State Agencies or Non-Commercial State Agencies in Ireland are public sector bodies of the state that have a statutory obligation to perform specific tasks on behalf of the

Government of Ireland The Government of Ireland ( ga, Rialtas na hÉireann) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in Ireland. The Constitution of Ireland vests executive authority in a government which is headed by the , the head of government. The governm ...

. Such agencies are considered "arm's length" bodies as they are largely isolated from the workings of

central government A central government is the government that is a controlling power over a unitary state. Another distinct but sovereign political entity is a federal government, which may have distinct powers at various levels of government, authorized or dele ...

. The state agencies are distinct and separate from the

civil service The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...

. As of Q3, 2016 approximately 12,616 public sector workers are employed in NCSAs.

Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine

Bord Bia Bord Bia (English: Food Board) is an Irish state agency with the aim of promoting sales of Irish food and horticulture both in Ireland and abroad. Bord Bia works for small producers by promoting and certifying farmers' markets, and for bigger p ...

* Bord Iascaigh Mhara *

Marine Institute Ireland The Marine Institute ( ga, Foras na Mara) is a state agency in Ireland that provides government, public agencies and the maritime industry with scientific, advisory and economic development services, aiming to inform policy-making, regulation ...

National Milk Agency

Sea Fisheries Protection Authority
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Teagasc Teagasc (, meaning "Instruction") is the semi-state authority in the Republic of Ireland responsible for research and development, training and advisory services in the agri-food sector. The official title of the body is Teagasc - The Agriculture ...

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

The Adoption Authority
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Centre for Young Offenders Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...

Child and Family Agency The Child and Family Agency ( ga, An Ghníomhaireacht um Leanaí agus an Teaghlach), known as Tusla, is an independent Republic of Ireland, Irish agency created by the Child and Family Agency Act 2013 and answerable to the Minister for Children ...

* Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission * Office of the Ombudsman for Children
National Disability Authority

Department of Education

Educational Research Centre
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National Council for Special Education The levels of Ireland's education are primary, secondary and higher (often known as "third-level" or tertiary) education. In recent years further education has grown immensely with 51% of working age adults having completed higher education by ...

PDST Technology in Education

Caranua, formally Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Teaching Council of Ireland

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

* Competition and Consumer Protection Commission * Enterprise Ireland *

Health and Safety Authority The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is the national body in Ireland with responsibility for occupational health and safety. Its role is to secure health and safety at work. It is an Irish state-sponsored body, established under the ''Safety, H ...

IDA Ireland Industrial Development Agency (IDA Ireland) ( ga, An Ghníomhaireacht Forbartha Tionscail) is the agency responsible for the attraction and retention of inward foreign direct investment A foreign direct investment (FDI) is an investment in ...

InterTradeIreland The Trade and Business Development Body ( ga, An Comhlacht Forbartha Trádála agus Gnó; Ulster-Scots: ''Tha Mercat an Dalin Fordèrin Convenerie''),

Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

* National Standards Authority of Ireland
Personal Injuries Assessment Board

Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

Commission for Communications Regulation The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) ( ga, An Coimisiún um Rialáil Cumarsáide) is the general communications regulator for Ireland, covering almost all possible types of communications. Founded on 1 December 2002, ComReg too ...

Commission for Regulation of Utilities The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU, ga, An Coimisiúin um Rialáil Fóntais), formerly known as the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER, ga, An Coimisiún um Rialáil Fuinnimh), is the Republic of Ireland's energy and water econ ...

* Digital Hub Development Authority *

Environmental Protection Agency A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution. A biophysical environment can vary in scale f ...

Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission The Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission (FCILC) is a commission supervised by the North/South Ministerial Council with responsibility for two agencies which span the Irish border, namely the #Loughs Agency, Loughs Agency and the #Lights ...

Inland Fisheries Ireland

National Oil Reserve Agency
* Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Grangegorman Development Agency ''Grangegorman Development Agency'' is an agency of the Government of Ireland charged with redevelopment of the Grangegorman Urban Quarter, formerly within the curtilage of St. Brendan's Hospital. Grangegorman () itself is an inner city area o ...

Higher Education Authority __NOTOC__ The Higher Education Authority (HEA), officially An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas, is the statutory body providing policy advice for higher education in Ireland. Description and functions The HEA was established under the Higher Educati ...

Irish Research Council
* Quality and Qualifications Ireland * Science Foundation Ireland * SOLAS

Department of Health

Irish Dental Council
* Food Safety Authority of Ireland *

Food Safety Promotion Board Safefood, stylised ''safe''food (also known as The Food Safety Promotion Board; FSPB)( ga, An Bord um Chur Chun Cinn Sabháilteachta Bia; Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster-Scots: ''Tha Mait Safétie Fordèrin Boord'' or ''The Meat Sauftie Forder Bui ...

Health & Social Care Professionals Council
* Health Information and Quality Authority *

Health Insurance Authority The Health Insurance Authority ( ga, An tÚdarás Árachas Sláinte) is the regulatory body for private health insurance in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The Authority's remit is to monitor and research health insurance generally; operate the risk ...

Health Products Regulatory Authority
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Health Research Board The Health Research Board (HRB) is a government agency responsible for funding, co-ordination, and oversight of medical research in Ireland. History In 1986, the Government of Ireland amalgamated the Medical Research Council of Ireland and the Medi ...

* Health Service Executive * Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Irish Mental Health Commission
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Medical Council of Ireland The Medical Council ( ga, Comhairle na nDochtúirí Leighis) is the regulator of the medical profession in Ireland. It maintains the register of medical practitioners licensed to practice, and has the power to place restrictions on or revoke suc ...

