[2nd July, 2015]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Definition
1. In this Act “Principal Act” means the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 .

Amendment of Principal Act
2. Part 3 of the Principal Act is amended by—
(a) the insertion of the following section before section 66:
“Interpretation
65A. (1) In this Part—
‘Act of 1988’ means the Data Protection Act 1988 ;
‘end user’ means a person who has entered into an end user contract with a postcode contractor or a value added reseller;
‘end user contract’ means a contract entered into between the postcode contractor or a value added reseller and an end user pursuant to which the postcode contractor or the value added reseller supplies a value added service to the end user;
‘legitimate postcode activity’ shall be construed in accordance with subsection (2);
‘national postcode system’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 66(1);
‘personal data’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1) of the Act of 1988;
‘personalised data’ is information (other than a postcode, a geo-coordinate, an address or a variation of an address) associated to a postcode in a postcode database that:
(a) is unique to a property and is associated in the postcode database concerned to the postcode corresponding to the address of that property, unless such information is lawfully and publicly available or accessible;
(b) is associated directly or indirectly in the postcode database concerned to the name of a person;
(c) is unique to an owner or occupier of property and is directly or indirectly associated in the postcode database concerned to the postcode corresponding to the address of that property;
‘postcode’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 66(1);
‘postcode contractor’ means the person with whom the Minister has entered into a contract under section 66(2);
‘postcode database’ means any database established and maintained by the postcode contractor or a value added reseller that contains or includes postcodes;
‘privacy notice’ shall be construed in accordance with section 66B;
‘processing’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(1) of the Act of 1988;
‘universal postal service provider’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 6(1);
‘value added reseller’ means the holder of a value added reseller licence;
‘value added reseller licence’ means a licence between the postcode contractor and a value added reseller, that authorises the value added reseller to supply a value added service in respect of a postcode database;
‘value added service’ means the supply by a value added reseller to an end user of a postcode database or a product or service that uses or is derived from a postcode database.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, each of the following is a legitimate postcode activity:
(a) the development, implementation or maintenance by the Minister or the postcode contractor of the national postcode system;
(b) the association of a geo-coordinate or address (including any variation of an address) to a postcode by the Minister or the postcode contractor for the purposes of the development, implementation or maintenance of the national postcode system;
(c) the dissemination (including through the processing of personal data controlled by An Post, a universal postal service provider or such other person as the Minister considers appropriate), on behalf of either the postcode contractor or the Minister, of a postcode to its corresponding address by An Post, a universal postal service provider or such other person as the Minister considers appropriate;
(d) the matching (in this paragraph referred to as a ‘matching service’) for a person (in this paragraph referred to as a ‘matching service end user’) by the Minister, the postcode contractor or a value added reseller of an address (including variation of an address) to a postcode, or to a geo-coordinate associated to a postcode provided that—
(i) the information provided by the matching service end user to the Minister, postcode contractor or value added reseller for the purposes of obtaining the matching service is limited to one or more of the following:
(I) the address (including a variation of the address);
(II) an identifier of the property, other than the name of a person;
(III) such other information (other than the name of a person) specified by the Minister as appropriate to be provided,
and
(ii) the Minister, contractor or value added reseller does not provide to the matching service end user the name of any person owning or occupying the property in question;
(e) the inclusion within a postcode database by the Minister, postcode contractor or a value added reseller of a variation of an address obtained from a person who owns or occupies the property to which the address relates, or from an end user;
(f) the creation or management by the Minister, postcode contractor or a value added reseller of a postcode database that—
(i) does not include personalised data, or
(ii) includes personalised data with the consent of the person concerned;
(g) the licensing to a value added reseller by the Minister or postcode contractor, or the licensing to an end user by a postcode contractor or a value added reseller, of a postcode database that—
(i) does not include personalised data, or
(ii) includes personalised data with the consent of the person concerned;
(h) the supply by a value added reseller to an end user of a value added service to the extent that the value added service uses or is derived from a postcode database where such database—
(i) does not include personalised data, or
(ii) includes personalised data with the consent of the person concerned;
(i) such other activities as the Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Data Protection Commissioner, prescribe by regulations, having regard to the development, implementation and maintenance of the national postcode database and the rights of owners and occupiers of property.”,
and
(b) the insertion of the following sections after section 66:
“Regulations
66A. (1) The Minister may, by regulations, specify such conditions to be attached to a value added reseller licence granted by a postcode contractor as he or she considers necessary to ensure that the privacy of the owners and occupiers of property in respect of which a postcode has been allocated is safeguarded.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations made in accordance with that subsection may—
(a) require that a value added reseller produces evidence of compliance with the provisions of section 19 of the Act of 1988 (where applicable) to the postcode contractor,
(b) require that such licence contain a provision that it may be suspended or terminated by the postcode contractor whenever so directed by the Minister, and
(c) require that an audit of the books and records of a value added reseller be carried out at such time and in such form and made in such manner as the Minister or, as the case maybe, the postcode contractor so directs.
(3) Regulations under this Part may contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the regulations.
(4) Every regulation made under this Part shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

Privacy notice
66B. The postcode contractor and a value added reseller shall each publish a notice (in this Part referred to as a ‘privacy notice’) on their respective websites containing the following:
(a) an explanatory note on the background and origin of postcodes,
(b) particulars of the source and types of data included in the relevant postcode database,
(c) in the case of the postcode contractor, a list of value added resellers to whom the postcode contractor has granted a value added reseller licence,
(d) information regarding the entitlement of owners and occupiers of property to have any data rectified or erased, and
(e) information regarding the entitlement to make a complaint to the postcode contractor.

Personal data protection
66C.(1) Nothing in this Part shall be construed as authorising the processing of personal data contrary to the provisions of the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2003.

(2) Section 6A of the Act of 1988 shall not apply in respect of such processing of personal data as is required for purposes related to the carrying out of a legitimate postcode activity.

Complaints procedures
66D. (1) The postcode contractor shall draw up procedures for dealing with complaints by an owner or occupier of property, (in this section referred to as ‘the complainant’) relating to the use of postcodes by the postcode contractor or a value added reseller and shall publish details of the procedures on the internet.

