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In addition to certain common law powers, the Minister for Foreign Affairs has a large number of statutory powers and functions. Such statutory powers may, in turn, authorise the Minister to take a certain action by way of statutory instrument. For example, where new states have joined an international convention which has been made part of Irish law, it may be necessary to enact a statutory instrument to take account of that fact.

Acts of the Oireachtas and statutory instruments may be obtained from the Office of the Attorney General's Irish Statute Book.

A Classified List of Legislation (Acts-In-Force) in Ireland is also maintained by the Law Reform Commission. The acts and statutory instruments pertaining to the Minister for Foreign Affairs are set out below. The information is not, however, to be taken as comprehensive or as legal advice, and certain instruments may have been repealed or revoked.

Acts

Acts

Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Act 1983

Aliens Act 1935

Arbitration Act 1980 & 2010

Aviation Act 2006

Biological Weapons Act 2011

British and Irish Agreement Act 1999

British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act 2002

British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act 2006

Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act 1998

Child Abduction and the Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991

Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008

Consular Conventions Act 1954

Criminal Justice Act 1994

Criminal Justice (Illicit Traffic by Sea) Act 2003

Criminal Justice(Money Laundering and Terrorist Funding) Act 2010

Criminal Justice (Safety of United Nations Workers) Act 2000

Criminal Justice(Mutual Assistance) Act 2008‌

Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017

Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Provision of Services) Act 1993

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Acts 1967-2006

Educational Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America ) Act 1991

European Arrest Warrant Act 2003

European Communities (Amendment) Acts

European Communities Act 1972

European Union Act 2009

European Union (Scrutiny) Act 2002‌

Extradition (European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism) Act 1987

Extradition (European Union Conventions) Act 2001

Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003

Finance Act 2007

Gender Recognition Act 2015

Geneva Conventions Act 1962

Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1998

Immigration Act 1999 & 2003

Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993

Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2001

Jurisdiction of Courts (Maritime Conventions) Act 1989

Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Act 1998

Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments (Amendment) Act 2012

Maintenance Act 1994

Minister and Secretaries Act 1924

National Cultural Institutions Act 1997

Passports Act 2008

Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Act 2019

Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Act 2017

Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act 2000

Radiological Protection Act 1991

Refugee Act 1996

Scholarship Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America) Act 1957

Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2021

Social Welfare (No 2) Act 1993

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007

Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act 1995

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2019

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020

Statutory instruments

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