Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
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                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act | 
					
						5 June 1956 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Transfer of certain functions | 
					S.I. No. 175 of 2025, arts. 1(2), 3(1)(a), 4-8, schedule, part 1 | 
					
			
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					S.I. No. 164 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3(1) & sch., pt. 1 | 
					
			
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						S. 2 rep. | 
					34/2012, ss. 1(2), 5(1) & schedule pt. 1 | 
					
			
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						S. 2 areas specified determined to be Gaeltacht areas for the purposes of | 
					S.I. No. 192 of 1974, art. 3, schedule | 
					
			
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					S.I. No. 176 of 1972, arts. 2, 3 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						S. 1 | 
					Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1956 (Appointed Day) Order 1956 (S.I. No. 152 of 1956), art. 2 | 
				
			
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						S. 2 | 
					Ordú na Limistéar Gaeltachta 1982 (S.I. No. 350 of 1982) | 
				
			
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					Gaeltacht Areas Order 1974 (S.I. No. 192 of 1974) | 
				
			
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					Gaeltacht Areas Order 1967 (S.I. No. 200 of 1967) | 
				
			
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					Gaeltacht Areas Order 1956 (S.I. No. 245 of 1956) |