(2) The postcode contractor may decide not to deal with a complaint where the complaint is, in its opinion, trivial, vexatious or frivolous or not made in good faith.
(3) A complainant shall comply with all reasonable requests for information by the postcode contractor in carrying out an investigation into a complaint received by it.
(4) A complaint shall be submitted by the complainant in writing to the postcode contractor.
(5) The postcode contractor shall notify the complainant concerned in writing of the reasons for its decision.
(6) The postcode contractor shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Minister in relation to—
(a) the number and type of complaints and their resolution,
(b) any decision by the postcode contractor not to deal with a complaint, and
(c) any other information the postcode contractor considers appropriate.
(7) The Minister may, by regulations, make provision for the following:
(a) the procedure to be followed in investigating complaints;
(b) the requirements to be complied with by complainants;
(c) the remedies and redress available to complainants;
(d) any other matters the Minister considers necessary or appropriate to secure the effective protection of complainants.

Code of practice
66E. (1) The postcode contractor shall prepare and submit to the Minister for his or her approval a draft code of practice regarding the retention of data related to postcode databases.

(2) In preparing a draft code of practice under subsection (1), the postcode contractor shall consult with the Data Protection Commissioner and such other persons or bodies as the postcode contractor considers appropriate or as the Minister may direct.
(3) The Minister may approve, refuse to approve, or after consultation with the postcode contractor, amend the draft code of practice.
(4) A draft code of practice shall, if approved by the Minister under subsection (3), be published (including publication on the website of the postcode contractor) and shall apply and have effect in accordance with its terms.”.

Short title, collective citation and commencement
3. (1) This Act may be cited as the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Act 2015.
(2) The Communications Regulation Acts 2002 to 2011 and this Act may be cited together as the Communications Regulation Acts 2002 to 2015.
(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.


12 & 13 Vict. c. 26.
12 & 13 Vict. c. 110.
Whereas an Act was passed in the last session of Parliament, “for granting relief against defects in leases made under powers of leasing in certain cases”; and by another Act of the same session the operation of the said first-recited Act was suspended until the first day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty: And whereas it is expedient that the said first-recited Act should be amended:
[S. 1 rep. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 66. (S.L.R.)]
In certain cases acceptance of rent under invalid lease to be deemed a confirmation of lease.                                                                           2. Where, upon or before the acceptance of rent under any such invalid lease as in the said first-recited Act mentioned, any receipt, memorandum, or note in writing, confirming such lease, is signed by the person accepting such rent, or some other person by him thereunto lawfully authorized, such acceptance shall, as against the person so accepting such rent, be deemed a confirmation of such lease.

Where during possession under invalid lease reversioner is able and willing to confirm such lease without variation, lessee shall accept such confirmation on request.  3. Where during the continuance of the possession taken under any such invalid lease as in the said first-recited Act mentioned the person for the time being entitled (subject to such possession as aforesaid) to the hereditaments comprised in such lease, or to the possession or the receipt of the rents and profits thereof, is able to confirm such lease without variation, the lessee, his heirs, executors, or administrators (as the case may require,) or any person who would have been bound by the lease if the same had been valid, shall, upon the request of the person so able to confirm the same, be bound to accept a confirmation accordingly; and such confirmation may be by memorandum or note in writing, signed by the persons confirming and accepting respectively, or by some other persons by them respectively thereunto lawfully authorized; and after confirmation and acceptance of confirmation such lease shall be valid, and shall be deemed to have had from the granting thereof the same effect as if the same had been originally valid.

[S. 4 rep. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 66. (S.L.R.)]


[10 th December, 2015]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Interpretation
1. In this Act—
“Act of 2001” means the Local Government Act 2001 ;
“Agency” means the Environmental Protection Agency;
“adaptation” means any adjustment to—
(a) any system designed or operated by human beings, including an economic, agricultural or technological system, or
(b) any naturally occurring system, including an ecosystem,
that is intended to counteract the effects (whether actual or anticipated) of climatic stimuli, prevent or moderate environmental damage resulting from climate change or confer environmental benefits;
“Advisory Council” has the meaning assigned to it by section 8 (2);
“approved national adaptation framework” means a national adaptation framework approved by the Government under section 5 and includes any variation or revision of such framework made in accordance with that section;
“approved national mitigation plan” means a national mitigation plan approved by the Government under section 4 and includes any variation or revision of such plan made in accordance with that section;
“approved sectoral adaptation plan” means a sectoral adaptation plan approved by the Government under section 6 and includes any variation or revision of such sectoral adaptation plan made by the Government under section 6 (8) or a variation or revision of such plan made in accordance with section 6 ;
“emissions” means, in relation to greenhouse gases, emissions of those gases into the earth’s atmosphere attributable to industrial, agricultural or other human activities in the State;
“establishment day” means the day appointed under section 8 (1);
“greenhouse gas” means—
(a) carbon dioxide,
(b) methane,
(c) nitrous oxide,
(d) hydrofluorocarbons,
(e) perfluorocarbons,
(f) sulphur hexafluoride, or
(g) nitrogen trifluoride;
“local authority” has the meaning assigned to it by the Act of 2001;
“Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government;
“mitigation” means any human intervention aimed at reducing harmful influences on the earth’s climate system, including action aimed at reducing emissions and creating or enhancing sinks;
“national adaptation framework” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5 (1);
“national mitigation plan” has the meaning assigned to it by section 4 (1);
“national transition objective” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 (1);
“periodic review” has the meaning assigned to it by section 13 ;
“periodic review report” shall be construed in accordance with section 13 (5);
“removal” means, in relation to greenhouse gases, removal of those gases from the earth’s atmosphere as a consequence of the creation or enhancement of sinks, or a change of land use, in the State;
“sectoral adaptation plan” shall be construed in accordance with section 6 (1);
“sectoral mitigation measures” shall be construed in accordance with section 4 (2)(d);
“sink” means—
(a) a process or activity (including photosynthesis), whether natural or man made, that contributes to, or assists in, the removal of one or more greenhouse gases from the earth’s atmosphere, or
(b) an ecosystem or a mechanism (whether natural or man made), or part thereof, that contributes to, or assists in, the removal of one or more of such gases from the earth’s atmosphere.

