Secondary legislation typically refers to Statutory Instruments - regulations, rules, orders, schemes, and bye-laws.
The Irish Statute Book website, produced by the Attorney General's Office provides access to the full text (unofficial version) of all Statutory Instruments. The print version is the official version.
The eIrish Statute Book "contains electronic versions of Acts and Statutory Instruments in the official language or languages in which they were enacted or made. Where an Act was enacted in both official languages (for example an Act to amend the Constitution) both official language versions are available on the eISB" (Irish Statute Book, 2016)
Full text of Statutory Instruments is also available on the website of the Houses of the Oireachtas through the Library & Research Service's electronic documents laid catalogue facility. "Documents laid" refers to all documents formally laid before the Dáil and|or the Seanad. The electronic documents laid facility has been in place since 2012. View digital scans of Statutory Instruments as they appeared before the Houses. Go to More > Documents laid.
The Law Reform Commission holds responsibility for the Legislation Directory, previously the Chronological Table of the Statutes, which lists amendments, commencements and SIs made under an Act in the eIrish Statute Book. The Commission's Classified List of Legislation in Ireland is constantly reviewed and updated and lists all Acts in force with all current SIs made under the Act. It aims to provide quick reference to all legislation currently in force in an area of law (Law Reform Commission, 2016)
See chapter 2.4 of the OSCOLA Ireland guide (2nd ed.) for rules on citing secondary legislation (Pg. 19-20), or see the quick reference guide.
Alternatively, see chapter 2.5 of the OSCOLA guide (4th ed.) (Pg. 26-28)
DCU Library would like to gratefully acknowledge the input of Daniel Hurley BL in the making of this guide.