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National Cyber Security Bill 2024 (Ireland)
The National Cyber Security Bill 2024 is an Irish bill published by the Oireachtas in 2024. The legislation was published on 30 August 2024. NIS 2 The legislation transposes several important parts of NIS2: Designation of competent authorities National competent authorities are defined. Ireland has chosen a federated model for NIS 2, with the National Cyber Security Centre as the lead competent authority, with responsibility for large-scale cybersecurity incidents in Ireland. The NCSC is also designated as Irelands' CSIRT. Essential and important entities #Essential entities operate in critical sectors such as energy and transport. #Important entities operate in sectors with a high cyber risk such as waste management and post. Cybersecurity risk management Essential entities will be required to have robust risk management, including regular risk assessments, having suitable security measures and a plan for incidence response. Incident reporting Both essential and important ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oireachtas
The Oireachtas ( ; ), sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the Bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The Oireachtas consists of the president of Ireland and the two houses of the Oireachtas (): a house of representatives called Dáil Éireann and a senate called Seanad Éireann. The houses of the Oireachtas sit in Leinster House in Dublin, an eighteenth-century Duke, ducal palace. The directly elected Dáil is the more powerful of the houses of the Oireachtas. Etymology The word comes from the Irish language, Irish word / ("deliberative assembly of freemen; assembled freemen; assembly, gathering; patrimony, territory"), ultimately from the word ("freeman"). Its first recorded use as the name of a legislative body was within the Irish Free State. Composition Dáil Éireann is directly elected under universal suffrage of all Irish citizens who are residents and at least eighteen years old; non-Irish citizens may be enfranchised by law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission For Regulation Of Utilities
The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU, ), formerly known as the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER, ), is Ireland's energy and water economic utility regulator. Electricity regulation The CRU licenses and monitors electricity generators. On the transmission network, generally, the high voltage lines deliver electricity from Ireland's generation sources to the transformer stations, where the electricity voltage is reduced and taken onwards through the distribution system to individual customers' premises. There are also about 18 very large commercial customers directly connected to the transmission system. EirGrid is the independent state-owned body licensed by the CRU to act as transmission system operator (TSO) and is responsible for the operation, development, and maintenance. The TSO also offers terms and levies charged to market participants to connect to and use the transmission system regulated by the CRU. ESB Networks is licensed by the CRU as the owner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission For Communications Regulation
The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) () is the general communications Regulatory agency, regulator for Republic of Ireland, Ireland, covering almost all possible types of communications. Founded on 1 December 2002, ComReg took over from the Office of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation (ODTR), amongst other bodies. The ODTR was established in 1997 to take over the licensing and regulatory functions of the Minister for Transport (Ireland), Minister for Transport, Energy and Communication which related primarily to broadcasting and communications. The first (and only) Director of Telecommunications Regulation was Etain Doyle, who was subsequently appointed Chairperson of ComReg, on its establishment. Under the Communications Regulation Act, 2002 the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Minister for Communications, Marine, and Natural Resources appoints the chairperson and up to two other commissioners of ComReg. Currently the commiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Bank Of Ireland
The Central Bank of Ireland () is the national central bank for Ireland within the Eurosystem. It was the Irish central bank from 1943 to 1998, issuing the Irish pound. It is also the country's main financial regulatory authority, and since 2014 has been Ireland's national competent authority within European Banking Supervision. The Central Bank of Ireland was founded on 1 February 1943, succeeding the Currency Commission of Ireland, a currency board established in 1922. Since 1 January 1972, it has operated under the Central Bank Act 1971, which completed the transition from the strict post-independence currency peg to the pound sterling to a fully autonomous central bank. Its head office, the Central Bank of Ireland building, was located on Dame Street, Dublin from 1979 until 2017. Its offices at Iveagh Court and College Green also closed down at the same time. Since March 2017, its headquarters are located on North Wall Quay, where the public may exchange non-current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Aviation Authority
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) () is a commercial semi-state company in Ireland responsible for the regulation of safety aspects of air travel. Its head office is in The Times Building in Dublin. Background The authority regulates the safety standards of Irish civil aviation. The authority was originally established on 1 January 1994 under thIrish Aviation Authority Act, 1993 The new IAA was established on 30 April 2023. ANSP functions until 30 April 2023 Until 30 April 2023, the IAA was also responsible for providing air traffic control services to Ireland's three main airports, namely Dublin, Shannon and Cork, and en-route air traffic control services over Irish airspace. On that date, the ANSP (Air Navigation Service Provider) section of the IAA became a separate organisation, Irish Air Navigation Service, trading as AirNav Ireland or , which now provides air traffic management and aeronautical communications services in Irish controlled airspace. From 30 April 2023 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission For Railway Regulation