Effect of Act
2. Nothing in this Act, a national mitigation plan, national adaptation framework or a sectoral adaptation plan shall operate to affect—
(a) existing or future obligations of the State under the law of the European Union, including—
(i) Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 1 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment,
(ii) Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 2 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora,
(iii) Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 3 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC, and
(iv) Decision No. 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 4 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020,
(b) existing or future obligations of the State under any international agreement,
(c) any Act of the Oireachtas or instrument made thereunder that gives effect, or further effect, to any such obligation, or
(d) existing or future entitlements of the State or any person under the said law, any such agreement or any such Act of the Oireachtas or instrument.

Low carbon transition
3. (1) For the purpose of enabling the State to pursue, and achieve, the transition to a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by the end of the year 2050 (in this Act referred to as the “national transition objective”) the Minister shall make and submit to the Government for approval—
(a) a national mitigation plan, and
(b) a national adaptation framework.
(2) When considering a plan or framework, referred to in subsection (1), for approval, the Government shall endeavour to achieve the national transition objective within the period to which the objective relates and shall, in endeavouring to achieve that objective, ensure that such objective is achieved by the implementation of measures that are cost effective and shall, for that purpose, have regard to—
(a) the ultimate objective specified in Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change done at New York on 9 May 1992 and any mitigation commitment entered into by the European Union in response or otherwise in relation to that objective,
(b) the policy of the Government on climate change,
(c) climate justice,
(d) any existing obligation of the State under the law of the European Union or any international agreement referred to in section 2 , and
(e) the most recent national greenhouse gas emissions inventory and projection of future greenhouse gas emissions, prepared by the Agency.

National low carbon transition and mitigation plan
4. (1) The Minister shall—
(a) not later than 18 months after the passing of this Act, and
(b) not less than once in every period of 5 years,
make, and submit to the Government for approval, a plan, which shall be known as a national low carbon transition and mitigation plan (in this Act referred to as a “national mitigation plan”).

(2) A national mitigation plan shall—
(a) specify the manner in which it is proposed to achieve the national transition objective,
(b) specify the policy measures that, in the opinion of the Government, would be required in order to manage greenhouse gas emissions and the removal of greenhouse gas at a level that is appropriate for furthering the achievement of the national transition objective,
(c) take into account any existing obligation of the State under the law of the European Union or any international agreement referred to in section 2, and
(d) specify the mitigation policy measures (in this Act referred to as the “sectoral mitigation measures”) to be adopted by the Ministers of the Government, referred to in subsection (3)(a), in relation to the matters for which each such Minister of the Government has responsibility for the purposes of—
(i) reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and
(ii) enabling the achievement of the national transition objective.
(3) For the purpose of including, in the national mitigation plan, the sectoral mitigation measures to be specified for the different sectors in accordance with subsection (2)(d)—
(a) the Government shall request such Ministers of the Government they consider appropriate to submit to the Minister, within a specified period, the sectoral mitigation measures that each such Minister of the Government proposes to adopt in relation to the matters for which each such Minister of the Government has responsibility,
(b) a Minister of the Government to whom a request under paragraph (a) is made shall submit the sectoral mitigation measures to be adopted by him or her to the Minister within the period specified by the Government and where such request is made to the Minister, the Minister shall prepare the sectoral mitigation measures to be adopted by him or her within the period specified by the Government,
(c) the Minister shall, on receipt of the sectoral mitigation measures submitted to him or her in accordance with paragraph (b), include the sectoral mitigation measures submitted by each Minister of the Government in the national mitigation plan, and in the case of the sectoral mitigation measures prepared by the Minister, the Minister shall include those measures in the national mitigation plan,
(d) a Minister of the Government referred to in paragraph (b) shall, in relation to the sectoral mitigation measures to be adopted by him or her and before submitting the sectoral mitigation measures to the Minister—
(i) consult with the Minister and any other Minister of the Government as the Minister may specify and where a request referred to in paragraph (b) is made to the Minister, the Minister shall consult with such other Ministers of the Government as he or she considers appropriate,
(ii) take account of the matters referred to in—
(I) paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (2), and
(II) paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h) and (i), of subsection (7),
and
(iii) consult with the Advisory Council,
and
(e) the Government shall, when specifying the period referred to in paragraph (a), have regard to the period specified in subsection (1) .
(4) The Government may—
(a) approve, or
(b) approve, subject to such modifications as they consider appropriate,
a national mitigation plan submitted to them under this section.

(5) The Minister may, after the submission to the Government of a periodic review report in accordance with section 13 and having had regard to that report, make and submit to the Government for approval a plan (in this Act also referred to as a “national mitigation plan”) varying, revising or replacing an approved national mitigation plan.
(6) The Government may vary or revise a national mitigation plan approved by them under this section.
(7) The Minister and the Government shall take account of the following matters when performing functions under this section:
(a) the need to have regard to—
(i) any existing obligation of the State under the law of the European Union or any international agreement referred to in section 2 ,
(ii) likely future mitigation commitments of the State and the economic imperative for early and cost-effective action, and
(iii) the requirement to be able to act quickly in response to economic and environmental occurrences and circumstances;
(b) the need to promote sustainable development;
(c) the need to take advantage of environmentally sustainable economic opportunities both within and outside the State;
(d) the need to achieve the objectives of a national mitigation plan at the least cost to the national economy and adopt measures that are cost-effective and do not impose an unreasonable burden on the Exchequer;
(e) relevant scientific or technical advice;
(f) the findings of any research on the effectiveness of mitigation measures and adaptation measures;
(g) the sectoral mitigation measures included in the national mitigation plan pursuant to subsection (2)(d) that are to be adopted by each Minister of the Government in relation to the matters for which each such Minister of the Government has responsibility;
(h) where a national mitigation plan has been approved by the Government, the most recent approved national mitigation plan;
(i) any recommendations or advice of the Advisory Council;
(j) mitigation measures, specified in a notification to the Minister or the Government under subsection (13); and
(k) the protection of public health.
(8) The Minister shall, before making a national mitigation plan—
(a) publish, in such manner as he or she considers appropriate, a draft of the national mitigation plan that he or she proposes to make,
(b) publish a notice on the internet and in more than one newspaper circulating in the State inviting members of the public and any interested parties to make submissions in writing in relation to the proposed national mitigation plan within such period (not exceeding 2 months from the date of the publication of the notice) as may be specified in the notice, and
(c) have regard to any submissions made pursuant to, and in accordance with, a notice under paragraph (b).
(9) (a) The Government may consult with the Advisory Council for the purpose of the performance by them of their functions under this section.
(b) The Minister shall consult with the Advisory Council for the purpose of the performance by him or her of his or her functions under this section.
(10) A national mitigation plan shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is approved by the Government.
(11) A national mitigation plan shall not be implemented unless it has been approved by the Government in accordance with this section.
(12) A Minister of the Government shall, in the performance of his or her functions, have regard to a national mitigation plan approved by the Government under this section.
(13) A local authority may notify the Minister or the Government in writing of—
(a) its intention to adopt, or
(b) its having adopted,
such mitigation measures as are specified in the notification concerned in relation to that local authority’s administrative area.

National climate change adaptation framework
5. (1) (a) The Minister shall, not later than 24 months after the passing of this Act, make, and submit to the Government for approval, a plan, which shall be known as a national climate change adaptation framework (in this Act referred to as a “national adaptation framework”).
(b) The Minister—
(i) shall review a national adaptation framework approved by the Government under this section not less than once in every period of 5 years, and
(ii) may, having regard to that review and the requirements of adaptation in relation to the effects of climate change, make and submit to the Government for approval, a national adaptation framework.
(2) A national adaptation framework shall—
(a) specify the national strategy for the application of adaptation measures in different sectors and by a local authority in its administrative area in order to—
(i) reduce the vulnerability of the State to the negative effects of climate change, and
(ii) avail of positive effects of climate change that may occur,
and
(b) take into account any existing obligation of the State under the law of the European Union or any international agreement, referred to in section 2.
(3) The Minister shall, before submitting a national adaptation framework to the Government for approval—
(a) publish, in such manner as he or she considers appropriate, a draft of the national adaptation framework that he or she proposes to make,
(b) publish a notice on the internet and in more than one newspaper circulating in the State inviting members of the public and any interested parties to make submissions in writing in relation to the proposed national adaptation framework within such period (not exceeding 2 months from the date of the publication of the notice) as may be specified in the notice, and
(c) have regard to any submissions made pursuant to, and in accordance with, a notice under paragraph (b).
(4) The Government may—
(a) approve, or
(b) approve, subject to such modification as they consider appropriate, a national adaptation framework submitted to them under this section.
(5) The Government may, at any time, vary or revise a national adaptation framework approved by them under this section.
(6) A national adaptation framework shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is approved by the Government.
(7) A national adaptation framework shall not be implemented unless it has been approved by the Government in accordance with this section.
(8) A Minister of the Government shall, in the performance of his or her functions, have regard to a national adaptation framework approved by the Government under this section.
(9) In this section, “administrative area” has the meaning assigned to it by the Act of 2001.

Sectoral adaptation plan
6. (1) The Government shall, within 3 months of the laying before each House of the Oireachtas of a national adaptation framework in accordance with section 5(6), request such Ministers of the Government as they consider appropriate to submit to the Government, within a specified period, a plan (in this Act referred to as a “sectoral adaptation plan”) to be made by each such Minister of the Government to whom such request is made in relation to a matter for which each such Minister of the Government has responsibility.
(2) A sectoral adaptation plan shall specify the adaptation policy measures the Minister of the Government concerned, having regard to the approved national adaptation framework, proposes to adopt for the purposes of—
(a) enabling adaptation to the effects of climate change to be achieved in relation to the matter to which the sectoral adaptation plan relates, and
(b) enabling the achievement of the national transition objective.
(3) A Minister of the Government to whom a request under subsection (1) is made shall, not later than the expiration of such period as the Government specify, make, and submit to the Government for approval, a sectoral adaptation plan and, in the preparation of such plan, each such Minister of the Government shall—
(a) consult with any other Ministers of the Government as the Minister specifies under subsection (4),
(b) consult with the Agency,
(c) have regard to the national adaptation framework approved by the Government and to paragraphs (a) to (h) of section 7 (1), and
(d) consult with the Advisory Council.
(4) For the purposes of the consultation referred to in subsection (3)(a) to be carried out by a Minister of the Government to whom a request has been made under subsection (1), the Minister shall specify one or more other Ministers of the Government with whom that Minister of the Government is to consult.
(5) A Minister of the Government to whom a request has been made under subsection (1) shall, before submitting a sectoral adaptation plan to the Government—
(a) publish, in such manner as he or she considers appropriate, a draft of the sectoral adaptation plan that he or she proposes to make,
(b) publish a notice on the internet and in more than one newspaper circulating in the State inviting members of the public and any interested parties to make submissions in writing in relation to the proposed sectoral adaptation plan, as the case may be, within such period (not exceeding 2 months from the date of the publication of the notice) as may be specified in the notice, and
(c) have regard to any submissions made pursuant to, and in accordance with, a notice under paragraph (b).
(6) The Government may—
(a) approve, or
(b) approve, subject to such modifications as they consider appropriate,
a sectoral adaptation plan submitted to them under this section.

(7) A Minister of the Government may, at any time, make and submit to the Government for approval a plan (in this section also referred to as a “sectoral adaptation plan”) revising or replacing an approved sectoral adaptation plan.
(8) The Government may vary or revise a sectoral adaptation plan approved by them under this section.
(9) A sectoral adaptation plan shall not be implemented unless it has been approved by the Government in accordance with this section.
(10) Where under subsection (1), the Government requests the Minister to make a sectoral adaptation plan, for the purposes of subsection (3)(a), the Minister shall consult with any other Minister of the Government as he or she considers appropriate.

Matters of which account is to be taken, and consultation, for the purposes of sections 5 and 6
7. (1) For the purposes of performing their functions under sections 5 and 6 , the Minister and the Government shall take account of the following matters:
(a) the need to have regard to—
(i) any existing obligation of the State under the law of the European Union or any international agreement referred to in section 2 , and
(ii) any likely future adaptation commitments of the State;
(b) the need to promote sustainable development;
(c) the need to achieve the objectives of a national adaptation framework at the least cost to the national economy and adopt measures that are cost-effective and do not impose an unreasonable burden on the Exchequer;
(d) relevant scientific or technical advice;
(e) the findings of any relevant research on the effectiveness of mitigation measures and adaptation measures;
(f) where sectoral adaptation plans have been approved by the Government under section 6 , the most recent approved sectoral adaptation plans;
(g) where a national adaptation framework has been approved by the Government under section 5 , the most recent approved national adaptation framework; and
(h) any recommendations or advice of the Advisory Council.
(2) (a) For the purposes of performing their functions under sections 5 and 6 , the Government may consult with the Advisory Council.
(b) For the purpose of performing his or her functions under sections 5 and 6 , the Minister shall consult with the Advisory Council.

