Ombudsman Act 1980
F26[SECOND SCHEDULE
Exempt Agencies
1. Abbey Theatre
2. Aer Lingus
3. An Bord Pleanála
4. An Post
5. Army Pensions Board
6. Arramara Teoranta
7. Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners
8. Bord Gais Éireann
9. Bord na gCon
10. Bord na Móna
11. Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
12. Bus Átha Cliath — Dublin Bus
13. Bus Éireann
14. Central Bank of Ireland
15. Coillte Teoranta
16. Coimisinéir Teanga
17. Commission for Aviation Regulation
18. Commission for Communications Regulation
19. Commission for Energy Regulation
20. Commission for Public Service Appointments
21. Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse
22. Commissioners of Irish Lights
23. Comptroller and Auditor General
24. Córas Iompair Éireann
25. Cork Airport Authority plc.
26. Coroners appointed under the Coroners Act 1962
27. Criminal Assets Bureau
28. Data Protection Commissioner
29. Defence Forces
30. Director of Public Prosecutions
31. Drogheda Port Company
32. Dublin Airport Authority plc.
33. Dublin Port Company
34. Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company
35. EirGrid plc.
36. Electricity Supply Board
37. Employment Appeals Tribunal
38. Environmental Protection Agency
39. Equality Tribunal
40. Financial Services Ombudsman
41. Galway Harbour Company
42. F27[…]
43. Garda Síochána
F28[44. Fiosrú - Oifig an Ombudsman Póilíneachta]
45. Health Insurance Authority
46. Horse Racing Ireland
47. Housing Finance Agency plc.
48. Human Rights Commission
49. Iarnród Éireann — Irish Rail
50. Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority
51. Irish Aviation Authority
52. Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited
53. Irish Film Board
54. Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal
55. Irish National Petroleum Corporation Limited
56. Irish National Stud Company Limited
57. Judge Advocate-General
58. Judicial Appointments Advisory Board
59. Judicial Studies Institute
60. Labour Court
61. Labour Relations Commission
62. Law Reform Commission
63. Marine Casualty Investigation Board
64. Medical Bureau of Road Safety
65. Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board
66. Mental Health Commission
67. Mining Board
68. National Advisory Committee on Drugs
69. National Asset Management Agency
70. National Concert Hall
71. F29[…]
72. National Disability Authority
73. National Economic and Social Development Office
74. National Lottery Company (within the meaning of the National Lottery Act 1986 )
75. National Oil Reserves Agency
76. F30[…]
77. National Tourism Development Authority
78. National Treasury Management Agency
79. New Ross Port Company
80. Office of the Attorney General
81. Office of the Confidential Recipient
82. Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
83. Office of the Information Commissioner
84. Office of the Inspector of Prisons
85. Office of the Ombudsman
86. Office of the Ombudsman for Children
87. Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces
88. Office of the President
89. Pensions Ombudsman
90. Poisons Council
91. Port of Cork Company
92. Port of Waterford Company
93. Private Security Authority
94. Private Security Appeal Board
95. Raidió Teilifís Éireann
96. Railway Procurement Agency
97. Referendum Commission
98. Refugee Appeals Tribunal
99. Refugee Applications Commissioner
100. Residential Institutions Redress Board
101. Rights Commissioners
102. Shannon Airport Authority plc.
103. Shannon Foynes Port Company
104. Social Welfare Tribunal
105. Standards in Public Office Commission
106. State Pathologist
107. Teilifís na Gaeilge
108. Valuation Tribunal
109. Voluntary Health Insurance Board
110. Wicklow Port Company]
F31[111. An tÚdarás Póilíneachta agus Sábháilteachta Pobail
112. Oifig an Scrúdaitheora Neamhspleáchum Reachtaíocht Slándála]
Annotations
Amendments:
F26
Substituted (31.10.2012, 30.04.2013) by Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2012 (38/2012), s. 16 and sch. part 2, in effect as per s. 1(3).
F27
Deleted (2.04.2025) by Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), s. 267(a), S.I. No. 107 of 2025, art. 2.
F28
Substituted (2.04.2025) by Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), s. 267(b), S.I. No. 107 of 2025, art. 2.
F29
Deleted (27.01.2015) by National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (23/2014), s. 5(1) and sch. 1 part 2 item 1(a), S.I. No. 22 of 2015, art. 2(a)(ii).
F30
Deleted (31.12.2021) by National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (23/2014), s. 5(1) and sch. 1 part 2 item 1(b), S.I. No. 608 of 2021, art. 2(a)(i).
F31
Inserted (2.04.2025) by Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (1/2024), s. 267(c), S.I. No. 107 of 2025, art. 2.
Modifications (not altering text):
C31
Prospective affecting provision: references to Employment Appeals Tribunal construed as Workplace Relations Commission or Labour Court by Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), s. 66(2), not commenced as of date of revision.
Transfer of functions from Employment Appeals Tribunal
66 ...
(2) (a) References in any enactment or instrument under an enactment to the Employment Appeals Tribunal in so far as they relate to a function transferred by paragraph (a) of subsection (1) shall be construed as references to the Commission.
(b) References in any enactment or instrument under an enactment to the Employment Appeals Tribunal in so far as they relate to a function transferred by paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall be construed as references to the Labour Court.
