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 () is the executive (government), executive authority of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, headed by the , the head of government. The government – also known as the cabinet (government), cabinet – is composed of Mini ...

. 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 deleg ...

. 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 service personnel hired rather than elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A civil service offic ...

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

Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine

* Bord Bia * Bord Iascaigh Mhara * Marine Institute Ireland
National Milk Agency

Sea Fisheries Protection Authority
*

Teagasc Teagasc (, meaning "Instruction") is the State-sponsored bodies of the Republic of Ireland, semi-state authority in Republic of Ireland, Ireland responsible for research and development, training and advisory services in the agri-food sector. The ...

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

The Adoption Authority
* Centre for Young Offenders * Child and Family Agency *

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Irish commonly refers to: * 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 island and the sovereign state *** Erse (disambiguati ...

* Office of the Ombudsman for Children
National Disability Authority

Department of Education

Educational Research Centre
* National Council for Special Education
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 Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indi ...

* Enterprise Ireland * Health and Safety Authority * IDA Ireland * InterTradeIreland * Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority *

National Standards Authority of Ireland The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) is the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) member body for Ireland. The NSAI is also a member of the European Organisation for Technical Approvals. The NSAI was established b ...

Personal Injuries Assessment Board

Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

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 ...

* Commission for Regulation of Utilities * Digital Hub Development Authority * Environmental Protection Agency * Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission
Inland Fisheries Ireland

National Oil Reserve Agency
*

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) () is an Irish governmental body established to promote and aid in the development of sustainable energy in Ireland. History The SEAI was founded as the national energy agency of Ireland under ...

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

* Grangegorman Development Agency *

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 Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI; ) is the national agency responsible for qualifications in Ireland. It was established by the Oireachtas in 2012 following the amalgamation of the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, the Furt ...

Science Foundation Ireland Science Foundation Ireland (SFI; ) was a statutory body in Ireland. It was an agency of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, with responsibility for funding oriented basic and applied research in th ...

* SOLAS

Department of Health

Irish Dental Council
* Food Safety Authority of Ireland * Food Safety Promotion Board
Health & Social Care Professionals Council
*

Health Information and Quality Authority The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA, ; ) is a statutory, government-funded agency in Ireland which monitors the safety and quality of the healthcare and social care systems. Mooted as early as 2001, HIQA received its powers and man ...

* Health Insurance Authority
Health Products Regulatory Authority
*

Health Research Board The Health Research Board (HRB) is a government agency responsible for funding, co-ordination, and oversight of medical research in Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in ...

Health Service Executive The Health Service Executive (HSE) () is the publicly funded healthcare system in Ireland, responsible for the provision of health and personal social services. It came into operation on 1 January 2005. The current director-general is Berna ...

Irish Blood Transfusion Service The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS), or ''Seirbhís Fuilaistriúcháin na hÉireann'' in Irish language, Irish, was established in Ireland as the ''Blood Transfusion Service Board'' (''BTSB'') by the ''Blood Transfusion Service Board (Es ...

Irish Mental Health Commission
*

Medical Council of Ireland The Medical Council () 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 such licences, in cases of questions abo ...

National Cancer Registry Ireland
* National Paediatric Hospital Development Board * National Treatment Purchase Fund * Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland * Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland * Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

* An Bord Pleanála * Dublin Docklands Development Authority *

Electoral Commission An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...

* Heritage Council
Housing Agency

* Irish Water Safety
Local Government Management Agency

Residential Tenancies Board
* Tailte Éireann * Waterways Ireland

Department of Justice

Garda Síochána (; meaning "the Guardian(s) of the Peace") is the national police and security service of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is more commonly referred to as the Gardaí (; "Guardians") or "the Guards". The service is headed by the Garda Commissio ...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Garda may refer to: * Garda Síochána, the police and security service of Ireland * Garda National Surveillance Unit, the domestic intelligence agency of Ireland * GardaWorld, a security and protection company headquartered in Montreal, Canada * ...

Irish Film Classification Office The Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO) () is the organisation responsible for films, television programmes, and some video game classification and censorship within Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Where restrictions are placed by the IFCO, t ...

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Interreg Interreg is a series of programmes to stimulate cooperation between regions in and out of the European Union (EU), funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The first Interreg started in 1989. Interreg IV covered the period 2007–2013. I ...

* 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 An arts council is a government or private non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts; mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing arts events. They often operate at arms-length from the government to prevent pol ...

Coimisiún na Meán () is the regulator of broadcasting and online media in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The commission was established in 2023 as a successor body to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The commission came into being on 15 March 2023 under ...

Chester Beatty Library The Chester Beatty Library, now known as the Chester Beatty, is a museum and library in Dublin. It was established in Ireland in 1953, to house the collections of mining magnate, Sir Alfred Chester Beatty. The present museum, on the grounds of ...

* Crawford Art Gallery *

Fáilte Ireland Fáilte Ireland is the operating name of the National Tourism Development Authority of Ireland. This authority was established under the National Tourism Development Authority Act of 2003 to replace and build upon the functions of Bord Fáilte, i ...

Foras na Gaeilge (, " Irish Institute"; ) is a public body responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout the island of Ireland, including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It was set up on 2 December 1999, assuming the rol ...

* Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland *

Irish Museum of Modern Art The Irish Museum of Modern Art (), also known as IMMA, is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art. It is located in Kilmainham, Dublin. History Irish art collector Gordon Lam ...

National Concert Hall The National Concert Hall (NCH) (An Ceoláras Náisiúnta) is a national cultural institution, sometimes described as "the home of music in Ireland". It comprises the actual concert hall operation, which in various chambers hosts over 1,000 ...

National Library of Ireland The National Library of Ireland (NLI; ) is Ireland's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane. The mission of the National Library of Ireland is "To collect, preserve, promote and make accessible the ...

National Museum of Ireland The National Museum of Ireland () 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 three branches in Dublin, the arch ...

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

* Tourism Ireland *

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 i ...

* Ulster-Scots Agency

Department of Transport

Medical Bureau of Road Safety

Commission for Railway Regulation
* Irish Aviation Authority ** Air Accident Investigation Unit ** Commission for Aviation Regulation *

Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann, () or Irish Rail, is the operator of the national Rail transport in Ireland, railway network of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of CIÉ, Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). It operates all internal I ...

* National Transport Authority * Commission for Railway Regulation ** Railway Accident Investigation Unit *

Road Safety Authority The Road Safety Authority (RSA; ) is a state agency of the Irish Government to promote road safety within Ireland. The agency has functions devolved from the Department of Transport. History and Governance The Road Safety Authority was establ ...

* Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Office of the Attorney General

* Law Reform Commission

References

External links

Government of Ireland: Agencies
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