Organization for Youth Education & Development (OYED)

Laws Concerning Youth in Ireland

Laws Concerning Youth in Ireland

All laws that exist in Ireland are gathered in the Irish Statutory Book. The youth policies which relate to young persons living in Ireland to whom these laws apply to are not so many. It was a challenge to find any specific youth policies which would state in greater detail the policies that would include Erasmus programs which do be undertaken in Universities in Ireland. In Ireland there is Erasmus Program which works quite efficiently and many students get a chance to go abroad to study or do their internship as well as students from abroad enter Ireland to participate in the Program. Also other topics under which youth is able to undertake certain services and program are not specifically stated, yet, are mentioned in a general overall conclusion under each act.

Mainly, according to youth the laws are concerned with the general youth affairs either in everyday life as well as in education and also in the work place in order to protect young people or state certain rights which they are liable to. Also there is a notion of the welfare that is assigned to the young persons under certain circumstances. There are not many acts which specifically involve youth policies in them and the following are the main Acts which are dedicated for the youth in Ireland.


2011

  • Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 Act (S.I. No. 218/2011)
    The functions of the Minister for Health and Children in relation to:
    (a) promoting the development of integrated policy frameworks to enable the development and implementation of cross-departmental strategies to secure the well-being of children and young people,
    (b) conducting, commissioning and publishing research and building an information base to inform the development of policy and service delivery for children and young people across relevant government agencies and non-governmental organizations,
    (c) developing, monitoring and supporting the implementation of play, recreation and youth policies,
    (d) overseeing the development, improvement and monitoring of policies and structures to promote and enable participation by children and young people in decision-making on matters that affect their lives, and
    (e) providing and administering early childhood care and education programs, including the Pre-School Year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Scheme, the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) Scheme and the Childcare Education and Training Support (CETS) Scheme, are transferred to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. [1]
     
  • Appointment of Special Adviser (Minister for Children and Youth Affairs) Order 2011 Act. (S.I. No. 469/2011)
    The Government, on the request of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 11 (1) of the Public Service Management Act 1997 (No. 27 of 1997), hereby order as follows:
    1. This Order may be cited as the Appointment of Special Adviser (Minister for Children and Youth Affairs) Order 2011.
    2. Mr. William Lavelle, particulars of whose address have been deposited at the offices of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, is appointed to be a Special Adviser to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with effect from 6th June 2011. [2]

2001

  • Youth Work Act, 2001(42 of 2001)
    An Act to extend the functions of vocational education committees in relation to youth work, to provide for the making of grants in respect of youth works, to provide for the appointment of an assessor of youth work and his or her functions under the Act, to establish voluntary youth councils, to provide for the development and co-ordination of organizations and persons engaged in youth work and in the provision of youth work programs and youth work services and for that purpose to establish a national youth work advisory committee, to repeal the youth work act, 1997, and to provide for related matters. [3]
    The following similar acts were adopted in the next years:
  • 2005 - Youth Work Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 189/2005) [4]
  • 2005 - Youth Work Act 2001 (Prescribed National Representative Youth Work Organization) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 926/2005) [5]
  • 2008 - Youth Work Act 2001 (Prescribed National Representative Youth Work Organization) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 131 of 2008) [6]
  • 2008 - Youth Work (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 595/2008) [7]
  • 2008 - Youth Work (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 596/2008) [8]


2000

  • Education (Welfare) Act, 2000(No. 22 of 2000)
    An Act to provide for the entitlement of every child in the state to a certain minimum education, and, for that purpose, to provide for the registration of children receiving education in places other than recognized schools. The compulsory attendance of certain children at recognized schools, the establishment of a body, to be known as the national educational welfare board. The coordination of its activities and those of certain other persons in so far as they relate to matters connected with school attendance, the identification of the causes of non-attendance on the part of certain students and the adoption of measures for its prevention, to repeal the school attendance acts, 1926 to 1967, to permit the supply of data relating to a person's educational history to certain persons, to provide for the amendment of the protection of young persons (employment) Act, 1996, and to provide for matters connected therewith. [9]


1997

  • Youth Work Act, 1997(30 of 1997)
    An Act to extend the functions of education boards in relation to youth work, to make provision for the making of grants in respect of youth work, to establish voluntary youth councils, to provide for the development and co-ordination of organizations and persons engaged in youth work and in the provision of youth work programs and youth work services, and for that purpose to establish a national youth work advisory committee and to provide for related matters. [10]
  • Youth Work Act, 1997 (Commencement) Order, 1997 (S.I. No. 260/1997) [11]
  • Youth Work Act, 1997 (Section 22) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. No. 271/1997) [12]


1996

  • Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996 (16 of 1996)
    An Act to revise and extend the law relating to the protection of young persons in employment and to enable effect to be given to council directive no. 94/33/EC of 22 June 1994 on the protection of young people at work (other than articles 6 and 7) and for those purposes to repeal the protection of young persons (EMPLOYMENT) Act, 1977, and certain provisions of the conditions of employment Act, 1936, and to provide for the related matters. [13]


1981

  • Youth Employment Agency Act, 1981(32 of 1981)
    An Act to provide for the promotion by the minister for labor of a limited company for the establishment, development, extension, operation, assistance (including financial assistance), encouragement, supervision, co-ordination and integration, either directly or indirectly, of schemes for the training and employment of young persons, to provide for the payment of a levy on incomes to defray the expenditure of the company in the performance of its functions and such other expenditure in relation to the training and employment of young persons as the minister for labor may determine and provide for other connected matters. [14]

    The following similar acts were adopted in the next years:
  • 1982 - Youth Employment Levy Regulations, 1982 (S.I. No. 84/1982) [15]
  • 1982 - Youth Employment Agency Act, 1981 (Commencement) Order, 1982 (S.I. No. 16/1982) [16]
  • 1983 - Youth Employment Levy (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 (S.I. No. 52/1983) [17]
  • 1984 - Youth Employment Levy (Amendment) Regulations, 1984 (S.I. No. 75/1984)

 

 

 

 

 

  1. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/0218.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  2. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/0469.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  3. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/act/pub/0042/index.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  4. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2005/en/si/0189.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  5. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2005/en/si/0926.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  6. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/en/si/0131.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  7. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/en/si/0595.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  8. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/en/si/0596.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  9. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1997/en/act/pub/0030/index.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  10. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1997/en/si/0260.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  11. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1997/en/si/0271.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  12. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1996/en/act/pub/0016/index.html>> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  13. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1981/en/act/pub/0032/index.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  14. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1982/en/si/0084.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  15. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1982/en/si/0016.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  16. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1983/en/si/0052.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)
  17. <http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1984/en/si/0075.html> (Accessed 31.03.2014)