...
C32
References to "Bord na gCon" construed as "Rásaíocht Con Éireann" (1.10.2020) by Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), s. 8, S.I. No. 399 of 2020.
Change of name of Bord na gCon
8. ...
(2) References in any enactment, statutory instrument or legal proceedings or any other document to Bord na gCon shall, on and from the commencement of this section, be read as references to Rásaíocht Con Éireann.
C33
References to Data Protection Commissioner construed as Data Protection Commission (25.05.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), s. 14(2), S.I. No. 174 of 2018.
Transfer of functions of Data Protection Commissioner to Commission
14. ...
(2) A reference in any enactment or instrument under an enactment to the Data Protection Commissioner or to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner shall be construed as a reference to the Commission.
...
C34
References to Human Rights Commission construed as Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (1.11.2014) by Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 (25/2014), s. 44(2), S.I. No. 449 of 2014.
Transfer of functions to Commission
44. ...
(2) References in any enactment or instrument under an enactment to the Human Rights Commission or the Equality Authority, as the case may be (howsoever described) shall be construed as references to the Commission save where other provision is made as respects the construction of the first-mentioned references by any enactment passed before the passing of this Act.
...
C35
References to Dublin Airport Authority plc construed as daa (27.07.2014) by State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014 (27/2014), s. 32(2), commenced on enactment.
Re-naming Dublin Airport Authority as daa
32. ...
(2) A reference in the Act of 2004 or any other enactment, statutory instrument or any other document or proceedings to Dublin Airport Authority is to be read as a reference to daa.
C36
References to Dublin Airport Authority construed as daa (27.07.2014) by State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014(27/2014), s. 33(4)(b), commenced on enactment.
Consequential amendments relating to preceding sections
33. ...
(4) A reference in any other enactment or instrument made under an enactment (other than an enactment referred to in this section) to— ...
(b) Dublin Airport Authority is to be read as a reference to daa.
...
C37
References to Bord Gáis Éireann construed as Ervia (19.06.2014) by ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014 (5/2014), s. 8, S.I. No. 286 of 2014.
Change of name of Bord Gáis Éireann to Ervia
8....
(2) References in any enactment, statutory instrument, legal proceedings or any other document to Bord Gáis Éireann or The Irish Gas Board shall, on and from the day appointed under subsection (1), be construed as references to Ervia.
Editorial Notes:
E37
Previous affecting provision: schedule amended (6.07.2011) by Inland Fisheries Act 2010 (10/2010), s. 8 and sch. 2 part 5, commenced as per s. 5(2) and S.I. No. 262 of 2010; substituted (31.10.2012, 30.04.2013) as per F-note above.
E38
Previous affecting provision: schedule amended (1.11.2010) by Adoption Act 2010 (21/2010), s. 167(b), S.I. No. 511 of 2010; substituted (31.10.2012, 30.04.2013) as per F-note above.
E39
Previous affecting provision: schedule amended (1.05.2007) by Consumer Protection Act 2007 (19/2007), s. 40 and sch. 3 part 1, S.I. No. 178 of 2007; substituted (31.10.2012, 30.04.2013) as per F-note above.
E40
Previous affecting provision: schedule amended (1.01.2005) by Health Act 2004 (42/2004), s. 75 and sch. 6 part 8 item 2, S.I. No. 887 of 2004; substituted (31.10.2012, 30.04.2013) as per F-note above.
E41
Previous affecting provision: schedule amended (28.02.2002) by ACC Bank Act 2001 (12/2001), s. 12 and sch. part 1, S.I. No. 69 of 2002; substituted (31.10.2012, 30.04.2013) as per F-note above.
E42
Previous affecting provision: schedule amended (7.12.2000) by ICC Bank Act 2000 (32/2000), s. 7(1) and sch. part 1, S.I. No. 46 of 2001; substituted (31.10.2012, 30.04.2013) as per F-note above.
E43
Previous affecting provision: schedule amended (1.04.1985) by Ombudsman Act 1980 (Second Schedule) (Amendment) Order 1985 (S.I. No. 69 of 1985), art 2(a), in effect as per art. 1(2); substituted (31.10.2012, 30.04.2013) as per F-note above.
E44
Previous affecting provision: "Bodies established under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act, 1971 ", "Central Fisheries Board", "Fire Services Council", "Housing Finance Agency", "Irish Film Board", "National Concert Hall Company", "Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board", "Youth Employment Agency" inserted (1.04.1985) by Ombudsman Act 1980 (Second Schedule) (Amendment) Order 1985 (S.I. No. 69 of 1985), art 2(b); superseded (31.10.2012) by Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2012 (38/2012), s. 16 and sch., pt. 2, in effect as per s. 1(3).
E45
Previous affecting provision: "Bodies set up under the Health Acts" substituted for "Bodies (other than health boards) established by or under the Health Acts, 1947 to 1981" (1.04.1985) by Ombudsman Act 1980 (Second Schedule) (Amendment) Order 1985 (S.I. No. 69 of 1985), art 2(c); superseded (31.10.2012) by Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2012 (38/2012), s. 16 and sch., pt. 2, in effect as per s. 1(3).