{"id":751,"date":"2021-06-15T21:38:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legalblog.ie\/?p=751"},"modified":"2023-12-25T13:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T13:15:28","slug":"justice-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/justice-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department of Justice was formed under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924<\/p>\n

The Censorship of Publications Office may prohibit the sale of publications that are indecent, obscene under the Censorship of Publications Acts 1946.<\/p>\n

The Dublin Carriage Office based within Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na maintained responsibility for PSV driver licensing notwithstanding the establishment of the Commission for Taxi Regulation.<\/p>\n

The Film Censors Office is established under The Censorship of Films Act 1923.\u00a0 It is responsible for examining and certifying cinema films and videos\/DVDs distributed in Ireland.<\/p>\n

The Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner investigates applications from \u00a0person seeking a declaration of refugee status.\u00a0 It issues recommendations to the Minster.\u00a0 It investigates application by refugees to allow family members to enter under the\u00a0 Refugee Act 1996.<\/p>\n

The Private Security Authority regulates and licenses the Irish private security industry.\u00a0 It seeks to use regulation and enforcement powers to introduce positive change in the industry through introduction, control and management of a comprehensive standards driven licensing system.<\/p>\n

The Bar Council enforces professional standards for Barristers.\u00a0 The Attorney General is the leader of the Irish Bar.\u00a0 It is responsible for admissions to the Bar.<\/p>\n

The Law Society of Ireland is responsible for the education, admission, discipline and regulation of members of the solicitor\u2019s profession.<\/p>\n

The Attorney’s Generals Office was incorporated under The Minister and Secretaries Act, 1924.\u00a0 It has statutory functions and function under the Constitution.<\/p>\n

The Director of Public Prosecutions was established under the Prosecution of Offenses Act 1974.<\/p>\n

The Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na was established by the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na Temporary Provisions Act 1923.\u00a0 It merged with the Dublin Metropolitan Police Force under the Police Forces Amalgamation Act 1925.\u00a0 It was reorganised under the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na Act 2005.<\/p>\n

The Censorship of Films Appeals Board was incorporated in 1923 under the Censorship of Films Act 1923.\u00a0 Its functions were transferred to The Classification of Films Appeals Board by the Civil (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008.<\/p>\n

The Censorship of Publications Board was established in 1929. The\u00a0 Censorship of Publications Appeal Board was incorporated in 1946<\/p>\n

The Circuit Court Rules Committee was established under the Court of Justice Act 1936<\/p>\n

The Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee was established under the Criminal Justice Act 2006.<\/p>\n

The General Prisons Board was established in 1877 by the Prisons (Ireland) Act and absorbed into the Department of Justice in 1928.\u00a0 The Inspector of Prisons was constituted under the Prisons Act 2007.<\/p>\n

The Irish Film Censors Office was established under the Censorship of Films Act 1923 and replaced by the Irish Film Classification Office under the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008.<\/p>\n

The Irish Legal Terms Advisory Committee was established under the Irish Legal Terms Act 1945.<\/p>\n

The Judicial Appointments Advisory Board is established under the Court and Court Officers Act 1995.\u00a0 The Judicial Studies Institution was established under the same Act.<\/p>\n

The Refugee Applications Commissioner was established under the Refugee Act 1996 and became operative in 2000.<\/p>\n

The Registration of Deeds and Title Rules Committee took over the functions of the Registration of Titles Rules Committee.\u00a0 The latter was formed in 1964 and the former in 2006.<\/p>\n

The Residential Institutions Redress Board was established in 2002 under Residential Institutions Redress Board Act.<\/p>\n

The Superior Court Rules Committee was established under the Courts of Justice Act 1936.<\/p>\n

The Commission for Charitable Donations and Bequests was established in 1845.\u00a0 Its functions have been transferred to the Charities Regulator under Charities Act 2009<\/p>\n

The Court Service was established in 1999 under the Courts Service Act1 998 .<\/p>\n

The Criminal Assets Bureau was established in 1996 under the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996.<\/p>\n

The Director of Corporate Enforcement was established under the Company Law Enforcement Act 2001.<\/p>\n

The Irish Human Rights Commission was established under the Human Rights Commission Act 2000.<\/p>\n

The Law Reform Commission was established under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975.<\/p>\n

The Legal Aid Board was established in 1979.\u00a0 It was established as a statutory body by the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995.<\/p>\n

The Medical Bureau for Road Safety was established under the Road Traffic Act 1968.<\/p>\n

The Personal Injuries Assessment Board was established in 2004 under the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0]\u00a0\u00a0 It was renamed the Injuries Board in 2008.<\/p>\n

The Private Security Authority under the Private Securities Services Act 2004.<\/p>\n

The Property Registration Authority was established under the Registration of Title and Deeds Act 2006.\u00a0 It replaced the Registrar of Titles and The Registrar of Deeds.<\/p>\n

The State Claims Agency is incorporated under the National Treasury Management Act to seek efficiencies in relation to civil claims against the State.<\/p>\n

National Car Testing Service Ltd.\u00a0 was established S.I.\u00a0 481\/1998 395\/1999 in 2000.<\/p>\n

The Compensation (Personal Injuries) Committee operated from 1923 to 1926 in accordance with the agreement between Great Britain and Ireland in respect of personal injury claims arising out of the Anglo-Irish conflict.<\/p>\n

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal was established as a non-statutory body in 1974.<\/p>\n

The Landlord and Tenant Commission existed from 1966 to 1982.<\/p>\n

The Legal Aid Board was established in 1979 and set up on a statutory footing pursuant to the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995.<\/p>\n

The National Crime Council was established in 1999 and ceased in 2008 pursuant to rationalisation of state agencies.<\/p>\n

The Property Services Regulatory Authority was established under the Property Services Regulatory Authority Act 2011.\u00a0 It in shadow form before this.<\/p>\n

The Sentence Review Group was established in 1989 and replaced by the Parole Board in 2001.<\/p>\n

The Refugee Agency was established in 1991 and merged with the Directorate for Asylum Support Services to form the Reception and Integration Agency in 2001.\u00a0 The Agency is part of the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n

The Parole Board was established in 2001.<\/p>\n

The Quit Rent Office was established in 1641 and \u00a0absorbed into the Irish Land Commission in 1943.<\/p>\n

The Department of Justice was incorporated pursuant to The Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924.\u00a0 It continued until 1997 when it was retitled the Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform.\u00a0 In 2010 it became the Department of Justice and Law Reform.\u00a0 In 2011 it became the\u00a0 Department of Justice and Defence.<\/p>\n

The Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention was established in 2002 and reconstituted under the Prisons Act 2007.<\/p>\n

The Irish Youth Justice Service was established in 2005 and is still active.<\/p>\n

The Land Registry was established in 1892 pursuant to the Local Registration of Title Act 1891 and merged with the Property Registration Authority in 2006.<\/p>\n

The National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence was established in 2007.<\/p>\n

The Probation and After-Care Service was established in 1962.\u00a0 It was reorganised in 1969 as the Welfare Service.\u00a0 It was renamed the Probation and Welfare Service being restructured as the Probation Service in 2006.\u00a0 The Probation and Welfare Service 1979 was restructured as the Probation Service in 2006. It continues as such under the Criminal Justice Act 2006.<\/p>\n

The Registry of Deeds dates from 1707 and was merged into the Property Registration Authority in 2006.<\/p>\n

The State Pathologist’s Office was established in 1929.<\/p>\n

The Bar Council was established in 1897.<\/p>\n

The Law Society of Ireland was established in 1830.<\/p>\n

The Office of the Ombudsman was established under the Ombudsman Act 1980.<\/p>\n

The Public Trustee was formed under the Irish Land Act, 1903 and dissolved in 1992 with the abolition of the Irish Land Commission.<\/p>\n

The Bookmakers Appeal Committee was operated under the Irish Horseracing Industry Act, since 1994.<\/p>\n

The Office of the Information Commissioner was established under the Freedom of Information Act 1997.<\/p>\n

The Law Reform Commission was established in 1975.<\/p>\n

The Private Tenancies Residential Board was established in 2004.<\/p>\n

The Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland was established in 1981 on a non-statutory basis.<\/p>\n

The Committee on Court Practice and Procedure was established in 1962.<\/p>\n

The D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann Courts (Winding Up) Commission operated between 1923 and 1925.<\/p>\n

The District Court Rules Committee was established under the Court of Justice Act 1936<\/p>\n

The Local Registration of Title Rules Committee was established in 1936 and became the Registration of Titles Committee in 1964.<\/p>\n

The Referendum Commission was established in 1998 under the Referendum Act.<\/p>\n

The Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service was formed in 2005.<\/p>\n

The Irish Prison Service was formed in 1854.<\/p>\n

The Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na Ombudsman Commission was established in 2007 under the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na Act.<\/p>\n

The National Road Safety Association was formed in 1974 and merged into the National Safety Council in 1987.<\/p>\n

The National Roads Authority was established in 1993,<\/p>\n

The National Safety Council was established in 1987 and continued until 2007.<\/p>\n

The Refugee Appeals Tribunal commenced in 2000 under the Refugee Act 1996.<\/p>\n

The Rent Tribunal commenced in 1983 under the Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Act 1983 and has been merged into the Tenancy Tribunal.<\/p>\n

The Adoption Board operated under the Adoption Act 1952 until 1 November 2010.\u00a0 It was replaced by Adoption Authority of Ireland under the Adoption Act 2010.<\/p>\n

The Army Pensions Board was incorporated in 1927 under the Army Pension Act 1927.\u00a0 The Council of Defence was incorporated under the\u00a0 Defence Act 1954.<\/p>\n

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner was established in 1989 under the Data Protection Act.<\/p>\n\n

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