The Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 – A Landmark Reform in Irish Law

The Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 marks the most comprehensive overhaul of Ireland’s policing and security legislation in decades. Commenced in April 2025, this transformative statute is the Oireachtas’ principal response to the 2018 Report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland, embedding its visionary recommendations into law.

This authoritative Annotation offers in-depth commentary on the 2024 Act and all associated secondary legislation, current to the end of June 2025. Key reforms include:

• Five guiding policing principles, including human rights protection and community engagement, now central to statutory policing functions.
• Governance reform within An Garda Síochána, introducing Bord an Gharda Síochána, a new non-executive oversight body.
• Creation of An Oifig Náisiúnta um Shábháilteacht Pobail, tasked with implementing the National Strategy for Improving Community Safety through local partnerships.
• Establishment of An tÚdarás Póilíneachta Agus Sábháilteachta Pobail, merging the roles of the Policing Authority and Garda Inspectorate.
• Launch of Fiosrú – The Office of the Police Ombudsman, replacing GSOC and modernising complaints procedures.
• Introduction of An Scrúdaitheoir Neamhspleách um Reachtaíocht Slándála, a new independent office overseeing security legislation.

This book is an essential resource for legal professionals, policymakers, and academics seeking to understand the future framework of policing in Ireland.

Consolidated Local Government Legislation, a looseleaf service updated thrice a year, provides you with an up-to-date service which tracks amendments and repeals of all relevant legislation.

It provides a thorough and organized compilation of legislation and case law that govern local government, ensuring that legal professionals have access to up-to-date and coherent information in a single organised resource.

General; Local Government Acts 1925-2001; Management; Housing; Functions (Part I); Functions (Part II); City and county councils, Local elections, and Electoral Acts; Rates and valuations; Offences and penalties; Water; Environment and planning; Roads and traffic; Waste and sanitary services; and Compulsory purchase

An update of the annotation to the original Powers of Attorney Act 1996 to take into account the recent signing into law of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, which provides for new types of persons who can care for those losing their mental capacity and who can now make healthcare and a number of legal decisions on their behalf.

This Act provides for the reform of the law relating to persons who require or may require assistance in exercising their decision-making capacity, whether immediately or in the future and as such, changes the face of the law in this area.

New to this edition

The 1996 Act will be annotated, amended, and fully consolidated to reflect the new 2015 legislation mentioned above and its resounding impact on the law of Powers of Attorney.

The new Act provides for a different sort of EPA after the 2015 Act comes into operation. Except for section 76 of the 2015 Act, the 2015 Act shall not apply to enduring powers created under the 1996 Act. This means that for some extended time there will be two types of EPA, one made under the 1996 Act and the other made under the 2015 Act. This text will reproduce the entirety of the material in the book referring to the 1996 Act, and the entire part of the 2015 Act relating to EPAs, with some cross-referencing. The book will therefore have two parts, and there will be an introduction to each part.

Consolidated Road Traffic Legislation is a comprehensive consolidation of Irish road traffic law, bringing together the principal Road Traffic Acts and associated legislation with relevant statutory instruments. The work provides an up-to-date, fully amended text of the law, organised on a legislation-by-legislation basis and supported by detailed amendment histories, commencement information, and references to relevant statutory instruments and case law.

It also includes a Table of Offences presented in a portable and user-friendly format allowing you to find an existing offence, accompanied by a brief summary and the appropriate penalty, quickly and easily.

Subject Coverage

The consolidated content includes, but is not limited to:

1. Rules of the road, traffic management and speed limits
2. Vehicle registration, taxation and classification
3. Licensing, enforcement powers, and offences under the Road Traffic Acts
4. Definitions and interpretation provisions (e.g. authorised persons, vehicle types)

Editorial Features

1. Fully consolidated text incorporating all amendments to date
2. Section-by-section amendment integration with amendment histories and source references
3. Inclusion of commencement details and relevant statutory instruments
4. Structured by Act and instrument for ease of navigation
5. Updated regularly through cumulative releases

Summary

Consolidated Road Traffic Legislation provides a definitive, continuously updated consolidation of Irish road traffic law, combining primary legislation and extensive subordinate legislation into a single, coherent reference source suitable for practitioners, courts, and public authorities.

Irish Current Law Statutes Annotated, with six releases per year, provides selected Irish statute law as enacted with expert commentary and analysis, making it the most useful and authoritative legislation service available. The annotations are written by legal experts in their field, providing authoritative insights and interpretations.

Features:

• Full text of selected Acts, as enacted
• Detailed section-by-section analysis and commentary for Acts of most importance to legal practitioners
• Current cases in which legislation has been judicially considered
• Chronological and alphabetical lists of Acts and of S.I.s are updated regularly.