Constitution of Ireland
Access: free
Status: informative value
Available Media: On-line database / Website
Organisation responsible: Department of the Taoiseach
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The Constitution of Ireland – Bunreacht na hÉireann is available on-line on the Department of the Taoiseach’s (prime minister’s) Web site.
Irish Statute Book http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/
Access: free
Status: informative value
Available Media: On-line database / Website, CD-ROM
Organisation responsible: Office of the Attorney General
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Acts of the Oireachtas are published by the Stationery Office, Government Supplies Agency, part of the Office of Public Works, and available for sale through the Government Publications Sale Office, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, by mail order, or through any bookseller.
The Irish Statute Book Web site www.irishstatutebook.ie, published by the Office of the Attorney General, contains the following legal texts in HTML:
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Primary Legislation
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Acts of the Oireachtas1922 to 2008 (html)
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Acts of the Oireachtas (Saorstát Éireann Statutes) 1922 – 1937
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Acts of the Oireachtas 1937 – 2008
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Secondary Legislation
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Statutory Rules, Orders and Regulations 1922 – 1947 by series (html)
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Statutory Instruments – 1948 – 2005 (no. 350 of 2005) (html)
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Statutory Instruments 2007 – 2008 (PDF format)
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Legislation Directory (Chronological Tables)
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The Legislation Directory 1922-2005 indicates how the following are affected by Acts of the Oireachtas, Saorstát Éireann (Irish Free State) Statutes, or Statutory Instruments:
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Pre-Union Irish Statutes (1236-1800)
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English Statutes (1226-1707)
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Pre-Union British Statutes (1707-1800)
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United Kingdom Statutes (1801-1922)
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Saorstát Éireann Statutes (1922 – 1937)
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- The Legislation Directory also lists:
- Orders made under section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939
- Commencement orders under the 1922-2005 legislation
- Regulations made under section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972
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Houses of the Oireachtas Web site http://www.oireachtas.ie/
Access: free
Status: PDF copies of Acts and Official translations – legally binding (prima facie evidence), html – informative value
Available Media: On-line database / Website, DVD (Debates)
Organisation responsible: Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas
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Bills, Acts and Official Translations, and Parliamentary Debates
The Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas Web site contains the full text of Bills, Explanatory and Financial Memoranda, Amendments, Acts of the Oireachtas and Official Translations, and Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann.
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Acts of the Oireachtas and available Official Translations 1922 – 2002 are available as html on the following Oireachtas Web sites:
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http://achtanna.oireachtas.ie/ (no frames search)
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http://achtanna2.oireachtas.ie/ (frames search, indicating which Acts are available on-line in both languages)
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Bills and explanatory Memoranda 1997 – 2008 - this includes the full text (in PDF) of all bills and explanatory memoranda since 1997, including links from the arrangement of sections to the sections of the bill. Amendment lists are included, and amendments in context are being developed at present. Links to debates on bills are also included.
- Parliamentary Debates of both Houses since 1919 as available as html. Parliamentary committee debates will be added in 2008.
