# migrations

dir: sysdb
filename: 00001-collections.sqlite.sql
hash: 38352d725ad1c16074fac420b22b4633
sql:
CREATE TABLE collections (
    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    name TEXT NOT NULL,
    topic TEXT NOT NULL,
    UNIQUE (name)
);

CREATE TABLE collection_metadata (
    collection_id TEXT REFERENCES collections(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
    key TEXT NOT NULL,
    str_value TEXT,
    int_value INTEGER,
    float_value REAL,
    PRIMARY KEY (collection_id, key)
);


dir: sysdb
filename: 00002-segments.sqlite.sql
hash: 2913cb6a503055a95f625448037e8912
sql:
CREATE TABLE segments (
    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    type TEXT NOT NULL,
    scope TEXT NOT NULL,
    topic TEXT,
    collection TEXT REFERENCES collection(id)
);

CREATE TABLE segment_metadata (
    segment_id TEXT  REFERENCES segments(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
    key TEXT NOT NULL,
    str_value TEXT,
    int_value INTEGER,
    float_value REAL,
    PRIMARY KEY (segment_id, key)
);


dir: sysdb
filename: 00004-tenants-databases.sqlite.sql
hash: 048867ce8fcdefe4023c7110e4433591
sql:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tenants (
    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    UNIQUE (id)
);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS databases (
    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, -- unique globally
    name TEXT NOT NULL, -- unique per tenant
    tenant_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tenants(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
    UNIQUE (tenant_id, name) -- Ensure that a tenant has only one database with a given name
);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS collections_tmp (
    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, -- unique globally
    name TEXT NOT NULL, -- unique per database
    topic TEXT NOT NULL,
    dimension INTEGER,
    database_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES databases(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
    UNIQUE (name, database_id)
);

-- Create default tenant and database
INSERT OR REPLACE INTO tenants (id) VALUES ('default_tenant'); -- The default tenant id is 'default_tenant' others are UUIDs
INSERT OR REPLACE INTO databases (id, name, tenant_id) VALUES ('00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000', 'default_database', 'default_tenant');

INSERT OR REPLACE INTO collections_tmp (id, name, topic, dimension, database_id)
    SELECT id, name, topic, dimension, '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000' FROM collections;
DROP TABLE collections;
ALTER TABLE collections_tmp RENAME TO collections;


dir: sysdb
filename: 00005-remove-topic.sqlite.sql
hash: b1367c826b8fba5f96f27befdc1d42d2
sql:
-- Remove the topic column from the Collections and Segments tables

ALTER TABLE collections DROP COLUMN topic;
ALTER TABLE segments DROP COLUMN topic;


dir: sysdb
filename: 00006-collection-segment-metadata.sqlite.sql
hash: 4eea7468935bf25d4604a0fed2366116
sql:
-- SQLite does not support adding check with alter table, as a result, adding a check
-- involve creating a new table and copying the data over. It is over kill with adding
-- a boolean type column. The application write to the table needs to ensure the data
-- integrity.
ALTER TABLE collection_metadata ADD COLUMN bool_value INTEGER;
ALTER TABLE segment_metadata ADD COLUMN bool_value INTEGER;


dir: sysdb
filename: 00007-collection-config.sqlite.sql
hash: 1c7e63bba346a42a18b6ab7f1c989bed
sql:
-- Stores collection configuration dictionaries.
ALTER TABLE collections ADD COLUMN config_json_str TEXT;


dir: sysdb
filename: 00008-maintenance-log.sqlite.sql
hash: 0a0e7e93111a01789addf64961c6127c
sql:
-- Records when database maintenance operations are performed.
-- At time of creation, this table is only used to record vacuum operations.
CREATE TABLE maintenance_log (
  id INT PRIMARY KEY,
  timestamp INT NOT NULL,
  operation TEXT NOT NULL
);


dir: sysdb
filename: 00009-segment-collection-not-null.sqlite.sql
hash: 054355aef9e63702bf54ea29e61563f1
sql:
-- This makes segments.collection non-nullable.
CREATE TABLE segments_temp (
    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    type TEXT NOT NULL,
    scope TEXT NOT NULL,
    collection TEXT REFERENCES collection(id) NOT NULL
);

INSERT INTO segments_temp SELECT * FROM segments;
DROP TABLE segments;
ALTER TABLE segments_temp RENAME TO segments;


dir: metadb
filename: 00001-embedding-metadata.sqlite.sql
hash: 2b4cf52c4bb2676e21d6860a4409f856
sql:
CREATE TABLE embeddings (
    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    segment_id TEXT NOT NULL,
    embedding_id TEXT NOT NULL,
    seq_id BLOB NOT NULL,
    created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
    UNIQUE (segment_id, embedding_id)
);

CREATE TABLE embedding_metadata (
    id INTEGER REFERENCES embeddings(id),
    key TEXT NOT NULL,
    string_value TEXT,
    int_value INTEGER,
    float_value REAL,
    PRIMARY KEY (id, key)
);

CREATE TABLE max_seq_id (
    segment_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    seq_id BLOB NOT NULL
);

CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE embedding_fulltext USING fts5(id, string_value);


dir: metadb
filename: 00002-embedding-metadata.sqlite.sql
hash: 12a570f7121b3a8ce750a2a7c36da20f
sql:
-- SQLite does not support adding check with alter table, as a result, adding a check
-- involve creating a new table and copying the data over. It is over kill with adding
-- a boolean type column. The application write to the table needs to ensure the data
-- integrity.
ALTER TABLE embedding_metadata ADD COLUMN bool_value INTEGER


dir: metadb
filename: 00003-full-text-tokenize.sqlite.sql
hash: f97ad6334aeaa8f419f01110b648b97a
sql:
CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE embedding_fulltext_search USING fts5(string_value, tokenize='trigram');
INSERT INTO embedding_fulltext_search (rowid, string_value) SELECT rowid, string_value FROM embedding_metadata;
DROP TABLE embedding_fulltext;


dir: metadb
filename: 00004-metadata-indices.sqlite.sql
hash: fb36603a45ee2cd0254cef3ef86585e8
sql:
CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS embedding_metadata_int_value ON embedding_metadata (key, int_value) WHERE int_value IS NOT NULL;
CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS embedding_metadata_float_value ON embedding_metadata (key, float_value) WHERE float_value IS NOT NULL;
CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS embedding_metadata_string_value ON embedding_metadata (key, string_value) WHERE string_value IS NOT NULL;


dir: metadb
filename: 00005-max-seq-id-int.sqlite.sql
hash: 0e9de46758761b373ce682925edcc326
sql:
ALTER TABLE max_seq_id ADD COLUMN int_seq_id INTEGER;

-- Convert 8 byte wide big-endian integer as blob to native 64 bit integer.
-- Adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/70296198.
UPDATE max_seq_id SET int_seq_id = (
  SELECT (
       (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -1 , 1)) <<  0)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -2 , 1)) <<  4)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -3 , 1)) <<  8)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -4 , 1)) << 12)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -5 , 1)) << 16)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -6 , 1)) << 20)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -7 , 1)) << 24)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -8 , 1)) << 28)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -9 , 1)) << 32)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -10, 1)) << 36)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -11, 1)) << 40)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -12, 1)) << 44)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -13, 1)) << 48)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -14, 1)) << 52)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -15, 1)) << 56)
     | (instr('123456789ABCDEF', substr(hex(seq_id), -16, 1)) << 60)
    )
);

ALTER TABLE max_seq_id DROP COLUMN seq_id;
ALTER TABLE max_seq_id RENAME COLUMN int_seq_id TO seq_id;


dir: embeddings_queue
filename: 00001-embeddings.sqlite.sql
hash: d3755dfd232be8e8301f4d7fcfb3a486
sql:
CREATE TABLE embeddings_queue (
    seq_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
    operation INTEGER NOT NULL,
    topic TEXT NOT NULL,
    id TEXT NOT NULL,
    vector BLOB,
    encoding TEXT,
    metadata TEXT
);


# collections

id: 58118540-7e06-4e48-8ee7-4d09f7d8e664
name: legal_docs
database_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
config_json_str:
{"vector_index":{"hnsw":{"space":"l2","ef_construction":100,"ef_search":100,"max_neighbors":16,"resize_factor":1.2,"sync_threshold":1000}},"embedding_function":null}


# embedding_metadata

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 104 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
SEANAD ELECTORAL (UNIVERSITY MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) ACT 
2024 (PRESCRIBED MATTERS) REGULATIONS 2025 
 
 
 
2  [104] 
S.I. No. 104 of 2025 
 
SEANAD ELECTORAL (UNIVERSITY MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) ACT 
2024 (PRESCRIBED MATTERS) REGULATIONS 2025 
 
I, JAMES BROWNE, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in 
exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 of the Seanad Electoral


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exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 of the Seanad Electoral 
(University Members) (Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 40 of 2024), hereby make 
the following regulations:  
1. 
These Regulations may be cited as the Seanad Electoral (University 
Members) (Amendment) Act 2024 (Prescribed Matters) Regulations 2025.  
 
2. 
The Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Prescribed Matters) 
Regulations 1938 to 2024 and these Regulations shall be construed as one and


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Regulations 1938 to 2024 and these Regulations shall be construed as one and 
may be cited together as the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Prescribed 
Matters) Regulations 1938 to 2025. 
 
3. 
In these regulations “the Act” means the Seanad Electoral (University 
Members) (Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 40 of 2024). 
 
4. 
Every form set forth in the Schedule to these Regulations is the form 
prescribed for the purposes for which the form is expressed in the said Schedule


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prescribed for the purposes for which the form is expressed in the said Schedule 
at the head of such form.  
 
5. 
The fee to be paid under Section 15(2)(d) of the Act or Rule 24 in the 
Schedule of the Act by an applicant for a copy of the register of electors or part 
thereof shall be €100. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
31 March, 2025. 
 
JAMES BROWNE, 
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.


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31 March, 2025. 
 
JAMES BROWNE, 
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 
 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 4th April, 2025. 
[104]  3 
Schedule 
PART 2 
LIST OF FORMS IN SCHEDULE. 
Forms to be used in relation to registration 
Form Number 
Title 
Schedule reference 
SV01 
Claim form for entry to the register for the 
Higher Education Constituency 
Rules 2 to 8, 14 
SV03 
Claim form for correction of entry in the


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Higher Education Constituency 
Rules 2 to 8, 14 
SV03 
Claim form for correction of entry in the 
register of electors 
Rule 21 
SV04 
Notice of appeal to Chief Registration 
Officer of a decision made 
Rule 25 
 
 
 
4  [104] 
 
RULE 2 
Form SV01 
FORM OF CLAIM TO BE REGISTERED AS AN ELECTOR IN 
REGISTER OF ELECTORS OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION 
CONSTITUENCY (Referred to/provided for in Rules 2-8 and 14) 
 
 
 
 
[104]  5 
 
It’s easier online! 
The easiest way to 
register to vote is online


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[104]  5 
 
It’s easier online! 
The easiest way to 
register to vote is online 
www.SeanadVoter.ie 
 
Information and Guidance 
Claim for entry to the register for the Higher Education Constituency 
This form should be used by eligible persons to submit their claim to be 
entered on the register of electors for the Seanad Higher Education 
constituency. The easiest way to register is by completing the application form 
online at www.SeanadVoter.ie. 
Important: Eligibility to Register


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online at www.SeanadVoter.ie. 
Important: Eligibility to Register 
Important Dates 
You must be: 
➢ a citizen of Ireland, and 
➢ eighteen years of age or 
older, and 
➢ have received a degree (other 
than an honorary degree) 
which is at least at bachelor 
degree level, from a 
Designated Institution (list 
below). 
➢ Applications must be received by 
the 26 February annually. 
➢ Late applications will not be 
considered.  
➢ The revised register of electors 
will be published and come into


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considered.  
➢ The revised register of electors 
will be published and come into 
force on 1 June annually from 
2026.  
The current (27th) Seanad includes the Senators elected on the basis of the 
NUI and University of Dublin (Trinity College) constituencies, with three 
Senators elected by each. Where vacancies occur among those elected in 
accordance with that process, NUI and University of Dublin (Trinity College)


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accordance with that process, NUI and University of Dublin (Trinity College) 
graduates who are included on the Higher Education constituency register will 
be eligible to vote in ensuing bye-elections if they opted-in to do so when making 
their application.   This arrangement will apply only until any dissolution of the 
Dáil, from which point the Higher Education constituency will elect all six 
Senators.  
The first register of electors for the Higher Education constituency runs from 1


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Senators.  
The first register of electors for the Higher Education constituency runs from 1 
April 2025 until 31 May 2026.  A revised register will be published on 1 June 
2026 and every 1 June thereafter. If you are entered on the register in force you 
do not need to reapply to be included on the revised register. You must inform 
the Central Registration Authority of any changes to your address details or you 
may not receive your ballot. 
Information required


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may not receive your ballot. 
Information required  
The legal basis for this form, the information sought therein and how your 
information is used is set out in the Seanad Electoral (University Members) 
(Amendment) Act 2024.  This includes provisions to seek some personal data 
including name, address, date of birth, Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) 
and confirmation that you are an Irish citizen. It also sets out the legal basis for


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and confirmation that you are an Irish citizen. It also sets out the legal basis for 
sharing data with other designated institutions, the Minister for Social Protection 
(to cross-check your PPSN for identity purposes) and any Minister of the 
Government or specified public body (for example An tArd-Chláraitheoir – in 
6  [104] 
connection with death events), where it is necessary and proportionate, including 
to verify the accuracy of a claim and to identify duplicates.  
Important


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to verify the accuracy of a claim and to identify duplicates.  
Important 
If you were previously on the register for the NUI constituency or the University 
of Dublin (Trinity College) constituency you will not be automatically added to 
the register for the Higher Education constituency. You will need to register if 
you have not already done so.  
 
Completing this Form 
Sections A, B and C must be completed by all applicants


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Completing this Form 
Sections A, B and C must be completed by all applicants 
Section A: Identity Details:  All applicants are required to complete Section A 
identity details, including providing their PPSN.  Providing your PPSN will 
enable confirmation of your identity details and help to protect the integrity of 
the register.   
Evidence of citizenship: Applicants are also asked to provide supporting 
documentation in relation to their citizenship. This may be a copy of the photo


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documentation in relation to their citizenship. This may be a copy of the photo 
page of your valid Irish Passport or a copy of your Certificate of Naturalisation. 
Section B: Qualification Details: All applicants are required to complete the 
relevant parts of Section B.  
This information will be shared for verification with the relevant designated 
institution.  In this section you are advised to include sufficient information to


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institution.  In this section you are advised to include sufficient information to 
help your institution to verify your degree qualification(s).  If you do not have 
all of the information requested, you are advised to include any other information 
that might assist your institution in confirming your record. 
Section C: Declaration of Truthfulness:  All applicants are required to 
complete the declaration of truthfulness.


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complete the declaration of truthfulness.  
Section D: Witness Form: Only required if the applicant does not provide their 
PPSN or if they are requested to so by the Chief Registration Officer. 
 
 
[104]  7 
 
Designated Institutions 
To be eligible to apply, you must have received a degree from a designated institution. 
Designated institution means each of the following: 
• 
the National University of Ireland,  
• 
the University of Dublin (Trinity College), and  
•


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• 
the National University of Ireland,  
• 
the University of Dublin (Trinity College), and  
• 
institutions that are designated under the Higher Education Authority Act 2022 
(listed below).  
 
The definition includes institutions that have been dissolved and had their functions 
transferred to a designated institution. For more information, visit www.SeanadVoter.ie. 
Atlantic Technological 
University  
Dublin City University (DCU) 
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art,


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Atlantic Technological 
University  
Dublin City University (DCU) 
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, 
Design & Technology (IADT) 
Dundalk Institute of 
Technology (DkIT) 
Maynooth University  
Munster Technological 
University (MTU) 
 
National College of Art 
and Design (NCAD) 
Royal College of Surgeons 
in Ireland (RCSI) 
South East Technological 
University  
Technological University 
Dublin 
Technological University 
of the Shannon Midlands 
Midwest  
University of Dublin 
(Trinity College)


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of the Shannon Midlands 
Midwest  
University of Dublin 
(Trinity College) 
University College Cork 
University College 
Dublin 
University of Galway 
University of Limerick 
The Higher Education Authority Act 2022 also provides that other institutions may be 
designated in the future.  
 
It’s easier online! 
The easiest way to register to vote is online www.SeanadVoter.ie 
You can submit this form by post to: 
SeanadVoter.ie 
PO Box 13784 
Dublin 2 
Ireland


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You can submit this form by post to: 
SeanadVoter.ie 
PO Box 13784 
Dublin 2 
Ireland 
Before sending your paper form, please ensure 
you:  
➢ Complete sections A and B, 
➢ Sign and date the declaration (Section 
C), 
➢ Attach proof of citizenship, 
➢ Attach witness form (Section D, if 
required). 
 
 
 
8  [104] 
Claim form for entry to the Register for the Higher Education 
Constituency 
Fields marked with an * are mandatory. 
Complete all sections in BLOCK CAPITALS


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Constituency 
Fields marked with an * are mandatory. 
Complete all sections in BLOCK CAPITALS 
Section A: Identity Details – All applicants must complete this section  
First name(s)* 
 
Your name and surname will 
be published on the register 
of electors. 
Surname* 
 
Former name or 
other names (if 
applicable – 
particularly at the 
time of graduation) 
 
This information will not be 
published on the register of 
electors but may help find your 
record.  
Date of birth*


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published on the register of 
electors but may help find your 
record.  
Date of birth* 
 
Your date of birth and PPSN 
will not be published on the 
register of electors but may be 
used to confirm your identity 
details. See guidance for more 
detail.  
PPSN:  
If you do not 
provide a Personal 
Public Service 
Number (PPSN) you 
may need to 
complete Section D-  
 
Email address* 
 
Your email address and phone 
number will not be published 
on the register of electors but


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Your email address and phone 
number will not be published 
on the register of electors but 
may be used to contact you in 
relation to your application or 
Seanad registration.  
Phone number 
 
Current and 
complete address 
(at which you are 
normally resident)* 
 
 
This address and 
Eircode/Postcode 
will be published on the 
register of electors. 
Eircode/Postcode* 
 
Complete address to 
which your ballot 
papers should be 
sent (if different)* 
 
This address and


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Complete address to 
which your ballot 
papers should be 
sent (if different)* 
 
This address and 
Eircode/Postcode will be 
published on the register of 
electors. 
 
Eircode/Postcode* 
 
Correspondence 
address at the time 
of your degree (if 
applicable) 
 
This information will not be 
published on the register of 
electors but may help your 
institution to match your 
record.  
Eircode/Postcode 
 
Citizenship*


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electors but may help your 
institution to match your 
record.  
Eircode/Postcode 
 
Citizenship*  
In order to be registered as an elector in the Higher Education constituency, you must be a 
citizen of Ireland. 
I am an Irish Citizen and have attached a copy 
of the photo page of my valid Irish passport 
☐ 
Please check the relevant box 
to confirm which supporting 
information applies to you.   
OR 
I am an Irish Citizen and have attached a copy 
of my Certificate of Naturalisation 
☐


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OR 
I am an Irish Citizen and have attached a copy 
of my Certificate of Naturalisation 
☐ 
 
 
[104]  9 
Section B: Qualification Details – All applicants must complete this section 
• If you have a degree from NUI or University of Dublin (Trinity College) 
or both, please complete Table 1 only.    This is relevant if you want to 
be able to vote in bye-elections that may arise in the existing 
constituencies in the 27th Seanad.


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constituencies in the 27th Seanad.  
• All other applicants should complete Table 2.  You only need to include 
one degree in Table 2 even if you have more than one. Each person will 
only have one vote in the new Higher Education constituency.  
• For more information, please go to Seanadvoter.ie  
Table 1: NUI Graduates and University of Dublin (Trinity College) 
Graduates  
Institution you 
graduated 
from (use 
name of 
institution as it 
was known at 
time of your 
graduation)* 
Year


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graduated 
from (use 
name of 
institution as it 
was known at 
time of your 
graduation)* 
Year 
Graduated* 
Full Title of Degree* 
e.g. BA in History, MSc in Nursing, 
PhD in Biology 
Student 
Number  
(if 
known) 
Consent 
to be 
included 
in register 
for bye-
elections* 
 
 
 
 
Yes 
 
No 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes 
 
No 
 
 
Table 2: Graduates of all other Designated Institutions  
Please include the name of the institution as it was known at the time of your 
graduation.  
Institution you


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graduation.  
Institution you 
graduated from* 
(For full list, see 
SeanadVoter.ie) 
Year 
Graduated* 
Full Title of Degree* 
e.g. BA in History, MSc in Nursing, PhD in 
Biology 
Student 
Number  
(if 
known) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional details about your Degree(s) (Optional): 
Providing additional information relevant to your degree(s) may help your institution to 
match your records.  Helpful information could include for example, the name of the


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match your records.  Helpful information could include for example, the name of the 
institution you attended, the location of the campus where you studied, the name of the 
awarding body that awarded your degree, or any other relevant information.  
 
 
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Section C: Declaration of Truthfulness - All applicants must complete this 
section 
I believe that the details I have provided on this form are true to the best of my 
knowledge and belief.*


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knowledge and belief.* 
 
I understand that it is an offence under electoral law to knowingly give false or 
misleading information.* 
 
I understand it is my responsibility to inform the Chief Registration Officer of 
any changes to my name or address details. 
 
 
 
____________________________________ 
__________________ 
Signature of Applicant                                               Date 
 
[104]  11 
Section D: Seanad Éireann Electoral Registration Witness Form


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[104]  11 
Section D: Seanad Éireann Electoral Registration Witness Form 
If you have not provided a PPS Number in your application, take this form and 
your photographic identification (ID) to your local Garda station or any 
Notary/Notary Public to confirm your identity. If they are satisfied as to your 
identity, they will witness you signing this form, and then proceed to sign, date, 
and stamp the form. If you are unable to attend your local Garda station or a


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and stamp the form. If you are unable to attend your local Garda station or a 
Notary/Notary Public due to illness or disability, you must have your form 
endorsed by a registered medical practitioner in the same manner. 
The Chief Registration Officer for the Higher Education constituency may also 
request you to complete this section and have it witnessed.  
Witness Details 
Witness Full Name 
 
Witness Occupation 
 
Witness Work 
Address 
 
 
 
 
 
Phone number: 
 
Witnessing at a


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Witness Occupation 
 
Witness Work 
Address 
 
 
 
 
 
Phone number: 
 
Witnessing at a 
Garda Station or by 
Notary or Notary 
Public 
I, _______________________________, declare that I am  
satisfied that ______________________________ is the person  
making this application and that they have signed this form in my 
presence. 
Garda Stamp 
(if applicable) 
Notary ID 
(if applicable) 
 
 
Endorsement by a 
registered medical 
practitioner  
(if applicable)


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(if applicable) 
 
 
Endorsement by a 
registered medical 
practitioner  
(if applicable) 
I, __________________________________, confirm that 
__________________________________ is the person making this 
application and is unable to attend their local Garda station or 
Notary/ Notary Public to have this form witnessed and signed due to 
illness or disability. 
Medical Council 
Number (if 
applicable) 
 
 
Signature of Applicant: 
 
Date:  
 
 
 
 
Signature of Witness:  
 
Date:


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applicable) 
 
 
Signature of Applicant: 
 
Date:  
 
 
 
 
Signature of Witness:  
 
Date:  
(Member of An Garda Síochána/Notary/Notary Public/Medical Practitioner) 
If required, this Witness form can be uploaded with your online application at 
SeanadVoter.ie or submitted by post with your paper application. 
 
12  [104] 
RULE 21 
Form SV03 
CLAIMS FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN A REGISTER 
 
 
[104]  13 
 
It’s easier online! 
The easiest way to 
register to vote is online 
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It’s easier online! 
The easiest way to 
register to vote is online 
www.SeanadVoter.ie 
 
Claim form for correction of entry in the register of electors. 
This form should be used if you wish to update or make an amendment to your 
entry in the electoral register for the Higher Education constituency.  You are 
asked for your PPSN below so that we can check your identity details. 
To the Chief Registration Officer,


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To the Chief Registration Officer, 
I wish to inform you that the following entry in respect of my particulars in the Register of 
electors for the Higher Education constituency is incorrect 
Your details as they currently appear on the register of electors 
First name(s) 
 
Surname 
 
Address 
 
 
 
 
Eircode/Postcode 
 
Address to which 
your ballot papers 
are to be sent 
 
 
Eircode/Postcode 
 
Other personal details (to help us to accurately identify your current record) 
PPSN*


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Other personal details (to help us to accurately identify your current record) 
PPSN* 
 
Date of birth* 
 
Your details as you wish them to appear on the register of electors 
First name(s) 
 
Surname 
 
Current Address 
 
 
 
 
Eircode/ 
Postcode 
 
Address to which 
the ballot papers 
are to be sent 
 
Eircode/ 
Postcode 
 
* Your PPSN/Date of birth will not appear on the published register- it is 
required so that your identity data can be confirmed. 
 
Signature:  
Date:


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required so that your identity data can be confirmed. 
 
Signature:  
Date:  
 
 
 
14  [104] 
RULE 25 
Form SV04 
NOTICE OF APPEAL TO CHIEF REGISTRATION OFFICER OF A 
DECISION MADE 
 
 
[104]  15 
 
It’s easier online! 
The easiest way to 
register to vote is online 
www.SeanadVoter.ie 
 
This form should be used by a person who wishes to appeal against a decision of the chief 
registration officer. The appeal must be made within five days of the decision of the chief


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registration officer. The appeal must be made within five days of the decision of the chief 
registration officer. Notice of this appeal must also be given by the person making the 
appeal to any other party affected.  
 
The chief registration officer shall transmit this appeal to the county registrar in the manner 
directed by rules of court, together with a statement of the material facts, which in the


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directed by rules of court, together with a statement of the material facts, which in the 
opinion of the chief registration officer, have been established in the case, and of his or her 
decision upon the whole case and on any point which may be specified as a ground of 
appeal. 
 
To the Chief Registration Officer 
 
I,                                             (Insert your name), of 
 
_______________, __________________, ________________ (Insert your address)


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_______________, __________________, ________________ (Insert your address) 
 
 hereby give notice of appeal against your decision (Insert details of decision here) 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The grounds for my appeal are as follows (Insert the reason for the appeal here) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Signature:                                                                           Date:   
 
 
Print name     
 
Note: Where it appears to the chief registration officer that any two or more notices of


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Note: Where it appears to the chief registration officer that any two or more notices of 
appeal from his or her decisions are based on similar grounds, he or she shall inform the 
county registrar for the county of that fact for the purpose of enabling the judge hearing such 
appeals (if he or she so thinks fit) to consolidate such appeals or to select 
one of such appeals as a test case. 
 
 
 
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one of such appeals as a test case. 
 
 
 
16  [104] 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation.) 
 
These regulations prescribe three forms associated with the registration process 
for the Seanad Higher Education constituency: the claim form for entry on to the 
register of electors, the claim form for the correction of an entry on the register


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register of electors, the claim form for the correction of an entry on the register 
of electors; and the notice of appeal form to the chief registration officer in 
relation to a decision made by the chief registration officer. They also prescribe 
the fee to be charged for the provision of a copy of the register of electors or part 
thereof. 
Provision for the forms and fees is included in the Seanad Electoral (University 
Members) (Amendment) Act 2024. 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 18 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
ELECTION OF MEMBERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE OPTICAL 
REGISTRATION BOARD BYE-LAW 2025 
 
 
 
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S.I. No. 18 of 2025 
 
ELECTION OF MEMBERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE OPTICAL 
REGISTRATION BOARD BYE-LAW 2025 
 
The Optical Registration Board, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by 
section 31 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, with the


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section 31 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, with the 
approval of the Health and Social Care Professionals Council, hereby makes the 
following bye-law: 
 
1. 
The Election of Members for Appointment to the Optical Registration 
Board Bye-Law 2017 (S.I. 438 of 2017) is hereby revoked with effect from the 
date specified in paragraph 2(2). 
 
2. (1) This bye-law may be cited as the Election of Members for 
Appointment to the Optical Registration Board Bye-law 2025.


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Appointment to the Optical Registration Board Bye-law 2025. 
(2) This bye-law comes into operation on 5 February 2025. 
 
Interpretation 
3. (1) In this bye-law -  
“Act” means the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Number 27 of 
2005) (as amended from time to time); 
“Candidate” means a registrant who has been formally declared as a candidate 
by the Returning Officer in accordance with paragraph 11(3) of this bye-law;


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by the Returning Officer in accordance with paragraph 11(3) of this bye-law; 
“County of practice” means the county listed beside the name of a registrant on 
the Register; 
“Council” means the Health and Social Care Professionals Council established 
under section 6 of the Act; 
“Election” means the election of Candidates for appointment to the Registration 
Board pursuant to and in accordance with this bye-law; 
“Electoral category” means the following categories of membership of


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“Electoral category” means the following categories of membership of 
Registration Boards set out in section 28A(1)(a) of the Act:  
Category 1 (Section 28A(1)(a)(i)) 
Category 1A Persons engaged in practice as an optometrist 
Category 1B Persons engaged in practice as a dispensing optician 
Category 2 (Section 28A(1)(a)(ii)) 
Category 2 Optometrists who are engaged in the management of services 
provided by the profession of optometry 
Category 3 (Section 28A(1)(a)(iii))


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provided by the profession of optometry 
Category 3 (Section 28A(1)(a)(iii)) 
Category 3 Optometrist who is engaged in the State in the education and 
training of persons with respect to the practice of optometry; 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 7th February, 2025. 
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“Electoral register” means the register established under paragraph 15(1) of this 
bye-law; 
“Minister” means the Minister for Health;


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bye-law; 
“Minister” means the Minister for Health; 
“Nominee” means a registrant who satisfies the criteria set out in paragraph 9 
and who has been nominated as a candidate in accordance with paragraph 10; 
“Register” means the register established and maintained by the Optical 
Registration Board under section 36 of the Act, being the register for each of the 
professions of optometrist, and dispensing optician; 
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“registrant” means a person whose name is on the Register; 
“Registration Board” means the Optical Registration Board established under 
section 26 of the Act; 
“Relative”, for the purpose of this bye-law includes spouse, civil partner, parent, 
brother, sister, grandparent, uncle or aunt and includes a person related by 
marriage or civil partnership; 
“Returning Officer” means the person appointed under paragraph 5 to be the


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“Returning Officer” means the person appointed under paragraph 5 to be the 
returning officer for the purposes of this bye-law; and             
 
  
“Voter” means a registrant whose name is entered in the Electoral register. 
(2) In this bye-law— 
(a) 
reference to a paragraph is to a paragraph of this bye-law, unless 
it is indicated that some other reference is indicated; 
(b) 
a reference to a paragraph, subparagraph or clause is a reference


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(b) 
a reference to a paragraph, subparagraph or clause is a reference 
to a paragraph, subparagraph or clause of the provision in which 
the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that a reference to some 
other provision is intended; 
(c) 
a reference to any statute or statutory provision shall be construed 
as a reference to the same as it may have been, or may from time 
to time be, amended, modified or re-enacted; 
(d) 
any reference to a “day” shall mean a calendar day; 
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(d) 
any reference to a “day” shall mean a calendar day; 
(e) 
references to the singular include the plural and vice versa; and 
(f) 
references to the masculine include the feminine and vice versa. 
 
System for election  
4. 
An Election shall be conducted in accordance with this bye-law. 
 
Appointment of Returning Officer 
5. (1) The Council shall appoint persons of competence and integrity to act 
as a Returning Officer and a substitute returning officer, who shall act in the


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as a Returning Officer and a substitute returning officer, who shall act in the 
event that the Returning Officer is unable or unavailable to act, for the purpose 
of each Election. 
(2) In this bye-law, any reference to the Returning Officer in relation to any 
act, matter or function for which a Returning Officer is appointed by or under 
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this bye-law shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be interpreted as 
including a reference to the substitute returning officer.


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including a reference to the substitute returning officer. 
(3) The Returning Officer will ensure, insofar as it is possible, that neither 
he or she, nor any person employed by him or her, has any conflict of interest, 
and will avoid any perceived conflict of interest, in relation to the running of the 
Election.  Should a conflict of interest arise, in relation to the Returning Officer, 
he or she will immediately notify the Council and the substitute Returning


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he or she will immediately notify the Council and the substitute Returning 
Officer will take over the running of the Election.  In the case of a conflict arising 
with an employee, the Returning Officer will discontinue that employee’s 
involvement in the Election. 
(4) The Council and/or the Registration Board shall provide the Returning 
Officer with all information which the Returning Officer deems necessary for 
the purposes of conducting the Election.


