section.
18 The enabling provision is Industrial Development Act 1986 (9/1986), s. 31(1). This was amended by Industrial Development (Amendment) Act 1991 (30/1991), s. 9(d), commenced by S.I. No. 365 of 1991. The amendment does not appear to affect the status of these regulations.
19

Higher Ed (in part): see S.I. No. 586 of 2020. Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

20

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011

21

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

22

See S.I. No. 586 of 2020. Enterprise (in part): see S.I. No. 587 of 2020. Previously Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

23 All other Acts in the collectively cited Export Promotion Acts 1959 to 1987 were repealed by the Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998 (34/1998). Section 2, the remaining substantive provision of this Act, concerns the licensing of Special Trading Houses. Section 29 of the Finance Act 1987 which established them is repealed. Special Trading Houses are referred in the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, ss. 443(12) and 496 (which refers to s. 443). Section 443 was deleted by the Finance Act 2013, s. 54 and sch. 1 par. 20. The Act is probably obsolete.

15.7.2. Cement Control (Former) 24

24 1964 and 2000 Acts appear to be obsolete/spent.
Enterprise
  • none
40/1964
Enterprise 31/2000

15.7.3. Duty-Free Airport: Shannon

15.8. Irish Steel Limited

Enterprise 8/1996

15.9. Kilkenny Design Workshops

Finance 25
  • none
26/1982
25 Responsibility under ss. 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 11 assigned to Public Expenditure and Reform by S.I No. 418 of 2011.

15.10. Nitrigin Éireann Teoranta (Irish Fertilizers Industries PLC)

Enterprise
  • none
21/2001

15.11. Tourism

Gaeltacht 26 24/1939
Gaeltacht 27
  • none
15/1952
Gaeltacht 5/1955
Gaeltacht
  • none
27/1957
Gaeltacht
  • none
3/1966
Gaeltacht
  • none
16/1970
Gaeltacht
  • none
31/1983
Gaeltacht
  • none
13/1995
Gaeltacht 28 10/2003
Gaeltacht
  • none
33/2011
Gaeltacht
  • none
14/2016
Gaeltacht
  • none
51/2022
26

See S.I. No. 356 of 2020 [transferred functions for Acts 1939- 2016]

27

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

28

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

15.12. ECA Section 3 Statutory Instruments

Foreign 27/1972
29

Rendered obsolete by repeal of Council Decision 75/210/EEC.

30

Rendered obsolete by revocation of S.I. No. 312 of 1998.

31

Rendered obsolete by revocation of S.I. No. 417 of 2001.

32

Rendered obsolete by revocation of S.I. No. 417 of 2001.

33

Rendered obsolete by revocation of S.I. No. 299 of 2000.