Iris Oifigiúil Journal No. 17, 2026-02-27

• Published date: 27 February 2026

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

website: www.standards.ie

All ENs published by European Telecommunications Standards

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

available from the ETSI website: www.etsi.org

Copies of Irish Standards may be purchased from: www.standards.ie or

contacting:

NATIONAL STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF IRELAND,

Irish Standard Sales,

1 Swift Square,

Northwood,

Santry,

D09 A0E4.

Tel: (01) 8576730

(01) 8576731

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. 57 of 2026.

REMEDIATION OF DWELLINGS DAMAGED BY THE USE

OF DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKS (AMENDMENT) ACT

2025 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2026

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, James

Browne TD, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(2)

of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective

Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025 (No. 20 of 2025), has made

the Order as entitled above.

This Order appoints the 25th day of February 2026 as the day on which

the following provisions of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By

the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025 (No. 20

of 2025), shall come into operation:

a) sections 1 to 4;

b) section 5(b);

c) section 6;

d) sections 8 to 13;

e) section 14(d);

f) section 16;

g) sections 19 and 20;

h) sections 22 to 28;

i) sections 32 and 33;

j) section 37;

k) section 39.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Publications,

Mountshannon Road, Kilmainham, Dublin, D08 XA06.

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

Price: €1.50

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Published by Authority

Friday, 27th February, 2026

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IRIS OIFIGIÚIL, 27TH FEBRUARY, 2026

S.I. No. 56 of 2026.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (TERRORIST OFFENCES) ACT 2005

(SECTION 42) (RESTRICTIVE MEASURES CONCERNING

CERTAIN PERSONS AND ENTITIES WITH A VIEW TO

COMBATING TERRORISM) REGULATIONS 2026

The Minister for Finance, in exercise o f the powers conferred on him

by subsections (2) and (6) of section 42 of the Criminal Justice

(Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (No. 2 of 2005), and for the purpose of

giving full effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 2580/2001 of 27

December 2001, has made regulations entitled as above.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Publications,

Mountshannon Road, Kilmainham, Dublin, D08 XA06.

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

Price: €3.00

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S.I. No. 55 of 2026.

EUROPEAN UNION (SHEEP PRICE REPORTING)

REGULATIONS 2026

These regulations give effect to EU rules on the mandatory reporting of

average weekly deadweight sheep prices applicable to certain

categories of carcases and establishments and also provide department

officials with enforcement powers for compliance purposes.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Publications,

Mountshannon Road, Kilmainham, Dub lin, D08 XA06. Phone: 046

942 3100. Email: publications@opw.ie

Price: €3.50

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S.I. No. 58 of 2026.

DWELLINGS DAMAGED BY USE OF DEFECTIVE

CONCRETE BLOCKS (INCREASED GRANT)

REGULATIONS 2026

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise

of the powers conferred on him by sections 3(1), 17A and 18A (inserted

by sections 9 and 11, respectively, of the Remediation of Dwellings

Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act

2025 (No. 20 of 202 5)) of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged b y

the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (No. 28 of 2022) has

made the regulations as entitled above.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Publications,

Mountshannon Road, Kilmainham, Dub lin, D08 XA06. Phone: 046

942 3100. Email: publications@opw.ie

Price: €8.00

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S.I. No. 59 of 2026.

TAXI REGULATION (SMALL PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLE)

(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2026

The principal purpose of these Regulations is to amend Regulatio n 31

of the Taxi Regulation (Small Public Service Vehicle) Regulations

2015 (as amended) in relation to its maximum permissible age

requirements with respect to vehicles registered during 2015 that are

used as taxis and which otherwise would be due to reach their maximum

permissible age in 2025. The amendment extends that maximum

permitted service life of such a taxi by twelve months.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Publications,

Mountshannon Road, Kilmainham, Dublin, D08 XA06.

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

Price: €3.50

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S.I. No. 60 of 2026.

EUROPEAN UNION (RESTRICTIVE MEASURES

CONCERNING RUSSIA) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2026

The Minister for Finance, in exercise o f 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 Regulatio n (EU)

2024/1485 of 27 May 2024, as amended, has made regulations entitled

as above.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Publications,

Mountshannon Road, Kilmainham, Dublin, D08 XA06.