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the purposes of conducting the Election. 
(5) The Returning Officer may, if he or she considers it necessary for the 
performance of his or her duties, and with the consent of Council, appoint such 
person or persons as he or she considers fit and proper to assist him or her.   
(6) The Returning Officer or any person appointed by him or her for any 
purpose relating to the Election shall not be a Candidate or a Relative of a


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purpose relating to the Election shall not be a Candidate or a Relative of a 
Candidate at that Election or associated in furthering the candidature of any 
Candidate at that Election. 
(7) The Returning Officer shall not appoint for any purpose relating to the 
Election a person who to the knowledge of the Returning Officer –  
(a) 
is or has been a Candidate,  
(b) 
has been associated in furthering the candidature of a Candidate,  
or 
(c) 
is a Relative of a Candidate at that Election.


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or 
(c) 
is a Relative of a Candidate at that Election. 
(8) The Council shall defray the reasonable expenses of a Returning Officer 
in conducting an Election.  
 
Powers and functions of Returning Officer 
6. (1) Subject to the provisions of this bye-law, the Returning Officer shall 
be responsible for determining all questions of procedure, form, or manner in 
which the Election shall take place and shall have the duty to ensure the validity


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which the Election shall take place and shall have the duty to ensure the validity 
and integrity of the nomination and Election processes. He or she shall have all 
powers necessary to carry out such functions, responsibility and duty, and 
without prejudice to the generality thereof, shall have the power to make 
decisions with regard to the qualification or disqualification of candidates, the 
making of decisions in respect of valid or invalid votes, the conduct of the count,


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making of decisions in respect of valid or invalid votes, the conduct of the count, 
and all other matters which might arise during the course of the Election. 
(2) The Returning Officer shall determine the form and content of all 
nomination papers, ballots, declarations, instructions, advertisements and 
notices required to be issued in accordance with this bye-law. 
(3) The Returning Officer will set the date for establishing the Electoral


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(3) The Returning Officer will set the date for establishing the Electoral 
register, the closing date for receipt of nominations, the date for the opening of 
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the poll and the closing date for receipt of ballots and shall have power to adjust 
or revise such dates, should the Returning Officer deem fit in any particular 
circumstances. 
(4) The Returning Officer shall keep or cause to be kept appropriate records 
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in connection with the Election. 
(5) The decision of the Returning Officer on any matters arising in respect 
of the conduct of the Election or otherwise in connection with any Election is 
final. 
 
Scrutineers 
7. (1) For the purposes of each Election the Council may, at the request of 
the Registration Board, appoint 2 persons to act as scrutineers and such alternate 
scrutineers (if any) as the Council deems appropriate whose duty shall be to


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scrutineers (if any) as the Council deems appropriate whose duty shall be to 
monitor the process of determining the validity of nominations under paragraph 
11 and that the counting of votes is carried out in accordance with this bye-law 
and in an honest, fair and accurate manner.  Any alternate scrutineer shall only 
act when a scrutineer is unavailable or unable to act for whatever reason. 
(2) The Council will ensure, insofar as it is possible, that no scrutineer or


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(2) The Council will ensure, insofar as it is possible, that no scrutineer or 
alternate scrutineer has any conflict of interest in relation to the running of the 
Election and is not and has not been a Candidate, or a Relative of a Candidate, 
or otherwise associated in furthering the candidature of any Candidate at an 
Election.  Any scrutineer or alternate scrutineer shall avoid any conflict of 
interest and any perceived conflict of interest.  Should a conflict of interest arise,


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interest and any perceived conflict of interest.  Should a conflict of interest arise, 
the scrutineer will notify the Council immediately and discontinue their 
involvement in the Election. 
 
Notice of Election 
8. (1) Within the period specified in paragraph 8(2), the Returning Officer 
shall cause to be published on www.coru.ie and in one national daily newspaper 
published and circulating in the State or otherwise as he or she deems appropriate 
notice of: 
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notice of: 
(a) 
The holding of an Election; 
(b) 
The Electoral categories and numbers of vacancies arising in each 
Electoral category at that Election; 
(c) 
A request for nomination of candidates;  
(d) 
The closing date for receipt of nominations; and 
(e) 
If a poll is to be held, the day and hour on and at which the period 
during which the Returning Officer may receive votes will expire. 
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(2) Subject to paragraph 24, the notice described in paragraph 8(1) shall be 
given no later than 56 days before the expiration of the term of office of members 
of the Registration Board appointed under either 28A(1)(a) of the Act. 
 
 
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Nominations 
9. (1) Any person nominated for Election shall be a registrant. 
(2) No registrant may be nominated, and no registrant may be a Candidate 
for Election, in respect of more than one electoral category.


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for Election, in respect of more than one electoral category. 
 
10. (1) To be nominated for Election, a registrant must submit to the 
Returning Officer:  
(a) 
a nomination form containing: 
(i) 
his or her full name and registration number; 
(ii) 
the signatures and registration numbers of the person (who 
must also be a registrant) proposing the Nominee and 4 
further registrants who also support the nomination of the 
Nominee; and


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further registrants who also support the nomination of the 
Nominee; and 
(iii) the relevant Electoral category in respect of which he or she 
wishes to stand; 
(b) 
an appropriate passport size photo of the Nominee for inclusion 
on the ballot (if the Nominee wants to have a photograph included 
on the ballot); 
(c) 
a completed declaration confirming his or her eligibility to be 
nominated in the chosen Electoral category; and 
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nominated in the chosen Electoral category; and 
(d) 
a completed declaration confirming that if he or she is elected: 
(i) 
there is no reason, having regard to the provisions of 
paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 of the Act, for the Minister to 
remove that person as a member of a Registration Board; 
and 
(ii) 
he or she will serve the interests of the Registration Board 
and abide by the Code of Conduct for members of the 
Registration Board.


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and abide by the Code of Conduct for members of the 
Registration Board. 
(2) Nomination papers shall be lodged with the Returning Officer no later 
than 12 noon on the closing date for receipt of nomination papers. 
 
11. (1) The Returning Officer shall review and rule upon the validity of the 
nomination papers and the eligibility of nominated persons no later than 2 
working days following the closing date for the receipt of the nomination papers.


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working days following the closing date for the receipt of the nomination papers. 
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 6, the Returning Officer, 
may, for the purpose of determining the validity of a nomination for Election, 
require a Nominee to give him or her such relevant information relating to his or 
her nomination as the Returning Officer requires or to provide such other 
evidence as is required by the Returning Officer within such timeframe as is


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evidence as is required by the Returning Officer within such timeframe as is 
specified by the Returning Officer.  Failure to provide such information or 
evidence may be regarded by the Returning Officer as grounds for invalidating 
a nomination. 
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(3) Where the Returning Officer deems any nominations to be valid and the 
nominated persons as aforesaid to be eligible to stand for Election, the Returning 
Officer shall formally declare the nominated persons as Candidates and the


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Officer shall formally declare the nominated persons as Candidates and the 
decision of the Returning Officer on the validity of a nomination shall be final.  
(4) Without prejudice to the foregoing, a misnomer or an inaccurate 
description of any person named in the nomination papers shall not invalidate 
the nomination papers if, in the opinion of the Returning Officer, the description 
of such person is such as to be commonly understood.


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of such person is such as to be commonly understood. 
(5) A Returning Officer shall rule a nomination invalid where he or she is of 
the opinion that any of the following apply:- 
(a) 
the nomination form has been completed incorrectly,  
(b) 
the Nominee has not been proposed and supported in accordance 
with the provisions of paragraph 10(1)(a)(ii), 
(c) 
where the declaration of eligibility required under paragraph 
10(1)(c) has not been provided, or 
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10(1)(c) has not been provided, or 
(d) 
where any of the other nomination requirements set out at 
paragraph 10 have not been met. 
 
12. A Nominee may withdraw his or her nomination at any time prior to the 
declaration of Election of Candidates by the Returning Officer by providing the 
Returning Officer with written notice of his or her withdrawal signed by the 
Nominee. 
 
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Nominee. 
 
13. The Returning Officer shall as soon as practicable after ruling on the 
validity of a nomination paper publish in the manner he or she considers 
appropriate notice of each Candidate validly nominated and the names of the 
registrants who proposed and supported the nomination.   
 
Preparation of a poll for the election  
14. (1) If the number of Candidates is equal to or less than the number of 
vacancies in an Electoral category, no poll shall be held. The Candidate or


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vacancies in an Electoral category, no poll shall be held. The Candidate or 
Candidates shall be deemed to be elected without a poll and his or her name or 
names shall be submitted to the Minister for appointment to the Registration 
Board as a member in respect of the relevant Electoral category. 
(2) If no person is nominated in an Electoral category, the provisions of the 
Act will apply. 
(3) If there are a greater number of Candidates than there are vacancies in an


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Act will apply. 
(3) If there are a greater number of Candidates than there are vacancies in an 
Electoral category, ie. 1A, 1B, 2 or 3, a poll shall be taken by the Returning 
Officer in respect of that Electoral category. 
(4) The poll shall take the form of an electronic ballot.  
(5) The Returning Officer shall cause to be prepared an electronic voting 
system for the purpose of undertaking the poll. 
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(6) 
(a) 
The Returning Officer may, with the consent of Council, contract


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8  [18] 
 
(6) 
(a) 
The Returning Officer may, with the consent of Council, contract 
the provision of services in relation to the undertaking of an 
electronic ballot to an independent person or organisation. 
(b) 
Any person or organisation contracted by the Returning Officer 
to provide services in relation to an electronic ballot must 
undertake the tasks assigned to them by the Returning Officer in 
a manner specified by the Returning Officer. 
 
Electoral register


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a manner specified by the Returning Officer. 
 
Electoral register 
15. (1) No later than the date set by the Returning Officer as the closing date 
for receipt of nominations, the Returning Officer shall establish an Electoral 
register which shall consist of a list of all registrants on that date and will include 
the name of the registrant as it appears in the Register, their registration number 
and the county of practice (if included on the Register). For the avoidance of


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and the county of practice (if included on the Register). For the avoidance of 
doubt, the foregoing details in respect of any registrant whose name appears in 
one or more divisions of the Register shall be included only once in the Electoral 
register. 
(2) The Electoral register shall be made available in printed (or electronic) 
format for inspection by a Candidate, or by a registrant, at the offices of the 
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Council during normal office hours. 
(3) The Returning Officer may determine a unique identifier for each person 
listed in the Electoral register to use when accessing the electronic voting system. 
 
Date of Election 
16. (1) Where a poll is to be held, the date of Election is the date fixed by 
the Returning Officer as the closing date for receipt of electronic ballots.  
 
Voting procedure  
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Voting procedure  
17. (1) Each registrant on the Electoral Register is entitled to cast one vote 
in each of up to three polls that may be undertaken for the election of Board 
members. For the avoidance of doubt, in Category 1, registrants shall have one 
vote only, and optometrists shall cast that vote in respect of any election in 
Category 1A and dispensing opticians shall cast that vote in respect of Category 
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Category 1A and dispensing opticians shall cast that vote in respect of Category 
1B. 
(2) Each voter shall electronically mark, in a manner to be specified by the 
Returning Officer, the name of one person only for whom the voter desires to 
vote in each of the electoral categories in which polls are to be undertaken and 
as provided by the electronic voting system. 
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(3) Each voter shall follow the explicit instructions which the Returning 
Officer may specify in order to complete the electronic ballot and the 
submissions of the completed electronic ballot for inclusion in the election. 
(4) The electronic voting system shall close on the date and time specified 
by the Returning Officer. 
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Death or Withdrawal of Candidate 
18. If a Candidate dies at any time between the Candidate’s nomination for


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18. If a Candidate dies at any time between the Candidate’s nomination for 
Election under this bye-law and the declaration of Election of Candidates by the 
Returning Officer, or if a Candidate withdraws at any time after the closing date 
for nominations and the declaration of Election of Candidates by the Returning 
Officer, the nomination of that Candidate and any votes cast for that Candidate 
shall be disregarded. 
 
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shall be disregarded. 
 
Counting of Votes 
19. For the avoidance of doubt, a Candidate must be registered as a registrant 
on the date of the Election and the Returning Officer shall, at the commencement 
of the counting of the votes, confirm that each Candidate remains so registered. 
Any Candidate who is no longer registered on the date of the Election shall be 
disqualified and any votes cast in favour of that Candidate shall be disregarded.


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disqualified and any votes cast in favour of that Candidate shall be disregarded.  
 
20. (1) The Returning Officer shall, at a time specified by the Returning 
Officer after the expiration of the time during which the Returning Officer may 
receive votes, access the results of the electronic ballot. 
(2) It shall be the responsibility of the Returning Officer to determine what 
is considered appropriate activity in relation to the accessing of the results of the 
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electronic ballot. 
(3) The Returning Officer may deem the result of a poll null and void in 
circumstances where the results have been deemed to have been compromised. 
 
21. (1) The Returning Officer shall ensure that the provisions of section 
28A(1)(a) and (10) of the Act are complied with and the requisite number of 
Candidates having the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected by the 
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Returning Officer.  
(2) If any equality of votes is found to exist between any Candidates and the 
addition of a vote would entitle any such Candidates to be declared elected, the 
Returning Officer shall determine by lot which of the Candidates whose votes 
are equal shall be declared elected. 
 
Notice of persons elected 
22. (1) The Returning Officer shall give to every person elected written 
notice of his or her election and give notice in writing to the Minister of the


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notice of his or her election and give notice in writing to the Minister of the 
names of those registrants of the Registration Board that have been elected under 
this bye-law for the purposes of section 28A(1)(a) of the Act. 
(2) The Returning Officer shall publish by electronic means the results of the 
Election including details of the number of ballot papers issued, the total poll 
and the number of votes which each Candidate received.  
 
 
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and the number of votes which each Candidate received.  
 
 
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Savers 
23. No Election held under this bye-law shall be invalidated by reason of any 
misdescription or non-compliance with the provisions of this bye-law or by 
reason of any misconduct or of the non-delivery, loss or miscarriage in the course 
of post of any document or a failure of the electronic system to register a vote or 
a failure in the computing facilities of a voter, if it appears to the Returning


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a failure in the computing facilities of a voter, if it appears to the Returning 
Officer that the Election was conducted substantially in accordance with the 
provisions of this bye-law, and the result of such misdescription, non-
compliance, misconduct, non-delivery, loss, miscarriage or information 
technology failure did not substantially affect the result of the Election. 
 
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24. (1) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this bye-law, the 
Returning Officer may, in any case in which it appears to him or her that there 
is an emergency or special difficulty, make such changes or modifications of any 
of the procedures set out herein for the conduct of the Election (including but 
not limited to rescheduling, postponing, or curtailing the applicable times and 
suspending the application of all or any part of the procedures) as may in his


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suspending the application of all or any part of the procedures) as may in his 
opinion be necessary or desirable to enable such Election to be duly held, subject 
to compliance with the principles laid down in this bye-law taken as a whole.  
Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, in the event of any error in 
the conduct of the Election which the Returning Officer regards as fundamental, 
the Returning Officer shall be entitled, in addition to the foregoing, to


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the Returning Officer shall be entitled, in addition to the foregoing, to 
recommence the Election (or any part thereof) from the point prior to the point 
when the error arose and otherwise take such action as may be necessary or 
desirable to enable the declaration of persons elected. 
(2) The Returning Officer shall, insofar as the circumstances permit, publish 
summary details of any such emergency, error or special difficulty and the


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summary details of any such emergency, error or special difficulty and the 
changes or modifications to be made to any of the procedures set out herein for 
the conduct of the Election. 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under the seal of the Optical Registration Board 
5 February 2025. 
 
DERVILLE PITCHER, 
Chairperson, Optical Registration Board. 
 
 
PAUL HERSE, 
Member, Optical Registration Board. 
 
 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal


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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation.) 
 
This bye-law sets out the procedures for the selection of members for 
appointment to the Optical Registration Board for the purposes of section 
28A(1)(a) of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. 
 
 
 
 
 
12  [18] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 88 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
HISTORIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2023 (COMMENCEMENT) 
ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
2  [88] 
 
S.I. No. 88 of 2025 
 
HISTORIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2023 (COMMENCEMENT) 
ORDER 2025 
 
I, JAMES BROWNE, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in 
exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1(7) of the Historic and


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exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1(7) of the Historic and 
Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (No. 26 of 
2023), hereby order as follows: 
 
1. 
This Order may be cited as the Historic and Archaeological Heritage and 
Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2025. 
 
2. 
The 24th day of March 2025 is appointed as the day on which the 
following provisions of the Historic and Archaeological Heritage and


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following provisions of the Historic and Archaeological Heritage and 
Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (No. 26 of 2023) shall come into operation: 
(a) 
section 173; 
(b) 
subsections (1) and (2) of section 175 insofar as they apply to 
section 138(2); 
(c) 
subsections (3) and (4) of section 175 insofar as they apply to 
sections 147 and 173; 
(d) 
subsections (5) and (6) of section 175 insofar as they apply to 
sections 139(1), (2) and (3), 142(1) and (2) and 204(2)(b), (3)(b) 
and (4)(b);


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sections 139(1), (2) and (3), 142(1) and (2) and 204(2)(b), (3)(b) 
and (4)(b); 
(e) 
subsections (7) and (8) of section 175 insofar as they apply to 
section 217(2); 
(f) 
sections 183 and 184; 
(g) 
section 205; 
(h) 
section 208; 
(i) 
Schedule 7. 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
20 March, 2025. 
 
JAMES BROWNE, 
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 
 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 25th March, 2025. 
[88]  3


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"Iris Oifigiúil" of 25th March, 2025. 
[88]  3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 174 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
TOURISM (TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND 
MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
2  [174] 
S.I. No. 174 of 2025 
 
TOURISM (TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND 
MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER 2025 
 
The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6(1) of 
the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), hereby 
order as follows:


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the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), hereby 
order as follows: 
 
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Tourism (Transfer of Departmental 
Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2025. 
(2) This Order comes into operation on 1 June 2025. 
 
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, 
performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 3 are 
transferred to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.


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transferred to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. 
(2) References to the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport 
and Media contained in any Act or any instrument made under an Act and 
relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, 
from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the 
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. 
 
3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts,


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3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, 
Gaeltacht, Sport and Media by or under the provisions of the – 
(a) 
Tourist Traffic Act 1939 (No. 24 of 1939), 
(b) 
National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003 (No. 10 of 
2003), and 
(c) 
Intoxicating Liquor (National Conference Centre) Act 2010 (No. 
9 of 2010), 
are transferred to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. 
(2) References to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport


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(2) References to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport 
and Media contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act and relating 
to any functions transferred by this Article shall, from the commencement of this 
Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and 
Employment. 
 
4. 
Where, immediately before the commencement of this Order, any legal 
proceedings are pending to which the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts,


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proceedings are pending to which the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, 
Gaeltacht, Sport and Media is a party and the proceedings have reference to 
functions transferred by this Order to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and 
Employment, the name of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, 
Sport and Media shall, in so far as the proceedings relate to any function 
transferred by this Order, be substituted in the proceedings for that of the


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transferred by this Order, be substituted in the proceedings for that of the 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 9th May, 2025. 
[174]  3 
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment or added in the proceedings, as 
may be appropriate, and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of such 
substitution. 
 
5. 
Anything commenced before the commencement of this Order by or


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substitution. 
 
5. 
Anything commenced before the commencement of this Order by or 
under the authority of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport 
and Media may, in so far as it relates to functions transferred by this Order to the 
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, be carried on or completed on 
or after such commencement by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and 
Employment. 
 
6. 
Every document (including any certificate or licence) granted or made in


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Employment. 
 
6. 
Every document (including any certificate or licence) granted or made in 
the performance of a function transferred by this Order shall, if and in so far as 
it was operative immediately before the commencement of this Order, have 
effect from such commencement as if it had been granted or made by the 
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. 
 
7. 
References to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport


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7. 
References to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport 
and Media contained in the constitution of any company and relating to any 
function transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, 
be construed as references to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and 
Employment. 
 
8. (1) All property, rights and liabilities held, enjoyed or incurred before the 
commencement of this Order by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts,


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commencement of this Order by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, 
Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, in connection with the functions transferred by this 
Order are transferred to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and, 
accordingly, without any further conveyance, transfer or assignment, on such 
commencement – 
(a) 
that property, both real and personal, vests in the Minister for 
Enterprise, Trade and Employment, 
(b)


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Enterprise, Trade and Employment, 
(b) 
those rights shall be enjoyed by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade 
and Employment, and 
(c) 
those liabilities are liabilities of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade 
and Employment. 
(2) All moneys, stocks, shares and securities transferred to the Minister for 
Enterprise, Trade and Employment by this Article which, on the commencement 
of this Order, are standing in the name of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts,


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of this Order, are standing in the name of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, 
Gaeltacht, Sport and Media shall, on the request of the Minister for Enterprise, 
Trade and Employment, be transferred into the name of the Minister for 
Enterprise, Trade and Employment. 
 
 
 
4  [174] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, 
6 May, 2025. 
 
MICHEÁL MARTIN, 
Taoiseach. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[174]  5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Taoiseach. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[174]  5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 213 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
SEANAD ELECTORAL (UNIVERSITY MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) ACT 
2024 (COMMENCEMENT) (NO. 2) ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
 
2  [213] 
S.I. No. 213 of 2025 
 
SEANAD ELECTORAL (UNIVERSITY MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) ACT 
2024 (COMMENCEMENT) (NO. 2) ORDER 2025 
 
I, JAMES BROWNE, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in 
exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2(1) of the Seanad Electoral


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exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2(1) of the Seanad Electoral 
(University Members) (Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 40 of 2024), hereby order 
as follows: 
 
1. 
This Order may be cited as the Seanad Electoral (University Members) 
(Amendment) Act 2024 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2025. 
 
2. 
The Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Act 2024 
(No. 40 of 2024), in so far as it is not already in operation, shall come into


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(No. 40 of 2024), in so far as it is not already in operation, shall come into 
operation on the date of the dissolution of Dáil Éireann that next occurs after the 
making of this Order. 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
27 May, 2025. 
 
JAMES BROWNE, 
Minister for Housing, Local Government  and Heritage. 
 
 
 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 30th May, 2025. 
[213]  3 
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"Iris Oifigiúil" of 30th May, 2025. 
[213]  3 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation.) 
 
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for Housing, Local 
Government and Heritage by section 2(1) of the Seanad Electoral (University 
Members) (Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 40 of 2024), this Order appoints the date 
of the dissolution of Dáil Éireann that next occurs after the making of this Order


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of the dissolution of Dáil Éireann that next occurs after the making of this Order 
as the day on which the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) 
Act 2024 (No. 40 of 2024), in so far as it is not already in operation, shall come 
into operation. 
 
 
4  [213] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 179 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
EDUCATION (ALTERATION OF NAME OF DEPARTMENT AND TITLE 
OF MINISTER) ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
2  [179] 
S.I. No. 179 of 2025 
 
EDUCATION (ALTERATION OF NAME OF DEPARTMENT AND TITLE 
OF MINISTER) ORDER 2025 
 
The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6(1) of 
the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), hereby 
order as follows:


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the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), hereby 
order as follows: 
 
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Education (Alteration of Name of 
Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025. 
(2) This Order comes into operation on 2 May 2025. 
 
2. 
The name of the Department of State, the present name of which is, in 
the Irish language, an Roinn Oideachais and, in the English language, the


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the Irish language, an Roinn Oideachais and, in the English language, the 
Department of Education, is altered, in the Irish language, to that of an Roinn 
Oideachais agus Óige and, in the English language, to that of the Department of 
Education and Youth. 
 
3. 
The title of the Minister having charge of the Department of State, whose 
present title is, in the Irish language, an tAire Oideachais and, in the English


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present title is, in the Irish language, an tAire Oideachais and, in the English 
language, the Minister for Education, is altered, in the Irish language, to that of 
an tAire Oideachais agus Óige and, in the English language, to that of the 
Minister for Education and Youth. 
 
4. 
In any enactment or instrument made under an enactment - 
(a) 
references to the Department of Education shall be construed as 
references to the Department of Education and Youth, and 
(b)


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references to the Department of Education and Youth, and 
(b) 
references to the Minister for Education shall be construed as 
references to the Minister for Education and Youth. 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under the Official Seal 
   of the Government, 
29 April, 2025. 
 
MICHEÁL MARTIN, 
Taoiseach. 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 2nd May, 2025. 
[179]  3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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S.I. No. 157 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
MOTHER AND BABY INSTITUTIONS PAYMENT SCHEME ACT 2023 
(FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN RESPECT OF LEGAL COSTS AND 
EXPENSES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2025 
 
 
 
 
2  [157] 
S.I. No. 157 of 2025 
 
MOTHER AND BABY INSTITUTIONS PAYMENT SCHEME ACT 2023 
(FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN RESPECT OF LEGAL COSTS AND 
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(FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN RESPECT OF LEGAL COSTS AND 
EXPENSES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2025 
 
I, NORMA FOLEY, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and 
Youth, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 44 of the Mother 
and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 (No.20 of 2023), hereby make 
the following regulations: 
 
1. 
These Regulations may be cited as the Mother and Baby Institutions 
Payment Scheme Act 2023 (Financial support in respect of legal costs and


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Payment Scheme Act 2023 (Financial support in respect of legal costs and 
expenses) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. 
 
2. 
In these Regulations, “Regulations of 2023” means the Mother and Baby 
Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 (Financial support in respect of legal 
costs and expenses) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 88 of 2024). 
 
3. 
Regulation 3(3) of the Regulations of 2023 is amended by the 
substitution, for “shall make payment directly to the applicant or, where


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substitution, for “shall make payment directly to the applicant or, where 
applicable, the person to whom section 39(3) of the Act of 2023 applies.”, of the 
following: 
“shall make payment to – 
(a) 
the applicant or, where applicable, the person to whom section 
39(3) of the Act of 2023 applies, or 
(b) 
where the applicant or, where applicable, the person to whom 
section 39(3) of the Act of 2023 applies so directs in writing, to


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section 39(3) of the Act of 2023 applies so directs in writing, to 
such legal practitioner as he or she specifies in the direction.”. 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
30 April, 2025. 
 
NORMA FOLEY, 
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and 
Youth. 
 
 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 2nd May, 2025. 
[157]  3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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S.I. No. 50 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES 
(SURFACE WATERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2025 
 
 
 
2  [50] 
 
S.I. No. 50 of 2025 
 
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES 
(SURFACE WATERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2025 
 
I, JAMES BROWNE , Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, 
in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European


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in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European 
Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further 
effect to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 23 October 20001 establishing a framework for Community action in the field 
of water policy, as amended, hereby make the following regulations: 
 
PART 1 
PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL 
Citation 
1. 
These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities


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PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL 
Citation 
1. 
These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities 
Environmental Objectives (Surface Waters) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. 
 
Interpretation 
2. (1) In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the European 
Communities Environmental Objectives (Surface Waters) Regulations 2009 
(S.I. No. 272 of 2009). 
(2) A word or expression which is used in these Regulations and which is


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(S.I. No. 272 of 2009). 
(2) A word or expression which is used in these Regulations and which is 
also used in the Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 23 October 20001 has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same 
meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Directive.  
 
PART 2 
AMENDMENT OF PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS 
Amendment of Article 49 of Principal Regulations 
3. 
The Principal Regulations are amended by inserting the following Article


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3. 
The Principal Regulations are amended by inserting the following Article 
after Article 49: 
“49A.  Where more than one of the objectives under paragraph 1 of Article 4 of 
the Water Framework Directive relates to a given body of water, the most 
stringent shall apply.”  
 
Amendment of Schedule 2 of the Principal Regulations 
4. 
The 2009 Regulations are amended in Schedule 2 (amended by 
Regulation 8 of the European Communities Environmental Objectives (Surface


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Regulation 8 of the European Communities Environmental Objectives (Surface 
 
1 OJ No. L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1. 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 7th March, 2025. 
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Waters) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 288 of 2020)) by inserting the 
following paragraph after paragraph 8: 
“8A. 
The controls, mentioned in paragraph 8, shall also apply to the indirect 
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potential impacts on groundwaters.”. 
 
Insertion of Schedules 7 and 8 into Principal Regulations 
5. 
The Principal Regulations are amended by inserting the following 
Schedules after Schedule 6: 
“SCHEDULE 7 
Monitoring of ecological status and chemical status for surface waters 
 
1. The surface water monitoring network shall be established in accordance 
with the requirements of Article 8 of the Water Framework Directive. The


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with the requirements of Article 8 of the Water Framework Directive. The 
monitoring network shall be designed so as to provide a coherent and 
comprehensive overview of ecological and chemical status within each river 
basin and shall permit classification of water bodies into five classes consistent 
with the normative definitions in section 1.2 of Annex V to the Water 
Framework Directive. The EPA shall provide a map or maps showing the surface


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Framework Directive. The EPA shall provide a map or maps showing the surface 
water monitoring network in the river basin management plan. 
 
2. On the basis of the characterisation and impact assessment carried out in 
accordance with Article 5 and Annex II to the Water Framework Directive, local 
authorities or relevant public authorities shall for each period to which a river 
basin management plan applies, establish a surveillance monitoring programme


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basin management plan applies, establish a surveillance monitoring programme 
and an operational monitoring programme. The EPA may also need in some 
cases to establish programmes of investigative monitoring. 
 
3. The EPA shall monitor parameters which are indicative of the status of 
each relevant quality element. In selecting parameters for biological quality 
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elements the EPA shall identify the appropriate taxonomic level required to 
achieve adequate confidence and precision in the classification of the quality 
elements. Estimates of the level of confidence and precision of the results 
provided by the monitoring programmes shall be given in the plan. 
 
Design of surveillance monitoring 
1. Objective 
(a) 
The EPA shall establish surveillance monitoring programmes to 
provide information for: 
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(a) 
The EPA shall establish surveillance monitoring programmes to 
provide information for: 
(i) 
supplementing and validating the impact assessment 
procedure detailed in Annex II to the Water Framework 
Directive; 
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(ii) 
the efficient and effective design of future monitoring 
programmes; 
 
(iii) the assessment of long-term changes in natural conditions; 
(iv) the assessment of long-term changes resulting from 
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(iv) the assessment of long-term changes resulting from 
widespread anthropogenic activity. 
(b) 
The results of such monitoring referred to in subparagraph (a) 
shall be reviewed and used, in combination with the impact 
assessment procedure described in Annex II to the Water 
Framework Directive, to determine requirements for monitoring 
programmes in the current and subsequent river basin 
management plans. 
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management plans. 
2. Selection of monitoring points 
(a) 
Surveillance monitoring shall be carried out, by the EPA, of 
sufficient surface water bodies to provide an assessment of the 
overall surface water status within each catchment or 
subcatchments within the river basin district. In selecting these 
bodies the EPA shall ensure that, where appropriate, monitoring 
is carried out at points where the following applies: 
(i) 
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(i) 
the rate of water flow is significant within the river basin 
district as a whole; including points on large rivers where 
the catchment area is greater than 2500 km²; 
(ii) 
the volume of water present is significant within the river 
basin district, including large lakes and reservoirs; 
(iii) significant bodies of water cross a State boundary; 
(iv) sites formerly identified under the Information Exchange 
Decision 77/795/EEC; 
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(iv) sites formerly identified under the Information Exchange 
Decision 77/795/EEC; 
(v) 
at such other sites as are required to estimate the pollutant 
load which is transferred across State boundaries, and 
which is transferred into the marine environment. 
 
3. Selection of quality elements 
(a) 
Subject to subparagraph (b), surveillance monitoring shall be 
carried out, by the EPA, for each monitoring site for a period of 
one year during the period covered by a river basin management


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one year during the period covered by a river basin management 
plan for the following: 
(i) 
parameters indicative of all biological quality elements; 
(ii) 
parameters indicative of all hydromorphological quality 
elements; 
(iii) parameters indicative of all general physico-chemical 
quality elements; 
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(iv) priority list pollutants which are discharged into the river 
basin or sub-basin; 
(v) 
other pollutants discharged in significant quantities in the 
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(v) 
other pollutants discharged in significant quantities in the 
river basin or sub-basin. 
(b) 
Where the previous surveillance monitoring exercise showed that 
the body concerned reached good status and there is no evidence 
from the review of impact of human activity in Annex II to the 
Water Framework Directive that the impacts on the body have 
changed, the monitoring obligations under subparagraph (a) shall 
not apply. 
(c) 
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not apply. 
(c) 
In a case to which subparagraph (b) applies, surveillance 
monitoring shall be carried out once every three river basin 
management plans. 
 
