Iris Oifigiúil Journal No. 17, 2025-02-28

• Published date: 28 February 2025

Number 17

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IRISH STANDARDS

All European Standards (ENs) developed by the European Committee

for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for

Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) are adopted by NSAI as

Irish Standards as they are published and are available from the NSAI

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Institute (ETSI) are adopted by NSAI as Irish Standards and are

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contacting:

NATIONAL STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF IRELAND,

Irish Standard Sales,

1 Swift Square,

Northwood,

Santry,

D09 A0E4.

Tel: (01) 8576730

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IRISH STANDARD REVOCATIONS

Irish Standards based on adopted European Standards (ENs) published

between 1961 and 1998 under the Industr ial Research and Standards

Act 1961, the Science and Technology Act 1978 and the National

Standards Authority of Ireland Act 1996 remain current until revised by

European Organizations responsible for them.

These standards (where they have been revised) are hereby revoked and

details of their replacement standards are available on the NSAI website

(www.nsai.ie).

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S.I. No. 43 of 2025.

RENT PRESSURE ZONE (LOCAL ELECTORAL AREA OF

ATHLONE (ROSCOMMON)) ORDER 2025

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, James Browne,

T.D., has made the above Order.

This Order provides for the designation of the Local Electoral Area of

Athlone (Roscommon) as a rent pressure zone under section 24A of the

Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (as inserted by section 36 of the Planning

and Development (Housing) a nd Residential Tenancies Act 2016), for the

period commencing on 26 February 2025 and ending on 31 December 2025.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Public ations,

Mountshannon Road, Kilmainham, Dublin, D08 XA06.

Phone: 046 942 3100. Email: publications@opw.ie

Price: €1.50

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S.I. No. 44 of 2025.

FINANCE ACT 2004 (SECTION 91) (DEFERRED SURRENDER

TO CENTRAL FUND) ORDER 2025

The Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery

and Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 91(4) of

the Finance Act 2004 having made a determination for the purposes of

subsection (2) of the said section 91, has made a Statutory Instru ment

entitled as above.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Public ations,

Mountshannon Road, Kilmainham, Dublin, D08 XA06.

Phone: 046 942 3100. Email: publications@opw.ie

Price: €3.00

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IRIS OIFIGIÚIL, 28TH FEBRUARY, 2025

S.I. No. 45 of 2025.

EUROPEAN UNION (RESTRICTIVE MEASURES CONCERNING

BELARUS) REGULATIONS 2025

The Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for

the purpose of giving full effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 765/2006

of 18 May 2006 as amended, has made regulations entitled as above.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Public ations,

Mountshannon Road, Kilmainham, Dublin, D08 XA06.

Phone: 046 942 3100. Email: publications@opw.ie

Price: €3.50

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S.I. No. 46 of 2025.

EUROPEAN UNION (RESTRICTIVE MEASURES CONCERNING

UKRAINE) REGULATIONS 2025

The Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for

the purpose of giving full effect to Council Regulation (EU) No. 208/2014

of 5 March 2014 as amended, C ouncil Regulation (EU) No. 26 9/2014 of

17 March 2014 as amended, Council Regulation (EU) No. 692/2014 of 23

June 2014 as amended, Council Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014 of 31 Jul y

2014 as amended and Council Regulation (EU) No. 2022/263 of 23

February 2022 as amended, has made regulations entitled as above.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Public ations,

Mountshannon Road, Kilmainham, Dublin, D08 XA06.

Phone: 046 942 3100. Email: publications@opw.ie

Price: €4.50

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FÓGRA

(Notice)

Do shínigh an tUachtarán an Bille

i gcóir an Achta a luaitear thíos ar

an 21ú lá d'Fheabhra, 2025 agus

tá sé ina dhlí dá réir sin.

The Bill for the undermentioned

Act was signed by the President

on the 21st day of February, 2025

and has accordingly become law.

MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES AND MINISTERIAL,

PARLIAMENTARY, JUDICIAL AND COURT OFFICES

(AMENDMENT) ACT 2025

(No. 1 of 2025)

George Burke

Leas Ard-Rúnaí an Uachtaráin

(Deputy Secretary General to the President)

An 21ú lá d'Fheabhra, 2025. This 21st day of February, 2025.