National Cancer Registry Ireland
* National Paediatric Hospital Development Board *

National Treatment Purchase Fund The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) is an Irish government body which was established to decrease waiting lists in the Irish public healthcare system. The Fund was established under Statutory Instrument 179 - National Treatment Purchase F ...

* Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland * Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland *

Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council The Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) is an independent statutory organisation responsible for implementing, monitoring and further developing the standards of care provided by all statutory, private and voluntary ambulance services in ...

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

An Bord Pleanála (; meaning "The Planning Board"; ABP) is an independent, statutory, quasi-judicial body that decides on appeals from planning decisions made by local authorities in the Republic of Ireland. As of 2007, An Bord Pleanála directly decided major ...

Dublin Docklands Development Authority The Dublin Docklands Development Authority ( ga, Údarás Forbartha Dugthailte Bhaile Átha Cliath) (DDDA) was created by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997 to lead a major project of physical, social and economic regeneration in ...

Heritage Council The Heritage Council ( ga, An Comhairle Oidhreachta) is an organisation created by the Irish government to "engage, educate and advocate to develop a wider understanding of the vital contribution that our heritage makes to our social, environmenta ...

Housing Agency

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Irish Water Safety Irish Water Safety (IWS) is a registered charity that promotes water safety in Ireland. Its programmes were formerly part of the Irish Red Cross Society. Its headquarters are in Galway City Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a city in the We ...

Local Government Management Agency
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Ordnance Survey Ireland Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI; ga, Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann) is the national mapping agency of Ireland. It was established on 4 March 2002 as a body corporate. It is the successor to the former Ordnance Survey of Ireland. It and the ...

Residential Tenancies Board
* Waterways Ireland

Department of Justice

Garda Síochána (; meaning "the Guardian(s) of the Peace"), more commonly referred to as the Gardaí (; "Guardians") or "the Guards", is the national police service of Ireland. The service is headed by the Garda Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Gover ...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) is an independent statutory body in Ireland charged with overseeing the Garda Síochána, the national police force. It is a three-member body established under the Garda Síochána Act, 2005 to dea ...

Irish Film Classification Office The Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO) ( ga, Oifig Aicmithe Scannán na hÉireann, OASÉ) is the organisation responsible for films, television programmes, and some video game classification and censorship within Republic of Ireland, Irel ...

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

* Interreg * Special EU Programmes Body

Department of Rural and Community Development

Western Development Commission

Department of Social Protection

Citizens Information Board

Pensions Authority

Department of the Taoiseach

National Economic and Social Council The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) (Irish ''An Chomhairle Náisiúnta Eacnamaíoch Shóisialta'') is an independent body that advises the Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) on areas of policy relating to social and economic development. ...

Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

* Arts Council * Broadcasting Authority of Ireland *

Ulster-Scots Agency The Ulster-Scots Agency (''Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch'') is a cross-border body for Ireland which seeks to "promote the study, conservation and development of Ulster-Scots as a living language, to encourage and develop the full range of its atten ...

* Chester Beatty Library * Crawford Art Gallery * Foras na Gaeilge *

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland, formerly known as Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board, is the Republic of Ireland's state development agency for the Irish film, television and animation industry. It provides funds for the developm ...

Irish Museum of Modern Art The Irish Museum of Modern Art ( ga, Áras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann) also known as IMMA, is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art. Located in Kilmainham, Dublin, the Museum pr ...

* National Concert Hall * National Library of Ireland *

National Museum of Ireland The National Museum of Ireland ( ga, Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann) is Ireland's leading museum institution, with a strong emphasis on national and some international archaeology, Irish history, Irish art, culture, and natural history. It has thre ...

Sport Ireland Sport Ireland ( ga, Spórt Éireann), formerly the Irish Sports Council, is a statutory authority that oversees, and partly funds, the development of sport within Ireland. It is located at the National Sports Campus in the townland of Sheephill ...

Tourism Ireland Tourism Ireland (Irish: ''Turasóireacht Éireann''; Ulster-Scots: ''Tourism Airlan'' or ''Reengin Airlann'') is the marketing body responsible for marketing the island of Ireland overseas. Tourism Ireland was established as one of "six areas o ...

Údarás na Gaeltachta Údarás na Gaeltachta (; meaning "Gaeltacht Authority"), abbreviated UnaG, is a regional state agency which is responsible for the economic, social and cultural development of Irish-speaking (Gaeltacht) regions of Ireland. Its stated purpose is t ...

Department of Transport

Medical Bureau of Road Safety

Commission for Aviation Regulation

Commission for Railway Regulation
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Fáilte Ireland Fáilte Ireland is the operating name of the National Tourism Development Authority of the Republic of Ireland. This authority was established under the National Tourism Development Authority Act of 2003 and replaces and builds upon the functions ...

* Irish Aviation Authority ** Air Accident Investigation Unit *

Irish Rail Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

* National Transport Authority * Commission for Railway Regulation **

Railway Accident Investigation Unit The Railway Accident Investigation Unit (RAIU) investigates accidents and incidents on Irish railways. It is an independent investigative agency of the government of the Republic of Ireland, housed within the Department of Transport. The RAIU's hea ...

Road Safety Authority The Road Safety Authority (RSA; ga, Údarás Um Shábháilteacht Ar Bhóithre) is a state agency formed by the Irish Government to promote road safety within the Republic of Ireland. The agency has devolved control of much of the work of the D ...

Transport Infrastructure Ireland Transport Infrastructure Ireland ( ga, Bonneagar Iompair Éireann) is a state agency in Ireland dealing with road and public transport infrastructure. The body was established in 2015 by merging the former National Roads Authority and Railway P ...

Office of the Attorney General

Law Reform Commission A law commission, law reform commission, or law revision commission is an independent body set up by a government to conduct law reform; that is, to consider the state of laws in a jurisdiction and make recommendations or proposals for legal chang ...

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