Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Act 2014
Number 13 of 2014
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT (FORFÁS DISSOLUTION) ACT 2014
REVISED
Updated to 1 August 2024
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Act 2014 . It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 13 of 2014
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT (FORFÁS DISSOLUTION) ACT 2014
REVISED
Updated to 1 August 2024
CONTENTS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title, collective citations and commencement
Staff of Enterprise Ireland
5. Staff of Enterprise Ireland and subsidiaries of Enterprise Ireland
6. Transfer of seconded staff to Enterprise Ireland
7. Superannuation scheme relating to Enterprise Ireland
Staff of IDA
8. Staff of IDA and subsidiaries of IDA
9. Transfer of seconded staff to IDA
10. Superannuation scheme relating to IDA
Staff of Science Foundation Ireland
11. Staff of Science Foundation Ireland (Repealed)
12. Transfer of seconded staff to Science Foundation Ireland (Repealed)
13. Superannuation scheme relating to Science Foundation Ireland (Repealed)
Staff of Forfás Seconded to National Standards Authority of Ireland
14. Transfer of seconded staff to National Standards Authority of Ireland
Dissolution of Forfás
17. References to agencies of Forfás
18. Transfer of functions to Enterprise Ireland and IDA
19. Transfer of functions to Minister
20. Liability for loss occurring before dissolution day
22. Transfer of rights and liabilities
23. Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, assets and liabilities
24. Transfer of certain members of staff of Forfás
25. Superannuation schemes administered by dissolved body
26. Administration of superannuation scheme or arrangement by relevant body on behalf of Minister
27. Final accounts and final annual report of dissolved body
Irish National Accreditation Board
28. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2005
29. Transfer of accreditation from Forfás
30. Amendment of section 34 of Act of 2005
31. Transfer of certain members of staff of Forfás to Authority
32. Irish National Accreditation Board
33. Amendment of section 47 of Act of 2005
34. Amendment of section 73 of Act of 2005
35. Amendment of section 77 of Act of 2005
36. Insertion of Schedule 6A into Act of 2005
Amendments to Other Acts
39. Saver in respect of certain schemes
40. Amendment of Metrology Act 1996
Functions Transferred to Enterprise Ireland and IDA
Acts Referred to
Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005
Carer’s Leave Act 2001 (No. 19)
Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005
Consumer Protection Act 2007 (No. 19)
County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Act 2014 (No. 4)
Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001
European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (No. 2)
Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998 (No. 34)
Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Act 2013 (No. 36)
Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003 (No. 30)
Industrial Development Act 1986 (No. 9)
Industrial Development Act 1993 (No. 19)
Industrial Development Act 1995 (No. 28)
Industrial Development Acts 1986 to 2013
Industrial Research and Standards Act 1961 (No. 20)
Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23)
Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004
Metrology Act 1996 (No. 27)
Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005
National Standards Authority of Ireland Act 1996 (No. 28)
Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 (No. 20)
Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006
Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 (No. 29)
Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (No. 45)
Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (No. 33)
Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (No. 37)
Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2012
Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (No. 10)
Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Acts 2005 and 2010
Science and Technology Act 1987 (No. 30)
Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2012
Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007
Number 13 of 2014
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT (FORFÁS DISSOLUTION) ACT 2014
REVISED
Updated to 1 August 2024
An Act to make provision for the dissolution of Forfás; to transfer certain functions of Forfás to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Enterprise Ireland, the Industrial Development Agency (Ireland) and the Health and Safety Authority; to provide for the Irish National Accreditation Board as a Committee of the Health and Safety Authority; to amend the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, the Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003, the Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998, the Metrology Act 1996, the Industrial Development Act 1995, the Industrial Development Act 1993 and to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
[29th June, 2014]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: