Public Service Bodies and Useful Links
There are currently 18 Government Departments - linked below.
Under the remit of each Department are a number of local authorities, which deal with localised issues and licences and then a number of state agencies- who deal with more specialised areas.
Links to all Departments, Local Authorities and State Agencies are available below.
Departments
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Department of the Climate, Energy and the Environment
- Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
- Department of Defence
- Department of Education and Youth
- Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
- Department of Finance
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
- Department of Health
- Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
- Department of Public Expenditure Infrastructure Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
- Department of Rural and Community Development and Gaeltacht
- Department of Social Protection
- Department of the Taoiseach
- Department of Transport
Public Service Bodies
- Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI)
- An Bord Pleanála
- An Garda Síochána
- An Rialálaí Agraibhia
- Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board (ALAB)
- Arts Council (An Chomhairle Ealaíon)
- Athlone Institute of Technology
- Bord Bia (Irish Food Board)
- Bord Iascaigh Mhara (Irish Sea Fisheries Board)
- Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board
- Central Bank of Ireland
- Central Statistics Office
- Chester Beatty Library
- Chief State Solicitor’s Office
- Child and Family Agency (Tusla)
- Chomhairle um Oideachais Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta
- Circulars Archive
- Citizens Information Board
- City of Dublin Education and Training Board
- Civil Justice Review
- Civil Service Employee Assistance Service
- Coillte
- Commission for Aviation Regulation
- Commission for Communications Regulation (CCR ComReg)
- Commission for Public Service Appointments
- Commission for Railway Regulation
- Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
- Commission on Taxation and Welfare
- Commission on the Defence Forces
- Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse
- Commissioner for Environmental Information
- Commissioners of Irish Lights
- Coimisiún na Meán
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)
- Cork Education and Training Board
- Cork Institute of Technology
- Crawford Art Gallery
- Data Protection Commission
- Defence Forces of Ireland
- Dental Council
- Director of Public Prosecutions
- Discovery Programme
- Donegal Education and Training Board
- Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
- Dublin Institute of Technology
- Dundalk Institute of Technology
- Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly
- Educational Research Centre (ERC)
- Enterprise Ireland
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO)
- Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI)
- Food Safety Promotion Board (safefood)
- Foras na Gaeilge - An Foras Teanga (The Language Body)
- Forensic Science Ireland
- Fáilte Ireland
- Gaisce (President's National Challenge Award)
- Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board
- Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
- Garda Ombudsman
- Gender Equality
- Grangegorman Development Agency
- Health and Safety Authority
- Health and Social Care Professionals Council
- Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)
- Health Insurance Authority
- Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA)
- Health Research Board (HRB)
- Health Service Executive
- Health Service National Partnership Forum (Lenus)
- Healthy Ireland
- Higher Education Authority (HEA)
- Horse Racing Ireland (HRI)
- Horse Sport Ireland
- Housing Agency
- Housing Finance Agency
- IDA Ireland
- Inland Fisheries Ireland
- Insolvency Service Ireland
- Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire
- Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH)
- Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
- Institute of Technology Carlow
- Institute of Technology Sligo
- Institute of Technology Tallaght
- Institute of Technology Tralee
- International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS)
- International Protection Appeals Tribunal
- Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority
- Irish Blood Transfusion Service Board (IBTS)
- Irish Film Classification Office
- Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal
- Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
- Irish Heritage Trust
- Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
- Irish Manuscripts Commission
- Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
- Irish National Stud
- Irish Prison Service
- Irish Rail
- Irish Water
- Irish Water Safety
- Kerry Education and Training Board
- Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board
- Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board
- Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board
- Legal Aid Board
- Legal Services Regulatory Authority
- Letterkenny Institute of Technology
- Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board
- Limerick Institute of Technology
- Local Government Management Agency (LGMA)
- Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board
- Louth and Meath Education and Training Board
- Léargas (Exchange Bureau)
- Marine Casualty Investigation Board
- Marine Institute (Foras na Mara)
- Maritime Area Regulatory Authority
- Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board
- Medical Bureau of Road Safety
- Medical Council
- Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board
- Mental Health Commission
- Moorepark Technology Ltd
- NAMA-National Asset Management Agency
- National Archives of Ireland
- National Cancer Registry Board
- National Centre for Guidance in Education
- National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
- National Council for Special Education
- National Development Finance Agency (NDFA)
- National Disability Authority
- National Economic and Social Council
- National Gallery of Ireland
- National Library of Ireland (NLI)
- National Milk Agency
- National Museum of Ireland (NMI)
- National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA)
- National Property Services Regulatory Authority
- National Shared Services Office
- National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)
- National Transport Authority
- National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Board
- Northern and Western Regional Assembly
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
- Oberstown Children Detention Campus
- Office of Emergency Planning
- Office of Government Procurement
- Office of Ombudsman for Children
- Office of Ombudsman for the Defence Forces
- Office of Public Works
- Office of the Attorney General
- Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
- Office of the Information Commissioner
- Office of the Ombudsman
- Office of the Planning Regulator
- Office of the Revenue Commissioners
- Oifig Choimisinéir na dTeangacha Oifigúla
- Parliamentary Budget Office
- Parole Board
- Pensions Council
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board
- Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
- Pobal
- Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC)
- President's Establishment
- Private Security Authority
- Probation Service
- Public Appointments Service
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland
- Regulator of the National Lottery
- Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB)
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (CaraNua)
- Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB)
- Road Safety Authority
- RTÉ – Raidió Teilifís Éireann
- Safety on the Water
- Screen Ireland (Fís Éireann)
- Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA)
- Skillnet Ireland
- Social Welfare Appeals Office
- Solas
- Southern Regional Assembly
- Special EU Programmes Body
- Sport Ireland
- Standards in Public Office Commission
- State Examinations Commission (SEC)
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
- Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)
- Tax Appeals Commission
- Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland
- Tailte Éireann
- Teaching Council
- Teagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority)
- Teilifís na Gaeilge - TG4
- The Charities Regulator
- The Courts Service
- The Heritage Council
- The International Protection Office
- The Loughs Agency
- The National Oversight and Audit Commission
- The Pensions Authority
- The State Laboratory
- The Water Advisory Body
- Tipperary Education and Training Board
- Tourism Ireland
- Trade and Business Development Body (InterTradeIreland)
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
- Traveller and Roma Inclusion Unit
- Ulster-Scots Agency
- Water Safety
- Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board
- Waterford Institute of Technology
- Waterways Ireland
- Western Development Commission (WDC)
- Workplace Relations Commission
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
Local Authorities
- Carlow County Council
- Cavan County Council
- Clare County Council
- Cork City Council
- Cork County Council
- Donegal County Council
- Dublin City Council
- Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
- Fingal County Council
- Galway City Council
- Galway County Council
- Kerry County Council
- Kildare County Council
- Kilkenny County Council
- Laois County Council
- Leitrim County Council
- Limerick City and County Council
- Longford County Council
- Louth County Council
- Mayo County Council
- Meath County Council
- Monaghan County Council
- Offaly County Council
- Roscommon County Council
- Sligo County Council
- South Dublin County Council
- Tipperary County Council
- Waterford City and County Council
- Westmeath County Council
- Wexford County Council
- Wicklow County Council