Updated to 16 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 431 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-17 | 27 February 2009 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 18 | 1 March 2009 | S. 18(2) |
| S. 19 | 27 February 2009 | Commenced on enactment |
| Sch. | 27 February 2009 | Commenced on enactment |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 1 repealed | Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (34/2017), ss. 1(2), 4(2), 4(1), 43 | 1 January 2018 | Commenced as per s. 1(2) |
| Ss. 2-10 | Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (34/2017), ss. 1(2), 4(2), 4(1), 43 | 1 January 2019 | Commenced as per s. 4(2) |
| Ss. 11-19 | Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (34/2017), ss. 1(2), 4(2), 4(1), 43 | 1 January 2018 | Commenced as per s. 1(2) |
| Transfer of certain functions under | Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 1(2), 3, schedule 1 | 29 July 2011 | Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), art. 1(2) |
| S. 1 amended | Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (No. 11 of 2013), ss. 1(2), 72(1), schedule 6, item 52 | 1 July 2013 | Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 211 of 2013), art. 4 |
| Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 39 of 2011), ss. 1(2), 3 | 1 January 2012 | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 683 of 2011) | |
| Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (No. 23 of 2010), ss. 2, 15(14), schedule 2, pt. 14, para. 31 | 1 October 2010 | Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 469 of 2010), art. 2 | |
| S. 1 references construed | ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014 (5/2014), ss. 8(1), 8(2), 9(3) | 19 June 2014 | ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 286 of 2014), art. 2 |
| S. 2(2) amended | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 39 of 2011), ss. 1(2), 4(1)(a) | 1 January 2012 | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 683 of 2011) |
| S. 2(3) substituted | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (No. 39 of 2015), s. 5(3) | 1 January 2016 | Commenced as per s. 5(3) |
| S. 2(3) applied with modifications | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (No. 39 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 5(1), 5(2) | 30 November 2015 | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 546 of 2015), art. 2 |
| Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2009 (No. 10 of 2009), s. 13 | 1 May 2009 | S. 13 | |
| S. 2(3)(d) amended | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 (No. 18 of 2013), s. 11(a) | 1 January 2014 | Commenced as per s. 11 |
| S. 2(3) table D substituted | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 (No. 18 of 2013), s. 11(b) | 1 January 2014 | Commenced as per s. 11 |
| S. 2(3A) inserted | Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2009 (No. 10 of 2009), s. 13 | 1 May 2009 | S. 13 |
| S. 2(3B) substituted | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (No. 39 of 2015), s. 5(6) | 1 January 2016 | Commenced as per s. 5(6) |
| S. 2(3B) inserted | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 39 of 2011), ss. 1(2), 4(1)(b) | 1 January 2012 | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 683 of 2011) |
| S. 2(3B) applied with modifications | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (No. 39 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 5(4), 5(5) | 30 November 2015 | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 546 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 2(3B) amended | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 (No. 18 of 2013), s. 11(c) | 1 January 2014 | Commenced as per s. 11 |
| S. 2(3B) table substituted | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 (No. 18 of 2013), s. 11(d) | 1 January 2014 | Commenced as per s. 11 |
| S. 9(1) amended | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (No. 39 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 8(a) | 30 November 2015 | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 546 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 9(5)(e) substituted | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (No. 39 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 8(b)(i) | 30 November 2015 | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 546 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 9(5)(f) substituted | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (No. 39 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 8(b)(ii) | 30 November 2015 | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 546 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 9(5)(g) inserted | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (No. 39 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 8(b)(iii) | 30 November 2015 | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 546 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 10(1) amended | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (No. 39 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 9 | 30 November 2015 | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 546 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 13 repealed subject to transitional provisions | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 (No. 18 of 2013), ss. 12(3)(a), 12(4) | 5 June 2013 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 13 transfer of functions following consultation | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 10 of 2011), ss. 1(2), 6, 9, 20, schedule 2, pt. 2 | 6 July 2011 | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (Appointed Day) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 401 of 2011), art. 2 |
| Schedule references construed | State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014 (27/2014), s. 32(2) | 27 July 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 9 | Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Community Pharmacy Contractors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 272 of 2017) |
| Health Professionals (Payments to General Practitioners) (National Immunisation Programmes) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 577 of 2016) | |
| Health Professionals (Variations of Payments to General Practitioners) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 233 of 2016) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Community Pharmacy Contractors) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 279 of 2013) | |
| Health Professionals (Variations of Payments to General Practitioners) (National Immunisation Programmes) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 278 of 2013) | |
| Health Professionals (Variations of Payments to General Practitioners) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 277 of 2013) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Consultant Psychiatrists) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 276 of 2013) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Ophthalmologists, Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 274 of 2013) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Registered Dentists) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 548 of 2012) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to General Practitioners) (National Immunisation Programmes) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 556 of 2011) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Community Pharmacy Contractors) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 300 of 2011) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Optometrists for Certain Services) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 261 of 2011) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Registered Dentists) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 135 of 2011) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to General Practitioners) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 638 of 2010) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments in respect of Services under the National Cervical Screening Programme) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 510 of 2010) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Consultant Psychiatrists) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 473 of 2010) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to General Practitioners) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 262 of 2009) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Community Pharmacy Contractors) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 246 of 2009) | |
| Financial Emergency Measures In the Public Interest (Reduction In Payments To Veterinary Practitioners) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 216 of 2009) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Ophthalmologists, Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 195 of 2009) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments in respect of Services under the National Cervical Screening Programme) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 173 of 2009) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments to Consultant Psychiatrists) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 172 of 2009) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments To Registered Dentists) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 171 of 2009) | |
| S. 10 | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Payments to State Solicitors) (Adjustment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 559 of 2018) |
| Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Payments to State Solicitors) (Adjustment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 33 of 2018) | |
| Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Payments to State Solicitors)(Adjustment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 128 of 2017) | |
| Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Payments to State Solicitors) (Adjustment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 23 of 2016) | |
| Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Reduction in Payments to State Solicitors) (Adjustment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 231 of 2013) | |
| Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Reduction of Payments to Veterinary Practitioners) (Adjustment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 232 of 2012) | |
| Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Reduction of Payments to Veterinary Practitioners) (Adjustment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 264 of 2010) | |
| Financial Emergency Measures In the Public Interest (Reduction In Payments To Veterinary Practitioners) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 216 of 2009) | |
| Social Welfare (Reduction of Payments To Health Professionals) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 198 of 2009) | |
| Health Professionals (Reduction of Payments in respect of Services under the National Cervical Screening Programme) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 173 of 2009) | |
| Financial Emergency Measures In the Public Interest (Reduction In Payments To State Solicitors) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 159 of 2009) | |
| S. 12(1) | Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Farm Waste Management Scheme) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 503 of 2009) |
| Schedule, item 6 reference construed | Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (Act No. 15 of 2019), s. 8(2) |