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AIRÍ STÁIT A CHEAPADH

(Appointment of Ministers of State)

I bhfeidhmiú na cumhachta a

thugtar dóibh le halt 1 den Acht

Airí agus Rúnaithe (Leasú)

(Uimh. 2), 1977, arna leasú, tá

an Rialtas, ar ainmniú an

Taoisigh, tar éis

In exercise of the power

conferred on them by section 1

of the Ministers and Secretaries

(Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977,

as amended, the Government,

on the nomination of the

Taoiseach, has this day

appointed

Tadhg Ó Dubhlaoigh, TD

(Timmy Dooley)

a cheapadh inniu mar Aire Stáit

ag ag an Roinn Talmhaíochta,

Bia agus Mara ar a bhfuil

freagracht speisialta maidir le

hIascaigh agus ag an Roinn

Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus

Cumarsáide ar a bhfuil

freagracht speisialta maidir leis

an Muir;

to be Minister of State at the

Department of Agriculture,

Food and the Marine with

special responsibility for

Fisheries and at the Department

of the Environment, Climate

and Communications with

special responsibility for the

Marine;

Colm Ó Bróithe, TD

(Colm Brophy)

a cheapadh inniu mar Aire Stáit

ag an Roinn Dlí agus Cirt ar a

bhfuil freagracht speisialta

maidir le hImirce; agus

to be Minister of State at the

Department of Justice with

special responsibility for

Migration; and

Marian Uí Earcáin, TD

(Marian Harkin)

a cheapadh inniu mar Aire Stáit

ag an Roinn Breisoideachais

agus Ardoideachais, Taighde,

Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta ar

a bhfuil freagracht speisialta

maidir le Breisoideachas,

Printíseacht, Foirgníocht agus

Scileanna Aeráide.

to be Minister of State at the

Department of Further and

Higher Education, Research,

Innovation and Science with

special responsibility for

Further Education,

Apprenticeship, Construction

and Climate Skills.

DERMOT WOODS

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Rúnaí Cúnta an Rialtais

(Assistant Secretary to the Government)

BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH,

An 25ú lá seo d’Fheabhra,

2025.

DUBLIN,

This 25th day of February,

2025.

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IRIS OIFIGIÚIL, 28TH FEBRUARY, 2025

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

An Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara

Fisheries Management Notice No. 13 of 2025

(March Mackerel Under 18 metre Fishery Quota Management Notice)

I, Martin Heydon, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 12 of the Sea-Fisheries and

Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No. 8 of 2006), hereby issue the following Notice:

1.1 This Notice is the March Mackerel Under 18 metre Fishery Quota Management Notice 2025 (Fisheries Management Notice No. 13 of 2025).

1.2 This Notice comes into force on 1 March 2025 and ceases to have effect on 1 April 2025.

2. In this Notice:

“CECAF” means the Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries;

“ICES” means the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea;

“Union waters” means European Union waters. Where this term is used in conjunction with an ICES or CECAF sub-area or division listed in

Schedule 1, it means that only the European Union waters of that sub-area or division are included;

“length” means, in relation to a sea-fishing b oat, the overall length of the boat, or the distance from the forepart of the stem of the boat to the aft

side of the head of the sternpost of the boat or to the foreside of the rudder stock;

“mackerel authorisation” means an authorisation to fish for mackerel (Scomber scombrus) granted under section 13 of the Sea-Fisheries and

Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006;

“Catch retention and landing restrictions” means the total quantity, in tonnes live weight, of that species of fish in co lumn (1) a quantity of

which, greater than that specified in column (3), may not be retained onboard or landed by an Irish sea-fishing boat, dependant on the particular

vessel’s length and/or fishing method during March 2025;

“fishing area” means waters falling within the ICES sub-areas and divisions listed in Schedule 1 as defined in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No.

218/20091 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009, as amended.

3. During March 2025, a person on board an Irish sea-fishing boat less than 18 metres in length overall to which a Tier 2 mackerel authorisation

has not been granted, fishing for mackerel by means other than hooks and lines in a fishing area listed in column (2) of Schedule (1), shall not

have, or retain on board or land (or cause or permit another person to have or retain on board or land), a quantity of mackerel that is greater

than the quantity specified in column (3) if the fish was caught in that fishing area either on a single occasion or when combined with previous

landings by that boat of that species of fish caught in the specified area in March 2025.

Schedule 1

Catch retention and landing restrictions in relation to

an Irish sea-fishing boat less than 18 metres in length in respect of which a Tier 2 mackerel authorisation is not extant

Species of fish

(1)

Fishing area

(2)

Limit for boats less than 18

metres in length (3)

MACKEREL

(Scomber scombrus )

6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e;

Union and international waters of 5b; international

waters of 2a, 12 and 14

(MAC/2CX14-)

5 tonnes

4. ADVANCE NOTICE OF LANDINGS

The master of an Irish sea-fishing boat or h is agent shall give not less than 1 hour notification of his intention to enter port for quantities of

mackerel over 250kg.

For landings in a port in the Republic of Ireland notification should be made to the IRISH FISHERIES MONITORING CENTRE

by telephone (T) 00 353 21 4378752, by e-mail fmcireland@defenceforces.ie, or for landings outside Ireland to the Competent

1 O.J. L 87, 31.3.2009, pp. 70-108