S.I. No. 375/2025 - European Union (Online Dissemination of Terrorist Content) (Designation of the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána as a Competent Authority) Regulations 2025 Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge Léim go dtí an t-ábhar Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge English Produced by the Office of the Attorney General Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne Home Legislation Acts of the Oireachtas Statutory Instruments Pre-1922 Legislation Constitution External Resources Bills (Houses of the Oireachtas) Iris Oifigiúil / Official Gazette Revised Acts (LRC) Classified List of Legislation (LRC) Translations (acts.
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- s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile Statutory InstrumentsIonstraimí Reachtúla 2025 S.I. No. 375/2025 - European Union (Online Dissemination of Terrorist Content) (Designation of the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána as a Competent Authority) Regulations 2025 S.I. No. 375/2025 - European Union (Online Dissemination of Terrorist Content) (Designation of the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána as a Competent Authority) Regulations 2025 AmendmentsLeasuithe Download PDF Íoslódáil PDF Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st August, 2025. I, JIM O’CALLAGHAN, Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Regulation (EU) 2021/784 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 20211 on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online, hereby make the following regulations: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Online Dissemination of Terrorist Content) (Designation of the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána as a Competent Authority) Regulations 2025. 2.
(1)In these Regulations - “Garda Commissioner” means - (
- a)the person for the time being appointed as the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána under section 26 the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (No.1 of 2024), (
- b)a person to whom the functions of the Commissioner under these Regulations stand delegated in accordance with section 39 of that Act, or (
- c)a person performing the functions of the Commissioner pursuant to section 28 of that Act; “Regulation (EU) 2021/784” means Regulation (EU) 2021/784 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 20211 on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online.
(2)A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and that is also used in Regulation (EU) 2021/784 has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in that Regulation.
(3)A reference in these Regulations to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered of Regulation (EU) 2021/784. 3. The Garda Commissioner is designated for the purposes of Article 12
(1)(b) as the competent authority to scrutinise removal orders pursuant to Article
- The Garda Commissioner shall carry out his or her functions as the competent authority referred to in Regulation 3 in an objective and non-discriminatory manner, while fully respecting fundamental rights, and shall be independent in the exercise of those functions.
- The Garda Commissioner shall, before 1 March each year, in his or her capacity as the competent authority referred to in Regulation 3, provide the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration with such information as the Commissioner has in that capacity which is required to be forwarded to the Commission of the European Union pursuant to Article
- GIVEN under my Official Seal, 24 July,
- JIM O’CALLAGHAN, Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. 1 OJ NO. L 172, 17.5.2021, p. 79 1 OJ NO. L 172, 17.5.2021, p. 79 Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais