Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022
Number 19 of 2022
CIVIL LAW (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2022
REVISED
Updated to 30 March 2026
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 . 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.
All Acts up to and including the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Act 2026 (7/2026), enacted 30 March 2026, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2026 (S.I. No. 120 of 2026), made 30 March 2026, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 19 of 2022
CIVIL LAW (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2022
REVISED
Updated to 30 March 2026
CONTENTS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and collective citation
Financial Contribution for Hosting of Temporary Protection Beneficiaries
5. Expenses of Minister (Part 2)
6. Eligibility for financial contribution
7. Application for financial contribution
8. Payment of financial contribution
9. Amount of financial contribution
11. Notification of decisions by appointed officer
17. Offences and penalties (Part 2)
18. Provisions relating to prosecutions
19. Disregard of financial contribution for purposes of means-testing
22. Payment of financial contribution not to create landlord and tenant relationship
23. Amendment of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
24. Amendment of Residential Tenancies Act 2004
Amendments of Childcare Support Act 2018
25. Amendment of Childcare Support Act 2018
Amendment of Immigration Act 2004 and Other Enactments
27. Amendment of section 6 of Act of 1999
28. Amendment of section 1 of Act of 2004
29. Amendment of section 4 of Act of 2004
30. Amendment of section 9 of Act of 2004
32. Amendment of section 14 of Act of 2004
33. Amendment of section 18 of Act of 2004
34. Amendment of section 19 of Act of 2004
35. Amendment of Second Schedule to Act of 2004
36. Amendment of Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014
37. Amendment of Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022
38. Amendment of Aliens Order 1946
40. Transitional provisions (Part 4)
Processing of certain personal data
43. Processing of personal data collected in accordance with section 42
Licensed Haulage Emergency Support Scheme
45. Licensed Haulage Emergency Support Scheme
Amendment of Road Traffic Acts
46. Amendment of Road Traffic Act 1961
47. Amendment of Road Traffic Act 2010
Stardust Inquest (Special Jury Provisions)
49. Coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin
50. Application of Act of 1962 and Act of 1976
51. Power to sit with jury for Stardust inquest
52. Assistance to coroner for coroner’s district of Dublin by Courts Service
53. Qualification and liability for service on jury at Stardust inquest
54. Ineligibility and disqualification for service on jury at Stardust inquest
55. Empanelling and summoning of jurors
57. Selection of jury from panel
Acts Referred to
Childcare Support Act 2018 (No. 11)
Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 (No. 21)
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38)
Coroners Act 1962 (No. 9)
Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7)
Education Act 1998 (No. 51)
Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (No. 11)
Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 26)
Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 (No. 7)
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (No. 22)
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (No. 21)
Immigration Act 1999 (No. 22)
Immigration Act 2004 (No. 1)
International Protection Act 2015 (No. 66)
Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23)
Juries Act 1976 (No. 4)
Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37)
Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (No. 34)
Refugee Act 1996 (No. 17)
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 42)
Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27)
Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24)
Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25)
Road Traffic Acts 1961 and 2010
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2018
Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006 (No. 28)
Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26)
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39)
Number 19 of 2022
CIVIL LAW (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2022
REVISED
Updated to 30 March 2026
An Act to make provision for certain matters relating to persons to whom permission to reside in the State is given under section 60(6) of the International Protection Act 2015; to provide for the making of a payment, in certain circumstances, to persons who provide accommodation to such persons; to provide for the making of certain payments in respect of the children of such persons, and for that purpose to amend the Childcare Support Act 2018; to provide for the recognition of certain driving licences held by such persons and for that purpose to amend the Road Traffic Acts 1961 and 2010; to make better provision in relation to the registration of non-nationals in the State and for that purpose to amend the Immigration Act 2004 and other enactments; to provide for the collection by specified persons of personal data of certain persons arriving in the State and to provide for the processing of that data in certain circumstances; to make provision for a scheme established and operated by the Minister for Transport to support certain road haulage operators; to make special provision relating to the jury at coroners’ inquests relating to the deaths of persons at the Stardust nightclub in the city of Dublin in 1981; and to provide for related matters.
[14th July, 2022]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: