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INTRODUCTION

Classified List of In-Force Legislation

Welcome to the Law Reform Commission's online Classified List of In-Force Legislation. 

The key features of the Classified List are:

• a searchable list of in-force Acts and statutory instruments organised under 36 Subject Headings.
• 36 Subject Headings broken down into sub-headings, and the relevant Acts and statutory instruments can be found listed in those sub-headings.
• a search facility that allows you to search for either:
• the name of any Act or statutory instrument, or
• any of the 36 headings or over 500 sub-headings in the List.
• 2,000 Acts and 15,000 statutory instruments linked to their full text on the electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB) or, where available, a Revised Act version (administrative consolidation) prepared by the Commission.  

Titles

1. Agriculture and Food
2. Arts, Culture and Sport
3. Business Occupations and Professions
4. Business Regulation, Including Business Names, Company Law and Partnerships
5. Citizenship, Equality and Individual Status
6. Civil Liability (Contract and Tort) and Dispute Resolution
7. Commercial Law
8. Communications and Energy
9. Courts and Courts Service
10. Criminal Law
11. Defence Forces
12. Education and Skills
13. Election and Referendum Law
14. Employment Law
15. Enterprise, Economic Development and Tourism
16. Environment
17. Family Law
18. Financial Services and Credit Institutions
19. Foreign Affairs and International Relations
20. Garda Síochána (Police)
21. Health and Health Services
22. Irish Language and Gaeltacht
23. Land Law, Succession and Trusts
24. Licensed Sale and Advertising of Alcohol
25. Local Government
26. National Government
27. Natural Resources
28. Oireachtas (National Parliament) and Legislation
29. Planning, Development and Housing
30. Prisons and Places of Detention
31. Public Safety (Including Building Standards, Fire Safety and Product Safety)
32. Social Welfare, Pensions, Charities and Religious Bodies
33. State Finance and Procurement
34. State Personnel and Superannuation/Pensions
35. Taxation
36. Transport

Government Departments

The Classified List uses a specific notation for each of the Government Departments, taking account of current Departmental names as of June 2025. These are:

Important Warnings and Limitations concerning the List

The Commission draws attention to the following:

• The Classified List contains a list of over 2,000 in-force post-1922 Acts of the Oireachtas and post-1922 statutory instruments, but of over 1,000 pre-1922 Acts that remain in force, the List contains just over 100 of these.  The Commission intends to add the remaining pre-1922 in-force Acts over time.  A list of these Acts is available in the Statute Law Revision Act 2007, Schedule 1 (retained pre-1922 Public Acts), the Statute Law Revision Act 2009 (retained pre-1922 Private Acts) and the Statute Law Revision Act 2012 (retained pre-1922 Local and Personal Acts).
• While the Commission has taken great care in the compilation of the Classified List, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions.  Users are kindly asked to notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to revisedacts@lawreform.ie.