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

Price: €3.00

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S.I. No. 61 of 2026.

DEFAMATION (AMENDMENT) ACT (COMMENCEMENT)

ORDER 2026

The Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, in exercise of

the powers conferred on him by section 1 (2) of the Defamation

(Amendment) Act 2026 (No. 2 of 2026) has made the Order as above.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Publications,

Mountshannon Road, Kilmainham, Dublin, D08 XA06.

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

Price: €1.50

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IRIS OIFIGIÚIL, 27TH FEBRUARY, 2026

S.I. No. 62 of 2026.

STATISTICS (TRADING DAY AND PRODUCT PROFILE

SURVEY) ORDER 2026

The Taoiseach, Micheál Martin T.D, in exercise of the p owers

conferred on him by section 25(1) of the Statistics Act 1993 (No. 21 of

1993) and, other than in relation to paragraph 2 of th e Schedule to the

following Order, for the purpose of giving full effect to Regulation (EU)

2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council o f 27

November 20191, as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation

(EU) 2021/1704 of 14 July 20212, in so far as it relates to Articles

6(1)(a) and 6(2)(i) made the order as above.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Publications,

Mountshannon Road, Kilmainham, Dublin, D08 XA06.

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

Price: €3.00

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S.I. No. 63 of 2026.

ROAD TRAFFIC AND ROADS ACT 2023

(COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2026

The Minister of State at the Department of Transport has commenced

by the statutory instrument referenced above paragraph (a) of section 5

of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (No. 16 of 2023). These

regulations allow for the deployment of vehicles that are mechanically

propelled and have been designed, constructed, adapted or modified to

move autonomously for certain periods of time but in respect o f which

driver intervention is still required.

Copies of the above may be purchased from Government Publications,

Mountshannon Road, Kilmainham, Dublin, D08 XA06.

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

Price: €1.50

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AN COIMISIÚN UM CHAIDHDÉAIN IN OIFIGÍ POIBLÍ

Tá an Rialtas inniu tar éis

The Honourable Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne

a cheapadh leis seo chun bheith ina Chathaoirleach ar an gCoimisiún

um Chaighdeáin in Oifigí Poiblí ar feadh tréimhse sé bliana, le héifeacht

ón 24 Feabhra, 2026.

John Callinan

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Ard-Rúnaí an Rialtais

BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH,

An 24ú lá seo d ’Fheabhra, 2026.

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AN tORDÚ LEANAÍ, MÍCHUMAIS AGUS COMHIONANNAIS

(FEIDHMEANNA AIRE A THARMLIGEAN), 2026

(Children, Disability and Equality (Delegation of Ministerial

Functions) Order 2026)

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Do rinne an Rialtas inniu

Ordú dar teideal thuas.

Féadfar cóipeanna den Ordú seo

a fháil san Foilseacháin Rialtais,

Bóthar Bhaile Uí Bheoláin, Cill

Mhaighneann, Baile Átha Cliath

8, nó trí aon díoltóir leabhar.

The Government today made

an Order entitled as above.

Copies of this Order may be

obtained at Government

Publications, Mountshannon

Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8,

or through any bookseller.

JOHN CALLINAN

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Ard-Rúnaí an Rialtais

(Secretary General to the Government)

BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH, DUBLIN,

An 18ú lá seo d’Fheabhra,

2026.

This 18th day of February,

2026.

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FÓGRA

(Notice)

Do shínigh an tUachtarán an

Bille i gcóir an Achta a luaitear

thíos ar an 2 4ú lá d'Fheabhra,

2026 agus tá sé ina dhlí dá réir

sin.

The Bill for the

undermentioned Act was

signed by the President on the

24th day of February, 2026

and has accordingly become

law.

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES (MISCELLANEOUS

PROVISIONS) ACT 2026

(No. 3 of 2026)

Seoirse de Búrca

Leas Ard-Rúnaí an Uachtaráin

(Deputy Secretary General to the President)

An 24ú lá d'Fheabhra, 2026. This 24th day of February,

2026.

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