4. Design of operational monitoring 
(a) 
Operational monitoring shall be undertaken in respect of the 
following: 
(i) 
to establish the status of those bodies identified as being at 
risk of failing to meet their environmental objectives; 
(ii) 
to assess any changes in the status of such bodies resulting


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(ii) 
to assess any changes in the status of such bodies resulting 
from the programmes of measures. 
(b) 
The programme of operational monitoring may be amended 
during the period of the river basin management plan in the light 
of information obtained as part of the requirements of Annex II 
to the Water Framework Directive or as part of Annex V to that 
Directive, in particular to allow a reduction in frequency where 
an impact is found not to be significant or the relevant pressure is


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an impact is found not to be significant or the relevant pressure is 
removed. 
5. Selection of monitoring sites 
Operational monitoring shall be carried out for all those bodies of water which 
on the basis of either the impact assessment carried out in accordance with 
Annex II to the Water Framework Directive or surveillance monitoring are 
identified as being at risk of failing to meet their environmental objectives under


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identified as being at risk of failing to meet their environmental objectives under 
Article 4 of the Water Framework Directive and for those bodies of water into 
which priority list substances are discharged. Monitoring points shall be selected 
for priority list substances as specified in the legislation laying down the relevant 
environmental quality standard. In all other cases, including for priority list 
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substances where no specific guidance is given in such legislation, monitoring 
points shall be selected as follows: 
(i) 
for bodies at risk from significant point source pressures, 
sufficient monitoring points within each body in order to 
assess the magnitude and impact of the point source. Where 
a body is subject to a number of point source pressures 
monitoring points may be selected to assess the magnitude 
and impact of these pressures as a whole; 
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and impact of these pressures as a whole; 
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(ii) 
for bodies at risk from significant diffuse source pressures, 
sufficient monitoring points within a selection of the bodies 
in order to assess the magnitude and impact of the diffuse 
source pressures. The selection of bodies shall be made 
such that they are representative of the relative risks of the 
occurrence of the diffuse source pressures, and of the 
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relative risks of the failure to achieve good surface water 
status; 
(iii) for bodies at risk from significant hydromorphological 
pressure, sufficient monitoring points within a selection of 
the bodies in order to assess the magnitude and impact of 
the hydromorphological pressures. The selection of bodies 
shall be indicative of the overall impact of the 
hydromorphological pressure to which all the bodies are 
subject. 
 
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subject. 
 
6. Selection of quality elements 
In order to assess the magnitude of the pressure to which bodies of surface water 
are subject the EPA shall monitor for those quality elements which are indicative 
of the pressures to which the body or bodies are subject. In order to assess the 
impact of these pressures, the EPA shall monitor the following as relevant: 
(i) 
parameters indicative of the biological quality element, or 
elements, most sensitive to the pressures to which the water


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elements, most sensitive to the pressures to which the water 
bodies are subject; 
(ii) 
all priority substances discharged, and other pollutants 
discharged in significant quantities; 
(iii) parameters indicative of the hydromorphological quality 
element most sensitive to the pressure identified. 
 
Design of investigative monitoring 
Objective 
(a) 
Investigative monitoring shall be carried out by local authorities 
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or relevant public authorities in the following circumstances: 
(i) 
where the reason for any exceedances is unknown; 
(ii) 
where surveillance monitoring indicates that the objectives 
set out in Article 4 of the Water Framework Directive for a 
body of water are not likely to be achieved and operational 
monitoring has not already been established, in order to 
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to achieve the environmental objectives; 
(iii) to ascertain the magnitude and impacts of accidental 
pollution. 
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(b) 
The investigative monitoring under subparagraph (a) shall inform 
the establishment of a programme of measures, by the EPA, for 
the achievement of the environmental objectives and specific 
measures necessary to remedy the effects of accidental pollution. 
 
Frequency of monitoring 
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Frequency of monitoring 
(a) 
For the surveillance monitoring period, the frequencies for 
monitoring parameters indicative of physico-chemical quality 
elements given below should be applied unless greater intervals 
would be justified on the basis of technical knowledge and expert 
judgement. For biological or hydromorphological quality 
elements monitoring shall be carried out at least once during the 
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surveillance monitoring period. 
(b) 
For operational monitoring, the frequency of monitoring required 
for any parameter shall be determined by the EPA so as to provide 
sufficient data for a reliable assessment of the status of the 
relevant quality element. As a guideline, monitoring should take 
place at intervals not exceeding those shown in the Table other 
than where greater intervals would be justified on the basis of 
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technical knowledge and expert judgement. 
(c) 
Frequencies shall be chosen so as to achieve an acceptable level 
of confidence and precision. Estimates of the confidence and 
precision attained by the monitoring system used shall be stated 
in the river basin management plan. 
(d) 
Monitoring frequencies shall be selected which take account of 
the variability in parameters resulting from both natural and 
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anthropogenic conditions. The times at which monitoring is 
undertaken shall be selected so as to minimise the impact of 
seasonal variation on the results, and thus ensure that the results 
reflect changes in the water body as a result of changes due to 
anthropogenic pressure. Additional monitoring during different 
seasons of the same year shall be carried out, where necessary, to 
achieve this objective. 
 
Quality element  
Rivers  
Lakes  
Transitional  
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achieve this objective. 
 
Quality element  
Rivers  
Lakes  
Transitional  
Coastal 
Biological 
Phytoplankton  
6 months  
6 months  
6 months  
6 months  
Other aquatic flora  
3 years  
3 years 
3 years 
3 years 
Macro invertebrates  
3 years 
3 years 
3 years 
3 years 
Fish  
3 years 
3 years 
3 years 
 
Hydromorphological 
 
 
 
 
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Continuity  
6 years 
 
 
 
Hydrology  
continuous  
1 month 
 
 
Morphology  
6 years  
6 years  
6 years 
6 years 
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1 month 
 
 
Morphology  
6 years  
6 years  
6 years 
6 years 
Physico-chemical 
 
 
 
 
Thermal conditions  
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
Oxygenation  
3 months  
3 months  
3 months  
3 months  
Salinity  
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
Nutrient status  
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
Acidification  
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
Other pollutants  
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
Priority substances  
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1 month 
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3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
Priority substances  
1 month 
1 month 
1 month 
1 month 
 
Additional monitoring requirements for protected areas 
The monitoring programmes required in this Schedule shall be supplemented in 
order to fulfil the following requirements: 
(a) 
Drinking water abstraction points 
Bodies of surface water designated in Article 7 of the Water Framework 
Directive which provide more than 100 m³ a day as an average shall be


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Directive which provide more than 100 m³ a day as an average shall be 
designated as monitoring sites and shall be subject to such additional monitoring 
as may be necessary to meet the requirements of that Article. Such bodies shall 
be monitored for all priority substances discharged and all other substances 
discharged in significant quantities which could affect the status of the body of 
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water and which are controlled under the provisions of the Directive (EU) 
2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 
20202. Monitoring shall be carried out in accordance with the frequencies set out 
below: 
Community served 
Frequency 
< 10,000 persons 
4 per year 
10,000 to 30,000 persons 
8 per year 
➢ 30,000 persons 
12 per year 
(b) 
Habitat and species protection areas 
 
 
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(b) 
Habitat and species protection areas 
 
 
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Bodies of water forming habitat and species protection areas shall be included 
within the operational monitoring programme referred to in paragraph (a) where, 
on the basis of the impact assessment and the surveillance monitoring, they are 
identified as being at risk of failing to meet their environmental objectives under 
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Article 4 of the Water Framework Directive. Monitoring shall be carried out to 
assess the magnitude and impact of all relevant significant pressures on these 
bodies and, where necessary, to assess changes in the status of such bodies 
resulting from the programmes of measures. Monitoring shall continue until the 
areas satisfy the water-related requirements of the legislation under which they 
are designated and meet their objectives under Article 4 of the Water Framework 
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are designated and meet their objectives under Article 4 of the Water Framework 
Directive. 
 
Standards for monitoring of quality elements 
Methods used for the monitoring of type parameters shall conform to the 
international standards listed below or such other national or international 
standards which ensure the provision of data of an equivalent scientific quality 
and comparability. 
(a) 
Macroinvertebrate sampling: 
All relevant CEN/ISO standards. 
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(a) 
Macroinvertebrate sampling: 
All relevant CEN/ISO standards. 
(b) 
Macrophyte sampling: 
All relevant CEN/ISO standards 
(c) 
Fish sampling: 
All relevant CEN/ISO standards 
(d) 
Diatom sampling: 
All relevant CEN/ISO standards 
(e) 
Standards for physico-chemical parameters: 
All relevant CEN/ISO standards 
(f) 
Standards for hydromorphological parameters: 
All relevant CEN/ISO standards 
 
 
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SCHEDULE 8 
 
Interpretation and presentation of groundwater chemical status 
(a) 
In assessing status, the results of individual monitoring points 
within a groundwater body shall be aggregated for the body as a 
whole. Without prejudice to the Directives concerned, for good 
status to be achieved for a groundwater body, for those chemical 
parameters for which environmental quality standards have been 
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set in Community legislation as follows: 
(i) 
the mean value of the results of monitoring at each point in 
the groundwater body or group of bodies shall be 
calculated, and 
(ii) 
in accordance with Article 17 of the Water Framework 
Directive these mean values shall be used to demonstrate 
compliance with good groundwater chemical status. 
(b) 
Subject to point 2.5 of Annex V to the Water Framework 
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Directive, the EPA shall provide a map of groundwater chemical 
status, colour-coded as indicated below: 
Good 
Green 
Poor 
Red 
(c) 
The EPA shall also indicate by a black dot on the map, those 
groundwater bodies which are subject to a significant and 
sustained upward trend in the concentrations of any pollutant 
resulting from the impact of human activity. Reversal of a trend 
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shall be indicated by a blue dot on the map. 
(d) 
The maps, referred to in subparagraph (c), shall be included in 
the river basin management plan.”. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
27 February, 2025. 
 
JAMES BROWNE, 
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 
 
 
 
 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation.) 
 
These Regulations, made under section 3 of the European Communities Act


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interpretation.) 
 
These Regulations, made under section 3 of the European Communities Act 
1972 (No. 27 of 1972), are for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 
2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000. 
 
 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 87 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
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SEANAD ELECTORAL (UNIVERSITY MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) ACT 
2024 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
 
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S.I. No. 87 of 2025 
 
SEANAD ELECTORAL (UNIVERSITY MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) ACT 
2024 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2025 
 
I, JAMES BROWNE, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in 
exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2(1) of the Seanad Electoral


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exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2(1) of the Seanad Electoral 
(University Members) (Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 40 of 2024), hereby order 
as follows: 
 
1. 
This Order may be cited as the Seanad Electoral (University Members) 
(Amendment) Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2025. 
 
2. 
The 21st day of March 2025 is appointed as the day on which the 
following provisions of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) 
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(Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 40 of 2024) shall come into operation: 
(a) 
section 28, 
(b) 
Part 4. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
20 March, 2025. 
 
JAMES BROWNE, 
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 25th March, 2025. 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
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(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation.) 
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for Housing, Local 
Government and Heritage by section 2(1) of the Seanad Electoral (University 
Members) (Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 40 of 2024), this Order appoints 21 
March 2025 as the day on which Section 28 of Part 3 and Part 4 of that Act come 
into operation. 
 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 44 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
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FINANCE ACT 2004 (SECTION 91) (DEFERRED SURRENDER TO 
CENTRAL FUND) ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
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S.I. No. 44 of 2025 
 
FINANCE ACT 2004 (SECTION 91) (DEFERRED SURRENDER TO 
CENTRAL FUND) ORDER 2025 
 
WHEREAS section 91 of the Finance Act 2004 (No. 8 of 2004) makes provision 
for the carryover from one year to another of any unspent Exchequer capital


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for the carryover from one year to another of any unspent Exchequer capital 
allocations, up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the capital allocation by Vote; 
 
AND WHEREAS the functions of the Minister for Finance under the said 
section 91 have been transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure, National 
Development Plan Delivery and Reform pursuant to the Finance (Transfer of 
Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2011


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Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2011 
(S.I. No. 480 of 2011) (as adapted by the Public Expenditure and Reform 
(Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 
19 of 2023)); 
 
AND WHEREAS the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development 
Plan Delivery and Reform made a determination for the purposes of subsection 
(2) of the said section 91 in respect of certain undischarged appropriations by


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(2) of the said section 91 in respect of certain undischarged appropriations by 
reference to the capital supply services and purposes included in a vote referred 
to in Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act 2024 (No. 45 of 2024); 
 
AND WHEREAS there is set out in Schedule 2 to the Appropriation Act 2024 
the sums deferred into the year ending 31 December 2025 and the related Votes 
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and Titles in respect of each of the sums concerned; 
 
AND WHEREAS, pursuant to subsection (4) of the said section 91, a draft of 
the following order has been laid before Dáil Éireann and a resolution approving 
of the draft has been passed by Dáil Éireann in the financial year immediately 
following the financial year in respect of which the undischarged appropriations 
concerned relate; 
 
 
 
 
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concerned relate; 
 
 
 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 28th February, 2025. 
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NOW I, JACK CHAMBERS, Minister for Public Expenditure, National 
Development Plan Delivery and Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on 
me by section 91(4) of the Finance Act 2004 and the Finance (Transfer of 
Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2011 (as


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Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2011 (as 
adapted by the Public Expenditure and Reform (Alteration of Name of 
Department and Title of Minister) Order 2023), hereby order as follows: 
 
1. 
This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred 
Surrender to Central Fund) Order 2025. 
 
2. 
The sums set out in column (5) of the Schedule, amounting in the 
aggregate to €192,496,000 are determined to be available for making good


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aggregate to €192,496,000 are determined to be available for making good 
supply in the year ending 31 December 2025 for the capital supply services and 
purposes by reference to the Vote Number, Title, Capital Subheads and 
Descriptions mentioned in columns (1), (2), (3) and (4), respectively, of that 
Schedule, opposite the amount mentioned in column (5) in respect of each 
Capital Subhead. 
 
 
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SCHEDULE 
Article 2 
Details of sums determined for the purposes of Article 2


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4  [44] 
 
SCHEDULE 
Article 2 
Details of sums determined for the purposes of Article 2 
Vote No. 
Title 
Capital 
Subhead 
Description 
Sums 
deferred 
under 
section 91 
of the 
Finance 
Act 2004 
(1) 
(2) 
(3) 
(4) 
(5) 
€ 
7 
For the salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Minister for 
Finance, including the Paymaster 
- General's Office, for certain 
services administered by the 
Office of the Minister and for 
payment of certain grants 
A.2 
Administration – 
Non-Pay


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Office of the Minister and for 
payment of certain grants 
A.2 
Administration – 
Non-Pay 
 
 
 
 
Total under Vote 
No. 7  
110,000 
 
 
 
 
 
110,000 
 
16 
For the salaries and expenses of 
Tailte Éireann and certain minor 
services 
A.2 
 
Administration – 
Non-Pay 
 
 
Total under Vote 
No. 16 
479,000 
 
 
 
479,000 
17 
For the salaries and expenses of 
the Public Appointments Service 
A.2 
Administration – 
Non-Pay 
 
 
Total under Vote 
No. 17 
200,000 
 
 
 
200,000 
18


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A.2 
Administration – 
Non-Pay 
 
 
Total under Vote 
No. 17 
200,000 
 
 
 
200,000 
18 
For the salaries and expenses of 
the National Shared Services 
Office 
A.3 
Financial 
Management Shared 
Services Project 
 
Total under Vote 
No. 18 
1,000,000 
 
 
 
1,000,000 
20 
For the salaries and expenses of 
the Garda Síochána, including 
pensions, etc. for the payment of 
certain witnesses' expenses, and 
for payment of certain grants 
A.7 
 
A.12 
Aircraft 
 
Capital Building 
Programme


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for payment of certain grants 
A.7 
 
A.12 
Aircraft 
 
Capital Building 
Programme 
 
Total under Vote 
No. 20 
7,665,000 
 
8,921,000 
 
 
16,586,000 
30 
For the salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Minister for 
Agriculture, Food and the 
Marine, including certain 
services administered by that 
Office, and for payment of 
certain grants and subsidies and 
for the payment of certain grants 
under cash-limited schemes and 
the remediation of Haulbowline 
Island 
A.2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A.3


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under cash-limited schemes and 
the remediation of Haulbowline 
Island 
A.2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A.3 
 
 
 
 
Administration – 
Non-Pay 
 
 
 
 
 
Food Safety, Animal 
and Plant Health and 
Animal Welfare 
 
 
4,000,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,000,000 
 
 
 
 
[44]  5 
 
 
B.5 
 
 
 
 
 
C.3 
 
 
 
 
C.4 
 
 
 
 
 
D.3 
 
 
Development of 
Agriculture and 
Food (Farm) 
 
 
 
Research Quality 
and Certification 
 
 
 
Development and 
Promotion of 
Agriculture and 
Food 
 
 
Fisheries 
 
Total under Vote


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Development and 
Promotion of 
Agriculture and 
Food 
 
 
Fisheries 
 
Total under Vote 
No. 30 
 
21,500,000 
 
 
 
 
 
3,000,000 
 
 
 
 
1,000,000 
 
 
 
 
 
1,300,000 
 
31,800,000 
 
       
31 
For the salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Minister for 
Transport, including certain 
services administered by that 
Office, for payment of certain 
grants and certain other services 
A.4 
 
B.3 
 
 
B.4 
 
 
C.7 
 
 
D.3 
 
F.3 
 
F.5 
 
 
 
Greenways 
 
Public Transport 
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A.4 
 
B.3 
 
 
B.4 
 
 
C.7 
 
 
D.3 
 
F.3 
 
F.5 
 
 
 
Greenways 
 
Public Transport 
Services 
 
Public Transport 
Investment 
 
EV Grants and 
Infrastructure 
 
Regional Airports 
 
Digital Hub 
 
Research 
Programmes 
 
 
Total under Vote 
No. 31 
14,500,000 
 
2,050,000 
 
 
47,000,000 
 
 
34,076,000 
 
 
8,927,000 
 
6,800,000 
 
1,900,000 
 
 
 
115,253,000 
33 
For the salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Minister for 
Tourism, Culture, Arts, 
Gaeltacht, Sport and Media


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the Office of the Minister for 
Tourism, Culture, Arts, 
Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 
including certain services 
administered by that Office, and 
for payment of certain subsidies 
and grants 
A.6 
 
 
A.8 
 
 
 
B.7 
 
 
 
C.3 
 
 
C.8 
 
 
Tourism Product 
Development 
 
EU Just Transition 
Fund 
 
 
Cultural 
Infrastructure and 
Development 
 
Gaeltacht Support 
Schemes 
 
Údarás na Gaeltachta  
 
2,500,000 
 
 
512,000 
 
 
 
8,500,000 
 
 
 
385,000 
 
 
1,200,000 
 
 
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2,500,000 
 
 
512,000 
 
 
 
8,500,000 
 
 
 
385,000 
 
 
1,200,000 
 
 
6  [44] 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
25 February, 2025. 
 
JACK CHAMBERS, 
Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development 
Plan Delivery and Reform. 
 
 
 
C.9 
 
 
 
 
D.5 
 
D.7 
Cross Border 
Cooperation /  
Comhoibriú Thuaidh 
Theas 
 
Sport Ireland 
 
Large Scale Sport 
Infrastructure Fund  
 
Total under Vote 
No. 33 
615,000 
 
 
 
 
1,600,000 
 
9,476,000 
 
 
24,788,000 
 
37


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Total under Vote 
No. 33 
615,000 
 
 
 
 
1,600,000 
 
9,476,000 
 
 
24,788,000 
 
37 
For the salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Minister for 
Social Protection, for certain 
services administered by that 
Office, for payments to the 
Social Insurance Fund, for 
certain grants and including 
payments under cash-limited 
schemes administered by that 
Office 
A.2 
Administration – 
Non-Pay 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total under Vote 
No. 38 
1,380,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,380,000 
43


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Non-Pay 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total under Vote 
No. 38 
1,380,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,380,000 
43 
For the salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Government 
Chief Information Officer 
A.4 
Public Service 
Transformation  
 
Total under Vote 
No. 39 
900,000 
 
 
900,000 
 TOTAL OF SCHEDULE 
192,496,000 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 132 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
ROAD TRAFFIC AND ROADS ACT 2023 (COMMENCEMENT) (NO. 2) 
ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
2  [132] 
S.I. No. 132 of 2025 
 
ROAD TRAFFIC AND ROADS ACT 2023 (COMMENCEMENT) (NO. 2) 
ORDER 2025 
 
I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers 
conferred on me by section 1(2) of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (No. 
16 of 2023) hereby order as follows: 
 
1.


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16 of 2023) hereby order as follows: 
 
1. 
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 
(Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2025. 
 
2. 
The 19th day of May 2025 is appointed as the day on which paragraphs 
(c), (f), (h) and (j) of section 5 of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (No. 16 
of 2023) shall come into operation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
13 May, 2025. 
 
DARRAGH O’BRIEN, 
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
13 May, 2025. 
 
DARRAGH O’BRIEN, 
Minister for Transport. 
 
 
 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 16th May, 2025. 
[132]  3 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation.) 
 
This Order commences paragraphs (c), (f), (h) and (j) of section 5 of the Road 
Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (No. 16 of 2023). 
 
 
 
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Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (No. 16 of 2023). 
 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 209 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
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STATISTICS (COMMUNITY INNOVATION SURVEY) ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
 
2  [209] 
S.I. No. 209 of 2025 
 
STATISTICS (COMMUNITY INNOVATION SURVEY) ORDER 2025 
 
I, MICHEÁL MARTIN, Taoiseach, in exercise of the powers conferred on me 
by section 25(1) of the Statistics Act 1993 (No. 21 of 1993) and, other than in 
relation to subparagraph (j) of paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of the Schedule to


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relation to subparagraph (j) of paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of the Schedule to 
the following order, for the purpose of giving full effect to Regulation (EU) 
2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 20191 
in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1(b) and (c) and paragraph 2(d) of Article 6 
thereof, hereby order as follows: 
 
1. 
This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Community Innovation Survey) 
Order 2025. 
 
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Order 2025. 
 
2. (1) In this Order – 
“Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and 
of the Council of 27 November 20191, as amended by Commission Delegated 
Regulation (EU) 2021/1704 of 14 July 20212; 
“survey” means the Community Innovation Survey that is conducted by the 
Central Statistics Office for the purposes of obtaining, including for the purposes 
of compliance with the Regulation, information set out in the Schedule.


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of compliance with the Regulation, information set out in the Schedule. 
(2) A word or expression that is used in this Order and also used in the 
Regulation has the same meaning in this Order as in the Regulation, except 
where the context otherwise requires. 
 
3. 
This Order applies to an undertaking that – 
(a) 
engages 10 or more persons, and 
(b) 
is classified for statistical purposes under class 03.30 of section 
A, section B, C, D, E, G, H, J, K, L or N or class 91.30 of section


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A, section B, C, D, E, G, H, J, K, L or N or class 91.30 of section 
S of NACE Rev. 2.1, as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 
1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 
December 20063, as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 295/2008 
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 20084, 
Regulation (EU) No. 70/2012 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 18 January 20125, Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of


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the Council of 18 January 20125, Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 20196 and 
 
1 OJ No. L 327, 17.12.2019, p. 1 
2 OJ No. L 339, 24.9.2021, p. 33 
3 OJ No. L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 
4 OJ No. L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 13 
5 OJ No. L 32, 3.2.2012, p. 1 
6 OJ No. L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 241 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 27th May, 2025. 
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"Iris Oifigiúil" of 27th May, 2025. 
[209]  3 
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/137 of 10 October 
20227. 
 
4. 
A requirement on undertakings to which this Order applies to provide, 
once only and for the purposes of the survey, information the general nature of 
which is specified in the Schedule is hereby prescribed. 
 
 
 
7 OJ No. L 19, 20.1.2023, p. 5 
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SCHEDULE 
 
1. 
Information in relation to the years 2022 to 2024 regarding the following,


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SCHEDULE 
 
1. 
Information in relation to the years 2022 to 2024 regarding the following, 
as it relates to the undertaking concerned: 
(a) 
general information on the business activity; 
(b) 
product (good or service) innovation; 
(c) 
process innovation; 
(d) 
ongoing or abandoned innovation activities for product and 
process innovations; 
(e) 
business finance for innovation activities, expenditures and tax 
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incentives for product and process innovations; 
(f) 
co-operation for product and process innovations; 
(g) 
factors hampering innovation activities; 
(h) 
intellectual property rights; 
(i) 
turnover and employment; 
(j) 
corporate responsibility and sustainability; 
(k) 
climate change; 
(l) 
innovations with environmental benefits; 
(m) non-innovators. 
 
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2. 
Particulars of the time taken to complete the form, questionnaire or other 
record prepared by the Director General for the collection of information referred 
to in paragraph 1. 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
21 May, 2025. 
 
MICHEÁL MARTIN, 
Taoiseach. 
 
 
 
 
[209]  5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 238 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
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DOG CONTROL (TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
AND MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
2  [238] 
S.I. No. 238 of 2025 
 
DOG CONTROL (TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
AND MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER 2025 
 
The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6(1) of 
the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), hereby


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the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), hereby 
order as follows: 
 
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Dog Control (Transfer of Departmental 
Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2025. 
(2) This Order comes into operation on 1 June 2025. 
 
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, 
performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 3 are 
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transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. 
(2) References to the Department of Rural and Community Development 
contained in any Act or any instrument made under such Act and relating to any 
administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the 
commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of 
Agriculture, Food and the Marine. 
 
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3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Rural and Community 
Development by or under the Acts specified in the Schedule are transferred to 
the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. 
(2) References to the Minister for Rural and Community Development 
contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act and relating to any 
functions transferred by this Article shall, from the commencement of this Order,


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functions transferred by this Article shall, from the commencement of this Order, 
be construed as references to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. 
 
4. 
Where, immediately before the commencement of this Order, any legal 
proceedings are pending to which the Minister for Rural and Community 
Development is a party and the proceedings have reference to functions 
transferred by this Order to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine,


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transferred by this Order to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 
the name of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, shall, in so far as 
the proceedings relate to any function transferred by this Order, be substituted in 
the proceedings for that of the Minister for Rural and Community Development 
or added in the proceedings, as may be appropriate, and the proceedings shall 
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not abate by reason of such substitution. 
 
5. 
Anything commenced before the commencement of this Order by or 
under the authority of the Minister for Rural and Community Development may, 
in so far as it relates to functions transferred by this Order to the Minister for 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 3rd June, 2025. 
[238]  3 
Agriculture, Food and the Marine, be carried on or completed on or after such


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Agriculture, Food and the Marine, be carried on or completed on or after such 
commencement by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. 
 
6. 
Every document (including any certificate or licence) granted or made in 
the performance of a function transferred by this Order shall, if and in so far as 
it was operative immediately before the commencement of this Order, have 
effect from such commencement as if it had been granted or made by the


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effect from such commencement as if it had been granted or made by the 
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. 
 
7. 
References to the Minister for Rural and Community Development 
contained in the memorandum and articles of association of any company and 
relating to any function transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement 
of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Agriculture, Food 
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of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Agriculture, Food 
and the Marine. 
 
8. (1) All property, rights and liabilities held, enjoyed or incurred before the 
commencement of this Order by the Minister for Rural and Community 
Development in connection with the functions transferred by this Order are 
transferred to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and, 
accordingly, without any further conveyance, transfer or assignment, on such 
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accordingly, without any further conveyance, transfer or assignment, on such 
commencement – 
(a) 
that property, both real and personal, vests in the Minister for 
Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 
(b) 
those rights shall be enjoyed by the Minister for Agriculture, Food 
and the Marine, and 
(c) 
those liabilities are liabilities of the Minister for Agriculture, 
Food and the Marine. 
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Food and the Marine. 
(2) All monies, stocks, shares and securities transferred to the Minister 
Agriculture, Food and the Marine by this Article which, on the commencement 
of this Order, are standing in the name of the Minister for Rural and Community 
Development shall on the request of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the 
Marine be transferred into the name of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and 
the Marine. 
 
 
4  [238] 
SCHEDULE 
 
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the Marine. 
 
 
4  [238] 
SCHEDULE 
 
The Control of Dogs Act 1986 (No. 32 of 1986) 
Section 8(2) of the Control of Dogs (Amendment) Act 1992 (No. 13 of 1993) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, 
27 May, 2025. 
 
MICHEÁL MARTIN, 
Taoiseach. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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S.I. No. 220 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
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DISTRICT COURT (GUARDIANSHIP) RULES 2025 
 
 
 
 
2  [220] 
S.I. No. 220 of 2025 
 
DISTRICT COURT (GUARDIANSHIP) RULES 2025 
 
The District Court Rules Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred on them 
by section 91 of the Courts of Justice Act 1924, section 72 of the Courts of 
Justice Act 1936, section 34 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961,


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Justice Act 1936, section 34 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, 
and section 24 of the Interpretation Act 2005, and of all other powers enabling 
them in this behalf, with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice, make the 
following rules of court. 
 
Dated this 25th day of  April, 2025. 
Paul Kelly  
 
 
Chairperson 
Alan Mitchell  
 
 
Joyce Good Hammond  
 
Ann McGarry  
 
  
Eoin Martin 
 
 
      
Ciara McMahon 
 
 
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Eoin Martin 
 
 
      
Ciara McMahon 
 
 
James Finn 
 
 
       
Eoin Manning  
 
 
 
 
 
 
I concur in the making of the following rules of court. 
 
Dated this 28th day of May 2025. 
 
Jim O’Callaghan  
Minister for Justice 
 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 30th May, 2025. 
[220]  3 
S.I. No. 220 of 2025 
 
DISTRICT COURT (GUARDIANSHIP) RULES 2025 
 
1. (1) These Rules, which shall come into operation on the 3rd day of June


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1. (1) These Rules, which shall come into operation on the 3rd day of June 
2025, may be cited as the District Court (Guardianship) Rules 2025. 
(2) These Rules shall be construed together with the District Court Rules 
1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997) and all other District Court Rules. 
(3) The District Court Rules as amended by these Rules may be cited as the 
District Court Rules 1997 to 2025. 
 
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2. 
Proceedings in the District Court under the Guardianship of Infants Act 
1964 (No. 7 of 1964) which were commenced but not determined before the date 
on which these Rules enter into force shall be continued and determined as if 
these Rules had not entered into force. 
 
3. 
The District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997) are amended by the 
substitution for Order 58 of the Order set out in Schedule 1. 
 
4. (1) The forms numbered 58.1, 58.3, and 58.21 in Schedule 2 shall be


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4. (1) The forms numbered 58.1, 58.3, and 58.21 in Schedule 2 shall be 
substituted for the forms bearing the like numbers respectively in Schedule C to 
the District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997). 
(2) The forms numbered 58.7, 58.9, 58.11, 58.12, 58.17, 58.19, 58.23, 58.30, 
58.33, 58.35, 58.37, 58.39, 58.41, 58.43, 58.45, and 58.47 shall be deleted from 
Schedule C to the District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997). 
 
 
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Schedule C to the District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997). 
 
 
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Schedule 1 
 
“ORDER 58: CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN, 
DECLARATION OF PARENTAGE 
 
Definitions 
1. 
In this Order— 
“the 1964 Act” means the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 (No. 7 of 1964); 
“the 1987 Act” means the Status of Children Act 1987 (No. 26 of 1987); 
“the 1997 Act’’ means the Children Act 1997 (No. 40 of 1997); 
“the 2015 Act” means the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (No. 9


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“the 2015 Act” means the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (No. 9 
of 2015); 
“child” means a person who has not attained full age; 
“intending parent” has the meaning assigned to it in section 20 of the 2015 Act. 
Venue 
2. (1) Proceedings under the 1964 Act may be brought, heard, or determined 
at any sitting of the Court for the court area where any party to the proceedings 
resides or carries on any profession, business, or occupation.


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resides or carries on any profession, business, or occupation. 
(2) Where, however, the Clerk, having consulted the Judge for the time being 
assigned to the district within which such area is situated, certifies on an 
originating document that the proceedings are urgent, the said originating 
document may, subject to the provisions of rule 10, be issued for, and the 
proceedings may be heard and determined at any sitting of the Court in that 
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proceedings may be heard and determined at any sitting of the Court in that 
district. 
(3) Proceedings under section 21 of the 2015 Act may be brought, heard, or 
determined at any sitting of the Court for the court area in which an applicant 
ordinarily resides or carries on any profession, business, or occupation, or where 
no applicant under that section ordinarily resides or carries on any profession, 
business, or occupation in the State, at any sitting of the Court for the Dublin


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business, or occupation in the State, at any sitting of the Court for the Dublin 
Metropolitan District. 
Hearing to be otherwise than in public 
3. 
Proceedings under the 1964 Act and proceedings under section 21 of the 
2015 Act concerning a child under the age of 18 years shall be heard otherwise 
than in public. 
Notice of applications 
4. 
An application to the Court for any one or more of the following orders 
under the 1964 Act may be begun by the completion by the applicant of an


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under the 1964 Act may be begun by the completion by the applicant of an 
application form in the Form 58.1, Schedule C, which must be submitted to the 
Clerk. Upon receipt of the completed application form, the Clerk will issue a 
notice in the Form 58.3, Schedule C: 
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(a) 
under section 6A (as inserted by the 1987 Act and as substituted 
by section 48 of the 2015 Act) of the 1964 Act on the application 
of a person who, being a parent of a child, is not a guardian of the


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of a person who, being a parent of a child, is not a guardian of the 
child, for an order appointing the person as guardian of the child; 
the notice and copy application form must be served on the other 
parent and on any other guardian of the child; 
(b) 
under section 6C (as inserted by section 49 of the 2015 Act) of 
the 1964 Act on the application of a person who, not being a 
parent of a child, is eligible under section 6C(2) of the 1964 Act


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parent of a child, is eligible under section 6C(2) of the 1964 Act 
to make such application for an order appointing the person as a 
guardian of the child: the notice and copy application form must 
be served on each person who is a parent or guardian of the child 
concerned and in the case of an application by a person to whom 
section 6C(2)(b) of the 1964 Act applies, the notice and copy 
application form must also be served upon the Child and Family 
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application form must also be served upon the Child and Family 
Agency; 
(c) 
for an order under section 6E(5) (as inserted by section 49 of the 
2015 Act) of the 1964 Act appointing a nominated person as a 
guardian of the child, on the application of a qualifying guardian 
or nominated person under section 6E(3) of the 1964 Act: the 
notice and copy application form and a copy of the nomination 
signed in accordance with rule 6 must be served on each person


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signed in accordance with rule 6 must be served on each person 
mentioned in section 6E(4) of the 1964 Act; 
(d) 
under section 6E(9) (as inserted by section 49 of the 2015 Act) of 
the 1964 Act on the application of a temporary guardian or the 
qualifying guardian concerned for an order under section 6E(11) 
of the 1964 Act: the notice and copy application form must be 
served on each person mentioned in section 6E(10) of the 1964 
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served on each person mentioned in section 6E(10) of the 1964 
Act; 
(e) 
under section 6F(1) (as inserted by section 49 of the 2015 Act) of 
the 1964 Act on the application of a person mentioned in section 
6F(2) of the 1964 Act for a declaration that a person named in the 
application is or is not a guardian, by virtue of the circumstances 
set out in section 2(4A) or 6B(3) of the 1964 Act, of a child named 
in the application (the “child concerned”): the notice and copy


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in the application (the “child concerned”): the notice and copy 
application form must be served on each person mentioned in 
section 6F(3) of the 1964 Act and upon any other person directed 
by the Court to be given notice of the application; 
(f) 
for an order under section 7(4) of the 1964 Act (as substituted by 
section 50 of the 2015 Act): the notice and copy application form 
must be served on the surviving guardian or testamentary 
guardian of the child, as the case may be;  
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guardian of the child, as the case may be;  
(g) 
for an order to appoint a guardian or guardians under section 8(2) 
of the 1964 Act, unless the application is made by the surviving 
parent (in which case it can be made ex parte in accordance with 
rule 5): where the application is not heard ex parte, the notice and 
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copy application form must be served on any person directed by 
the Court to be given notice of the application; 
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the Court to be given notice of the application; 
(h) 
for an order to remove from office a guardian mentioned in 
section 8(4) of the 1964 Act (substituted by section 51 of the 2015 
Act) and to appoint another guardian in his or her place under 
section 8(5) of the 1964 Act: the notice and copy application form 
must be served on each guardian of the child; 
(i) 
for an order to appoint a guardian in place of a deceased guardian, 
under section 8(5) of the 1964 Act, unless the child has no


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under section 8(5) of the 1964 Act, unless the child has no 
guardian, or the applicant is the only guardian (in which case it 
can be made ex parte in accordance with rule 5): where the 
application is not heard ex parte, the notice and copy application 
form must be served on each guardian of the child; 
(j) 
for an order to remove from office a guardian mentioned in 
section 8(6) of the 1964 Act (inserted by section 51 of the 2015


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section 8(6) of the 1964 Act (inserted by section 51 of the 2015 
Act): the notice and copy application form must be served on each 
guardian of the child; 
(k) 
for an order giving the Court’s direction under section 11 of the 
1964 Act: the notice and copy application form must be served on 
each other person who is a parent or guardian of the child 
concerned;  
(l) 
for an order under section 11B of the 1964 Act giving a relative


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concerned;  
(l) 
for an order under section 11B of the 1964 Act giving a relative 
of a child or a person with whom the child resides or has formerly 
resided access to the child: the notice and copy application form 
must be served on each other guardian of the child concerned;  
(m) for an order under section 11E of the 1964 Act (inserted by 
section 57 of the 2015 Act) giving a person mentioned in section 
11E(1) of the 1964 Act custody of a child: the notice and copy


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11E(1) of the 1964 Act custody of a child: the notice and copy 
application form must be served on each guardian of the child 
concerned; 
(n) 
for an order under Part III of the 1964 Act for the production of a 
child: the notice and copy application form must be served on the 
person having custody of the child;  
(o) 
for an enforcement order under section 18A(1) of the 1964 Act 
(inserted by section 60 of the 2015 Act): the notice and copy


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(inserted by section 60 of the 2015 Act): the notice and copy 
application form must be served on each parent and guardian of 
the child concerned; 
(p) 
for an order under section 18D(1) of the 1964 Act (inserted by 
section 60 of the 2015 Act), on the application of a parent or 
guardian of the child, requiring another guardian or parent to 
reimburse expenses incurred: the notice and copy application 
form must be served on each parent and guardian of the child 
concerned. 
 
 
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form must be served on each parent and guardian of the child 
concerned. 
 
 
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Applications ex parte 
5. (1) An application to the Court for any one or more of the following 
orders under the 1964 Act shall be made ex parte in the first instance subject to 
the prior lodgment with the Clerk of an application form in the Form 58.1 
Schedule C: 
(a) 
an order to appoint a guardian or guardians under section 8(1) of 
the 1964 Act; 
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(a) 
an order to appoint a guardian or guardians under section 8(1) of 
the 1964 Act; 
(b) 
an order to appoint a guardian or guardians under section 8(2) of 
the 1964 Act, where the application is made by the surviving 
parent; 
(c) 
an order to appoint a guardian in place of a deceased guardian, 
under section 8(5) of the 1964 Act, where the child has no 
guardian, or the applicant is the only guardian. 
Nomination 
6. (1) A nomination under section 6E(1) (as inserted by section 49 of the


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Nomination 
6. (1) A nomination under section 6E(1) (as inserted by section 49 of the 
2015 Act) of the 1964 Act by a qualifying guardian shall be in the Form 58.32 
Schedule C and shall be signed and dated by the qualifying guardian concerned 
in the presence of a witness who is not the nominated person. 
(2) The original or a true copy of the nomination shall be annexed to the 
application form lodged with the Clerk. 
Court orders 
7. (1) An order of the Court: 
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application form lodged with the Clerk. 
Court orders 
7. (1) An order of the Court: 
(a) 
granting an application under section 6A of the 1964 Act shall be 
in the Form 58.2 Schedule C; 
(b) 
granting an application under section 6C of the 1964 Act shall be 
in the Form 58.31 Schedule C and shall specify whether and if so, 
to what extent, the applicant shall enjoy the rights and 
responsibilities of a guardian specified in section 6C(11) of the 
1964 Act; 
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responsibilities of a guardian specified in section 6C(11) of the 
1964 Act; 
(c) 
granting an application under section 6E(3) of the 1964 Act for 
an order under section 6E(5) of the 1964 Act shall be in the Form 
58.34 Schedule C, and shall specify any limitations or conditions 
imposed in accordance with section 6E(6) of the 1964 Act; 
(d) 
granting an application under section 6E(9) of the 1964 Act shall 
be in the Form 58.36 Schedule C and shall, where an order is


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be in the Form 58.36 Schedule C and shall, where an order is 
made under 6E(11)(c) of the 1964 Act, specify any rights and 
responsibilities of guardianship which the qualifying guardian 
shall have;  
(e) 
granting an application under section 6F of the 1964 Act shall be 
in the Form 58.38 Schedule C; 
(f) 
granting an application under section 7(4) of the 1964 Act shall 
be in the Form 58.4 or 58.6 Schedule C, as appropriate; 
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be in the Form 58.4 or 58.6 Schedule C, as appropriate; 
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(g) 
granting an application under section 8(2) of the 1964 Act 
(whether made ex parte or on notice) shall be in the Form 58.10 
Schedule C; 
(h) 
granting an application under sections 8(4) and 8(5) of the 1964 
Act to remove a guardian and appoint another shall be in the Form 
58.13 Schedule C; 
(i) 
granting an application ex parte to appoint a guardian or 
guardians under section 8(1) of the 1964 Act shall be in the Form


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guardians under section 8(1) of the 1964 Act shall be in the Form 
58.8 Schedule C; 
(j) 
granting an application under section 8(5) of the 1964 Act to 
replace a deceased guardian (whether made ex parte or on notice) 
shall be in the Form 58.14 Schedule C; 
(k) 
granting an application to remove from office a guardian 
mentioned in section 8(6) of the 1964 Act (inserted by section 51 
of the 2015 Act) shall be in the Form 58.40 Schedule C; 
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of the 2015 Act) shall be in the Form 58.40 Schedule C; 
(l) 
granting an application under section 11 of the 1964 Act shall be 
in the Form 58.18 Schedule C; 
(m) granting an application under section 11B of the 1964 Act shall 
be in the Form 58.20 Schedule C; 
(n) 
granting an application under section 11E of the 1964 Act shall 
be in the Form 58.42 Schedule C; 
(o) 
granting an order under Part III of the 1964 Act for the production


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(o) 
granting an order under Part III of the 1964 Act for the production 
of a child shall be in the Form 58.24 Schedule C, and the order 
shall be served upon the person having custody of the child, and 
an order determining a substantive application under Part III of 
the Act shall be in the Form 58.25, 58.26, or 58.27 Schedule C, 
as appropriate; 
(p) 
an enforcement order under section 18A(1) of the 1964 Act shall 
be in the Form 58.44 Schedule C; 
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be in the Form 58.44 Schedule C; 
(q) 
granting an application under section 18D(1) of the 1964 Act shall 
be in the Form 58.48 Schedule C. 
(2) Where the Court in an order imposes a condition pursuant to either 
section 6E(6)(b) or section 6E(12)(b) of the 1964 Act relating to the periodic 
review by the Court of its order, it may make such directions, including as to the 
listing of the matter before the Court and as to the giving of notice of such 
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hearing as it considers necessary. 
 
Variation, discharge or termination of order; complaint of non-compliance 
8. (1) An application under: 
(a) 
section 12 of the 1964 Act for an order varying or discharging a 
previous order, or 
(b) 
section 18C(1) of the 1964 Act (inserted by section 60 of the 2015 
Act) for an order varying or terminating an enforcement order or 
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any part of that order may be begun by the completion by the 
applicant of an application form in the Form 58.21 Schedule C, 
which must be submitted to the Clerk. Upon receipt of the 
completed application form, the Clerk will issue a notice in the 
Form 58.3 Schedule C. The notice and a copy of the application 
form must be served on each of the other guardians or each of the 
guardians of the child, or on each of the persons on whom the


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guardians of the child, or on each of the persons on whom the 
application for the enforcement order was served, as the case may 
be. 
(2) The order of the Court on an application under section 12 of the 1964 
Act may be in the Form 58.22 Schedule C. 
(3) The order of the Court on an application under section 18C(1) of the 1964 
Act may be in the Form 58.46 Schedule C. 
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(4) Where complaint is made to a Judge alleging an offence of failure or 
refusal under section 5 of the Courts (No. 2) Act 1986, to comply with the 
requirements of a direction given in an order under section 7 of the 1964 Act, 
section 11 of the 1964 Act, or section 11B (inserted by the 1997 Act) of the 1964 
Act, the summons which may be issued and served upon the person against 
whom the offence is alleged shall be in the Form 58.28 or 58.29 Schedule C, as


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whom the offence is alleged shall be in the Form 58.28 or 58.29 Schedule C, as 
appropriate. The relevant provisions of Order 15 shall apply in such case. 
Application for declaration of parentage: DAHR  
9. (1) An application to the Court under section 21 of the 2015 Act for a 
declaration of parentage shall be preceded by the issue by the applicants of a 
notice in the Form 58.54 Schedule C. 
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(2) The child to whom an application for a declaration under section 21 of 
the 2015 Act relates shall be named as a respondent to the application. 
(3) The application shall be grounded on an affidavit sworn by each 
applicant, and where necessary other affidavit evidence in support of the 
application, which shall:  
(i) 
include, and verify, the facts grounding the statement that 
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the child to whom the application relates is a child to whom 
section 20 of the 2015 Act applies, and in particular in a 
case to which section 20(1)(b)(ii) of the 2015 Act applies, 
verify that the person who performed the DAHR procedure 
outside the State was authorised to do so under the law of 
the place where the procedure was performed and the law 
providing for such authorisation; 
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(ii) 
include, and verify, the facts grounding the statement that 
the applicant referred to in section 21(2)(b) of the 2015 Act 
was, at the time referred to in section 20 (1)(c) of the 2015 
Act, the intending parent of the child; and 
(iii) in the case of the applicant referred to in section 21(2)(b) of 
the 2015 Act, confirm that he or she consents to the making 
of a declaration under section 21 of the 2015 Act. 
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of a declaration under section 21 of the 2015 Act. 
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(4) True copies of the notice, affidavits and any exhibits thereto shall be 
served on each respondent not later than 14 days before the date fixed for the 
hearing. 
(5) The original notice, affidavits and any exhibits thereto shall be lodged, 
together with a statutory declaration as to service, with the Clerk not later than 
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seven days before the date fixed for the hearing. 
(6) On the date fixed for the hearing of the application, the Court may, if it 
does not determine the application, adjourn the application and, of its own 
motion:  
(i) 
direct that all necessary papers in the matter be sent to the 
Attorney General in accordance with section 21(5) of the 
2015 Act (without prejudice to the power of the Court to do 
so at any other time); 
(ii) 
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so at any other time); 
(ii) 
where so requested by the Attorney General, order that the 
Attorney General be added as a party to the proceedings in 
accordance with section 21(6) of the 2015 Act; 
(iii) direct that such other person as the Court thinks fit be given 
notice of the application in accordance with section 21(7) 
of the 2015 Act; 
(iv) where notice has been given to such person in accordance 
with section 21(7) of the 2015 Act, order that such other


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with section 21(7) of the 2015 Act, order that such other 
person as the Court thinks fit be added as a party to the 
proceedings; 
(v) 
give such further directions as it considers appropriate for 
the conduct of the proceedings on the application and the 
hearing thereof, including but not limited to the provision 
of further particulars or information, and any other matter 
to which Part 2 of the 2015 Act relates. 
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(7) An application by a party under section 21(5) of the 2015 Act (for a 
direction that all necessary papers in the matter be sent to the Attorney General) 
or under section 21(7) of the 2015 Act (for an order that a person be added as a 
party to the proceedings) may be made by notice of motion (which may be made 
returnable to the date fixed for the hearing of the application or to any date to 
which same has been adjourned). Unless the Court otherwise permits, the notice


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which same has been adjourned). Unless the Court otherwise permits, the notice 
of motion shall be served on all other parties to the proceedings at least seven 
days before the date fixed for the hearing of the motion. 
(8) Service of notices or other documents in proceedings under this rule shall 
be effected by a means permitted by section 42 of the 2015 Act. 
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(9) Any declaration made under section 21 of the 2015 Act shall be in the 
Form 58.55 Schedule C, or such modification thereof as may be appropriate.  
 
Service and lodgment of documents 
10. (1) A notice and copy application form (and any relevant court order) 
required by this Order to be served must be served upon the person to whom it 
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is directed in accordance with the provisions of Order 41 at least 14 days before 
the date of the sitting of the Court to which the notice is returnable. 
(2) Notwithstanding sub-rule (1), in the case of proceedings certified as 
urgent under rule 2(2), the notice and copy application form (and any relevant 
court order) must be served at least two days before the date of the sitting of the 
Court to which the notice is returnable. 
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Court to which the notice is returnable. 
(3) Additionally, in proceedings under: 
(i) 
section 6A (as inserted by section 12 of the 1987 Act and as 
substituted by section 48 of the 2015 Act) of the 1964 Act, 
(ii) 
section 11 of the 1964 Act, or 
(iii) section 11B (inserted by section 9 of the 1987 Act) of the 
1964 Act,  
in which a solicitor is acting for the applicant, the notice and copy application 
form must be accompanied by a copy of a statutory declaration of the solicitor


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form must be accompanied by a copy of a statutory declaration of the solicitor 
indicating, if it be the case, that the solicitor has complied with subsection (2) of 
section 20 of the 1964 Act (as inserted by section 11 of the 1997 Act and as 
amended by section 24 of the Mediation Act 2017) in relation to the matter. The 
original statutory declaration must be filed with the Clerk. 
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(4) A statutory declaration as to service of any notice, application form or 
court order served in accordance with rule 4 or rule 8 must be lodged with the 
Clerk at least two days before the date of the hearing. 
Clerk to supply copies of orders 
11. Where the Court makes an order under the 1964 Act or a declaration 
under section 21 of the 2015 Act, the Clerk shall give, or send by ordinary post, 
a copy of such order or declaration to each person in whose favour or against


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a copy of such order or declaration to each person in whose favour or against 
whom the order or declaration was made. 
Proof of age 
12. The age of a child may be proved by producing a certified extract from 
the Register of Births showing the date of the child’s birth or by such other 
evidence as the Court considers sufficient. 
Court may direct service  
13. In any proceedings under the 1964 Act the Court may direct the service 
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of notice upon any person not already served. 
Effect of appeal from orders 
14. Notwithstanding the provisions of Order 25, rule 4, and Order 101, and 
that an appellant has entered into a recognizance for appeal, an appeal from an 
order made under the 1964 Act shall stay the operation of the order only if, and 
to such extent and upon such terms (if any), as the Court shall determine. 
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Report/ascertaining the views of the child 
15. (1) An application to the Court by a party to make an order: 
(i) 
 under section 32(1)(a) or section 32(1)(b) of the 1964 Act, 
or 
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(ii) 
under section 47 of the Family Law Act 1995 
may be included in writing in the application form or notice, or made at the 
hearing. 
(2) The Court may exercise the power of its own motion to make an order: 
(i) 
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(i) 
in proceedings to which section 3(1)(a) of the 1964 Act 
applies, under section 32(1)(a) or section 32(1)(b) of the 
1964 Act, or 
(ii) 
under section 47 of the Family Law Act 1995 
at any time and from time to time during the proceedings, having heard the 
parties. 
(3) An application to the Court by a party to make an order: 
(i) 
under section 12A(4) of the 1964 Act (inserted by the 2015 
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Act), or 
(ii) 
under section 20 of the Child Care Act 1991 
may be included in writing in the application form or notice, or made at the 
hearing. 
(4) The Court may exercise the power of its own motion to make an order: 
(i) 
under section 12A(4) of the 1964 Act (inserted by the 2015 
Act), or 
(ii) 
under section 20 of the Child Care Act 1991 
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at any time and from time to time during the proceedings, having heard the 
parties. 
(5) Where the Court grants an application for an order mentioned in sub-rule 
(1) or sub-rule (2), or makes such an order of its own motion, the order 
requisitioning the report shall be in the Form 58.50, 58.51, 58.52, or 58.53, 
Schedule C, as appropriate. 
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(6) Where, under either section 12A(4) of the 1964 Act or section 20 of the 
Child Care Act 1991, the Court adjourns proceedings and directs the Child and 
Family Agency to undertake an investigation of a child's circumstances, if the 
Child and Family Agency is not a party to those proceedings, the Clerk shall as 
soon as possible notify the Child and Family Agency (in the Form 84.32 
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Schedule C, with any necessary modifications) of the Court's decision. 
(7) Where, upon so adjourning, the Court gives directions under section 
20(2) of the Child Care Act 1991 as to the care and custody of the child or makes 
a supervision order in respect of the child pending the outcome of the 
investigation by the Child and Family Agency —  
(a) 
an order of the Court giving such directions shall be in the Form 
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(a) 
an order of the Court giving such directions shall be in the Form 
84.33 Schedule C. 
(b) 
any such supervision order shall be in the Form 84.34 Schedule 
C, and the order shall be served upon each person directly affected 
thereby.” 
[220]  13 
Schedule 2 
No. 58.1 
 
Application in Relation to Arrangements for Children 
 
Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, as amended. 
District Court 
Office Completion Only 
Case Number: 
District Court Area: 
District No.: 
 
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Case Number: 
District Court Area: 
District No.: 
 
Section A – Party Details 
 
Applicant Details 
First name: ……………………………………………………………………… 
Last name: ………………………………………………………………………. 
Date of Birth: ……………………………………………………………………. 
Address 
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Email Address (Optional): ……………………………………………………… 
Contact Number (Optional): ……………………………………………………. 
 
Applicant Solicitor Details (Leave blank if not applicable) 
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Respondent Details 
First name: …………………………………………………………………….. 
Last name: ……………………………………………………………………… 
Address: 
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Section B – Application and Order Details 
 
1. 
Guardianship 
Select all relevant orders you wish to apply for below. 
 
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Select all relevant orders you wish to apply for below. 
 
Application to Appoint a Guardian 
 
Appointment of a parent as a guardian 
Section 6A of the Act 
 
Appointment as an adult who is married to, or 
in a civil partnership with, a parent of the 
children, and has shared the responsibility for 
the children’s day-to-day care for more than 
two years 
Section 6C of the Act 
 
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Appointment as an adult who has been a 
cohabitant of a parent of the children for over 
three years, and has shared the responsibility 
for the children’s day-to-day care for more 
than two years 
Section 6C of the Act 
 
Appointment as an adult who has provided for 
the children’s day-to-day care for a continuous 
period of more than 12 months, and the 
children have no parent or guardian who is 
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willing or able to exercise the rights and 
responsibilities of guardianship 
Section 6C of the Act 
 
Appointment as an adult where the children 
have no guardian 
Section 8(1) of the Act 
 
Appointment of a nominated person as a 
temporary guardian (Form 58.32 must be 
submitted along with this application) 
Section 6E(3) of the Act 
 
Appointment of a guardian in place of a 
deceased guardian 
Section 8(5) of the Act 
 
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deceased guardian 
Section 8(5) of the Act 
 
Application for guardianship where no 
guardian has been appointed by a deceased 
parent 
Section 8(2) of the Act 
 
Application 
for 
guardianship 
where 
a 
guardian appointed by a deceased parent has 
died or refuses to act 
Section 8(2) of the Act 
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Appointment of a guardian where another has 
been removed or is proposed to be removed 
Section 8(5) of the Act 
 
Application to Remove a Guardian 
 
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Section 8(5) of the Act 
 
Application to Remove a Guardian 
 
Application to remove a guardian 
Section 8(4), Section 
8(6) 
of the Act 
 
Application by a surviving guardian or 
testamentary guardian to remove the other 
Section 7(4) of the Act 
 
Application to remove a temporary guardian. 
Section 6E(11) of the 
Act 
 
Application for Declarations in Relation to Guardianship 
 
Application for a declaration that a person is 
a guardian 
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Application for a declaration that a person is 
a guardian 
Section 6F(1) of the Act 
 
Application for a declaration that a person is 
not a guardian 
Section 6F(1) of the Act 
 
2. 
Custody 
Select all relevant orders you wish to apply for below: 
 
Application for Custody  
 
As a parent or guardian 
Section 11 of the Act 
 
As a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, or 
aunt 
Section 11E of the Act 
 
As an adult who is or was married to, or in a 
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As an adult who is or was married to, or in a 
civil partnership with, or has been a 
cohabitant of the parent for more than 3 years, 
and has shared the responsibility for the 
children’s day-to-day care for more than two 
years 
Section 11E of the Act 
 
As an adult who has provided the children’s 
day-to-day care for a continuous period of 
more than twelve months 
Section 11E of the Act 
Other Custody Applications 
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Other Custody Applications 
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Application for an enforcement order where 
custody has been unreasonably denied 
Section 18A(1) of the 
Act 
 
Application for reimbursement of expenses 
from the other party who fails to exercise 
custody 
Section 18D(1) of the 
Act 
 
3. 
Access 
Select all relevant orders you wish to apply for below: 
 
Application for Access 
 
As a parent or guardian 
Section 11 of the Act 
 
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As a parent or guardian 
Section 11 of the Act 
 
As a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, 
or other qualifying relative 
Section 11B of the Act 
 
As a person who lives with, or has previously 
lived with, the child  
Section 11B of the Act 
 
Other Access Applications 
 
Application for an enforcement order where 
access has been unreasonably denied 
Section 18A(1) of the 
Act 
 
Application for reimbursement of expenses 
from the other party who fails to exercise 
access


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Application for reimbursement of expenses 
from the other party who fails to exercise 
access 
Section 18D(1) of the 
Act 
 
4. 
Other Matters Affecting Children’s Welfare 
Select all relevant orders you wish to apply for below: 
 
Other Applications Affecting a Child’s Welfare 
 
Application as a guardian to dispense with the consent of 
the other guardian for the issue of a passport 
Section 11 of 
the Act 
 
Application for the production of a child 
Section 14 of 
the Act


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Section 11 of 
the Act 
 
Application for the production of a child 
Section 14 of 
the Act 
 
Application as a parent or guardian for another matter 
affecting the welfare of the children. 
Section 11 of 
the Act 
[220]  17 
 
Please provide details below: 
 
 
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Section C – Child Details 
 
First name: ……………………………………………………………………… 
Last Name: …………………………………………………................................


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Last Name: …………………………………………………................................ 
Applicant Relationship to Child: ……………………………………………….. 
Respondent Relationship to Child: …………………………………………… 
Date of Birth: ……………………………………………………………………. 
Please specify the address of Child: 
 
Same as applicant 
 
Same as respondent 
 
Other 
 
If other, please provide their address: 
 
Address 
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Section D – Child Arrangements 
 
Current Arrangements 
Please detail the current child arrangements below. 
Depending on the application you may need to explain: 
• 
The children’s living arrangements, including the names of all 
people living with the children on a full-time or part-time basis, 
and their relationship to the children. 
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and their relationship to the children. 
• 
Where the children go to school. 
• 
Any special education or health needs of the children. 
• 
Current care, access, or contact arrangements. 
• 
Any financial obligations in relation to the children such as 
maintenance, rent, or mortgage. 
• 
If any of the children are in the care of Tusla or under the 
supervision of a social worker or probation officer. 
• 
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Any other details relevant to this application. 
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Has a written agreement been completed between the applicant(s) and 
respondent(s) in relation to this application? 
 
Yes 
 
No 
 
If yes, please attach the written agreement to this application. 
If no, please detail in your own words below what you are asking the court to 
consider. 
For example, this might include: 
• 
Changes to children’s living arrangements 
• 
Changes to the guardianship arrangements such as details of 
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proposed guardians or guardians you wish to remove 
• 
Changes to custody or access arrangements 
• 
Anything else you wish the court to consider 
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Section E – Other Application Details 
 
Have other family law applications previously been made to this court or any 
other court about this child or relationship? 
 
Yes 
 
No 
 
I don’t know 
 
If yes, please provide the following information: 
Case Number (if known): …………………………………………………….. 
 
• 
What were the previous applications in relation to? 
• 
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In which town or city were the applications made? 
• 
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Signature 
 
Applicant or Legal Practitioner Signature: 
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Date (DD/MM/YYYY): 
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22  [220] 
No. 58.3 
 
Notice 
Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, as amended. 
District Court 
You are hereby required to attend a sitting of the District Court in relation to an 
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Application in Relation to Arrangements for Children. This application will be 
heard by a judge of the District Court at the place and time specified below. You 
should read all pages of this notice and the attached application form carefully. 
 
Case Number: …………………………………………………………………… 
District Court Area: ……………………………………………………………... 
District No.: …….……………………………………………………………… 
 
Party Details 
Applicant name: ………………………………………………………………… 
Applicant address: ………………………………………………………………


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Applicant name: ………………………………………………………………… 
Applicant address: ……………………………………………………………… 
Applicant solicitor details: ……………………………………………………… 
Respondent Name: ……………………………………………………………… 
Respondent Address: ……………………………………………………………. 
Hearing Details 
This application will be heard by a judge at: …………………………………… 
on: …………………………. at :……………………………………………….. 
 
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Both the applicant and respondent, or their legal representative, must attend 
this court hearing at the time and date specified above. If you, or a legal 
representative on your behalf, fail to attend this hearing, an order may be made 
in your absence. 
 
 
 
[220]  23 
Application Details 
 
The applicant has made an application for the following Orders: 
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Signature 
 
District Court Clerk/Judge of the District Court: 
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Date: ………………………………………………….......................................... 
 
 
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No. 58.21 
 
Application to Vary or Discharge an Order Related to Arrangements for 
Children 
Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964 as amended. 
District Court 
Office Completion Only 
Case Number: 
District Court Area: 
District No.:


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District Court 
Office Completion Only 
Case Number: 
District Court Area: 
District No.: 
 
Section A – Party Details 
 
Applicant Details 
First name: ……………………………………………………………………… 
Last name: ………………………………………………………………………. 
Date of Birth: ……………………………………………………………………. 
Address  
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Email Address (Optional): ………………………………………………………. 
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Contact Number (Optional): ……………………………………………………. 
 
Applicant Solicitor Details (Leave blank if not applicable) 
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Respondent Details 
First name: ……………………………………………………………………… 
Last name: ………………………………………………………………………. 
Address 
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[220]  25 
Section B – Application Details 
 
1. 
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Section B – Application Details 
 
1. 
Application to Vary an Order 
 
 
Vary an order 
Section 12 of the Act 
 
Vary a custody or access enforcement order 
Section 18C of the Act 
 
Provide details of how and why you want the order to be varied: 
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2. 
Application to Discharge or Terminate an Order  
 
 
Discharge an order 
Section 12 of the Act 
 
Terminate a custody or access enforcement 
order 
Section 18C of the Act 
 
Provide details of why you want the order, or part of the order, to be discharged 
or terminated:  
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Section C – Details of Current Order 
Case Number: …..……………………………………………………………….. 
Please specify which jurisdiction the order was made in: 
 
District Court  
 
Circuit Court  
 
Circuit Court on appeal from the District Court 
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Please specify where the order was made: 
Court Venue: ……………………………………………………………………. 
Date the Court Order was made (DD/MM/YYYY): .............................................. 
 
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Signature 
 
Applicant or Legal Practitioner Signature: 
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Date (DD/MM/YYYY): 
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[220]  27 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation.) 
 
These rules amend the District Court Rules by substituting Order 58. These 
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rules also prescribe a new application form for use in guardianship, custody 
and access applications and delete a number of forms from Schedule C to the 
District Court Rules. 
 
 
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Le ceannach díreach ó 
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CILL MHAIGHNEANN, 
BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH 8, 
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S.I. No. 138 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MINIMUM CONDITIONS FOR 
EXAMINING OF VEGETABLE SPECIES) (AMENDMENT) 
REGULATIONS 2025 
 
 
 
2  [138] 
 
S.I. No. 138 of 2025 
 
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MINIMUM CONDITIONS FOR 
EXAMINING OF VEGETABLE SPECIES) (AMENDMENT) 
REGULATIONS 2025 
 
I, MARTIN HEYDON, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in 
exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European


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exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European 
Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving effect to 
Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2024/2963 of 29th November 20241,  
hereby make the following regulations:  
 
1. 
These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities 
(Minimum Conditions for Examining of Vegetable Species) (Amendment) 
Regulations 2025.  
  
2. 
The European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining of


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Regulations 2025.  
  
2. 
The European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining of 
Vegetable Species) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 121 of 2004) are amended by 
substituting in Regulation 2 for the definition of “Directive” (as amended by 
European Communities (Minimum Conditions for examining of Vegetable 
Species) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 519 of 2023) the 
following- 
“‘Directive’ means Commission Directive No. 2003/91/EC of 6 October 20032


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following- 
“‘Directive’ means Commission Directive No. 2003/91/EC of 6 October 20032 
as amended by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2024/2963 of 29th 
November 2024;”.   
 
3. 
The European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining of 
Vegetable Species) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 519 of 
2023) are revoked. 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
15 April, 2025. 
 
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15 April, 2025. 
 
MARTIN HEYDON, 
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. 
 
 
 
 
1 O.J. EN Series, 02.12.2024, p. 17 
2 O.J. No. L254, 08.10.2003, p. 11 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 22nd April, 2025. 
[138]  3 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation.) 
 
These Regulations give effect to the provisions of Commission Implementing


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These Regulations give effect to the provisions of Commission Implementing 
Directive (EU) 2024/2963 of 29th November 2024 which amends Council 
Directive 2003/91/EC as regards a derogation for CPVO and UPOV updated 
protocols, in particular as regards potato, safflower, cauliflower, sprouting 
broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, savoy cabbage, white cabbage, red cabbage, 
watermelon, lettuce, radish, corn salad and tomato rootstocks.  
 
