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Office of the Independent Examiner
of Security Legislation

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Office of the Independent Examiner
of Security Legislation

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Ireland’s security framework.

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We are an independent statutory body established under the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 to keep under review the operation and effectiveness of security legislation and services.

We are an independent statutory body established under the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 to keep under review the operation and effectiveness of security legislation and services.

LEGISLATION

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AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION IN RELATION TO ACTIONS AND CONDUCT CALCULATED TO UNDERMINE PUBLIC ORDER AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE, AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF PERSONS GUILTY OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE, TO REGULATE AND CONTROL IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST THE FORMATION OF ASSOCIATIONS, TO ESTABLISH SPECIAL CRIMINAL COURTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 38 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTITUTION, POWERS, JURISDICTION, AND PROCEDURE OF SUCH COURTS, TO REPEAL CERTAIN ENACTMENTS AND TO MAKE PROVISION GENERALLY IN RELATION TO MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [14th June, 1939].

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL LAW. [24th September, 1976]

View Act: The Criminal Law Act 1976

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR SURVEILLANCE IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTIGATION OF ARRESTABLE OFFENCES, THE PREVENTION OF SUSPECTED ARRESTABLE OFFENCES AND THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE STATE AGAINST SUBVERSIVE AND TERRORIST THREATS, TO AMEND THE GARDA SÍOCHÁNA ACT 2005 AND THE COURTS (SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1961 AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH.

[12th July, 2009]

View Act: The Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009

AN ACT TO ENABLE THE STATE TO MEET COMMITMENTS UNDERTAKEN AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, TO AMEND THE OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE ACTS 1939 TO 1998 AND THE EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003, AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR RELATED MATTERS, INCLUDING THE RETENTION OF COMMUNICATIONS DATA.

[8th March, 2005]

View Act: The Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005

News

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  • A bright blue door on the front of a stone building
    April 2nd, 2025

    Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan TD commences landmark Policing, Security and Community Safety Act

    The Minister for Justice, Jim O’Callaghan TD, has today commenced the landmark Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024.

  • Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan visits the Office of the Independent Examiner for Security Legislation for meeting with Independent Examiner Designate George Birmingham
    March 27th, 2025

    Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan visits the Office of the Independent Examiner for Security Legislation for meeting with Independent Examiner Designate George Birmingham

    Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan visits the Office of the Independent Examiner for Security Legislation[…]

  • Mr. Justice George Birmingham and The Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan
    March 25th, 2025

    Establishment of the Office of the Independent Examiner of Security Legislation

    The Minister for Justice, Jim O’Callaghan, TD, has announced that he will commence the landmark Garda reform legislation, the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024, with effect from Wednesday, 2 April 2025.