Establishment of Climate Change Advisory Council
8. (1) The Minister shall, by order, appoint a day to be the establishment day for the purposes of this Act.
(2) There shall stand established, on the establishment day, a body which shall be known, in the Irish language, as An Chomhairle Chomhairleach um Athrú Aeráide or, in the English language, as the Climate Change Advisory Council (in this Act referred to as “Advisory Council”) to perform the functions assigned to it under this Act.

Membership of Advisory Council and related matters
9. (1) The Advisory Council shall consist of—
(a) a chairperson, and
(b) not fewer than 8 and not more than 10 ordinary members (including ordinary members to whom subsection (2) applies).
(2) Each of the following shall, ex officio, be ordinary members of the Advisory Council :
(a) the Director General of the Agency;
(b) the Chief Executive of Sustainable Energy Ireland - The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland;
(c) the Director of Teagasc - The Agriculture and Food Development Authority; and
(d) the Director of the Economic and Social Research Institute.
(3) The chairperson and ordinary members (other than an ordinary member to whom subsection (2) applies) of the Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Government, on the nomination of the Minister.
(4) (a) In nominating the chairperson and the ordinary members (other than ordinary members to whom subsection (2) applies) of the Advisory Council, the Minister shall have regard to the range of qualifications, expertise and experience necessary for the proper and effective performance of the functions of the Advisory Council.
(b) In appointing the chairperson and the ordinary members (other than ordinary members to whom subsection (2) applies) of the Advisory Council, the Government shall have regard to the range of qualifications, expertise and experience necessary for the proper and effective performance of the functions of the Advisory Council.
(5) (a) The chairperson of the Advisory Council shall hold office for such period not exceeding 5 years as the Minister shall determine.
(b) An ordinary member (other than an ordinary member to whom subsection (2) applies) of the Advisory Council shall hold office for such period not exceeding 5 years as the Minister shall determine.
(6) Subject to subsection (7), the chairperson and an ordinary member (other than an ordinary member to whom subsection (2) applies) of the Advisory Council whose term of office expires by the efflux of time shall be eligible for reappointment to the Advisory Council.
(7) (a) A chairperson who has served 2 terms of office shall not be eligible for reappointment to the Advisory Council as chairperson or as an ordinary member.
(b) An ordinary member of the Advisory Council (other than an ordinary member to whom subsection (2) applies) who has served 2 terms of office shall not be eligible for reappointment to the Advisory Council.
(8) A member of the Advisory Council shall hold office on such terms and conditions (including terms and conditions in relation to allowances for expenses) as may be determined by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
(9) A member of the Advisory Council may resign from office by giving notice in writing to the Minister of his or her resignation and the resignation shall take effect on the day on which the Minister receives the notice.
(10) The Government may, at any time, remove—
(a) the chairperson, and
(b) an ordinary member (other than an ordinary member to whom subsection (2)) applies,
of the Advisory Council from office if, in the opinion of the Government, the chairperson, or such ordinary member, has become incapable through ill health of effectively performing his or her functions, or has committed stated misbehaviour, or his or her removal appears to the Government to be necessary for the effective performance by the Advisory Council of its functions.

(11) If a member of the Advisory Council—
(a) is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,
(b) is elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a member of the European Parliament,
(c) is regarded, pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 , as having been elected to the European Parliament, or
(d) becomes a member of a local authority,
he or she thereupon ceases to be a member of the Advisory Council.

(12) A person who is for the time being—
(a) entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein,
(b) a member of the European Parliament, or
(c) entitled under the standing orders of a local authority to sit as a member thereof,
shall, while he or she is so entitled or is such a member, be disqualified from membership of the Advisory Council.

(13) A member of the Advisory Council shall cease to be qualified for office and shall cease to hold office if he or she—
(a) is adjudicated bankrupt,
(b) makes a composition or arrangement with creditors,
(c) is convicted of an indictable offence in relation to a company,
(d) is convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty, whether or not in connection with a company,
(e) is sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction to a term of imprisonment, or
(f) is, or is deemed to be, the subject of an order under section 160 of the Companies Act 1990 or a disqualification order within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 14 of the Companies Act 2014 .
(14) (a) If a member of the Advisory Council dies, resigns, ceases to be qualified for office and ceases to hold office or is removed from office, the Government may appoint a person to be a member of the Advisory Council to fill the casual vacancy so occasioned in the same manner as the member of the Advisory Council who occasioned the casual vacancy was appointed.
(b) A person appointed to be a member of the Advisory Council pursuant to paragraph (a) shall hold office for that period of the term of office of the member who occasioned the casual vacancy concerned that remains unexpired at the date of his or her appointment and shall, subject to this section, be eligible for reappointment as a member of the Advisory Council on the expiry of such period.
(15) The Advisory Council may act notwithstanding one or more than one vacancy among its members.
(16) The Advisory Council may establish committees consisting, in whole or in part, of persons who are members of the Advisory Council to—
(a) assist and advise it in relation to the performance of any or all of its functions, and
(b) perform such functions of the Advisory Council as it may, with the consent of the Minister, delegate to the committee.
(17) The chairperson of a committee established under subsection (16) shall be a member (other than an ordinary member to whom subsection (2) applies) of the Advisory Council.
(18) The Agency shall—
(a) provide the Advisory Council with such services of a secretarial and administrative nature as is appropriate for the performance by the Advisory Council of its functions, and
(b) permit the Advisory Council to avail of the use of its premises, or such part of its premises as, following consultation between the Advisory Council and the Agency, is considered appropriate, for the purposes of the performance by the Advisory Council of its functions.