 
 
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FINANCIAL SERVICES AND PENSIONS OMBUDSMAN 
(AMENDMENT) ACT 2025 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
 
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S.I. No. 171 of 2025 
 
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND PENSIONS OMBUDSMAN 
(AMENDMENT) ACT 2025 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2025 
 
I, PASCHAL DONOHOE, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers 
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conferred on me by section 20(2) of the Financial Services and Pensions 
Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2025 (No. 3 of 2025), hereby order as follows: 
 
1. 
This Order may be cited as the Financial Services and Pensions 
Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2025 (Commencement) Order 2025. 
 
2. 
The 9th day of May 2025 is appointed as the day on which the Financial 
Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2025 (No. 3 of 2025) 
shall come into operation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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shall come into operation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
7 May, 2025. 
 
PASCHAL DONOHOE, 
Minister for Finance. 
 
 
 
 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 13th May, 2025. 
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FINANCE (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
 
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FINANCE (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER 2025 
 
The Government, on the request of the Minister for Finance and in exercise of 
the powers conferred on them by section 2(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries 
(Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977 (No. 28 of 1977), hereby order as follows: 
 
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(Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977 (No. 28 of 1977), hereby order as follows: 
 
1. 
This Order may be cited as the Finance (Delegation of Ministerial 
Functions) Order 2025. 
 
2. 
The powers and duties of the Minister for Finance conferred on him by 
or under subsections (2) and (3) of section 67 of the Credit Institutions 
(Stabilisation) Act 2010 (No. 36 of 2010) are delegated to Robert Troy, Minister 
of State at the Department of Finance. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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of State at the Department of Finance. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under the Official Seal 
of the Government, 
6 May, 2025. 
 
MICHEÁL MARTIN, 
Taoiseach. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 9th May, 2025. 
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Number 4 of 2025
Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025
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FINANCE (PROVISION OF ACCESS TO CASH INFRASTRUCTURE) ACT 2025
CONTENTS
PART 1
PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL
Section
1.  Short title and commencement
2.  Interpretation
3.  Expenses
4.  Regulations and orders made by Minister
PART 2
ACCESS TO CASH
5.  Access to cash criteria
6.  Bank to collect and publish information relating to cash infrastructure
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7.  Local deficiencies
8.  Guidelines
9.  Monitoring and enforcement
10.  Designated entities
11.  Access fees
12.  Power of Bank to require information, records, plans, etc.
PART 3
REGISTRATION OF ATM DEPLOYERS AND CIT PROVIDERS
13.  Definitions (Part 3)
14.  Obligation on ATM deployers and CIT providers to register with Bank
15.  Register of ATM deployers and CIT providers 
16.  Transitional provision for existing ATM deployers and CIT providers
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17.  Application for registration
18.  Grant and refusal of applications for registration
19.  Bank may impose conditions on CIT provider when granting application for
registration
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20.  Offence to fail to comply with condition imposed under section 19
21.  Term of registration
22.  Bank may amend registration
23.  Regulatory disclosure statement
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23.  Regulatory disclosure statement
24.  Revocation of registration on application of holder
25.  Revocation of registration other than on application of holder
26.  Bank to publish notice of revocation
27.  Direction not to carry out business other than as directed
28.  Sharing of information and cooperation between Bank and Private Security Authority
PART 4
MISCELLANEOUS POWERS OF BANK
29.  Definitions (Part 4)
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PART 4
MISCELLANEOUS POWERS OF BANK
29.  Definitions (Part 4)
30.  Bank’s power to make regulations
31.  Prescribed requirements for ATM operators
32.  Offence to fail to comply with prescribed requirements
33.  Retention of records
34.  Bank’s power to give directions
35.  Bank may apply to High Court for orders enforcing directions
36.  Power to appoint authorised officers
37.  Powers of authorised officers
38.  Offences and penalties
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37.  Powers of authorised officers
38.  Offences and penalties
39.  Offences by bodies corporate
40.  Bank’s power to prescribe levies
41.  Bank’s power to prescribe fees
42.  Surplus or deficiency in income of Bank during financial year
PART 5
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
43.  Amendment of section 32C of Act of 1942
44.  Amendment of section 32L of Act of 1942
45.  Amendment of section 33AK of Act of 1942
46.  Amendment of section 57A of Act of 1942
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46.  Amendment of section 57A of Act of 1942
47.  Amendment of section 61G of Act of 1942
48.  Amendment of Schedule 2 to Act of 1942
49.  Amendment of Schedule 5 to Companies Act 2014
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PART 6
MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS
50.  Amendment of section 17A of Central Bank Reform Act 2010
51.  Amendment of Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013
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ACTS REFERRED TO
Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (No. 26)
Central Bank Act 1942 (No. 22)
Central Bank Act 1971 (No. 24)
Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (No. 23)
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38)
Credit Union Act 1997 (No. 15)
Partnership Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict., c. 39)
Private Security Services Act 2004 (No. 12)
Private Security Services Acts 2004 to 2021
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FINANCE (PROVISION OF ACCESS TO CASH INFRASTRUCTURE) ACT 2025
An Act to provide for the continued provision of sufficient and effective access to cash 
infrastructure for individuals and SMEs; to provide for access to cash criteria; to provide 
for a framework to manage future changes to access to cash infrastructure in a fair, 
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equitable and transparent manner and for that purpose to provide for review and 
amendment of the access to cash criteria and for the identification of, and measures to 
be taken to remedy, local deficiencies in access to cash infrastructure and to ensure 
compliance with the access to cash criteria; to provide for the designation of entities on 
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whom certain obligations are imposed to remedy local deficiencies and ensure 
compliance with the access to cash criteria; to provide for the monitoring and 
enforcement of obligations imposed on designated entities; to provide for the collection 
and publication of certain information by the Central Bank of Ireland; to provide for 
regulation by the Central Bank of Ireland of ATM deployers and cash-in-transit 
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providers and for that purpose to provide for the registration of ATM deployers and 
cash-in-transit providers; to provide for the oversight of ATM operators and 
cash-in-transit providers and enforcement by the Central Bank of Ireland of compliance 
by ATM operators and cash-in-transit providers with their obligations under this Act; to 
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provide for the sharing of information and cooperation between the Central Bank of 
Ireland and the Private Security Authority; for those and other purposes to amend the 
Central Bank Act 1942, the Central Bank Reform Act 2010, the Central Bank 
(Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 and the Companies Act 2014; and to provide 
for related matters.
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Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
PART 1
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PART 1
PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL
Short title and commencement
1.
(1) This Act may be cited as the Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Act 
2025.
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(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may by order 
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or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or 
provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different 
provisions.
Interpretation
2.
In this Act—
“access to cash criteria” has the meaning given to it by section 5;
“Act of 1942” means the Central Bank Act 1942;
“Act of 2004” means the Private Security Services Act 2004;
“ATM” means an automated teller machine;
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“ATM” means an automated teller machine;
“ATM deployer” means a person who—
(a) provides cash withdrawal services from one or more than one ATM that is 
operated by the person and by whom, or on whose behalf, the ATM or ATMs are 
stocked with banknotes,
(b) does not hold payment accounts, and
(c) does not provide a payment service referred to in paragraph 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of 
the Schedule to the Regulations of 2018;
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the Schedule to the Regulations of 2018;
“ATM operator” means—
(a) an ATM deployer, or
(b) a payment services provider referred to in subparagraph (a), (b), (c), (f), (g), (h), 
(i) or (k) of Regulation 6(1) of the Regulations of 2018 which owns and operates 
one or more than one ATM;
“automated  teller  machine”  means  an  electromechanical  device  that  allows  for  the 
withdrawal of banknotes from an account;
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“Bank” means the Central Bank of Ireland;
“cash” means banknotes and coins;
“cash demand” means the total value of cash withdrawal transactions, as published by the 
Bank under section 6 or as provided to the Bank under section 12, from either or both of 
the following:
(a) ATMs;
(b) cash service points;
“cash infrastructure” means ATMs and cash service points;
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“cash-in-transit provider” means the holder of a licence issued by the Private Security 
Authority, pursuant to regulations made under section 51 of the Act of 2004, to provide a 
security  service  and  references  in  this  Act  to  “CIT  provider”  shall  be  construed 
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accordingly;
“cash service” means any service by which cash may be deposited and withdrawn by 
individuals and SMEs, to or from an account, and in-person assistance is available in 
connection with that service;
“cash service point” means a location at which cash services are provided by or on behalf 
of a designated entity;
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trade, business or profession;
“credit institution” means any of the following that provides, or offers to provide, current 
accounts in the State:
(a) the holder of a licence under section 9 of the Central Bank Act 1971;
(b) the holder of an authorisation under section 9A of the Central Bank Act 1971;
(c) a credit institution authorised and supervised by the competent authority of 
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another Member State that carries on business in the State, by way of the 
establishment of a branch in the State, in accordance with the European Union 
(Capital Requirements) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 158 of 2014);
(d) a credit union registered as such under the Credit Union Act 1997;
“current account” means an account held with a credit institution by means of which one 
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(a) deposit or receive funds,
(b) withdraw or transfer funds, and
(c) execute and receive payment transactions to and from third parties, including the 
execution of credit transfers;
“designated entity” shall be construed in accordance with section 10;
“financial inclusion” means having affordable, timely and adequate access to a range of 
regulated financial products and services by all segments of society;
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“funds” has the same meaning as it has in Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 20151 on payment services in the internal 
market;
“guidelines” has the meaning given to it by section 8;
“household deposits” means the figure contained in the most recent data available in the 
statistics in relation to the State published monthly by the Bank in accordance with 
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Regulation (EU) 2021/379 of the European Central Bank of 22 January 20212 on the 
balance sheet items of credit institutions and of the monetary financial institutions sector;
“local deficiency” has the meaning given to it by section 7;
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“Minister” means the Minister for Finance;
“normal hours of operation of ATMs” has the meaning given to it by section 31(1)(d)(i);
“NUTS 3 region” means a geographical area in the State that is classified as NUTS level 
3 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 26 May 20033 on the establishment of a common classification of 
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territorial units for statistics (NUTS), as amended from time to time;
“payment account” has the same meaning as in the Regulations of 2018;
“payment services provider” has the same meaning as in the Regulations of 2018;
“prescribed requirement” shall be construed in accordance with section 31(1);
“quarter” means a period of 3 months ending on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September or 31 
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“Regulations of 2018” means the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018 
(S.I. No. 6 of 2018);
“security service” means a security service referred to in paragraph (f) of the definition 
of that term in section 2(1) of the Act of 2004 with respect to the provision of protected 
forms of transport of banknotes or coins, or both, as the case may be;
“SME” means a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise which employs fewer than 250 
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persons and which has either or both of the following:
(a) an annual turnover not exceeding €50 million;
(b) an annual balance sheet total not exceeding €43 million.
Expenses
3.
(1) The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such 
extent  as  may be  sanctioned  by  the  Minister  for  Public  Expenditure,  National 
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Development Plan Delivery and Reform, be paid out of moneys provided by the 
Oireachtas.
(2) The Bank shall not provide any funds from its own resources, other than from—
(a) those resources arising to it from—
(i) any levies prescribed under section 40,
(ii) any fees prescribed under section 41, or
(iii) any levies prescribed by the Central Bank Commission under section 32D of 
the Act of 1942,
as the case may be, in respect of the performance of its functions under this Act, 
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as the case may be, in respect of the performance of its functions under this Act, 
and
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(b) those resources provided to it under  subsection  (3), to defray expenses of the 
Bank incurred by it in the performance of its functions under this Act.
(3) The Minister shall, at the request in writing of the Bank, advance to the Bank such


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(3) The Minister shall, at the request in writing of the Bank, advance to the Bank such 
sums as the Minister thinks proper to enable the Bank to defray such of the expenses 
of the Bank, arising in the year concerned, associated with the performance of its 
functions under this Act where, in any year, the Bank reasonably believes that it will 
be unable to defray those expenses by way of any levies or fees referred to in 
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be unable to defray those expenses by way of any levies or fees referred to in 
subsection (2)(a).
(4) All moneys from time to time required by the Minister to meet sums which may 
become payable by the Minister under this section shall be advanced out of the 
Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.
Regulations and orders made by Minister
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4.
(1) Every regulation or order made by the Minister under this Act may—
(a) make different provision for different circumstances or cases, classes or types, 
and
(b) contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as appear to 
the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the regulation or 
order.
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order.
(2) Every regulation or order (other than an order under  section  1(2)) made by the 
Minister under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as 
may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation or order, as the 
case may be, is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that 
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House sits after the regulation or order is laid before it, the regulation or order 
concerned shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of 
anything previously done thereunder.
PART 2
ACCESS TO CASH
Access to cash criteria
5.
(1) The Minister, with the approval of the Government, following consultation with the 
Bank and having regard to—
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(a) the need to ensure the continued provision of sufficient and effective access to 
cash infrastructure for individuals and SMEs, and
(b) in  the  case  of  the  order  first  made  under  subparagraph  (i) after  the 
commencement of this section, the level of access to cash infrastructure available 
to individuals and SMEs as it stood on 31 December 2022, adjusted to take 
account of any changes to the level of such access that arose, before the making 
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of that order, as a consequence of the exit from the market in the State by Ulster 
Bank Ireland DAC and KBC Bank Ireland plc,
in respect of each NUTS 3 region—
(i) shall, by order, specify—
(I) the minimum percentage of the population of the region concerned that ought 
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not more than 10 kilometres of an ATM,
(II) the minimum number of ATMs that ought to be available per 100,000 people 
in the region concerned, and
(III) the minimum percentage of the population of the region concerned that ought 
to be within a radius, specified in the order, of not less than 5 kilometres and 
not more than 10 kilometres of a cash service point,
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and
(ii) subject to subsection (2), may, by order, specify the minimum number of ATMs 
that ought to be available, per 100,000 people in the region concerned, outside 
the normal hours of operation of ATMs,
(in this Act referred to as the “access to cash criteria”).
(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), before making an order under subsection (1)(ii), 
the Minister shall consult with the Bank regarding—
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(a) the level of cash demand, in the NUTS 3 region concerned, outside the normal 
hours of operation of ATMs,
(b) the need to address any deficiency, in the NUTS 3 region concerned, in the 
number of ATMs available outside the normal hours of operation of ATMs,
(c) in  the  case  of  the  order  first  made  under  subsection  (1)(ii) after  the 
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commencement of this section, the number of ATMs available, in the NUTS 3 
region  concerned,  outside  the  normal  hours  of  operation  of  ATMs,  on  31 
December 2022, adjusted to take account of any changes to the number of such 
ATMs available that arose, before the making of the order, as a consequence of 
the exit from the market in the State by Ulster Bank Ireland DAC and KBC Bank 
Ireland plc, and
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(d) such other matters as the Minister considers necessary and appropriate for the 
purposes of making the order.
(3) The Bank—
(a) shall, not later than 9 months after the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) publication of the final result of every census of population of the State;
(ii) where the Minister so requests in writing;
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(iii) a reduction in cash demand of more than 15 per cent in a calendar year 
compared to the immediately preceding calendar year,
and
(b) may, at any time, on its own initiative,
subject to subsections (4) and (5), conduct a review of the access to cash criteria in 
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respect of one or more than one NUTS 3 region and prepare and submit to the 
Minister a report of the findings of such a review and the conclusions drawn from 
those findings, including, as the Bank considers appropriate, recommendations for 
amendment of any or all of the access to cash criteria in respect of the region or 
regions concerned.
(4) When preparing a report under subsection (3), the Bank shall have regard to—
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(a) the level of cash demand and any changes thereto,
(b) population changes,
(c) financial inclusion,
(d) operating costs related to cash infrastructure, and
(e) such other matters relating to the need to ensure the continued provision of 
sufficient and effective access to cash infrastructure for individuals and SMEs as 
the Bank considers appropriate for the purposes of the report.
(5) For the purposes of preparing a report under subsection (3), the Bank shall consult 
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(5) For the purposes of preparing a report under subsection (3), the Bank shall consult 
with—
(a) the designated entities,
(b) one or more than one body representing the interests of consumers,
(c) one or more than one body representing the interests of persons with disabilities,
(d) one or more than one body representing the interests of elderly persons,
(e) one or more than one body representing the interests of SMEs, in particular in the 
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retail and hospitality sectors, and
(f) such other persons as it considers appropriate for those purposes.
(6) Where a report is submitted to the Minister under subsection (3), the Minister shall 
assess the findings, conclusions and any recommendations set out in the report and, 
having regard to the need to ensure the continued provision of sufficient and effective 
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access to cash infrastructure for individuals and SMEs, following consultation with 
the Bank and such other persons as the Minister considers appropriate, may, with the 
approval of the Government, amend an order made under subsection (1)(i) or (ii), as 
the case may be.
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Bank to collect and publish information relating to cash infrastructure
6.
(1) The Minister may, for the purposes of the performance of the Minister’s functions 
under  this  Act,  by request  in  writing,  require  the  Bank  to  collect  and  publish 
information relating to cash infrastructure, in respect of one or more than one NUTS 3 
region, as specified in the request, including:
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(a) the total number and the total value of cash withdrawal transactions from—
(i) ATMs, and
(ii) cash service points,
(b) the average number of hours of unavailability of such class of ATM, as specified 
in the request, by reference to the reasons for such unavailability, including, but 
not necessarily limited to, technical and cash restocking issues,
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(c) the total of each banknote denomination withdrawn from ATMs, and
(d) such other statistical information in relation to cash infrastructure as may be 
specified in the request.
(2) The Bank shall comply with a request under subsection (1).
(3) A request under subsection (1) shall specify—
(a) the information required to be collected and published, and
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(b) the form and manner in which the information shall be published.
(4) A request  under  subsection  (1) may  be  for  the  collection  and  publication  of 
information—
(a) on a once-off basis, or
(b) on an ongoing basis at such intervals as may be specified in the request.
(5) The Bank shall not be required to publish any personal data, or data which may be 
prohibited from disclosure under section 33AK of the Act of 1942.
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prohibited from disclosure under section 33AK of the Act of 1942.
(6) In this subsection—
“personal data” has the meaning it has in the Data Protection Regulation;
“Data Protection Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 20164 on the protection of natural persons 
with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, 
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and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation). 
Local deficiencies
7.
(1) The Bank may, subject to subsection (3), on its own initiative or having assessed any 
notification made to it under subsection (2), make a determination that, in any part of 
a NUTS 3 region—
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(a) there is a deficiency which limits access to cash infrastructure for individuals or 
SMEs, or
(b) there  is  reasonably  likely  to  be  a  deficiency  which  limits  access  to  cash 
infrastructure for individuals or SMEs,
whether or not the access to cash criteria for the NUTS 3 region concerned are 
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complied with (in this Act referred to as a “local deficiency”).
(2) A person may notify the Bank, in writing, where the person is of the opinion that, in 
any place specified in the notification—
(a) there is a deficiency which limits access to cash infrastructure for individuals or 
SMEs, or
(b) there  is  reasonably  likely  to  be  a  deficiency  which  limits  access  to  cash 
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infrastructure for individuals or SMEs.
(3) For the purposes of making a determination under subsection (1), the Bank shall, in 
accordance with the guidelines—
(a) assess any notification made to it under subsection (2), and
(b) have regard to any or all of the matters referred to in subsection (5) as it considers 
may be appropriate in the circumstances.
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(4) Where the Bank makes a determination under subsection (1)(a), the Bank shall make 
a determination, in accordance with the guidelines, having regard to any or all of the 
matters  referred  to  in  subsection  (5) as  it  considers  may be appropriate  in  the 
circumstances,  as  to  whether  it  is  appropriate  and  proportionate  that  the  local 
deficiency concerned be remedied.
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(5) The matters referred to in subsections (3)(b) and (4) shall include the following:
(a) the number of people impacted or likely to be impacted by the local deficiency 
concerned;
(b) the number of ATMs, the number of cash service points and the cash demand, in 
the part of the NUTS 3 region concerned, prior to the local deficiency arising;
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(c) the current number of ATMs, the current number of cash service points and the 
current  cash  demand,  in  the  part  of  the  NUTS  3  region  concerned  (“the 
first-mentioned part”) and in any other part of the NUTS 3 region concerned or of 
any other NUTS 3 region, adjacent to the first-mentioned part;
(d) the hours of availability of cash infrastructure in the part of the NUTS 3 region 
concerned (“the first-mentioned part”) and in any other part of the NUTS 3


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concerned (“the first-mentioned part”) and in any other part of the NUTS 3 
region concerned or of any other NUTS 3 region, adjacent to the first-mentioned 
part;
(e) travel and geographic factors;
(f) demographic factors applicable to the persons impacted by the local deficiency;
(g) the impact of the local deficiency on financial inclusion;
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(h) the likely cost of taking any measures to remedy the local deficiency;
(i) such other matters as the Bank considers appropriate for the purposes of making a 
determination under subsection (1) or (4), as the case may be.
(6) The Bank shall specify on a website maintained by it or on its behalf the form and 
manner in which a notification shall be made to it under subsection (2) and, subject to


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manner in which a notification shall be made to it under subsection (2) and, subject to 
the guidelines, the information that shall accompany the notification.
Guidelines
8.
(1) The Bank shall, within 12 months of the commencement of this section, having regard 
to the matters referred to in section 7(5), prepare guidelines (in this Act referred to as 
“the guidelines”) in relation to—
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(a) the manner in which the Bank shall make a determination under section 7(1),
(b) the information to be provided to the Bank when making a notification under 
section 7(2),
(c) the manner in which the Bank shall assess a notification made under section 7(2), 
and
(d) the circumstances in which a determination may be made under section 7(4).
(2) For the purposes of the preparation of the guidelines, the Bank shall consult with—
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(a) the Minister,
(b) the designated entities,
(c) one or more than one body representing the interests of consumers,
(d) one or more than one body representing the interests of persons with disabilities,
(e) one or more than one body representing the interests of elderly persons,
(f) one or more than one body representing the interests of SMEs, in particular in the 
retail and hospitality sectors, and
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(g) such other persons as it considers appropriate for those purposes.
(3) The Bank shall publish the guidelines on a website maintained by it or on its behalf.
Monitoring and enforcement
9.
(1)   (a) The Bank shall, for the purposes of monitoring compliance with the access to 
cash criteria—
(i) monitor the location, number and hours of availability of ATMs and cash 
service points in each NUTS 3 region, and
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(ii) publish  the  information  referred  to  in  subparagraph  (i) on  a  website 
maintained by it or on its behalf as soon as practicable after the end of each 
quarter.
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(b) In the case of the information first published under  paragraph  (a) after the 
commencement of this section, the Bank shall publish the information as soon as


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commencement of this section, the Bank shall publish the information as soon as 
practicable after such commencement in respect of the immediately preceding 
quarter.
(2) The Bank may make a determination, in respect of any NUTS 3 region, having regard 
to the access to cash criteria and any information provided to it under this Act—
(a) that the level of provision of cash infrastructure does not comply with any of the 
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access to cash criteria, or
(b) that non-compliance with any of the access to cash criteria is reasonably likely.
(3) Where the Bank makes a determination under  subsection  (2)(a) or  section  7(4), it 
shall notify the designated entities setting out the details of the non-compliance or 
local deficiency concerned, or both, as the case may be.
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(4) Where the Bank makes a determination under subsection (2)(b) or section 7(1)(b), it 
shall notify the designated entities setting out the details of the likely non-compliance 
or likely local deficiency concerned, or both, as the case may be.
(5) A designated entity may, not later than 28 days after receipt of a notification under 
subsection (3) or such longer period not exceeding 8 weeks as the Bank may specify


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subsection (3) or such longer period not exceeding 8 weeks as the Bank may specify 
in the notification, alone or together with any other designated entity, submit to the 
Bank proposals in writing in relation to any measure that is proposed to be taken to 
ensure compliance with the access to cash criteria or to remedy the local deficiency, 
or both, as the case may be.
(6) Before submitting proposals under  subsection  (5), a designated entity may consult 
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with the Bank.
(7) Where—
(a) there are no proposals submitted to the Bank under subsection (5), or
(b) the  Bank,  following  assessment  of  any  proposals  submitted  to  it  under 
subsection (5),  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  proposals  do  not  address  the 
non-compliance or remedy the local deficiency, or both, as the case may be, 
notified under subsection (3),
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the Bank may decide to give a draft direction to one or more than one designated 
entity to ensure compliance with the access to cash criteria or to remedy a local 
deficiency, or both, as the case may be.
(8) A draft direction shall state—
(a) the appropriate and proportionate measures which the Bank requires be taken by 
the designated entity or entities to which it is given to ensure compliance with the 
access to cash criteria or remedy the local deficiency, or both, as the case may be,


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access to cash criteria or remedy the local deficiency, or both, as the case may be, 
and
(b) the period within which those measures shall be taken.
(9) For the purposes of giving a draft direction under subsection (7), the Bank shall—
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or of the local deficiency, or both, as the case may be,
(b) have regard to the total value of household deposits and the number of current 
accounts held in the State by each designated entity,
(c) where a designated entity is part of a group of companies (within the meaning 
given to that term by section 8 of the Companies Act 2014), have regard to the 
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total value of household deposits and the number of current accounts held by 
credit institutions who are part of such group but who are not designated entities,
(d) have regard to such other factors as the Bank considers relevant and appropriate 
for the purposes of this section, and
(e) taking account of paragraphs (a) to (d), endeavour to ensure fairness as between 
designated entities.
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(10) A designated entity to whom a draft direction is given under  subsection  (7) may, 
within 14 days of the date of the draft direction, make submissions in writing to the 
Bank in relation to the draft direction.
(11) Following its consideration of any submissions made to it under subsection (10), the 
Bank may decide to give a direction to each designated entity to whom the draft 
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direction was given, with or without amendment.
(12) The Bank may, if it considers it appropriate to do so, withdraw, or amend by a further 
direction, any direction given under this section, and subsections (7) to (11) and this 
subsection shall apply to such further direction with any necessary modifications.
(13) A decision to give a direction under this section is an appealable decision for the 
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purposes of Part VIIA of the Act of 1942.
(14) Where a direction is given to a designated entity under this section, the direction shall 
apply notwithstanding  that  the  credit  institution  concerned  may no  longer  be a 
designated entity by virtue of section 10(6).
Designated entities
10.
(1) Where, at the end of a quarter (in this section referred to as “the first-mentioned 
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quarter”), a credit institution meets the conditions set out in subsection (3)—
(a) at the end of the first-mentioned quarter, and
(b) at the end of the quarter immediately preceding the first-mentioned quarter,
the Bank shall notify the credit institution, as soon as practicable after the end of the 
first-mentioned quarter, that it is a designated entity for the purposes of this Act with 
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effect from the date of the notification.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), on the commencement of this section—
(a) the quarter in which this section comes into operation shall be deemed to be the 
first-mentioned quarter, and
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be deemed to be the quarter immediately preceding the first-mentioned quarter.
(3) The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are that the credit institution holds—
(a) a percentage share of current accounts in the State that is not less than the amount 
prescribed by order under subsection (5)(a) of the total number of such accounts 
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prescribed share”), and
(b) a percentage share of household deposits in the State that is not less than the 
amount prescribed by order under subsection (5)(b) of the total number of such 
deposits held by credit institutions (in this section referred to as “the household 
deposit prescribed share”).
(4) Where 2 or more credit institutions are part of the same group of companies (within 
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the meaning given to that term by section 8 of the Companies Act 2014) and each 
such credit institution does not exceed the current account prescribed share or the 
household deposit prescribed share, as the case may be, their respective percentage 
shares  of  current  accounts  in  the  State  and  household  deposits  shall  each  be 
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considered in aggregate, and if the aggregated share in each case exceeds the current 
account prescribed share and the household deposit prescribed share, then the credit 
institution with the larger or largest percentage share of household deposits shall be 
deemed to be a designated entity.
(5) The Minister shall, following consultation with the Bank and taking account of the 
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number of credit institutions in the State and their proportionate share of current 
accounts in the State and household deposits and the need to ensure that the objective 
of a fair distribution amongst those credit institutions of the obligations imposed by 
virtue of sections 5 and 7 in respect of access to cash infrastructure is met, by order 
prescribe—
(a) a share of at least 5 per cent and not greater than 15 per cent of the total number


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prescribe—
(a) a share of at least 5 per cent and not greater than 15 per cent of the total number 
of current accounts in the State of a credit institution, and
(b) a share of at least 5 per cent and not greater than 15 per cent of the total value of 
household deposits of a credit institution.
(6) Where, at the end of a quarter, a designated entity no longer meets either or both of 
the conditions set out in  subsection  (3), the Bank shall notify the credit institution


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the conditions set out in  subsection  (3), the Bank shall notify the credit institution 
concerned that it is no longer a designated entity with effect from the date of 
notification.
(7) The Bank shall maintain and publish on a website maintained by it or on its behalf a 
list of designated entities and shall update the list accordingly.
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(8)   (a) The  Bank  shall  notify  the  Minister  of  any  matters,  including  market 
developments, that in its opinion may result in the current account prescribed 
share or household deposit prescribed share, or both, as the case may be, no 
longer meeting the objective set  out  in  subsection  (5) and may make such 
recommendations, as it considers appropriate, for amendment of the current 
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account prescribed share or household deposit prescribed share, or both, as the 
case may be.
(b) The Bank shall include in a notification under paragraph (a) such information as 
it considers appropriate and shall provide such information as the Minister may, 
in writing, request.
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(9)   (a) The Minister may, following consultation with the Bank and such other persons 
as the Minister considers appropriate, and having regard to any matters notified 
by the Bank under subsection (8), by order, amend the current account prescribed 
share or the household deposit prescribed share, or both, as the case may be.
(b) An  order  made  under  this  subsection  shall  come  into  operation  from  the 
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beginning of the next quarter after the order is made.
(c) Subsections  (5) and  (8) shall apply to an order made under this subsection as 
those subsections apply to an order made under subsection (5).
Access fees
11.
(1) In this section—
“access fee” means a charge or fee, for the use by individuals and SMEs of an ATM in 
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the relevant account from which the cash is withdrawn;
“relevant account” means an account that—
(a) facilitates the withdrawal of cash from an ATM in the State, and
(b) is provided to an individual or SME by an entity that is authorised in a Member 
State (including the State) to provide financial services.
(2) The Minister may, following consultation with the Bank, make regulations—
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(b) prescribing the maximum access fee which may be charged,
where—
(i) the withdrawal concerned is from a relevant account, and
(ii) the Minister is satisfied that regulations are necessary to ensure that—
(I) access to cash by individuals and SMEs and the affordability for them of 
such access is not impaired by reason of—
(A) there being an access fee, or
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(B) the level of any access fee charged being such as to act as a disincentive 
to their seeking to access cash by the withdrawal of cash from ATMs,
and
(II) financial inclusion is not impaired.
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currency conversion.
Power of Bank to require information, records, plans, etc.
12.
(1) In this section, “person to whom this section applies” means, as the case may be—
(a) a designated entity,
(b) an ATM operator,
(c) a CIT provider, or
(d) any other entity which operates a cash service point on behalf of a designated 
entity.
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entity.
(2) Where the Bank considers it necessary to do so for the purposes of the performance of 
its functions under this Act, it may give a direction to a person to whom this section 
applies, in relation to the business of such person, to—
(a) provide the information,
(b) provide the records, or
(c) prepare and provide the forecasts, plans, accounts or other documents,
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specified in the direction, to the Bank.
(3) The information which may be specified in a direction given under subsection (2), 
may include, but not necessarily be limited to, any or all of the information referred to 
in section 6(1).
(4) A person to whom a direction is given under this section shall comply with it—
(a) at such time or times, or within such period, and
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(b) at such place,
as may be specified in the direction.
(5) The Bank may require, in a direction given under this section, that information, 
records, forecasts, plans, accounts or other documents provided in compliance with 
the direction be certified or attested as to their authenticity or correctness in such 
manner as the Bank may reasonably require, including by statutory declaration.
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(6) The Bank may take copies of, or extracts from, any records or other documents 
provided in compliance with a direction under this section.
(7) This section shall not limit any other power of the Bank to require the provision of 
information or records or the preparation and provision of documents.
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REGISTRATION OF ATM DEPLOYERS AND CIT PROVIDERS
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REGISTRATION OF ATM DEPLOYERS AND CIT PROVIDERS
Definitions (Part 3)
13.
In this Part—
“applicant” means a person who applies to the Bank for registration as an ATM deployer 
or a CIT provider, as the case may be, under section 17;
“application for registration” has the meaning given to it by section 17;
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“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Bank under this Act;
“registration” means a registration granted by the Bank under this Part to an ATM 
deployer or a CIT provider, as the case may be, and, if the registration is amended under 
this Part, means the registration as amended.
Obligation on ATM deployers and CIT providers to register with Bank
14.
(1) A person who intends to carry on business as—
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14.
(1) A person who intends to carry on business as—
(a) an ATM deployer, or
(b) a CIT provider,
shall register as an ATM deployer or CIT provider, as the case may be, for the 
purposes of this Act.
(2) A person shall not carry on business as an ATM deployer or hold himself or herself 
out as an ATM deployer unless the person is registered under this Part.
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(3) A person shall not carry on business as a CIT provider or hold himself or herself out 
as a CIT provider unless the person is registered under this Part.
(4) A person who contravenes  subsection  (2) or  (3), as the case may be, commits an 
offence.
Register of ATM deployers and CIT providers 
15.
(1) The Bank shall establish and maintain—
(a) a register of persons registered under this Part as ATM deployers, to be known as 
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the “Register of ATM deployers”, and
(b) a register of persons registered under this Part as CIT providers, to be known as 
the “Register of CIT providers”,
(each referred to in this Act as “the Register”).
(2) The Register shall contain—
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registered as an ATM deployer or CIT provider, as the case may be, and
(b) subject to subsection (7), such other particulars as may be prescribed.
(3) The Register may be in book form, electronic form or such other form as the Bank 
may  determine  and  may  be  maintained  in  an  electronic,  mechanical  or  other 
non-written form only if it is capable of being reproduced in a written form.
(4) The Bank shall publish the Register in written, electronic or other form and a member