The Commission for Railway Regulation (CRR) (, CRI), formerly the Railway Safety Commission (RSC) (, CSI) is the regulator for Irish rail networks. It is an agency of the Republic of Ireland government, and its head office is in Temple House in Blackrock BlackRock, Inc. is an American Multinational corporation, multinational investment company. Founded in 1988, initially as an enterprise risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager .... The agency was established on 1 January 2006 as part of the Railway Safety Act 2005. The Railway Accident Investigation Unit (RAIU), a functionally independent unit of the CRR, investigates accidents and incidents on Irish railways. " Arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Transport (Ireland)
The Minister for Transport () is a senior minister (government), minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Transport (Ireland), Department of Transport. He is also Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy. The current Minister for Transport is Darragh O'Brien, Teachta Dála, TD. He is assisted by two Minister of State (Ireland), Ministers of State: *Seán Canney, TD – Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Minister of State for International and Road Transport and Logistics. *Jerry Buttimer, TD – Minister of State for Rural transport Overview The Minister and the department are responsible for implementing an integrated transport policy. Specific responsibilities which come under the aegis of the Minister for Transport in relation to national roads and to road transport in general include: delivering on the national roads programme as part of the national development plan; im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Transport Authority (Ireland)
The National Transport Authority () or NTA is the transport authority for Greater Dublin and the public transport licensing agency for Ireland. It was established under the provisions of the ''Dublin Transport Authority Act (2008)'' and the ''Public Transport Regulation Act (2009)'', on 1 December 2009. The NTA took over certain functions from the Department of Transport and the entire role of the Dublin Transportation Office. It has also taken over the functions of the Commission for Taxi Regulation when Part 4 of the Public Transport Regulation Act (2009) commenced on 1 January 2011. The NTA operates under the consumer facing brand Transport for Ireland. Organisation The act establishing the NTA made it a body corporate consisting of the City Manager of Dublin City Council, the Chief Executive and a member of the senior management team, and a chairman and six other members appointed by the Minister for Transport. The NTA has charge of public transport in the Greater Dublin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Health (Ireland)
The Minister for Health () is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Health. The Minister for Health is responsible for healthcare in Ireland and related services. The current Minister for Health is Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, TD. She is assisted by: * Mary Butler, TD – Minister of State for mental health * Jennifer Murnane O'Connor, TD – Minister of State for public health, well-being and drugs; and * Kieran O'Donnell, TD – Minister of State for older people History Health care formed part of the portfolio of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health until 22 January 1947. On that date, the new position of Minister for Health was created, with control of policy regarding health care provision in Ireland. In the past, it was common for the minister to also hold the position of Minister for Social Welfare. In recent years, and especially since the tenure of Michael Noonan in 1994–1997, being appointed as minister has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Cyber Security Centre (Ireland)
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, Irish: ''An Lárionad Náisiúnta Cibearshlándála'') is a government computer security organisation in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, an operational arm of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The NCSC was developed in 2013 and formally established by the Government of Ireland, Irish government in July 2015. It is responsible for Ireland's cyber security, with a primary focus on securing government networks, protecting Critical infrastructure, critical national infrastructure, and assisting businesses and citizens in protecting their own systems. The NCSC incorporates the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT-IE). The NCSC is headquartered at Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, D04 K7X4. Mandate and organisation The mandate for the NCSC includes; * activities to reduce the vulnerability of critical systems and networks within the state to inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Court (Ireland)
The High Court () of Ireland is a court which deals at first instance with the most serious and important civil and criminal cases. When sitting as a criminal court it is called the Central Criminal Court and sits with judge and jury. It also acts as a court of appeal for civil cases in the Circuit Court. It also has the power to determine whether or not a law is constitutional, and of judicial review over acts of the government and other public bodies. Structure The High Court is established by Article 34 of the Constitution of Ireland, which grants the court "full original jurisdiction in and power to determine all matters and questions whether of law or fact, civil or criminal", as well as the ability to determine "the validity of any law having regard to the provisions of this Constitution". Judges are appointed by the President, as Article 35 dictates. However, as with almost all the President's constitutional powers, these appointments are made on "the advice of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