Disclosure of interests
10. (1) Where at a meeting of the Advisory Council or a committee, a member of the Advisory Council present at the meeting who, otherwise than in his or her capacity as such member, has a material interest in any matter which falls to be considered by the Council or the committee, such member shall—
(a) at the meeting disclose to the Advisory Council, or the committee, the fact of such interest and the nature of such interest,
(b) neither influence nor seek to influence a decision to be made in relation to the matter,
(c) absent himself or herself from the meeting or that part of the meeting during which the matter is being discussed,
(d) take no part in any deliberation of the Advisory Council, or the committee, relating to the matter, and
(e) not vote on a decision relating to the matter.
(2) Where a material interest is disclosed pursuant to this section, the disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting concerned.
(3) Where at a meeting of the Advisory Council a question arises as to whether or not a course of conduct, if pursued by a member of the Advisory Council, would constitute a failure by him or her to comply with the requirements of subsection (1), the question may, subject to subsection (4), be determined by the chairperson of the meeting, whose decision shall be final, and where such a question is so determined, particulars of the determination shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
(4) Where, at a meeting of the Advisory Council or a committee, the chairperson of the meeting is the member in respect of whom a question to which subsection (3) applies falls to be determined, then the other members of the Advisory Council attending the meeting shall choose one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting for the purpose of determining the question concerned.
(5) Where the Government is satisfied that a member of the Advisory Council has contravened subsection (1), the Government may, if they think fit, remove that member from office and, in the case of a person removed from office pursuant to this subsection, he or she shall thenceforth be disqualified for membership of the Advisory Council.
(6) In this section—
“committee” means a committee referred to in section 9 (16);
“material interest” shall be construed in accordance with section 2 (3) of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 .

General functions of Advisory Council
11. (1) The functions of the Advisory Council shall be to advise and make recommendations to—
(a) the Minister in relation to—
(i) the preparation of a national mitigation plan,
(ii) the preparation of a national adaptation framework, and
(iii) compliance with any existing obligation of the State under the law of the European Union or any international agreement referred to in section 2 ,
(b) a Minister of the Government in relation to—
(i) the submission, to the Minister, of sectoral mitigation measures to be included in a national mitigation plan pursuant to section 4 (2)(d), and
(ii) the making by him or her of a sectoral adaptation plan,
(c) the Government in relation to the approval of—
(i) a national mitigation plan,
(ii) a national adaptation framework, and
(iii) a sectoral adaptation plan,
and
(d) the Government, the Minister and any other Minister of the Government in respect of any policy of the Government, or any policy that is proposed to be submitted to the Government for approval relating to—
(i) the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and
(ii) adaptation to the effects of climate change in the State.
(2) For the purposes of the performance of its functions, the Advisory Council may—
(a) gather such information as it considers necessary or appropriate, and
(b) meet and consult with such persons (including members of the public) as it considers appropriate.
(3) The Advisory Council shall be independent in the performance of its functions.

Annual review by, and annual report of, Advisory Council
12. (1) The Advisory Council shall—
(a) conduct a review (in this section referred to as the “annual review”) in each year of the progress made during the immediately preceding year in achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and furthering transition to a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy, and
(b) not later than 30 days after the completion of the annual review, prepare and submit to the Minister a report (in this section referred to as the “annual report”) on its findings and recommendations consequent upon that annual review.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the annual report shall contain—
(a) a summary of the findings set out in the most recent national greenhouse gas emissions inventory prepared by the Agency,
(b) a summary of the most recent projection of future greenhouse gas emissions prepared by the Agency,
(c) such recommendations, as the Advisory Council considers necessary or appropriate, in relation to the most cost-effective manner of achieving reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in order to enable the achievement of the national transition objective,
(d) such recommendations as the Advisory Council considers necessary or appropriate, in relation to compliance with an existing obligation of the State under the law of the European Union or an international agreement referred to in section 2 ,
(e) such other recommendations or advice as the Advisory Council considers necessary or appropriate in order to enable the achievement of the national transition objective, and
(f) a summary of—
(i) the activities of the Advisory Council under section 11 (2), and
(ii) any information gathered in accordance with section 11 (2).
(3) Not more than 30 days after submitting an annual report to the Minister under this section, the Advisory Council shall publish the annual report by such means as the Agency may advise.

Periodic review by Advisory Council
13. (1) The Advisory Council shall, not later than 18 months after the establishment day, conduct a review (in this Act referred to as a “periodic review”) of—
(a) progress made in meeting the obligations of the State under Decision No. 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020, and
(b) progress made in furthering the achievement of the national transition objective.
(2) The Advisory Council may, at any time it considers appropriate having regard to—
(a) any significant developments relating to scientific knowledge in relation to climate change,
(b) any significant developments in the law of the European Union or international law relating to the control and reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases or adaptation to the effects of climate change, or
(c) the need to maintain progress to enable the achievement of the national transition objective,
conduct a review (in this Act also referred to as a “periodic review”) of—
(i) progress made in furthering the achievement of the national transition objective,
(ii) the most recent approved national mitigation plan, approved national adaptation framework and approved sectoral adaptation plans, and
(iii) the implementation of the plans and framework referred to in paragraph (ii).
(3) The Minister may request the Advisory Council to conduct a periodic review of the matters referred to in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (2) and when conducting that review to have regard to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of that subsection.
(4) The Advisory Council shall, not later than 30 days after receiving a request under subsection (3), either—
(a) initiate a periodic review, or
(b) where it is of the opinion that a periodic review is not necessary having regard to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (2), notify the Minister of its opinion and the reasons for it.
(5) The Advisory Council shall, not later than 30 days after the completion of a periodic review, prepare and submit to the Minister a report (in this Act referred to as a “periodic review report”) of its findings and recommendations consequent on that review.
(6) The Minister shall, as soon as may be after receiving a periodic review report, cause the report to be submitted to the Government.
(7) A periodic review report shall include—
(a) where it is prepared consequent upon a periodic review under subsection (2) or (3), a statement of the reason for conducting the periodic review,
(b) a consideration of the national transition objective and any matter relating to that objective as the Advisory Council considers appropriate,
(c) in relation to an existing obligation of the State under the law of the European Union or an international agreement referred to in section 2 —
(i) a consideration of compliance with such obligation and any matters relating to such obligation as the Advisory Council considers appropriate, and
(ii) such advice or recommendations in relation to such compliance as the Advisory Council considers appropriate,
(d) such advice or recommendations, as the Advisory Council considers appropriate, in relation to—
(i) the national mitigation plan, and
(ii) the national adaptation framework or a sectoral adaptation plan,
and
(e) such other advice or recommendations as the Advisory Council considers necessary or appropriate—
(i) for the purposes of the development and implementation of the national policy regarding climate change, and
(ii) in relation to likely future obligations of the State under the law of the European Union or an international agreement.
(8) Not more than 30 days after submitting a periodic review report to the Minister in accordance with this section, the Advisory Council shall publish the report by such means as the Agency may advise.

Presentation of annual transition statement to each House of the Oireachtas
14. (1) An annual transition statement shall, in accordance with this section, be presented to each House of the Oireachtas not later than 12 months after the passing of this Act, and not later than each subsequent anniversary of such passing.
(2) An annual transition statement shall comprise, in relation to the year immediately preceding the year in which the statement is presented—
(a) a statement (in this Act referred to as an “annual national transition statement”) to be presented to each House of the Oireachtas by the Minister and such statement shall include the matters specified in subsection (4)(a),
(b) a statement (in this Act referred to as an “annual sectoral mitigation transition statement”) to be presented to each House of the Oireachtas by each Minister of the Government to whom subsection (3) applies and each such statement shall include the matters specified in subsection (4)(b), and
(c) if a request under subsection (5) is made, a statement (in this Act referred to as an “annual sectoral adaptation transition statement”) to be presented to each House of the Oireachtas by each Minister of the Government to whom such request is made and each such statement shall include the matters specified in subsection (4)(c).
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b), this subsection applies to each Minister of the Government who has, in accordance with section 4 (3)(b), submitted sectoral mitigation measures to the Minister that are included, pursuant to section 4 (2)(d), in the most recent approved national mitigation plan.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2) —
(a) an annual national transition statement shall include—
(i) an overview of the mitigation policy measures adopted to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in order to enable the achievement of the national transition objective,
(ii) an overview of the adaptation policy measures that have been adopted in order to enable the State to adapt to the effects of climate change and to enable the achievement of the national transition objective,
(iii) a record of emissions of greenhouse gases set out in the most recent national greenhouse gas emissions inventory prepared by the Agency,
(iv) a projection of future greenhouse gas emissions prepared by the Agency, and
(v) a report on compliance, by the State, with any existing obligation of the State under the law of the European Union or an international agreement referred to in section 2 ,
(b) an annual sectoral mitigation transition statement shall include—
(i) a record of the sectoral mitigation measures adopted by the Minister of the Government presenting the annual sectoral mitigation transition statement concerned, and
(ii) an assessment of the effectiveness of the sectoral mitigation measures referred to in sub paragraph (i) in the achievement of their purpose,
and
(c) an annual sectoral adaptation transition statement shall include—
(i) a record of the adaptation policy measures adopted by the Minister of the Government presenting the annual sectoral adaptation statement concerned, and
(ii) an assessment of the effectiveness of the adaptation policy measures referred to in sub paragraph (i) in the achievement of their purpose.
(5) Where, having regard to the requirements of adaptation in relation to the effects of climate change and the furthering of the national transition objective, the Minister considers it appropriate, the Minister may, in any year, request a Minister of the Government—
(a) to whom a request under section 6 (1) has been made to make a sectoral adaptation plan, or
(b) who has, in accordance with section 6 , made a sectoral adaptation plan,
to present to each House of the Oireachtas an annual sectoral adaptation transition statement.

(6) Where—
(a) a request under section 6 (1) has been made to the Minister to make a sectoral adaptation plan or the Minister has, in accordance with section 6 , made a sectoral adaptation plan, and
(b) the Minister, having regard to the requirements of adaptation in relation to the effects of climate change and the furthering of the national transition objective, considers it appropriate,
the Minister may, in any year, present to each House of the Oireachtas an annual sectoral adaptation transition statement and references in this section to a request under subsection (5) shall be construed as including a sectoral adaptation plan presented in accordance with this subsection.

Duties of certain bodies
15. (1) A relevant body shall, in the performance of its functions, have regard to—
(a) the most recent approved national mitigation plan,
(b) the most recent approved national adaptation framework and approved sectoral adaptation plans,
(c) the furtherance of the national transition objective, and
(d) the objective of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to the effects of climate change in the State.
(2) The relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body requiring it to prepare, and submit to him or her, within such period as may be specified in the direction, a report specifying—
(a) the measures that the relevant body has adopted for the purposes of compliance by that relevant body with subsection (1), and
(b) the progress made by the relevant body in the performance of its functions in the manner referred to in that subsection.
(3) The relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body requiring it to adopt such measures as are specified in the direction for the purposes of compliance by the relevant body with subsection (1).
(4) A relevant body shall comply with a direction under this section.
(5) In this section—
“Act of 2014” means the Freedom of Information Act 2014 ;
“prescribed body” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2014;
“public body” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2014;
“relevant body” means—
(a) a prescribed body, and
(b) a public body;
“relevant Minister” means, in relation to a relevant body that is—
(a) a public body—
(i) referred to in section 6(1)(a) of the Act of 2014, the Minister of the Government having charge of the Department of State concerned,
(ii) referred to in section 6(1)(b) of the Act of 2014, such Minister of the Government as the Government may designate in relation to that public body,
(iii) referred to in section 6(1)(c) of the Act of 2014 that was established or appointed by—
(I) the Government, such Minister of the Government as the Government may designate in relation to that public body, or
(II) a Minister of the Government, the Minister of the Government who established or appointed the public body concerned,
(iv) referred to in paragraph (d) or (e) of section 6(1) of the Act of 2014, such Minister of the Government as the Government may designate in relation to that public body,
(v) referred to in section 6(1)(f) of the Act of 2014, that is directly or indirectly controlled by—
(I) a public body to which subparagraph (ii) or (iv) relates, such Minister of the Government as the Government may designate in relation to that public body,
(II) a public body to which subparagraph (iii)(I) relates, such Minister of the Government as the Government may designate in relation to that public body, or
(III) a public body to which subparagraph (iii)(II) relates, the Minister of the Government who established or appointed the public body referred to in section 6(1) (c) of the Act of 2014,
(vi) referred to in section 6(1)(g) of the Act of 2014, the Minister for Education and Skills,
(vii) referred to in section 6(1)(h) of the Act of 2014 (other than a public body referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (iv)), such Minister of the Government as the Government may designate in relation to that public body, and
(viii) referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 6(2) of the Act of 2014 (other than a public body referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (iv)), such Minister of the Government as the Government may designate in relation to that public body,
and
(b) a prescribed body, such Minister of the Government as the Government may designate in relation to that public body.