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(4) The Bank shall publish the Register in written, electronic or other form and a member 
of the public is entitled to obtain a copy of the Register or of an entry in the Register 
on  payment  of  such  reasonable  fees  for  copying  as  may  be  prescribed  under 
section 41.
(5) The holder of a registration to which an entry in the Register relates shall, as soon as 
practicable after the holder becomes aware of any error in the entry, give notice in 
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writing to the Bank of the error.
(6) In any legal proceedings, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Bank and stating 
that a person—
(a) is recorded in the Register as a holder,
(b) is not recorded in the Register as a holder,
(c) was recorded in the Register as being, at a specified date or during a specified 
period, a holder, or
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period, a holder,
is evidence of the matter referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), as the case may 
be, and is taken to have been signed by the person purporting to have signed it, unless 
the contrary is shown.
(7) The Bank may prescribe particulars for the purposes of  subsection  (2)(b) for the 
purposes of the performance of its functions under this Act.
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Transitional provision for existing ATM deployers and CIT providers
16.
(1) Notwithstanding section 14, a person carrying on the business of an ATM deployer or 
CIT provider, as the case may be, immediately before the commencement of this Part, 
is taken to be registered as an ATM deployer or CIT provider, as the case may be, until 
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the Bank has granted or refused an application for registration under  section  18, 
provided that the person applies to the Bank for registration not later than 3 months 
after section 17 comes into operation.
(2) Where a person is taken to be registered as an ATM deployer or CIT provider under 
subsection  (1), the Bank may decide to impose on the person such conditions or 
requirements, or both, as the Bank considers appropriate relating to the proper and


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requirements, or both, as the Bank considers appropriate relating to the proper and 
orderly regulation and oversight of ATM deployers or CIT providers, as the case may 
be, for the purposes of this Act.
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(3) A  person  shall  comply  with  any  condition  or  requirement  imposed  under 
subsection (2).
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(4) A decision to impose a condition or requirement under this section is an appealable 
decision for the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act of 1942.
Application for registration
17.
(1) A person may apply to the Bank to be registered under this Part (in this Part referred 
to as an “application for registration”).
(2) An application for registration shall—
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(a) be in a form provided or specified by the Bank,
(b) state the name of the applicant,
(c) state the address of the principal place of business of the applicant,
(d) contain information demonstrating that the applicant has in place the resources, 
procedures and arrangements for the carrying on of the business of an ATM 
deployer or CIT provider, as the case may be, and the performance of activities 
relating to that business, taking into account the nature, scale and complexity of


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relating to that business, taking into account the nature, scale and complexity of 
its business and the obligations imposed on an ATM deployer or CIT provider, as 
the case may be, under this Act,
(e) contain such other information, and be accompanied by such documents, as the 
Bank may reasonably request for the purposes of determining the application for 
registration under this Part, and
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(f) be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed under section 41.
(3) The Bank may, by notice given to an applicant, require the applicant to provide, 
within the period of not less than 14 days specified in the notice, such additional 
information  and  documents  as  are  reasonably necessary to  enable  the  Bank  to 
determine the application for registration.
Grant and refusal of applications for registration
18.
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18.
(1) The Bank may refuse an application for registration only if—
(a) the application does not comply with the requirements of section 17(2),
(b) the applicant does not comply with a notice given under section 17(3),
(c) the Bank has reasonable grounds to be satisfied that information given to the 
Bank by the applicant in connection with the application is false or misleading in 
any material particular,
(d) the applicant has failed to satisfy the Bank that it has in place the resources,


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(d) the applicant has failed to satisfy the Bank that it has in place the resources, 
procedures and arrangements for the carrying on of the business of an ATM 
deployer or CIT provider, as the case may be, and the performance of activities 
relating to that business, taking into account the nature, scale and complexity of 
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its business and the obligations imposed on an ATM deployer or CIT provider, as 
the case may be, by or under this Act,
(e) the applicant has failed to satisfy the Bank that the applicant would, if registered, 
comply with the following:
(i) in the case where the applicant is a CIT provider, any condition that the Bank 
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would have imposed under section 19 on the registration concerned, if the 
Bank had granted the application;
(ii) in  the  case  where  the  applicant  is  an  ATM  deployer,  any  prescribed 
requirement;
(iii) any other obligation imposed on the applicant by or under this Act,
(f) where the applicant is a body corporate, the body corporate is being wound up,
(g) where the applicant is a partnership, the partnership is dissolved by the death or


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(g) where the applicant is a partnership, the partnership is dissolved by the death or 
bankruptcy of  a  partner  or  because  of  the  operation  of  a  provision  of  the 
Partnership Act 1890 or otherwise,
(h) where the applicant is a natural person, such person is an undischarged bankrupt, 
or
(i) there are objective and demonstrable grounds for believing that the management 
body of the applicant may pose a threat to its sound and prudent management and


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body of the applicant may pose a threat to its sound and prudent management and 
to the best interests of its customers and the integrity of the market.
(2) If the Bank proposes to refuse an application for registration, it shall give to the 
applicant a notice—
(a) specifying the grounds on which it is proposed to refuse the application, and
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(b) informing the applicant that the applicant may, within 21 days after the giving of 
the notice, make representations in writing to the Bank showing why the Bank 
should grant the application.
(3) Not later than 21 days after a notice is given to an applicant under subsection (2), the 
applicant may make representations in writing to the Bank showing why the Bank 
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should grant the application for registration.
(4) The Bank may decide to refuse an application for registration after having considered 
any representations made by the applicant in accordance with subsection (3).
(5) As soon as practicable after deciding to refuse an application for registration under 
this section, the Bank shall give a notice of the decision to the applicant, and the 
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notice shall include a statement setting out the reasons for that decision.
(6) A decision of the Bank to refuse an application for registration is an appealable 
decision for the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act of 1942.
(7) If the Bank does not refuse the application for registration, it shall grant it and, on 
granting the application, the Bank shall—
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(a) record the particulars of the applicant, referred to in  subsection  (2), in the 
Register of ATM deployers or the Register of CIT providers, as the case may be, 
and
(b) give the applicant notice of confirmation of registration as an ATM deployer or 
CIT provider, as the case may be.
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Bank may impose conditions on CIT provider when granting application for registration
19.
(1) In granting an application for registration as a CIT provider under  section  18, the 
Bank may decide to impose on the holder concerned one or more of the following 
conditions, as the Bank considers appropriate, relating to the proper and orderly 
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regulation and oversight of CIT providers for the purposes of this Act:
(a) that the holder notify the Bank, in such form and manner and to the extent that 
the  Bank  considers  necessary  and  proportionate  for  the  purposes  of  the 
performance  of  the  Bank’s  functions  under  this  Act,  and  including  such 
information  as  the  Bank  may specify in  such  conditions,  of  any proposed 
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business changes or developments, or potential business changes or developments 
of which the holder becomes aware, that may impact materially the ability of the 
holder to service the needs of any or all of its customers, including any plans to 
cease any or all of its activities in the State or any part of it;
(b) that the holder notify its customers, in such form and manner and to the extent 
that the Bank considers necessary and proportionate for the purposes of the


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that the Bank considers necessary and proportionate for the purposes of the 
performance  of  the  Bank’s  functions  under  this  Act,  and  including  such 
information  as  the  Bank  may specify in  such  conditions,  of  any proposed 
business changes or developments, or potential business changes or developments 
of which the holder becomes aware, that may impact materially the ability of the 
holder to service the needs of any or all of its customers, including any plans to


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holder to service the needs of any or all of its customers, including any plans to 
cease any or all of its activities in the State or any part of it;
(c) that the holder have in place such policies, as the Bank may specify in such 
conditions,  relating  to  operational  resilience  and  business  continuity 
arrangements and compliance with those policies.
(2) The Bank shall specify any condition imposed under subsection (1) in the registration


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(2) The Bank shall specify any condition imposed under subsection (1) in the registration 
granted  to  the  holder  or  in  one  or  more  than  one  document  annexed  to  that 
registration.
(3) If the Bank decides to impose any condition under subsection (1), the Bank shall give 
to  the  holder,  together  with  the  notice  of  confirmation  of  registration  under 
section 18(7)(b), a notice of the decision to impose such condition,  and the notice


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section 18(7)(b), a notice of the decision to impose such condition,  and the notice 
shall include a statement setting out the reasons for its imposition.
(4) A holder shall comply with any condition imposed under subsection (1).
(5) A decision of the Bank to impose any condition under subsection (1) is an appealable 
decision for the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act of 1942.
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Offence to fail to comply with condition imposed under section 19
20.
A holder who fails to comply with any condition imposed under section 19(1) commits 
an offence.
Term of registration
21.
(1) A registration comes into force on the day on which the registration is granted, or, if a 
later date is specified in the registration, on that later date, whether or not, in the case


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later date is specified in the registration, on that later date, whether or not, in the case 
of a CIT provider, an appeal against any decision to impose a condition of registration 
is made by virtue of section 19(5).
(2) A registration remains in force, unless sooner revoked under this Part, from the date 
on which it comes into force.
Bank may amend registration
22.
(1) The Bank may, from time to time, amend a registration by varying, replacing or


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22.
(1) The Bank may, from time to time, amend a registration by varying, replacing or 
revoking any condition or, subject to section  19, in the case of a CIT provider, by 
adding any further condition if the Bank considers that the variation, replacement, 
revocation or addition is necessary for the proper and orderly regulation of the 
business of the holder concerned as an ATM deployer or CIT provider, as the case 
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may be, under this Act.
(2) If the Bank proposes to amend a registration under this section, the Bank shall give to 
the holder  a notice informing the holder  of the  Bank’s intention  to amend the 
registration.
(3) The notice shall—
(a) specify the proposed amendment, and
(b) inform the holder that the holder may, within 21 days after giving the notice, 
make representations in writing to the Bank showing why the Bank should not 
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make representations in writing to the Bank showing why the Bank should not 
make that amendment.
(4) Not later than 21 days after a notice is given to the holder under subsection (2), the 
holder may make representations in writing to the Bank showing why the Bank should 
not amend the registration.
(5) The Bank may decide to amend a registration only after having considered any 
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representations to the Bank made in accordance with subsection (4).
(6) As soon as practicable after deciding to amend a registration under this section, the 
Bank shall give notice of the decision to the holder, and the notice shall include a 
statement setting out the reasons for that decision.
(7) A decision of the Bank to amend a registration is an appealable decision for the 
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purposes of Part VIIA of the Act of 1942.
(8) The amendment of a registration under this section takes effect from the date of the 
notice of the decision under subsection (6), or, if a later date is specified in the notice, 
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from that date, whether or not an appeal against the decision is made by virtue of 
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subsection (7).
Regulatory disclosure statement
23.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the holder shall include a statement (in this section referred 
to as a “regulatory disclosure statement”) in the prescribed form in all advertisements 
for its services stating that the holder is registered under this Part.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the Bank may prescribe the form of the regulatory 
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disclosure statement, including its size, colour and font type and the manner in which 
the statement shall be displayed.
(3) In this section, “advertisement” means any form of commercial communication which 
is intended to publicise or otherwise promote the holder in relation to the carrying on 
of its business as an ATM deployer or CIT provider, as the case may be.
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Revocation of registration on application of holder
24.
The Bank shall revoke a registration on the application of the holder, but only if satisfied 
that the holder has complied with all of the following, where applicable:
(a) a direction under section 12;
(b) where the holder is a CIT provider, any condition imposed on it under section 19;
(c) any amendment to a registration under section 22;
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(c) any amendment to a registration under section 22;
(d) a direction under section 27;
(e) where the holder is an ATM deployer, any prescribed requirement;
(f) the obligation to retain records under section 33;
(g) a direction under section 34.
Revocation of registration other than on application of holder
25.
(1) The Bank may revoke a registration only if the Bank has reasonable grounds to be 
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satisfied of one or more of the following:
(a) the holder has not commenced carrying on business as an ATM deployer or CIT 
provider  within  the  period  of  12  months  after  the  date  of  the  notice  of 
confirmation of registration under section 18(7);
(b) the holder has not carried on business as an ATM deployer or CIT provider for 
the immediately preceding period of 6 months;
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(c) the registration was obtained by means of a false or misleading representation;
(d) the holder has contravened, or is contravening, any obligation imposed on ATM 
deployers or CIT providers under this Act;
(e) the holder has failed to satisfy the Bank—
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(i) where  the  holder  is  a  CIT  provider,  that  the  policies  referred  to  in 
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section 19(1)(c), or
(ii) where  the  holder  is  an  ATM  deployer,  that  any procedures  that  are  a 
prescribed requirement that the holder has in place,
are adequate or fit for purpose;
(f) the holder has contravened or is contravening any of the following:
(i) a direction under section 12;
(ii) where the holder is a CIT provider, any condition imposed under section 19;
(iii) any amendment to a registration under section 22;
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(iii) any amendment to a registration under section 22;
(iv) a direction under section 27;
(v) where the holder is an ATM deployer, any prescribed requirement;
(vi) the obligation to retain records under section 33;
(vii) a direction under section 34;
(g) the holder is so structured, or the business of the holder is so organised, that the 
holder is not capable of being regulated under this Part;
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(h) there are objective and demonstrable grounds for believing that the management 
body of the holder may pose a threat to its sound and prudent management and to 
the best interests of its customers and the integrity of the market;
(i) where the holder is a body corporate, the body corporate is being wound up;
(j) where the holder is a partnership, the partnership is dissolved by the death or 
bankruptcy of  a  partner  or  because  of  the  operation  of  a  provision  of  the


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bankruptcy of  a  partner  or  because  of  the  operation  of  a  provision  of  the 
Partnership Act 1890 or otherwise;
(k) where the holder is a natural person, the holder is declared bankrupt.
(2) If the Bank proposes to revoke a registration under this section, the Bank shall give to 
the holder a notice  informing the  holder  of  the  Bank’s  intention  to revoke the 
registration.
(3) The notice shall—
(a) specify the grounds on which the Bank proposes to revoke the registration, and


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(a) specify the grounds on which the Bank proposes to revoke the registration, and
(b) inform the holder that the holder may, within 21 days after the giving of the 
notice, make representations in writing to the Bank showing why the Bank should 
not revoke the registration.
(4) Not later than 21 days after a notice is given to the holder under subsection (2), the 
holder may make representations in writing to the Bank showing why the Bank should 
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not revoke the registration.
(5) The Bank may decide to revoke the registration only after having considered any 
representations made by the holder in accordance with subsection (4).
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(6) As soon as practicable after deciding to revoke a registration under this section, the 
Bank shall give notice of the decision to the person who was the holder, and the notice


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Bank shall give notice of the decision to the person who was the holder, and the notice 
shall include a statement setting out the reasons for that decision.
(7) A decision of the Bank to revoke a registration under this section is an appealable 
decision for the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act of 1942.
(8) The revocation of a registration under this section takes effect from the date of the 
notice of the decision under subsection (6), or, if a later date is specified in the notice,


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notice of the decision under subsection (6), or, if a later date is specified in the notice, 
from that date, whether or not an appeal against the decision is made by virtue of 
subsection (7).
Bank to publish notice of revocation
26.
As soon as practicable after revoking a registration under section 24 or 25, as the case 
may be, the Bank shall publish a notice in  Iris Oifigiúil giving particulars of the 
revocation.
Direction not to carry out business other than as directed
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revocation.
Direction not to carry out business other than as directed
27.
(1) If the Bank reasonably believes that there may be grounds for revoking a registration 
under section 25, the Bank may decide to give to the holder a direction prohibiting the 
holder from carrying on business as an ATM deployer or CIT provider, as the case 
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may be, other than in accordance with conditions specified by the Bank in the 
direction.
(2) The Bank shall include in a direction under this section a statement—
(a) setting out the reasons for giving the direction,
(b) specifying the period during which the direction is to remain in force, and
(c) specifying the conditions with which the holder is required to comply.
(3) Subject  to  subsection  (5),  a  decision  of  the  Bank  to  give  a  direction  under


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(3) Subject  to  subsection  (5),  a  decision  of  the  Bank  to  give  a  direction  under 
subsection (1) is an appealable decision for the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act of 
1942.
(4) A holder to whom a direction is given under subsection (1) may apply to the High 
Court for, and the High Court may, if it considers it appropriate to do so, grant, an 
order affirming, setting aside or varying the direction.
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(5) A holder may not make an appeal under Part VIIA of the Act of 1942 against a 
direction under subsection (1) where the direction is or has been the subject of an 
application to the High Court under subsection (4).
(6) An application under subsection (4) shall be made not later than 21 days after the date 
of the direction given to the holder under  subsection  (1) or within such extended 
period as the High Court allows.
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(7) At the hearing of an application made under subsection (4), the High Court may make 
such  order  as  it  considers  appropriate  in  the  circumstances  (including an order 
dismissing the application).
(8) The  High  Court  may  direct  the  hearing  together  of  applications  made  under 
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subsection (4) and section 35 that relate to the same direction.
(9) Where the High Court is satisfied that it is desirable, because of the nature or the 
circumstances of the case, or having regard to the interests of justice, then the whole 
or any part of proceedings relating to an application under subsection (4) before it 
may be heard otherwise than in public.
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given under this section.
(11) A direction under this section takes effect from the date on which it is given or, if a 
later date is specified in the direction, from that date, whether or not an application is 
made under  subsection  (4) or an appeal against the direction is made by virtue of 
subsection (3).
(12) A direction under this section ceases to have effect on the earlier of—
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(a) the end of the period, not exceeding 12 months, specified in the direction, or
(b) on the revocation of the holder’s registration under this Part.
(13) A person shall comply with a direction given to the person under this section.
(14) A person who contravenes a direction given to the person under this section commits 
an offence.
Sharing of information and cooperation between Bank and Private Security Authority
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(1) In this section, “Authority” means the Private Security Authority.
(2)   (a) The Authority may provide, to the Bank, information in relation to CIT providers 
which the Authority acquires in the course of the performance of its functions 
under the Act of 2004 if the Authority is reasonably satisfied that information is 
required by the Bank for the purposes of the performance of the Bank’s functions 
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under this Act in so far as they relate to CIT providers.
(b) Where the Bank receives information from the Authority under this subsection, 
that  information  may  only  be  used  by  the  Bank  for  the  purposes  of  the 
performance of its functions under this Act in so far as they relate to CIT 
providers.
(3) The Bank and the Authority, in so far as it is consistent with the proper performance 
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of their respective functions under this Act and the Act of 2004, may enter into one or 
more than one agreement or arrangement (whether in the form of a memorandum of 
understanding or otherwise) from time to time for the purposes of—
(a) facilitating administrative efficiency and cooperation between the Bank and the 
Authority in the performance of their respective functions in so far as they relate 
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to the monitoring of compliance by CIT providers with this Act and with the Act 
of 2004,
(b) avoiding duplication of activities by the Bank and the Authority, and
(c) subject to  subsection  (2) and section 33AK(5)(bc) of the Act of 1942, sharing 
information for the purposes of monitoring compliance by CIT providers with 
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this Act and the Act of 2004.
(4) The parties to an agreement or arrangement under this section may vary the terms of 
the agreement or arrangement.
(5) An  agreement  or  arrangement  under  this  section,  or  any  variation  of  such  an 
agreement or arrangement, shall be in writing.
(6) An agreement or arrangement under this section shall not operate to bind the parties 
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to the agreement or arrangement.
(7) The Bank shall provide the Minister and the Minister for Justice with a copy of each 
agreement or arrangement under this section and any variation thereof.
(8) An agreement or arrangement under this section shall not operate to require the Bank 
to provide information to the Authority if the disclosure of that information by the 
Bank is not permitted by section 33AK(5)(bc) of the Act of 1942 or is prohibited by 
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Bank is not permitted by section 33AK(5)(bc) of the Act of 1942 or is prohibited by 
law.
(9) An agreement or arrangement under this section shall not operate to require the 
Authority to provide information to the Bank if the disclosure of that information by 
the Authority is not permitted by subsection (2) or the Act of 2004 or is prohibited by 
law.
PART 4
MISCELLANEOUS POWERS OF BANK
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PART 4
MISCELLANEOUS POWERS OF BANK
Definitions (Part 4)
29.
In this Part—
“authorised officer” means a person appointed by the Bank under section 36 to be an 
authorised officer;
“relevant records” means records of information, relating to the business of an ATM 
deployer or CIT provider, as the case may be, however compiled, recorded or stored, and 
includes—
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includes—
(a) any book, register and any other document containing information, and
(b) any disc, tape or  other  article from which  information is  capable of  being 
produced in any form that is capable of being reproduced visually or aurally.
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30.
(1) The Bank may, by regulations, provide for any matter referred to in Part 3 or this Part 
as prescribed or to be prescribed.
(2) Without prejudice to any provision of Part 3 or this Part, a regulation made by the 
Bank under  Part  3 or this Part may contain such incidental, supplementary and 
consequential provisions as appear to the Bank to be necessary or expedient for the 
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purposes of the regulation.
(3) The Minister shall arrange for every regulation made by the Bank under Part 3 or this 
Part to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made 
and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the 
next 21 days on which that House sits after the regulation is laid before it, the 
regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of 
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anything previously done thereunder.
Prescribed requirements for ATM operators
31.
(1) The Bank shall, subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), following consultation with the 
Minister, in relation to ATM operators, make regulations prescribing the following, 
each of which shall be a prescribed requirement for the purposes of this Act:
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(a) subject to  subsection  (2), notification to the Bank by an ATM operator of any 
proposed changes to its business which may materially alter the scope of its 
provision of cash services including—
(i) the planned withdrawal of one or more than one ATM,
(ii) the installation of one or more than one ATM in additional locations,
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any part of the State;
(b) notification to the Bank by an ATM operator of any change of ownership of the 
ATM operator;
(c) notification to the Bank by an ATM operator immediately after the ATM operator 
becomes aware of any closure of an ATM in circumstances beyond its control, 
including, but not limited to the following:
(i) the forced withdrawal or unavailability of an ATM where the premises in 
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which it is located is no longer available for the operation of the ATM;
(ii) an ATM is rendered inoperable without notice or at such short notice that the 
ATM operator cannot reasonably be expected to comply with the notification 
requirements set out in paragraph (a);
(d) the requirement that ATM operators ensure that appropriate service standards are 
being achieved in respect of such matters as are specified in the regulations 
including, but not limited to the following:
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(i) the hours during which an ATM shall be available for the withdrawal of cash 
(in this Act referred to as “the normal hours of operation of ATMs”);
(ii) any further hours, outside the normal hours of operation of ATMs, during 
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which an ATM shall be available for the withdrawal of cash;
(iii) the maximum amount of cash that may be withdrawn from an ATM in a 
single transaction;
(iv) the stocking of ATMs with banknotes of different denominations, which shall 
not be less than 2 different such denominations, at least one of which shall be 
less than €50;
(v) maximum periods for which an ATM may be unavailable for the withdrawal 
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of cash during the normal hours of operation of ATMs for the purposes of 
maintenance, including for the purpose of the restocking of the ATM, repair, 
upgrading or for any other reason;
(vi) signage requirements for ATMs including, but not necessarily limited to the 
following:
(I) the name of the ATM operator;
(II) a unique identification number for each ATM;
(III) a contact telephone number;
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(vii) the information required to be communicated by an ATM operator to the user 
of an ATM when withdrawing cash, including the provision of a receipt at 
the request of the user and the information to be included on the receipt 
relating to the transaction and the ATM operator;
(viii) the information required to be published by an ATM operator, including 
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information in respect of the services that an ATM operator provides relating 
to ATMs and notification of any planned changes to those services, the 
period of notice to be given in respect of any such planned changes and the 
form and manner in which that information shall be published.
(2) A notification under subsection (1)(a)(i) or (iii) shall be made not less than 2 months 
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before the date of the implementation of the first planned withdrawal of an ATM or of 
any plan to cease carrying on business as an ATM operator in the State or any part of 
the State, as the case may be, or such other longer period as may be prescribed.
(3) Regulations under this section may make different provision for different classes of 
ATM operators and different classes of ATMs and may, having regard to the different


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ATM operators and different classes of ATMs and may, having regard to the different 
classes of ATM operators and different classes of ATMs, make different provision for 
requirements in respect of different such classes.
(4) Regulations may be made under this section only where the Bank is satisfied that it is 
necessary to do so for any of the following purposes:
(a) the proper and orderly regulation of the business of ATM operators under this 
Act;
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(b) the performance by the Bank of its functions under this Act;
(c) to ensure sufficient and effective access to cash infrastructure for individuals and 
SMEs.
(5) An ATM operator shall comply with the prescribed requirements.
Offence to fail to comply with prescribed requirements
32.
An ATM operator who fails to comply with any prescribed requirement commits an 
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Retention of records
33.
(1) This section applies to the following persons:
(a) ATM deployers;
(b) CIT providers.
(2) A person to whom this section applies shall—
(a) retain at an office or other premises in the State such relevant records as may, 
subject to subsections (8), (9) and (10), be prescribed, and
(b) notify the Bank, in writing, of the address of any office or other premises where 
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those relevant records are retained.
(3) The obligation imposed by subsection (1) is in addition to, and not in substitution for, 
any other obligation imposed by or under any other enactment or rule of law with 
respect to the retention of records by a person to whom this section applies.
(4) A person to whom this section applies shall retain the relevant records referred to in 
subsection (2) for a period of not less than 6 years after the date on which the relevant 
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record is made.
(5) A person to whom this section applies may keep the relevant records referred to in 
subsection (2) wholly or partly in an electronic, mechanical or other non-written form 
only if they are capable of being reproduced in a written form.
(6) Subject to subsection (4), the obligations imposed under this section continue to apply 
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to a person who is no longer a person to whom this section applies.
(7) Where a person to whom this section applies is a body corporate (in this section 
referred to as “the first-mentioned body corporate”), the obligation to retain a relevant 
record referred to in subsection (2) applies to any body corporate that is a successor 
to, or a continuation of, the first-mentioned body corporate.
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(8) The Bank may, for the purposes of subsection (2), prescribe relevant records to be 
retained where it determines such records are necessary for the proper and orderly 
regulation and oversight of ATM deployers or CIT providers, as the case may be, for 
the purposes of this Act.
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(9) The Bank may prescribe requirements relating to the retention of relevant records 
referred to in subsection (2) of a body corporate that is wound up, a partnership that is 
dissolved or a natural person who is declared bankrupt.
(10) Regulations under this section may apply to such class of relevant records as the Bank 
may prescribe.
(11) A person to whom this section applies who fails to comply with this section commits 
an offence.
Bank’s power to give directions
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an offence.
Bank’s power to give directions
34.
(1) Where the Bank is satisfied that an ATM operator or CIT provider, as the case may be, 
has failed, is failing or is likely to fail, to comply with any condition or requirement 
(including any prescribed requirement) imposed by or under this Act, the Bank may 
decide to give a direction to the ATM operator or CIT provider concerned to comply 
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with the condition or requirement specified in the direction.
(2) The provisions of a direction under subsection (1) have effect from the date specified 
in the direction in relation to them.
(3) A direction under subsection (1) shall set out—
(a) the terms of the direction, including any specification of a date by which, or a 
period within which, any provision made by the direction is to be complied with, 
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and
(b) any incidental, consequential or supplemental provisions for implementing the 
direction and ensuring that it is fully and effectively carried out.
(4) The Bank may publish a direction under subsection  (1) in any such manner as the 
Bank considers appropriate.
(5) An ATM operator or CIT provider, as the case may be, shall comply with a direction 
given to it under subsection (1).
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(6) A decision by the Bank to give a direction under  subsection  (1) is an appealable 
decision for the purposes of Part VIIA of the Act of 1942.
Bank may apply to High Court for orders enforcing directions
35.
(1) This section applies to a direction under section 12, 27 or 34, as the case may be.
(2) Where the Bank is of the opinion that a direction to which this section applies has not 
been or is not being complied with by the person to whom the direction is given, the


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been or is not being complied with by the person to whom the direction is given, the 
Bank may, without prejudice to any of its other functions, apply to the High Court in a 
summary manner for an order enforcing the direction.
(3) If the High Court is satisfied that a direction to which this section applies has not been 
or is not being complied with, the High Court may make an order requiring the person 
to whom the direction is given to comply with the direction.
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(4) On an application to it under subsection (2), the High Court may make any interim or 
interlocutory order as it considers appropriate.
(5) An  order  under  subsection  (3) may include  an  order  to  take  such  ancillary or 
incidental steps as the High Court may consider appropriate to give full effect to the 
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incidental steps as the High Court may consider appropriate to give full effect to the 
order.
(6) Where the High Court is satisfied that it is desirable, because of the nature or the 
circumstances of the case or it is otherwise in the interests of justice, the whole or any 
part  of  proceedings  relating  to  an  application  under  this  section  may be  heard 
otherwise than in public.
Power to appoint authorised officers
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36.
(1) This section and section 37 apply to the following persons:
(a) ATM operators;
(b) CIT providers.
(2) The Bank may, in writing—
(a) appoint  such  and  so  many persons  as  the  Bank  considers  necessary to  be 
authorised officers for the purpose of monitoring compliance with Part 3 and this 
Part by persons to whom this section and section 37 applies, and
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(b) at any time, revoke any such appointment.
(3) Subject to  subsection  (2)(b), an appointment under  subsection  (2)(a) may be for a 
specified or unspecified period.
(4) Every authorised officer shall—
(a) be furnished by the Bank with a certificate of his or her appointment as an 
authorised officer, and
(b) when exercising a power conferred by this Part, produce the certificate or a copy 
of it, together with a form of personal identification, for inspection, if requested


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of it, together with a form of personal identification, for inspection, if requested 
to do so by a person affected by the exercise of the power.
(5) An appointment under subsection (2) of a person as an authorised officer ceases on 
the occurrence of the earliest of the following:
(a) where the Bank revokes the appointment, the time of revocation;
(b) where the person dies, the time of death;
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(c) where the person resigns from the appointment, the time of resignation;
(d) where the appointment is for a specified period, the end of that period;
(e) where the person appointed is, when appointed, an officer of the Bank, when the 
person ceases to be such an officer;
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(f) where the person appointed is, when appointed, a person employed by a third 
party to which the Bank has delegated a function under this Part, when the person 
ceases to be so employed.
Powers of authorised officers
37.
(1) An authorised officer may, for the purpose of monitoring compliance with Part 3 and 
this Part, do any or all of the following:
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(a) subject to subsection (2), at all reasonable times enter any place at which there 
are reasonable grounds to believe that there are relevant records;
(b) search and inspect the place referred to in paragraph (a) and any relevant records 
at that place;
(c) secure for later inspection any place, or any part of any place at which relevant 
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relevant records are kept;
(d) require any person to whom this section applies to produce to the officer relevant 
records, and if the relevant records are in a non-legible form to reproduce them in 
a legible form or to give to the officer such information as the officer reasonably 
requires in relation to entries in the relevant records;
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(e) inspect and take copies of relevant records inspected or produced under this 
section (including, in the case of relevant records in a non-legible form, a copy of 
all or part of the relevant records in a permanent legible form);
(f) remove and retain any of the relevant records inspected or produced under this 
section for such period as may be reasonable to facilitate further examination;
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(g) require a person to give to the officer information (including information by way 
of a written report) that the officer reasonably requires and to produce to the 
officer any relevant records that the person has or has access to;
(h) require a person by whom, or on whose behalf, data equipment is or has been 
used, or any person who has charge of, or is otherwise concerned with the 
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operation of, the data equipment or any associated apparatus or material, to give 
the officer all reasonable assistance in relation thereto;
(i) require a person to explain entries in any relevant records;
(j) summon, at any reasonable time, a person to give to the authorised officer such 
information as the authorised officer may reasonably require and to require the 
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answers to those questions.
(2) An authorised officer shall not, except with the consent of the occupier, enter a private 
dwelling unless the officer has obtained a warrant from a judge of the District Court.
(3) Where an authorised officer in the exercise of the authorised officer’s powers under 
this section is prevented from entering any place, whether or not a private dwelling, 
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where the authorised officer believes that there are relevant records, the authorised 
officer may apply to a judge of the District Court for a warrant under this section 
authorising the entry by the authorised officer into the place.
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(4) Without prejudice to the powers conferred on an authorised officer by or under this 
section, an authorised officer may, for the purposes of monitoring compliance with 
this Act, apply to a judge of the District Court for a warrant in relation to any place.
(5) Where, on the hearing of an application under subsection (3) or (4), as the case may 
be, a judge of the District Court is satisfied on sworn information of the authorised 
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officer that the authorised officer—
(a) has been prevented from entering any place that is not a private dwelling,
(b) has reasonable grounds for believing that relevant records are kept at a place that 
comprise, or form part of, a private dwelling, or
(c) has  reasonable  grounds  for  suspecting  that  evidence  of,  or  relating  to, 
non-compliance with this Act is to be found in any place,
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that judge may issue a warrant under the judge’s hand authorising one or more than 
one  authorised  officer  accompanied,  if  the  judge  considers  it  appropriate  to  so 
provide, by such number of members of An Garda Síochána as may be specified in the 
warrant, at any time within 28 days from the date of issue of the warrant, to enter, if 
need be by reasonable force, the place or private dwelling and exercise any of the 
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powers referred to in this section.
(6) Where any person from whom production of a relevant record is required claims a 
lien thereon, the production of it shall be without prejudice to the lien.
(7) A person making information available to the Bank in accordance with this section 
shall not, in so doing, be considered to be infringing any restriction on disclosure of 
information imposed by contract or law and, accordingly, shall not be liable for 
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making the information so available.
(8) The requirement to produce any relevant record or report or to provide information or 
assistance under this section extends to—
(a) an examiner, liquidator or receiver of, or any person who is or has been an officer 
or employee or agent of, a person to whom this section applies, or
(b) any other person who appears to the Bank or the authorised officer concerned to 
have the relevant record or report in his or her possession or under his or her


