Classified List
19. Foreign Affairs and International Relations
Updated to 24 June 2026 (Act No. 11 of 2026 and S.I. No. 284 of 2026)
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► 19.1. Council of Europe
► 19.1.1. Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
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20/2003 |
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See S.I. No. 139 of 2011.
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See also Heading 5: Citizenship, above.
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► 19.1.2. Council of Europe Development Bank
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37/2004 |
► 19.2. Diplomatic and Consular Relations
► 19.3. European Union and European Communities
► 19.4. Geneva Conventions on Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces
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11/1962 |
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35/1998 |
► 19.5. Foreign Direct Investment
| Enterprise | 28/2023 | |
► 19.6. International Development and Finance Organisations
► 19.6.1. African Development Bank
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40/2018 |
► 19.6.2. Asian Development Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
| Finance |
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34/2005 |
| Finance |
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24/2017 |
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This Act also amended other Acts in this sub-heading.
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► 19.6.3. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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1/1991 |
► 19.6.4. International Development Association
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35/1960 |
| Finance |
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35/1971 |
| Finance |
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30/1973 |
| Finance |
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34/1977 |
| Finance |
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20/1978 |
| Finance |
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15/1980 |
| Finance |
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33/1983 |
| Finance |
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21/1985 |
| Finance |
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5/1988 |
| Finance |
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29/1990 |
| Finance |
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26/1993 |
| Finance |
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19/1997 |
| Finance |
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10/2000 |
| Finance |
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12/2000 |
| Finance |
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26/2004 |
► 19.6.5. International Finance Corporation
| Finance 9 |
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22/1958 |
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Functions partly delegated to National Treasury Management Agency by S.I. No 277 of 1990.
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► 19.6.6. International Common Fund for Commodities
| Finance |
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7/1982 |
► 19.6.7. International Monetary Fund & International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
| Finance 10 |
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18/1957 |
| Finance | 10/1969 | |
| Finance |
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19/1977 |
| Finance |
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4/1999 |
| Finance |
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1/2011 |
| Finance |
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5/2012 |
| Finance | 36/2022 | |
| Finance | 3/2024 | |
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Ibid.
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► 19.6.8. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
| Finance 11 |
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32/1988 |
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Ibid.
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► 19.7. Northern Ireland
► 19.7.1. British-Irish Agreement
| Taoiseach 12 | 1/1999 | |
| Taoiseach |
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12/1999 |
| Finance | 16/1999 | |
| Foreign | 32/2006 | |
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Community (in part): See S.I. No. 175 of 2025 Local Gov (in part): see S.I. No. 340 of 2020. Previously Gaeltacht (in part): see S.I. No. 164 of 2011, S.I. No. 195 of 2011 and S.I. No. 220 of 2011. Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 480 of 2011. |
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► 19.7.2. Implementation Bodies 13
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The British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act 2002 (26/2002) expired on 10 May 2007: see British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act 2002 (Expiry) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 218 of 2007); note however the consequential provision in s. 6 of the Act.
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6/2005 |
► 19.7.3. Decommissioning of Weapons
► 19.7.4. Location of Victims’ Remains
| Justice | 9/1999 | |
► 19.8. United Kingdom and Common Travel Area
► 19.9. Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
| Finance | 21/1976 | |
► 19.10. Passports
| Foreign 33 | 4/2008 | |
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Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. |
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► 19.11. Peace Treaties
| Foreign | 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 33 | |
| Foreign | 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 6 | |
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This Act appears to be obsolete and should be repealed with its related secondary legislation.
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Ibid.
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► 19.12. ECA Section 3 Statutory Instruments
| Foreign | 27/1972 | |