28. Oireachtas (National Parliament) and Legislation
Updated to 3 September 2024 (Act No. 30 of 2024 and S.I. No. of 442 of 2024)
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► 28.1. Houses of the Oireachtas Service
Public Exp 1 | 28/2003 | |
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39/2006 |
Finance |
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44/2009 |
Finance |
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50/2012 |
Finance | 3/2013 | |
Finance |
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34/2015 |
Finance |
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53/2015 |
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41/2018 |
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41/2021 |
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Except s. 5(1) and 13(5)(a): Finance: see S.I. No. 418 of 2011.
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► 28.2. Committees of the Oireachtas
► 28.2.1. Witnesses
Public Exp | 33/2013 | |
Public Exp |
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47/1998 |
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Repealed Oireachtas Witnesses Oaths Act 1924 (53/1924), Houses of the Oireachtas (Laying of Documents) Act 1966 (10/1966), Committee of Public Accounts of Dáil Éireann (Privilege and Procedure) Act 1970 (22/1970), Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Privilege and Procedure) Act 1976 (10/1976), Select Committee on Legislation and Security of Dáil Éireann (Privilege and Immunity) Act 1994 (32/1994), Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Compellability Privileges and Immunities of Witnesses) Act 1997 (17/1997), and Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Compellability Privileges and Immunities of Witnesses) (Amendment) Act 2004 (16/2004) and 14 pre-1922 Acts.
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► 28.3. Legislation and Law Reform
► 28.3.1. Adaptation of Pre-1922 Charters
► 28.3.2. Adaptation of Pre-1922 Legislation
► 28.3.3. Effect of Constitution of Ireland 1937
► 28.3.4. Interpretation of Legislation
► 28.3.5. Law Reform Commission
Taoiseach 67 | 3/1975 | |
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Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. |
► 28.3.6. Private Acts: Costs
Public Exp |
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52/1924 |
► 28.3.7. Statutory Instruments/Secondary Legislation
Public Exp |
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44/1947 |
Public Exp |
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26/1955 |
► 28.3.8. Statute Law Revision: Repeal of Obsolete Legislation
Public Exp |
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28/2007 |
Public Exp |
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29/1962 |
Public Exp |
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11/1983 |
Public Exp |
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32/2005 |
Public Exp |
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46/2009 |
Public Exp |
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19/2012 |
Public Exp |
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23/2015 |
Public Exp |
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20/2016 |
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Schedule 1 of the Statute Law Revision Act 2007 contains the definitive list of 1,364 pre-1922 Public Acts retained in force as of May 2007. Since then, a number of these pre-1922 Acts have repealed, notably over 150 pre-1922 Acts repealed by the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009).
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Contains a definitive list of 138 pre-1922 (a) Local and Personal Acts (enacted up to 1850) and (b) Private Statutes (enacted up to 1750) retained in force in 2009 (see also the list in the 2012 Act, below). This Classified List contains Public Acts only.
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Contains a definitive list of the remaining 796 pre-1922 (a) Local and Personal Acts (enacted between 1851 and 1922) and (b) Private Statutes (enacted between 1751 and 1922) retained in force in 2012 (completes the list in the 2009 Act, above). This Classified List contains Public Acts only.
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Revoked all secondary instruments such as orders, proclamations and declarations applicable to Ireland made before 1821, apart from 43 instruments listed in its first schedule. The Act expressly revoked 5,782 instruments listed in the second schedule.
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Repealed 297 Acts made 1922-1950. |
► 28.3.9. Statute Law Restatement: Administrative Consolidation (Revised Acts)
Public Exp |
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33/2002 |
► 28.4. Members of the Oireachtas
► 28.4.1. Salaries and Allowances
► 28.5. Procedure 85
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Article 15.10 of the Constitution of Ireland provides that each House of the Oireachtas (Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann) shall make its own rules and standing orders. The current Standing Orders of each House of the Oireachtas are available at www.oireachhtas.ie.
► 28.5.1. Laying of Documents
Public Exp |
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33/2013 |
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Part 13. Repealed Houses of the Oireachtas (Laying of Documents) Act 1966 (10/1966), among others.
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► 28.6. Parliamentary Offices and Staff
Finance | 38/1938 | |
Finance |
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21/1949 |
Finance |
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19/1952 |
Transport 88 |
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38/1959 |
Finance |
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21/1972 |
Finance 90 |
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30/2001 |
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See also Title 26: National Government, above.
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Functions transferred to Public Service (now Transport) by S.I. No. 294 of 1973. However, it appears that Finance may have current responsibility.
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See also Title 26: National Government, above.
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Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. |
► 28.7. President of Ireland
Finance |
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37/1937 |
Finance 91 | 24/1938 | |
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22/1947 |
Finance |
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18/1973 |
Finance |
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10/1991 |
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However orders made under this Act were made by the Taoiseach, implying responsibility lying with the Department of the Taoiseach.
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► 28.8. Tribunals of Inquiry and Commissions of Investigation
► 28.8.1. Tribunals of Inquiry
Justice | 11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 7 | |
Justice 92 |
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3/1979 |
Justice |
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42/1997 |
Justice |
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11/1998 |
Justice |
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18/1998 |
Justice 93 |
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7/2002 |
Justice |
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13/2004 |
Local Gov |
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39/2004 |
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Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011.
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Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. |
► 28.8.2. Commissions of Investigation
► 28.8.3. Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse
► 28.9. ECA Section 3 Statutory Instruments
Foreign | 27/1972 | |