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have the relevant record or report in his or her possession or under his or her 
control or the ability to provide information or assistance, as the case may be.
(9) When exercising a power under this section, an authorised officer may, where the 
officer considers it necessary, be accompanied by one or more than one member of An 
Garda Síochána or one or more than one authorised officer.
(10) A person who—
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(a) obstructs or interferes with an authorised officer or a member of An Garda 
Síochána in the course of exercising a power conferred on him or her by this 
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section or a warrant under subsection (5), or impedes the exercise by the person 
or member, as the case may be, of such power, or
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(b) fails or refuses to comply with a request or requirement of, or to answer a 
question  asked  by, an authorised officer or  member  of An  Garda  Síochána 
pursuant  to  this  section,  or  in  purported  compliance  with  such  request  or 
requirement or in answer to such question, give information to an authorised 
officer or such member that he or she knows to be false or misleading in a 
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material particular,
commits an offence.
(11) A statement  or  admission  made  by  a  person  pursuant  to  a  requirement  under 
paragraph (g), (h), (i) or (j) of subsection (1) shall not be admissible as evidence in 
proceedings brought against that person for an offence (other than an offence under 
subsection (10)).
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(12) A person the subject of a requirement under this section shall be entitled to the same 
immunities and privileges in respect of compliance with such requirement as if the 
person were a witness before the High Court.
(13) In this section, “place” includes the following:
(a) a dwelling or a part thereof;
(b) a building or a part thereof;
(c) a vehicle, whether mechanically propelled or not;
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(d) an aircraft, whether capable of operation or not;
(e) a vessel, whether sea-going or not.
Offences and penalties
38.
(1) Summary proceedings for an offence under this Act may be brought and prosecuted 
by the Bank.
(2) A person who commits an offence under  section  14(4), 20,  27(14),  32,  33(11) or 
37(10) is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine, or
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(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €100,000.
(3) A person who, after conviction for an offence under  section  14(4),  20,  27(14),  32 
or 33(11), continues to contravene the provision concerned, shall be guilty of an 
offence on each day on which the contravention continues and for each such offence 
shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a class E fine, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €7,500.
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Offences by bodies corporate
39.
(1) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate and it is proved 
that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance, or was attributable to 
any wilful neglect, of a person who was a director, manager, secretary or other officer 
of the body corporate, or a person purporting to act in that capacity, that person, as


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of the body corporate, or a person purporting to act in that capacity, that person, as 
well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of an offence and may be proceeded against 
and punished as if he or she were guilty of the first-mentioned offence.
(2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) 
applies to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his or her functions of


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applies to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his or her functions of 
management as if he or she were a director or manager of the body corporate.
Bank’s power to prescribe levies
40.
(1) The Bank may, with the prior consent of the Minister, make regulations prescribing 
levies to be paid by ATM deployers and CIT providers.
(2) In particular, regulations under subsection (1) may provide for any of the following 
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matters:
(a) the amounts of specified kinds of levies;
(b) the ATM deployers and CIT providers, or classes of ATM deployers and CIT 
providers, who are required to pay specified kinds of levies;
(c) the periods for which, or the dates by which, specified kinds of levies are to be 
paid to the Bank;
(d) penalties payable by an ATM deployer or CIT provider who does not pay a levy 
on time;
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on time;
(e) the keeping of records, and the making of returns to the Bank, by ATM deployers 
and CIT providers in respect of levies;
(f) the collection and recovery of levies.
(3) The Bank may, by proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, recover as a debt 
an amount of levy payable under regulations in force under this section.
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in force under this section.
(5) In this section, “levy” does not include a fee.
Bank’s power to prescribe fees
41.
(1) The Bank may, with the prior consent of the Minister, make regulations prescribing 
fees for the purpose of any provision of this Act that provides for the payment of a 
fee.
(2) In particular, regulations under subsection (1) may provide for any of the following 
matters:
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(a) the persons, or classes of persons, who are required to pay specified kinds of 
fees;
(b) the amounts of specified kinds of fees;
(c) the collection of fees.
(3) The Bank may, by proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, recover as a debt 
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an amount payable as a fee under regulations in force under this section.
(4) The Bank may refund the whole or a part of a fee paid or payable under regulations in 
force under this section.
Surplus or deficiency in income of Bank during financial year
42.
(1) If the total sum received by the Bank on account of—
(a) any levies and fees prescribed under sections 40 and 41, respectively, and
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(b) any levies prescribed by the Central Bank Commission under section 32D of the 
Act of 1942 in respect of the performance of its functions under this Act,
during a financial year is greater than the Bank’s expenditure on the performance of 
its functions under this Act during that financial year, the Bank—
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financial year, and
(ii) shall reduce the levies and fees so prescribed in relation to the latter financial 
year accordingly.
(2) If the sum received by the Bank on account of—
(a) levies and fees prescribed under sections 40 and 41, respectively, and
(b) any levies prescribed by the Central Bank Commission under section 32D of the 
Act of 1942 in respect of the performance of its functions under this Act,
during a financial year is less than the Bank’s expenditure on the performance of its


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during a financial year is less than the Bank’s expenditure on the performance of its 
functions under this Act during that financial year, the Bank may prescribe levies and 
fees in relation to the following financial year sufficient to—
(i) make good the deficiency, and
(ii) ensure that the sum received by the Bank on account of such levies and fees 
during the following financial year fully covers the performance of its functions 
during both of those financial years.
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CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
Amendment of section 32C of Act of 1942
43.
Section 32C(b) of the Act of 1942 is amended by the substitution of “the designated 
enactments, designated statutory instruments and the  Finance (Provision of Access to 
Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025 (in so far as that Act is not a designated enactment)” for


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Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025 (in so far as that Act is not a designated enactment)” for 
“the designated enactments and designated statutory instruments”.
Amendment of section 32L of Act of 1942
44.
Section 32L(1) of the Act of 1942 is amended by the insertion of “and with regard to its 
functions under the Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025” after 
“financial services”.
Amendment of section 33AK of Act of 1942
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Amendment of section 33AK of Act of 1942
45.
Section 33AK(5) of the Act of 1942 is amended—
(a) in paragraph (bb), by the substitution of “2013/36/EU), or” for “2013/36/EU).”, 
and
(b) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (bb):
“(bc) to  the  Private  Security  Authority  that  is  required  for  the 
performance of its functions under the  Private Security Services 
Acts  2004  to  2021 in  so  far  as  those  functions  relate  to  the


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Acts  2004  to  2021 in  so  far  as  those  functions  relate  to  the 
regulation of cash-in-transit providers (within the meaning of the 
Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025).”.
Amendment of section 57A of Act of 1942
46.
Section 57A(1) of the Act of 1942 is amended by the substitution of the following 
definition for the definition of “appealable decision”:
“ ‘appealable decision’ means a decision of the Bank that is declared


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“ ‘appealable decision’ means a decision of the Bank that is declared 
by a provision  of this  Act,  a  designated  enactment, a designated 
statutory instrument or the  Finance (Provision of Access to Cash 
Infrastructure) Act 2025 (in so far as that Act is not a designated 
enactment), to be an appealable decision for the purposes of this 
Part;”.
Amendment of section 61G of Act of 1942
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Part;”.
Amendment of section 61G of Act of 1942
47.
Section 61G(1) of the Act of 1942 is amended—
(a) by the substitution of “a designated enactment, a designated statutory instrument 
or the Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025 (in so far as 
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Finance (Provision of Access to
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Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025.
that  Act  is  not  a  designated  enactment)”  for  “a  designated  enactment  or 
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designated statutory instrument”, and
(b) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):
“(b) in the case of a body corporate—
(i) by leaving the notice or other document at, or
(ii) by sending it by prepaid post to,
the head office, a registered office or a principal office of the body 
corporate, or”.
Amendment of Schedule 2 to Act of 1942
48.
The Act of 1942 is amended in Part 1 of Schedule 2 by the insertion of the following item 
after item 50:
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Finance (Provision of 
Access to Cash 
Infrastructure) Act 
2025
Parts 1 and 2 save in so far as 
those Parts apply to ATM 
deployers and cash-in-transit 
providers (both within the 
meaning of that Act)
”.
Amendment of Schedule 5 to Companies Act 2014
49.
Schedule 5 to the  Companies Act 2014 is amended by the insertion of the following 
paragraph after paragraph 18:
“19. A company that is a cash-in-transit provider (within the meaning of the


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“19. A company that is a cash-in-transit provider (within the meaning of the 
Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025) that is 
registered on the Register of CIT Providers.”.
PART 6
MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS
Amendment of section 17A of Central Bank Reform Act 2010
50.
Section 17A of the Central Bank Reform Act 2010 is amended by the insertion of the 
following subsection after subsection (6):
“(6A)   (a) Before making regulations under this section, the Bank shall carry


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“(6A)   (a) Before making regulations under this section, the Bank shall carry 
out  an  assessment  of  the  costs  and  benefits  of  the  business 
standards it proposes to prescribe.
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Finance (Provision of Access to
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Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025.
(b) An  assessment  referred  to  in  paragraph  (a)  shall  include  an 
assessment of the potential impacts of the proposed regulations on 
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customers and fair competition in the financial markets in the State.
(c) The Bank shall, not later than the date of the making of any 
regulations under this section, publish any assessment carried out 
under paragraph (a) on a website maintained by it or on its behalf.”.
Amendment of Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013
51.
The Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 is amended by the insertion 
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of the following section after section 50:
“Assessment of costs and benefits of regulations
50A. (1) The Bank shall carry out an assessment of the costs and benefits of 
regulations it proposes to make under section 48 before making such 
regulations.
(2) An  assessment  referred  to  in  subsection  (1)  shall  include  an 
assessment of the potential impacts of the proposed regulations on 
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customers and fair competition in the financial markets in the State.
(3) The  Bank  shall,  not  later  than  the  date  of  the  making  of  any 
regulations under section 48, publish any assessment carried out under 
subsection (1) on a website maintained by it or on its behalf.”.
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 10 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
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CHARITIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2024 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 
2025 
 
 
 
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S.I. No. 10 of 2025 
 
CHARITIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2024 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 
2025 
 
The Minister for Rural and Community Development, in exercise of the powers 
conferred on her by section 1(2) of the Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 
21 of 2024), hereby orders as follows: 
 
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21 of 2024), hereby orders as follows: 
 
1. 
This Order may be cited as the Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 
(Commencement) Order 2025. 
 
2. 
The 27th day of January 2025 is appointed as the day on which the 
following provisions of the Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 21 of 2024) 
shall come into operation: 
(a) 
Part 1; 
(b) 
sections 3, 5, 6, 20, 31, 33, 36 37, 39 and 40. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Rural and 
Community Development,


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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Rural and 
Community Development, 
17 January, 2025. 
 
HEATHER HUMPHREYS, 
Minister for Rural and Community Development. 
 
 
 
 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 24th January, 2025. 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 51 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
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EUROPEAN UNION ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES 
(GROUNDWATER) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2025 
 
 
 
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S.I. No. 51 of 2025 
 
EUROPEAN UNION ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES 
(GROUNDWATER) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2025 
 
I, JAMES BROWNE , Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, 
in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European


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in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European 
Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further 
effect to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 23 October 20001 establishing a framework for Community action in the field 
of water policy, as amended, hereby make the following regulations 
 
PART 1 
PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL 
Citation 
1. 
These Regulations may be cited as the European Union Environmental


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Citation 
1. 
These Regulations may be cited as the European Union Environmental 
Objectives (Groundwater) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. 
 
Interpretation 
2. (1) In these Regulations –  
“Principal Regulations” means the European Communities Environmental 
Objectives (Groundwater) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 9 of 2010). 
(2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used 
in Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23


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in Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 
October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of 
water policy has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning in 
these Regulations as in that Directive. 
 
PART 2 
AMENDMENT OF PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS 
Amendment of Article 4 of the Principal Regulations 
3. 
Article 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after 
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subarticle (d) the following: 
“(e) 
ensure the necessary protection for the bodies of water identified with the 
aim of avoiding deterioration in their quality in order to reduce the level of 
purification treatment required in the production of drinking water. Safeguard 
zones may be established for those bodies of water. 
(f) 
ensure where more than one of the objectives above relates to a given 
body of water, the most stringent shall apply. 
 
 
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body of water, the most stringent shall apply. 
 
 
1 OJ No. L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1. 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 7th March, 2025. 
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4A. Each programme of measures for each river basin district shall include 
the ‘basic measures’ specified in Article 4B below in relation to groundwater. 
 
4B. ‘Basic measures’ are the minimum requirements to be complied with and 
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4B. ‘Basic measures’ are the minimum requirements to be complied with and 
shall consist of: 
(a) 
those measures required to implement Community legislation for 
the protection of water, including measures required under the 
legislation specified in Article 10 of the Directive and in part A 
of Annex VI of the Directive; 
(b) 
measures deemed appropriate for the purposes of Article 9 of the 
Directive; 
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Directive; 
(c) 
measures to promote an efficient and sustainable water use in 
order to avoid compromising the achievement of the objectives 
specified in Article 4 of the Directive 
(d) 
measures to meet the requirements of Article 7 of the Directive, 
including measures to safeguard water quality in order to reduce 
the level of purification treatment required for the production of 
drinking water; 
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drinking water; 
4C. Any measures required to prevent significant losses of pollutants from 
technical installations, and to prevent and/or to reduce the impact of accidental 
pollution incidents for example as a result of floods, including through systems 
to detect or give warning of such events including, in the case of accidents which 
could not reasonably have been foreseen, all appropriate measures to reduce the 
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risk to aquatic ecosystems.” 
 
Insertion of Schedules 9 and 10 into Principal Regulations 
4. 
The Principal Regulations are amended by inserting the following 
Schedules after Schedule 8: 
“SCHEDULE 9 
Monitoring of ecological status and chemical status for surface waters 
1. The surface water monitoring network shall be established in accordance 
with the requirements of Article 8 of the Water Framework Directive. The 
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monitoring network shall be designed so as to provide a coherent and 
comprehensive overview of ecological and chemical status within each river 
basin and shall permit classification of water bodies into five classes consistent 
with the normative definitions in section 1.2 of Annex V to the Water 
Framework Directive. The EPA shall provide a map or maps showing the surface 
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water monitoring network in the river basin management plan. 
2. On the basis of the characterisation and impact assessment carried out in 
accordance with Article 5 and Annex II to the Water Framework Directive, local 
authorities or relevant public authorities shall for each period to which a river 
basin management plan applies, establish a surveillance monitoring programme 
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and an operational monitoring programme. The EPA may also need in some 
cases to establish programmes of investigative monitoring. 
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3. The EPA shall monitor parameters which are indicative of the status of 
each relevant quality element. In selecting parameters for biological quality 
elements the EPA shall identify the appropriate taxonomic level required to 
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achieve adequate confidence and precision in the classification of the quality 
elements. Estimates of the level of confidence and precision of the results 
provided by the monitoring programmes shall be given in the plan. 
 
 
Design of surveillance monitoring 
1. Objective 
(a) 
The EPA shall establish surveillance monitoring programmes to 
provide information for: 
(i) 
supplementing and validating the impact assessment 
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procedure detailed in Annex II to the Water Framework 
Directive; 
(ii) 
the efficient and effective design of future monitoring 
programmes; 
(iii) the assessment of long-term changes in natural conditions; 
(iv) the assessment of long-term changes resulting from 
widespread anthropogenic activity. 
(b) 
The results of such monitoring referred to in subparagraph (a) 
shall be reviewed and used, in combination with the impact 
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assessment procedure described in Annex II to the Water 
Framework Directive, to determine requirements for monitoring 
programmes in the current and subsequent river basin 
management plans. 
 
2. Selection of monitoring points 
(a) 
Surveillance monitoring shall be carried out, by the EPA, of 
sufficient surface water bodies to provide an assessment of the 
overall surface water status within each catchment or 
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subcatchments within the river basin district. In selecting these 
bodies the EPA shall ensure that, where appropriate, monitoring 
is carried out at points where the following applies: 
(i) 
the rate of water flow is significant within the river basin 
district as a whole; including points on large rivers where 
the catchment area is greater than 2500 km²; 
(ii) 
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basin district, including large lakes and reservoirs; 
(iii) significant bodies of water cross a State boundary; 
(iv) sites formerly identified under the Information Exchange 
Decision 77/795/EEC; 
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(v) 
at such other sites as are required to estimate the pollutant 
load which is transferred across State boundaries, and 
which is transferred into the marine environment. 
 
3. Selection of quality elements 
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(a) 
Subject to subparagraph (b), surveillance monitoring shall be 
carried out, by the EPA, for each monitoring site for a period of 
one year during the period covered by a river basin management 
plan for the following: 
(i) 
parameters indicative of all biological quality elements; 
(ii) 
parameters indicative of all hydromorphological quality 
elements; 
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elements; 
(iii) parameters indicative of all general physico-chemical 
quality elements; 
(iv) priority list pollutants which are discharged into the river 
basin or sub-basin; 
(v) 
other pollutants discharged in significant quantities in the 
river basin or sub-basin. 
(b) 
Where the previous surveillance monitoring exercise showed that 
the body concerned reached good status and there is no evidence 
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from the review of impact of human activity in Annex II to the 
Water Framework Directive that the impacts on the body have 
changed, the monitoring obligations under subparagraph (a) shall 
not apply. 
(c) 
In a case to which subparagraph (b) applies, surveillance 
monitoring shall be carried out once every three river basin 
management plans. 
 
4. Design of operational monitoring 
(a) 
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(a) 
Operational monitoring shall be undertaken in respect of the 
following: 
(i) 
to establish the status of those bodies identified as being at 
risk of failing to meet their environmental objectives; 
(ii) 
to assess any changes in the status of such bodies resulting 
from the programmes of measures. 
(b) 
The programme of operational monitoring may be amended 
during the period of the river basin management plan in the light 
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of information obtained as part of the requirements of Annex II 
to the Water Framework Directive or as part of Annex V to that 
Directive, in particular to allow a reduction in frequency where 
an impact is found not to be significant or the relevant pressure is 
removed. 
 
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5. Selection of monitoring sites 
Operational monitoring shall be carried out for all those bodies of water which 
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on the basis of either the impact assessment carried out in accordance with 
Annex II to the Water Framework Directive or surveillance monitoring are 
identified as being at risk of failing to meet their environmental objectives under 
Article 4 of the Water Framework Directive and for those bodies of water into 
which priority list substances are discharged. Monitoring points shall be selected 
for priority list substances as specified in the legislation laying down the relevant


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for priority list substances as specified in the legislation laying down the relevant 
environmental quality standard. In all other cases, including for priority list 
substances where no specific guidance is given in such legislation, monitoring 
points shall be selected as follows: 
(i) 
for bodies at risk from significant point source pressures, 
sufficient monitoring points within each body in order to 
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assess the magnitude and impact of the point source. Where 
a body is subject to a number of point source pressures 
monitoring points may be selected to assess the magnitude 
and impact of these pressures as a whole; 
(ii) 
for bodies at risk from significant diffuse source pressures, 
sufficient monitoring points within a selection of the bodies 
in order to assess the magnitude and impact of the diffuse 
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source pressures. The selection of bodies shall be made 
such that they are representative of the relative risks of the 
occurrence of the diffuse source pressures, and of the 
relative risks of the failure to achieve good surface water 
status; 
(iii) for bodies at risk from significant hydromorphological 
pressure, sufficient monitoring points within a selection of 
the bodies in order to assess the magnitude and impact of 
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the hydromorphological pressures. The selection of bodies 
shall be indicative of the overall impact of the 
hydromorphological pressure to which all the bodies are 
subject. 
 
6. Selection of quality elements 
In order to assess the magnitude of the pressure to which bodies of surface water 
are subject the EPA shall monitor for those quality elements which are indicative 
of the pressures to which the body or bodies are subject. In order to assess the


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of the pressures to which the body or bodies are subject. In order to assess the 
impact of these pressures, the EPA shall monitor the following as relevant: 
(i) 
parameters indicative of the biological quality element, or 
elements, most sensitive to the pressures to which the water 
bodies are subject; 
(ii) 
all priority substances discharged, and other pollutants 
discharged in significant quantities; 
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(iii) parameters indicative of the hydromorphological quality 
element most sensitive to the pressure identified. 
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Design of investigative monitoring 
Objective 
(a) 
Investigative monitoring shall be carried out by local authorities 
or relevant public authorities in the following circumstances: 
(i) 
where the reason for any exceedances is unknown; 
(ii) 
where surveillance monitoring indicates that the objectives 
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set out in Article 4 of the Water Framework Directive for a 
body of water are not likely to be achieved and operational 
monitoring has not already been established, in order to 
ascertain the causes of a water body or water bodies failing 
to achieve the environmental objectives; 
(iii) to ascertain the magnitude and impacts of accidental 
pollution. 
(b) 
The investigative monitoring under subparagraph (a) shall inform 
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the establishment of a programme of measures, by the EPA, for 
the achievement of the environmental objectives and specific 
measures necessary to remedy the effects of accidental pollution. 
 
Frequency of monitoring 
(a) 
For the surveillance monitoring period, the frequencies for 
monitoring parameters indicative of physico-chemical quality 
elements given below should be applied unless greater intervals 
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would be justified on the basis of technical knowledge and expert 
judgement. For biological or hydromorphological quality 
elements monitoring shall be carried out at least once during the 
surveillance monitoring period. 
(b) 
For operational monitoring, the frequency of monitoring required 
for any parameter shall be determined by the EPA so as to provide 
sufficient data for a reliable assessment of the status of the 
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relevant quality element. As a guideline, monitoring should take 
place at intervals not exceeding those shown in the Table other 
than where greater intervals would be justified on the basis of 
technical knowledge and expert judgement. 
(c) 
Frequencies shall be chosen so as to achieve an acceptable level 
of confidence and precision. Estimates of the confidence and 
precision attained by the monitoring system used shall be stated 
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in the river basin management plan. 
(d) 
Monitoring frequencies shall be selected which take account of 
the variability in parameters resulting from both natural and 
anthropogenic conditions. The times at which monitoring is 
undertaken shall be selected so as to minimise the impact of 
seasonal variation on the results, and thus ensure that the results 
reflect changes in the water body as a result of changes due to 
anthropogenic pressure. Additional monitoring during different 
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anthropogenic pressure. Additional monitoring during different 
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seasons of the same year shall be carried out, where necessary, to 
achieve this objective. 
Quality element  
Rivers  
Lakes  
Transitional  
Coastal 
Biological 
Phytoplankton  
6 months  
6 months  
6 months  
6 months  
Other aquatic flora  
3 years  
3 years 
3 years 
3 years 
Macro invertebrates  
3 years 
3 years 
3 years 
3 years 
Fish  
3 years 
3 years 
3 years 
 
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3 years 
3 years 
Fish  
3 years 
3 years 
3 years 
 
Hydromorphological 
 
 
 
 
Continuity  
6 years 
 
 
 
Hydrology  
continuous  
1 month 
 
 
Morphology  
6 years  
6 years  
6 years 
6 years 
Physico-chemical 
 
 
 
 
Thermal conditions  
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
Oxygenation  
3 months  
3 months  
3 months  
3 months  
Salinity  
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
Nutrient status  
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
Acidification  
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3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
Acidification  
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
Other pollutants  
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
Priority substances  
1 month 
1 month 
1 month 
1 month 
 
Additional monitoring requirements for protected areas 
The monitoring programmes required in this Schedule shall be supplemented in 
order to fulfil the following requirements: 
(a) 
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Drinking water abstraction points 
Bodies of surface water designated in Article 7 of the Water 
Framework Directive which provide more than 100 m³ a day as 
an average shall be designated as monitoring sites and shall be 
subject to such additional monitoring as may be necessary to meet 
the requirements of that Article. Such bodies shall be monitored 
for all priority substances discharged and all other substances 
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discharged in significant quantities which could affect the status 
of the body of water and which are controlled under the 
provisions of the Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European 
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Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 20202. Monitoring 
shall be carried out in accordance with the frequencies set out 
below: 
Community served 
Frequency 
< 10,000 persons 
4 per year 
10,000 to 30,000 persons 
8 per year 
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4 per year 
10,000 to 30,000 persons 
8 per year 
➢ 30,000 persons 
12 per year 
(b) 
Habitat and species protection areas 
Bodies of water forming habitat and species protection areas shall 
be included within the operational monitoring programme 
referred to in paragraph (a) where, on the basis of the impact 
assessment and the surveillance monitoring, they are identified as 
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being at risk of failing to meet their environmental objectives 
under Article 4 of the Water Framework Directive. Monitoring 
shall be carried out to assess the magnitude and impact of all 
relevant significant pressures on these bodies and, where 
necessary, to assess changes in the status of such bodies resulting 
from the programmes of measures. Monitoring shall continue 
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until the areas satisfy the water-related requirements of the 
legislation under which they are designated and meet their 
objectives under Article 4 of the Water Framework Directive. 
 
Standards for monitoring of quality elements 
Methods used for the monitoring of type parameters shall conform to the 
international standards listed below or such other national or international 
standards which ensure the provision of data of an equivalent scientific quality 
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and comparability. 
(a) 
Macroinvertebrate sampling: 
All relevant CEN/ISO standards. 
(b) 
Macrophyte sampling: 
All relevant CEN/ISO standards 
(c) 
Fish sampling: 
All relevant CEN/ISO standards 
(d) 
Diatom sampling: 
All relevant CEN/ISO standards 
(e) 
Standards for physico-chemical parameters: 
All relevant CEN/ISO standards 
 
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(f) 
Standards for hydromorphological parameters: 
All relevant CEN/ISO standards 
 
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Standards for hydromorphological parameters: 
All relevant CEN/ISO standards 
 
SCHEDULE 10 
 
Interpretation and presentation of groundwater chemical status 
(a) 
In assessing status, the results of individual monitoring points 
within a groundwater body shall be aggregated for the body as a 
whole. Without prejudice to the Directives concerned, for good 
status to be achieved for a groundwater body, for those chemical 
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parameters for which environmental quality standards have been 
set in Community legislation as follows: 
(i) 
the mean value of the results of monitoring at each point in 
the groundwater body or group of bodies shall be 
calculated, and 
(ii) 
in accordance with Article 17 of the Water Framework 
Directive these mean values shall be used to demonstrate 
compliance with good groundwater chemical status. 
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(b) 
Subject to point 2.5 of Annex V to the Water Framework 
Directive, the EPA shall provide a map of groundwater chemical 
status, colour-coded as indicated below: 
Good 
Green 
Poor 
Red 
(c) 
The EPA shall also indicate by a black dot on the map, those 
groundwater bodies which are subject to a significant and 
sustained upward trend in the concentrations of any pollutant 
resulting from the impact of human activity. Reversal of a trend 
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shall be indicated by a blue dot on the map. 
(d) 
The maps, referred to in subparagraph (c), shall be included in the 
river basin management plan.”. 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
27 February, 2025. 
 
JAMES BROWNE, 
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 
 
 
[51]  11 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation.) 
 
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interpretation.) 
 
These Regulations, made under section 3 of the European Communities Act 
1972 (No. 27 of 1972), are for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 
2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000. 
 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 201 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
AVIAN INFLUENZA (BIOSECURITY MEASURES) REGULATIONS 2024 
(REVOCATION) REGULATIONS 2025 
 
 
 
2  [201] 
S.I. No. 201 of 2025 
 
AVIAN INFLUENZA (BIOSECURITY MEASURES) REGULATIONS 2024 
(REVOCATION) REGULATIONS 2025 
 
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers 
conferred on him by section 36 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No.


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conferred on him by section 36 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 
15 of 2013), makes the following regulations: 
 
1. 
These Regulations are the Avian Influenza (Biosecurity measures) 
Regulations 2024 (Revocation) Regulations 2025 and come into operation on 31 
May 2025. 
 
2. 
The Avian Influenza (Biosecurity measures) Regulations 2024 are 
revoked. 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for 
Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 
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Agriculture, Food and the Marine, 
21 May, 2025. 
 
EOIN RYAN, 
An officer authorised to authenticate the official Seal of 
the Minister. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 23rd May, 2025. 
[201]  3 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation.) 
 
These Regulations revoke the Avian Influenza (Biosecurity measures) 
Regulations 2024. 
 
 
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Regulations 2024. 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 106 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
FOREIGN AFFAIRS (ALTERATION OF NAME OF DEPARTMENT AND 
TITLE OF MINISTER) ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
 
2  [106] 
S.I. No. 106 of 2025 
 
FOREIGN AFFAIRS (ALTERATION OF NAME OF DEPARTMENT AND 
TITLE OF MINISTER) ORDER 2025 
 
The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6 (1) 
of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), 
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hereby order as follows: 
 
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Foreign Affairs (Alteration of Name 
of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025. 
(2) This Order comes into operation on 26 March 2025. 
 
2. 
The name of the Department of State, the present name of which is, in 
the Irish language, an Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha and, in the English language, 
the Department of Foreign Affairs, is altered, in the Irish language, to that of an


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the Department of Foreign Affairs, is altered, in the Irish language, to that of an 
Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála and, in the English language, to that of 
the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 
 
3. 
The title of the Minister having charge of the Department of State, whose 
present title is, in the Irish language, an tAire Gnóthaí Eachtracha and, in the 
English language, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, is altered, in the Irish


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English language, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, is altered, in the Irish 
language, to that of an tAire Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála and, in the English 
language, to that of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. 
 
4. 
In any enactment or any instrument made under an enactment – 
(a) 
references to the Department of Foreign Affairs shall be 
construed as references to the Department of Foreign Affairs and 
Trade, and 
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construed as references to the Department of Foreign Affairs and 
Trade, and 
(b) 
references to the Minister for Foreign Affairs shall be construed 
as references to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. 
 
 
GIVEN under the Official Seal  
of the Government, 
25 March, 2025. 
 
MICHEÁL MARTIN, 
Taoiseach. 
 
 
 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 4th April, 2025. 
[106]  3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 190 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
DIGITAL SERVICES ACT 2024 (SECTION 45A) CONSUMER ONLINE 
PLATFORM PROVIDERS LEVY ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
 
2  [190] 
S.I. No. 190 of 2025 
 
DIGITAL SERVICES ACT 2024 (SECTION 45A) CONSUMER ONLINE 
PLATFORM PROVIDERS LEVY ORDER 2025 
 
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, in exercise of its power 
to prescribe levies conferred by Section 45A of the Digital Servies Act 2024,


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to prescribe levies conferred by Section 45A of the Digital Servies Act 2024, 
hereby makes the following Order: 
 
Citation 
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Digital Services Act 2024 (Section 
45A) Consumer Online Platform Providers Levy Order 2025.  
 
Commencement 
(2) This Order comes into operation on the 1 June 2025. 
 