Short title
16. This Act may be cited as the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015.

1OJ No. L197, 21.07.2001, p.30
2OJ No. L206, 22.07.1992, p.7
3OJ No. L275, 25.10.2003, p.32
4OJ No. L140, 05.06.2009, p.136


[31th March, 2022]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Definition
1. In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 .

Covid-19 related lay-off payment
2. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 32:
“32A. (1) This section applies to an employee—
(a) who is entitled to a redundancy payment under section 7,
(b) whose entitlement to a lump sum payment under section 19 arises during the period beginning on 13 March 2020 and ending on 31 January 2025, and
(c) who was laid off during the period beginning on 13 March 2020 and ending on 31 January 2022 due to the effect of measures required to be taken by his or her employer in order to comply with, or as a consequence of, Government policy to prevent, limit, minimise or slow the spread of infection of Covid-19.
(2) An employer, on behalf of an employee to whom this section applies, may apply to the Minister for a payment in respect of any periods of lay-off referred to in subsection (1)(c) in the manner determined by the Minister.
(3) If an employer refuses or fails to apply to the Minister on the employee’s behalf for a payment under subsection (2), the employee may apply to the Minister for the payment.
(4) For the purposes of determining an application under this section, a deciding officer may, by notice in writing, require the employer or the employee, as the case may be, to provide such information or documents as are specified in the notice that, in the deciding officer’s opinion, are required for the purpose of determining whether the employee is entitled to a payment under this section.
(5) The notice under subsection (4) shall specify the period, which may be extended by the deciding officer for good reason, within which the information or documents shall be provided.
(6) If, on an application under this section, the Minister is satisfied that the employee is entitled to a payment under this section, the Minister shall pay the sum to the employee out of the Social Insurance Fund.
(7) The amount of a payment under this section is the difference between—
(a) the amount of the lump sum payable under section 19 or 32, and
(b) the amount of the lump sum determined under subparagraph 1 of Schedule 3 as if any periods of lay-off during the period referred to in subsection (1)(c) were included in the calculations of reckonable service within the meaning of Schedule 3.
(8) Where the amount of a payment payable to an employee under this section is disallowed or reduced by virtue of a revised decision of a deciding officer under section 41, any payment, or part of a payment, paid under the original decision shall be repayable by the employee to the Social Insurance Fund.
(9) The Minister may by regulations provide for the method of recovery of an amount repayable by an employee under subsection (8).”.

Amendment of section 38 of Principal Act
3. Section 38 of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (1), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):
“(b) in relation to the payment from the Social Insurance Fund of—
(i) rebates to employers under section 29,
(ii) lump sums to employees under section 32, or
(iii) payments to employees under section 32A(6) in respect of certain lay-off periods during the period referred to in section 32A(1)(c), or”.

Amendment of Act of 2021
4. (1) Section 11 of the Act of 2021 is amended by the substitution of “Schedule 1” for “Schedule 2”.
(2) This section shall come into operation on the day on which section 11 of the Act of 2021 comes into operation.
(3) In this section, “Act of 2021” means the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 .

Short title, collective citation and commencement
5. (1) This Act may be cited as the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Act 2022.
(2) The Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014 and this Act, other than section 4 , may be cited together as the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2022.
(3) This Act, other than section 4 , shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment may by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.


[Preamble recites 23 & 24 Vict. c. 152; 24 & 25 Vict. c. 102; 34 & 35 Vict. c. 114 (hereinafter called the Act of 1871), which said three Acts are together hereinafter referred to as the Tramway Acts.]

Short title.                                                                1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Tramways (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1881.

Limitation of Act.                                                          2. This Act shall only extend to Ireland.

Interpretation.                                                             3. In this Act—
The expression “the Lord Lieutenant in Council” means the Lord Lieutenant acting by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland.

[S. 4 makes certain alterations in Sched. B. to 23 & 24 Vict. c. 152. See that Act.]

Regulations as to speed of locomotives on tramways.                         5. Subject to the rules and regulations contained in section three of the Act of 1871, the Lord Lieutenant in Council, the grand jury of any county, or other authority empowered under the Tramway Acts to grant permission to construct a tramway or tramways, may permit the owners of any such tramway or tramways, or their servants duly authorised in that behalf, to drive any locomotive worked by steam along any such tramway at a speed not greater than ten miles an hour, or through any town or village at a speed not greater than six miles an hour, and where such permission has been obtained the provisions in section four of the Act of 1871 shall be deemed not to apply.

Alterations of 24 & 25 Vict. c. 102. s. 9.                                  6. In any case in which a petition of appeal is presented to the Lord Lieutenant in Council against any undertaking which shall have been approved by the grand jury and the said appeal is not proceeded with it shall be considered as having entirely failed, and it shall not be necessary for the promoters to get the said order confirmed by Act of Parliament as required by the ninth section of the Tramways (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1861.

Alterations of 23 & 24 Vict. c. 152. s. 6. and 34 & 35 Vict. c. 114. s. 4.  7. Where any tramway is proposed to be laid alongside any public road it shall not be necessary to construct as required by the sixth section of the Tramways (Ireland) Act, 1860, and of the Act of 1871 the same on a level with the said public road, provided that a clear roadway of eighteen feet is left between the said tramway and the opposite footpath, or roadside boundary in case there is no footpath, and that, in case any footpath be interfered with, the promoters make another footpath in place of that interfered with; provided also, that no such deviation from the ordinary level of the road shall be permitted unless authorised by the Lord Lieutenant in Council and by the grand jury of the county or other authority empowered under the Tramway Acts to grant permission for the construction of such tramway.

Tramway Acts and this Act to be read as one.                                8. The Tramway Acts (as amended by this Act) and this Act shall be read together and construed as one Act.