Definitions 
2. (1) In this Order unless it is otherwise indicated- 
“Act of 2024” means the Digital Services Act 2024;


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“Act of 2024” means the Digital Services Act 2024; 
“base period” means the six-month period up to 17 August 2024, in respect of 
which designated online service providers are required to publish information on 
the average monthly active recipients of their service pursuant to Article 24(2) 
of the Digital Services Act; 
“Commission” means the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; 
“Consumer Online Platform Provider” has the same meaning as section 45A(9) 
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“Consumer Online Platform Provider” has the same meaning as section 45A(9) 
of the Act of 2024;  
“costs” means the Commission’s expenses and its working capital requirements 
in the levy period relating to the performance of its functions as the competent 
authority designated under section 44 of the Act of 2024; 
“Digital Services Act” means Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market for Digital


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Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market for Digital 
Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC; 
“levy period” means the period from 1 June 2025 to 31 December 2025; 
“qualified person” means a person who is qualified for appointment as auditor 
of a company under section 468(6) of the Companies Act 2014; 
“three-month Euribor” means the Euro Interbank Offered Rate with a maturity  
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date of three months as advertised by the Euribor EBF Secretariat; 
“micro or small enterprise” means a provider who meets the criteria under 
Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC concerning the definition of micro, 
small and medium-sized enterprises. 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 16th May, 2025. 
[190]  3 
Levy Fee 
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Levy Fee 
3. (1) Subject to paragraph 3, a Consumer Online Platform Provider is 
required to pay a levy fee in respect of the levy period in accordance with the 
formula in Article 4. 
(2) The required levy fee shall be paid to the Commission in respect of the 
levy period and shall be payable not later than the date set out in the levy notice 
as specified in Article 5. 
(3) A Consumer Online Platform Provider which qualifies as a micro or


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as specified in Article 5. 
(3) A Consumer Online Platform Provider which qualifies as a micro or 
small enterprise is not required to pay a levy fee unless such Provider has been 
designated by the European Commission as a very large online platform in 
accordance with Article 33 of the Digital Services Act. 
 
Formula for calculation of the Levy Fee 
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4. (1) The amount of the levy fee that a Consumer Online Platform Provider 
is liable to pay for the levy period is calculated by applying the following 
formula—  
 
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(𝐸)
(𝑇𝐴) × 𝑁 
 
(2) For the purposes of the formula in paragraph (1) — 
a) 
“E” is the total Commission costs for the levy period;  
b) 
“TA” is the total number of average monthly active recipients of 
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all Consumer Online Platform Providers, subject to the levy, 
comprising the sum of all figures published in the base period by 
each individual Consumer Online Platform Provider in 
accordance with Article 24(2) of the Digital Services Act or 
otherwise determined in accordance with paragraph (3); and 
c) 
“N” is the number of average monthly active recipients for the 
Consumer Online Platform Provider liable to pay the levy in the 
base period determined in accordance with the figures that


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base period determined in accordance with the figures that 
Consumer Online Platform Provider published pursuant to Article 
24(2) of the Digital Services Act or otherwise determined in 
accordance with paragraph (3). 
(3) If the number of average monthly active recipients has not been 
published in the base period by a Consumer Online Platform Provider the 
Commission will determine, for the purposes of the formula in paragraph (1),


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Commission will determine, for the purposes of the formula in paragraph (1), 
those figures from information furnished to the Commission by that Consumer 
Online Platform Provider pursuant to Articles 8 and/or 9.  
 
Levy Fee notice 
5. 
The Commission shall serve a notice on each Consumer Online Platform 
Provider setting out—  
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a) 
the amount of the levy fee which it must pay;  
b) 
the details of the Commission’s bank account for payments to be 
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b) 
the details of the Commission’s bank account for payments to be 
made; 
c) 
where such amount is to be paid in one sum, the date on which 
such payment is to be made; and  
d) 
where such amount is to be paid by way of a number of 
instalments, the amount of each such instalment and the date on 
which each such instalment is to be paid. 
 
Payment of required Levy Fee 
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A Consumer Online Platform Provider which is obliged to make a


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Payment of required Levy Fee 
6. 
A Consumer Online Platform Provider which is obliged to make a 
payment of a levy fee to the Commission shall make such payment by electronic 
funds transfer to the bank account set out in the Article 5 notice by the due date. 
Where a Consumer Online Platform Provider has initiated an electronic funds 
transfer, it shall promptly notify the Commission of the date on which such


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transfer, it shall promptly notify the Commission of the date on which such 
transfer was initiated, the amount which is to be transferred and the name of the 
bank which is to effect the transfer. 
 
Interest 
7. (1) Where an amount of required levy fee becomes payable under this 
Order and is not paid by the due date, interest shall accrue on an overdue sum 
from the date of default until the date of payment at an annual rate of 2% over 
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the three month Euribor rate. 
(2) The three-month Euribor rate which is applicable for the purpose of this 
Article shall be the three-month Euribor rate on the date of default, provided  
that thereafter the Commission may, at three-month intervals, substitute for such 
rate the then applicable three-month Euribor rate. 
 
Records 
8. (1) The Commission may, by way of notice, require that a Consumer 
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Online Platform Provider provide to the Commission on or before a date 
specified in such notice and in such manner as may be prescribed by the 
Commission— 
(a) 
accounts for any financial period as specified by the Commission;  
(b) 
a statement showing the average monthly active recipients within 
a specified period, the methodology used for the purposes of 
determining those average monthly active recipients and any 
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determining those average monthly active recipients and any 
related supporting data; and/or 
(c) 
a record of the number of persons employed within a specified 
period.  
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(2) The accounts shall be audited by a qualified person and shall be 
accompanied by a certificate in support of such statement from the qualified 
person who has audited such accounts. 
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(3) A Consumer Online Platform Provider shall retain records relevant to the 
preparation of matter specified under paragraphs (1)(a) to 1(c) and such other 
records as may be prescribed by the Commission by way of a notice in writing 
served on the Consumer Online Platform Provider for six years from the end of 
the latest period to which that record relates. 
 
Provision of information 
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Provision of information 
9. 
The Commission may, by way of notice, require a Consumer Online 
Platform Provider to provide to the Commission within a specified period— 
(a) 
copies of records held by it, or by any person on its behalf, which 
are relevant to the required levy fee, calculation and payment of 
a levy fee for the levy period; and/or 
(b) 
replies to such queries concerning its activities as the 
Commission may have incorporated in such notice. 
 
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Commission may have incorporated in such notice. 
 
Surplus of levy income 
10. Any surplus of levy income over the costs incurred by the Commission 
in the discharge of its functions relevant to this levy period will either— 
(a) 
be retained by the Commission to be offset against levy fee 
obligations on whom the levy fee was imposed for the subsequent 
levy period, or 
(b) 
be refunded proportionately to Consumer Online Platform 
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be refunded proportionately to Consumer Online Platform 
Providers on whom the levy was imposed. 
 
Review of Decisions under this Order 
11. Any Consumer Online Platform Provider who is affected by a decision 
under this Order may, no later than 28 days after the date of the decision, apply 
to the Commission for a review of the decision. Save in exceptional 
circumstances, the Commission shall not consider a review application 
submitted outside of this 28 day period. 
 
 
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submitted outside of this 28 day period. 
 
 
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Signed for and on behalf of the Competition and Consumer Protection 
Commission 
 
 
14 May 2025 
 
 
 
BRIAN MCHUGH 
Chairperson 
 
Competition and Consumer Protection Commission 
Bloom House  
Railway Street 
Dublin 1 
[190]  7 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
(This note is not part of the Order and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation) 
 
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interpretation) 
 
This Order imposes a levy on consumer online platform providers sufficient to 
meet the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s expenses and its 
working capital requirements incurred in the levy period relating to the 
performance of its functions as the competent authority in respect of Articles 30, 
31 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 as designated by section 44 of the 
Digital Services Act 2024. 
 
 
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Digital Services Act 2024. 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 72 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
CONTROL OF FISHING FOR SALMON (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
 
2  [72] 
 
S.I. No. 72 of 2025 
 
CONTROL OF FISHING FOR SALMON (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2025 
 
I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for the Environment, Climate and 
Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 29 of the 
Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1962 (No. 31 of 1962) and the Fisheries (Transfer


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Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1962 (No. 31 of 1962) and the Fisheries (Transfer 
of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1977 (S.I. No. 
30 of 1977) (as adapted by the Communications, Climate Action and 
Environment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 
2020 (S.I. No. 373 of 2020)), hereby order as follows: 
 
1. This Order may be cited as the Control of Fishing for Salmon 
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1. This Order may be cited as the Control of Fishing for Salmon 
(Amendment) Order 2025. 
 
2. In this Order “Order of 2021” means the Control of Fishing for Salmon 
Order 2021 (S.I. No. 102 of 2021). 
 
3. The Order of 2021 is amended – 
(a) 
by the substitution of Schedule 1 to this Order for Schedule 1 to 
the Order of 2021,  
and 
(b) 
by the substitution of Schedule 2 to this Order for Schedule 2 to 
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(b) 
by the substitution of Schedule 2 to this Order for Schedule 2 to 
the Order of 2021. 
 
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 14th March, 2025. 
 
 
 
[72]  3 
Schedule 1 
“Schedule 1” 
Articles 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10. 
Fishing Licences 
(1) 
Fishery District 
(2) 
Fishing Engine 
(3) 
Maximum number of 
fishing licences 
No. 172 or Dundalk District 
Draft net 
0 
No. 171 or Drogheda District 
Draft net 
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Draft net 
0 
No. 171 or Drogheda District 
Draft net 
0 
No. 1 or Dublin District 
Draft net 
0 
No. 2 or Wexford District 
Draft net 
0 
No. 3 or Waterford District 
Snap net 
0 
No. 4 or Lismore District 
Draft net 
0 
No. 5 or Cork District 
Draft net 
16 
No. 7 or Kerry District 
Draft net 
14 
No. 8 or Limerick District 
Draft net 
0 
No. 91 or Galway District 
Draft net 
0 
No. 92 or Connemara District 
Draft net 
0 
No. 101 or Ballinakill District 
Draft net 
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No. 92 or Connemara District 
Draft net 
0 
No. 101 or Ballinakill District 
Draft net 
14 
No. 102 or Bangor District 
Draft net  
(special tidal waters) 
20 
Draft net 
0 
No. 11 or Ballina District 
Draft net 
0 
No. 12 or Sligo District 
Draft net 
0 
No. 13 or Ballyshannon District 
Draft net 
0 
No. 141 or Letterkenny District 
Draft net  
(special tidal waters) 
6 
Draft net 
2 
 
 
 
 
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Draft net 
2 
 
 
 
 
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Schedule 2 
 
“Schedule 2” 
Article 11. 
CONTROL OF FISHING FOR SALMON (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2025 
APPLICATION FOR A SALMON FISHING LICENCE (OTHER THAN 
ROD AND LINE) 
IN THE _____________________ FISHERY DISTRICT 
 
Part 1 
Name of applicant:___________________ Date of birth:_______________ 
Home address: __________________________________________________ 
Tel:____________________ 
 
1. 
Details of number of fish caught in last 3 salmon fishing seasons 
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Details of number of fish caught in last 3 salmon fishing seasons 
(a) 
If you held a salmon net fishing licence for any of the last 3 
salmon fishing seasons, indicate in the table below the year or 
years in which you held the licence and the numbers of fish 
caught. Alternatively, you may tick the box at the top of the table 
for the number of fish caught and IFI will enter these details onto 
the form from your logbook returns during those years. 
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the form from your logbook returns during those years. 
(b) 
If you have not held a salmon net fishing licence for any of the 
last 3 salmon fishing seasons, but were authorised and named on 
a licence held by another person, complete the table below giving 
appropriate details of the licence holder and the number of fish 
caught. 
 
 
 
 
 
[72]  5 
 
Table 
 
 
Please tick if you wish these details to be 
taken from your logbook returns.  
(      ) 
Year 
Licence holder or authorised person


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taken from your logbook returns.  
(      ) 
Year 
Licence holder or authorised person 
(Please state which) 
Number of salmon 
caught 
Number of sea trout 
over 40cm caught 
1 
 
 
 
 
2 
 
 
 
 
3 
 
 
 
 
 
Declaration 
2. 
 
(a) 
I have/have not held a salmon licence issued by the Foyle 
Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission during the last 3 years 
(If so, give particulars). 
(b) 
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(If so, give particulars). 
(b) 
I hereby apply for a salmon fishing licence to operate a 
___________________ (state type of net etc.) during the 
_____________________ season in the ______________ fishery 
district. 
(c) 
I wish to have the following person authorised and named to 
operate the licence in my absence during the ____________ 
season in accordance with the Control of Fishing for Salmon 
(Amendment) Order 2025.  
 
 
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(Amendment) Order 2025.  
 
 
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Name: _________________________ Date of birth: ______________ 
Address:__________________________________________________ 
Tel. No.:_________________________ 
Signature of applicant:_________________  Date:_________________ 
 
Part 2 
CERTIFICATE 
This certificate must be completed in every application. 
I, ____________________ certify that Mr/Mrs/Ms ______________________ 
who is known to me, is ordinarily resident in the address stated in Part I and


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who is known to me, is ordinarily resident in the address stated in Part I and 
signed this form in my presence. 
Signature: _______________________ 
Official Stamp of  
* Position: _______________________ 
Witness*  
Address: ________________________ 
    
_______________________________ 
 
*Note:  The signature of the applicant for a fishing licence must be witnessed by 
either a Peace Commissioner, Clergyman, Fishery Officer, or member of the


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either a Peace Commissioner, Clergyman, Fishery Officer, or member of the 
Garda Síochána in whose fishery district the applicant resides. The latest date 
for receipt of completed application forms is 10th April 2025 at 5:00 p.m. 
Completed application forms should be sent to:   
River Basin District Director, 
Inland Fisheries Ireland 
_______________________________ 
_______________________________ 
 
 
 
 
 
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PARTS I AND 2 OF THIS APPLICATION FORM MUST BE COMPLETED 
BEFORE THE FORM IS RETURNED TO THE APPPOPRIATE IFI OFFICE 
AT THE ADDRESS INDICATED IN PART 3. PLEASE ATTACH BIRTH 
CERTIFICATE OF APPLICANT AND IF APPLICABLE, OF PERSON 
AUTHORISED TO OPERATE THE LICENCE.  
Part 3 
Offices of IFI 
River Basin District Director, 
Inland Fisheries Ireland,  
3044 Lake Drive,  
Citywest Business Campus,  
D24 CK66, 
Ireland. 
 
River Basin District Director, 
Inland Fisheries Ireland,


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D24 CK66, 
Ireland. 
 
River Basin District Director, 
Inland Fisheries Ireland,  
Teach Breac,  
Earl's Island,  
Galway, 
H91 E2A2,  
Ireland. 
River Basin District Director, 
Inland Fisheries Ireland,  
Anglesea Street,  
Clonmel,  
Co. Tipperary,  
E91 RD25, 
Ireland. 
River Basin District Director, 
Inland Fisheries Ireland,  
Ardnaree House,  
Abbey Street,  
Ballina, 
Co Mayo, 
F26 KO29,  
Ireland. 
River Basin District Director, 
Inland Fisheries Ireland,  
Sunnyside House,  
Macroom,


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Ireland. 
River Basin District Director, 
Inland Fisheries Ireland,  
Sunnyside House,  
Macroom,  
Co. Cork,  
P12 X602, 
Ireland. 
River Basin District Director, 
Inland Fisheries Ireland,  
Station Road,  
Ballyshannon,  
Co. Donegal, 
F94 WV76  
Ireland. 
River Basin District Director, 
Inland Fisheries Ireland,  
Ashbourne Business Park,  
Dock Road,  
Limerick, 
V94 NPEO,   
Ireland. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
7 March, 2025. 
 
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Ireland. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
7 March, 2025. 
 
DARRAGH O’BRIEN, 
Minister for the Environment, Climate and 
Communications. 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No.   6  of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
EUROPEAN UNION (REQUIREMENTS FOR CREDIT TRANSFERS AND 
DIRECT DEBITS IN EURO) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2025 
 
 
 
2  [6] 
 
S.I. No.   6  of 2025 
 
EUROPEAN UNION (REQUIREMENTS FOR CREDIT TRANSFERS AND 
DIRECT DEBITS IN EURO) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2025 
 
The Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section


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The Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 
3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose 
of giving full effect to Regulation (EU) No. 260/2012 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 20121 as amended by Article 1 of 
Regulation (EU) 2024/886 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 
March 20242, hereby make the following regulations:


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March 20242, hereby make the following regulations: 
 
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Requirements 
for Credit Transfers and Direct Debits in Euro) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. 
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 9 January 2025. 
 
2. 
The European Union (Requirements for Credit Transfers and Direct 
Debits in Euro) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 132 of 2013) are amended by the 
insertion of the following Regulation after Regulation 11:


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insertion of the following Regulation after Regulation 11: 
“Administrative penalties 
11A. (1) 
In this Regulation, “Act of 1942” means the Central Bank 
Act 1942 (No. 22 of 1942). 
 
(2) 
Where the provisions of the Act of 1942 are invoked in 
relation to a contravention of Article 5d of the SEPA Regulation, any of 
the administrative penalties referred to in paragraph (5) may be imposed 
by the Bank – 
(a) following an inquiry under section 33AO of the Act 
of 1942, or


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by the Bank – 
(a) following an inquiry under section 33AO of the Act 
of 1942, or 
(b) in accordance with section 33AR or 33AV of the Act 
of 1942. 
 
(3) 
Subject to paragraph (4), the power of the Bank to impose 
any of the administrative penalties referred to in paragraph (2) is in 
addition to and not in substitution for its power to impose any of the 
sanctions specified in section 33AQ of the Act of 1942. 
 
(4) 
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(4) 
Where the sanction imposed by the Bank is a direction to 
a legal person to pay a monetary penalty under section 33AQ(3)(c) of the 
Act of 1942, the amount of that penalty shall not exceed the amount of 
the maximum administrative fine calculated in accordance with 
paragraph (5)(a). 
 
1 OJ No. L 94, 30.3.2012, p. 22  
2 OJ L 886, 19.3.2024 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 14th January, 2025. 
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“Iris Oifigiúil” of 14th January, 2025. 
[6]  3 
 
 
(5) 
The administrative penalties referred to in each of 
paragraphs (2) and (7) are the following: 
(a) 
in the case of a legal person, maximum 
administrative fines of 10 per cent of the total 
annual net turnover of the body for its last 
complete financial year; 
(b) 
in the case of a natural person, maximum 
administrative fines of €5,000,000. 
 
(6) 
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administrative fines of €5,000,000. 
 
(6) 
For the purposes of paragraph (5)(a), where the legal 
person is a subsidiary of a parent undertaking, as defined in Article 2, 
point (9), of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 26 June 20133, or of any undertaking which effectively 
exercises a dominant influence over that legal person, the relevant 
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turnover shall be the turnover resulting from the consolidated accounts 
of the ultimate parent undertaking in the preceding business year. 
 
(7) 
For the purposes of a contravention referred to in 
paragraph (2), any reference in the Act of 1942 to the sanctions set out in 
section 33AQ of that Act is to be read as including a reference to the 
administrative penalties referred to in paragraph (5).”. 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN   under the Official Seal of the Minister 
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GIVEN   under the Official Seal of the Minister 
for Finance, 
8 January, 2025. 
 
JACK CHAMBERS, 
Minister for Finance. 
 
 
 
 
3 OJ L 182, 29.6.2013, p. 19 
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S.I. No. 166 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
________________ 
 
 
 
 
EUROPEAN UNION (WASTE DIRECTIVE) AMENDMENT 
REGULATIONS 2025 
 
 
 
 
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S.I. No. 166 of 2025 
 
EUROPEAN UNION (WASTE DIRECTIVE) AMENDMENT 
REGULATIONS 2025 
 
I, DARRAGH O'BRIEN, Minister for the Environment, Climate and 
Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the 
European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving


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European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving 
further effect to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 19 November 20081 on waste and repealing certain Directives, as 
amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1357/2014 of 18 December 
20142, Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127 of 10 July 20153, Council 
Regulation (EU) 2017/997 of 8 June 20174 and Directive (EU) 2018/851 of the


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Regulation (EU) 2017/997 of 8 June 20174 and Directive (EU) 2018/851 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 20185, hereby make the 
following regulations: 
 
1. 
These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Waste 
Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. 
 
2. 
In these Regulations – “Principal Regulations” means the European 
Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011 (No. 126 of 2011) 
 
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Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011 (No. 126 of 2011) 
 
3. 
Regulation 2(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting the 
following: 
“ “Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Climate and 
Communications.” 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
1 May, 2025. 
 
DARRAGH O’BRIEN, 
Minister for the Environment, Climate and 
Communications. 
 
 
 
1 OJ No. L312, 22.11.2008, p.3 
2 OJ No. L365, 19.12.2014, p.89 
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2 OJ No. L365, 19.12.2014, p.89 
3 OJ No. L184, 11.07.2015, p.13 
4 OJ No. L150, 14.6.2017, p.1 
5 OJ No. L150, 14.6.2018, p.109 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 9th May, 2025. 
[166]  3 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation.) 
 
This Statutory Instrument amends the European Communities (Waste Directive)


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interpretation.) 
 
This Statutory Instrument amends the European Communities (Waste Directive) 
Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 126 of 201) to clarify the Minister with responsibility 
for the functions set out therein and to give further effect to Directive 
2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 
2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives. 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 123 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
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FINANCE ACT 2024 (SECTION 75(1)) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
 
2  [123] 
S.I. No. 123 of 2025 
 
FINANCE ACT 2024 (SECTION 75(1)) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2025 
 
I, PASCHAL DONOHOE, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers 
conferred on me by section 75(2) of the Finance Act 2024 (No. 43 of 2024), 
hereby order as follows: 
 
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hereby order as follows: 
 
1. 
This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 2024 (Section 75(1)) 
(Commencement) Order 2025. 
 
2. 
The 1st day of June 2025 is appointed as the day on which section 75(1) 
of the Finance Act 2024 (No. 43 of 2024) shall come into operation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
3 April, 2025. 
 
PASCHAL DONOHOE, 
Minister for Finance. 
 
 
 
 
 
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Number 1 of 2025
Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court 
Offices (Amendment) Act 2025
Number 1 of 2025
MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES AND MINISTERIAL, PARLIAMENTARY,
JUDICIAL AND COURT OFFICES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2025
CONTENTS
Section
1.  Amendment of section 1 of Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977 
2.  Amendment of section 3A of  Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial,
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Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998
3.  Short title
1
[No. 1.]
Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial,
[2025.]
Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 2025.
ACTS REFERRED TO
Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977 (No. 28)
Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices 
(Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 5)
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Number 1 of 2025
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Number 1 of 2025
MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES AND MINISTERIAL, PARLIAMENTARY,
JUDICIAL AND COURT OFFICES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2025
An Act to provide for an increase in the number of Ministers of State who may be 
appointed by the Government under section 1(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries 
(Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977 and for that purpose to amend the Ministers and 
Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977; to amend section 3A of the Oireachtas


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Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977; to amend section 3A of the Oireachtas 
(Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices 
(Amendment) Act 1998; and to provide for related matters.            [21st February, 2025]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Amendment of section 1 of Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977 
1.
Section 1 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977 is amended, in


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1.
Section 1 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977 is amended, in 
subsection (1), by the substitution of “appoint not more than 23 persons” for “appoint not 
more than 20 persons”.
Amendment  of  section  3A of  Oireachtas  (Allowances  to  Members)  and  Ministerial, 
Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 
2.
Section 3A of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary,


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2.
Section 3A of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, 
Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 is amended, in subsection (1)(a), by 
the substitution of “not more than 4 specified holders of the office of Minister of State 
who regularly attend meetings of the Government” for “not more than 3 specified holders 
of the office of Minister of State who regularly attend meetings of the Government”.
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of the office of Minister of State who regularly attend meetings of the Government”.
Short title
3.
This Act may be cited as the Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 56 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
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BUILDING CONTROL (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2025 
 
 
 
2  [56] 
 
S.I. No. 56 of 2025 
 
BUILDING CONTROL (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2025 
 
I, JAMES BROWNE, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in 
exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 6 and 18 of the Building 
Control Act 1990 (No. 3 of 1990) (as adapted by the Housing, Planning and


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Control Act 1990 (No. 3 of 1990) (as adapted by the Housing, Planning and 
Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) 
Order 2020 (S.I. No. 408 of 2020)), hereby make the following regulations:  
 
Citation 
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Building Control (Amendment) 
Regulations 2025. 
(2) The Principal Regulations and these Regulations may be cited together 
as the Building Control Regulations 1997 to 2025 and shall be construed together 
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as the Building Control Regulations 1997 to 2025 and shall be construed together 
as one. 
 
Commencement 
2. 
These Regulations come into operation on 1 May 2025. 
 
Interpretation generally 
3. 
In these Regulations:  
“Principal Regulations” means the Building Control Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 
496 of 1997).  
 
Amendment of Article 5 of the Principal Regulations 
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4. (1) The Principal Regulations are amended in article 5(4) – 
(a) 
by inserting after the definition for “Building Regulations”,  
“ “care facility building” includes a hospital, nursing home, home 
for older people or for children, school, or other similar 
establishment used as living accommodation, or for the treatment, 
care or support of people with illness, mental health difficulties, 
or disabilities, where such people sleep on the premises;”. 
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or disabilities, where such people sleep on the premises;”. 
(b) 
by inserting after the definition for “industrial building”,  
“ “industrial building – high hazard” means an industrial 
building— 
(a) 
the contents of which, when ignited, are likely to cause the 
rapid spread of fire, smoke or fumes and which contents 
may be solid, liquid, or gaseous and may also be present as 
dust, spray, mist or vapour, 
(b) 
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dust, spray, mist or vapour, 
(b) 
that contains highly flammable or explosive materials, 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
"Iris Oifigiúil" of 7th March, 2025. 
[56]  3 
 
(c) 
that contains areas which, due to their function, may present 
a greater risk of fire occurring and developing than 
elsewhere such as manufacturing processes handling highly 
flammable liquids, or 
(d) 
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flammable liquids, or 
(d) 
used for manufacturing, processing, repairing, cleaning, 
washing, breaking up or otherwise treating any hazardous 
substance; 
“industrial building – normal hazard” means an industrial building 
other than an industrial building – high hazard;”. 
(c) 
by substituting for the definition of “material change of use” the 
following: 
“ “material change of use” means— 
(a) 
a change of use, deemed by section 3(3) of the Act to be a


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“ “material change of use” means— 
(a) 
a change of use, deemed by section 3(3) of the Act to be a 
material change of use, takes place, or 
(b) 
a building which was not being used as— 
(i) 
a day centre, becomes so used, or 
(ii) 
a hotel, hostel or guest building, becomes so used, or 
(iii) an industrial building – normal hazard, becomes so 
used, or 
(iv) a care facility building, becomes so used, or 
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(v) 
an office (which is not ancillary to the primary use of 
the building), becomes so used, or 
(vi) a place of assembly, becomes so used, or 
(vii) a shop (which is not ancillary to the primary use of 
the building), becomes so used, or 
(viii) a shopping centre, becomes so used, or 
(ix) an industrial building –  high hazard, becomes so 
used, or 
(x) 
a storage building – high hazard, becomes so used, or 
(xi) a storage building –  normal hazard, becomes so 
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(xi) a storage building –  normal hazard, becomes so 
used;”. 
(d) 
by substituting for the definition of “place of assembly” the 
following: 
“ “place of assembly” includes— 
(a) 
a theatre, public library, hall or other building of public 
resort used for social or recreational purposes, 
(b) 
a non-residential school or other educational establishment, 
(c) 
a place of public worship, 
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(d) 
a public house, restaurant or similar premises used for the 
sale to members of the public of food or drink for 
consumption on the premises, 
(e) 
a sports pavilion, stadium, grandstand, or other audience or 
spectator facilities, and 
(f) 
a terminus, station or other facility for air, rail, road or sea 
travel, 
but no building shall be treated as a place of assembly solely 
because it is a building to which members of the public are 
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because it is a building to which members of the public are 
occasionally admitted;”. 
(e) 
by inserting after the definition for “statutory declaration”,  
“ “storage building – high hazard” means a building— 
(a) 
used for the storage of goods that, when ignited, are likely 
to cause the rapid spread of fire, smoke or fumes and which 
goods may be solid, liquid, or gaseous and may also be 
present as dust, spray, mist or vapour, 
(b) 
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(b) 
used for the storage of highly flammable or explosive 
materials, 
(c) 
used for the storage of hazardous goods or materials, 
(d) 
used for the storage of vehicles containing hazardous goods 
or materials, or 
(e) 
that contains high-rack storage of significant height; 
“storage building – normal hazard” means any storage building 
other than a storage building – high hazard, and includes a 
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building used for parking vehicles, designed to admit or 
accommodate only passenger vehicles or other light goods 
vehicles, not more than 2,500 kilograms vehicle weight;”. 
(f) 
by deleting the definition of “institutional building”. 
 
Amendment of Article 7 of the Principal Regulations 
5. 
The Principal Regulations are amended in article 7(2), by substituting for 
paragraph (b) the following: 
“(b) 
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“(b) 
This Part applies to works in connection with the material alteration 
(excluding a material alteration consisting solely of minor works) of a shop, 
office, industrial building – normal hazard, industrial building – high hazard, 
storage building – normal hazard, or storage building – high hazard to which  
Part  III,  or  Part  III  of  the  Building  Control Regulations, 1991 and 1994, do 
not apply.”. 
 
 
 
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Amendment of Article 11 of the Principal Regulations 
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not apply.”. 
 
 
 
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Amendment of Article 11 of the Principal Regulations 
6. 
The Principal Regulations are amended – 
(1) in article 11(1)(b)(iv) by substituting “a care facility building, or” for “an 
institutional building, or”. 
(2) in article 11(1)(c) by substituting “, industrial building – normal hazard, 
industrial building – high hazard, storage building – normal hazard or storage 
building – high hazard” for “or industrial building”.


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building – high hazard” for “or industrial building”. 
 
Amendment of Article 20D of the Principal Regulations 
7. 
The Principal Regulations are amended – 
(1) in article 20D(1)(b)(iii) by substituting “a care facility building, or” for 
“an institutional building, or”. 
(2) in article 20D(1)(c) by substituting “, industrial building – normal hazard, 
industrial building – high hazard, storage building – normal hazard or storage 
building – high hazard” for “or industrial building”.


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building – high hazard” for “or industrial building”. 
(3) in article 20D(1)(e)(iii) by substituting “a care facility building, becomes 
so used, or” for “an institutional building, becomes so used, or”. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
4 March, 2025. 
 
JAMES BROWNE, 
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 
 
 
 
 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation.)


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(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation.) 
 
These Regulations amend the Building Control Regulations (S.I. No. 496/1997) 
to align with the Building Regulations (S.I. No. 497/1997) as amended by the 
Building Regulations (Part B Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 
108/2024) by: 
- 
updating certain definitions; 
- 
introducing new definitions; 
- 
expanding the requirement to lodge a commencement notice to include


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- 
expanding the requirement to lodge a commencement notice to include 
a material alteration to a storage building, where a Fire Safety 
Certificate is not required; 
- 
expanding the requirement to obtain a fire safety certificate to include 
a material alteration to a storage building, where the building is being 
subdivided, or additional floor area is being provided within the 
building; 
- 
expanding the requirement to obtain a fire safety certificate to include


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building; 
- 
expanding the requirement to obtain a fire safety certificate to include 
the material change of use, where an industrial building – normal 
hazard, industrial building – high hazard, storage building – normal 
hazard, or storage building – high hazard becomes so used; 
- 
expanding the requirement to obtain a disability access certificate to 
include storage buildings, where the building is being subdivided, or 
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additional floor area is being provided within the building. 
The operative date of these Regulations is 1 May 2025, to coincide with the 
coming into effect of the Building Regulations (Part B Amendment) Regulations 
2024 (S.I. No. 108/2024). 
 
 
 
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 187 of 2025 
 
 
 
 
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RENT PRESSURE ZONE (LOCAL ELECTORAL AREA OF CASTLEBAR) 
ORDER 2025 
 
 
 
 
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S.I. No. 187 of 2025 
 
RENT PRESSURE ZONE (LOCAL ELECTORAL AREA OF CASTLEBAR) 
ORDER 2025 
 
I, JAMES BROWNE, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in 
exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (5) of section 24A


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exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (5) of section 24A 
(inserted by the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies 
Act 2016 (No. 17 of 2016)) of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27 of 
2004), and consequent on having duly received from the Director of the 
Residential Tenancies Board, pursuant to that subsection, a rent zone report 
confirming that the criteria in subsection (4) of that section are satisfied in


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confirming that the criteria in subsection (4) of that section are satisfied in 
respect of the area to which the following Order relates, hereby order as follows: 
 
1. 
This Order may be cited as the Rent Pressure Zone (Local Electoral Area 
of Castlebar) Order 2025. 
 
2. 
The Order comes into operation on 15 May 2025. 
 
3. 
The area consisting of the Local Electoral Area of Castlebar is prescribed 
as a rent pressure zone during the period commencing on 15 May 2025 and


