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INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT 1967 REVISED Updated to 23 April 2026 (LRC Revised) Open official source

Number 5 of 1967

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT 1967

REVISED

Updated to 23 April 2026

Changes to legislation

as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.

This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the

Industrial Training Act 1967

. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under

the

Law Reform Commission Act 1975

(3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation

of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the

International Protection Act 2026

(9/2026), enacted 23 April 2026, and all statutory instruments up to and including

the

Industrial Training (Firefighter EMS Practitioner (Paramedic)) Order 2026

(S.I. No. 188 of 2026), made 23 April 2026, were considered in the preparation of

this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has

been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume

no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning

the

accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not

accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify

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errors, omissions and comments by email to revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

Number

1967

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT 1967

REVISED

Updated to 23 April 2026

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary and General

Section

Short title.

Interpretation.

Establishment day.

Application in relation to employment by the State.

Rules (prescribed matters).

Expenses of Minister.

Repeals.

PART II

An Chomhairle Oiliúna

Establishment of An Chomhairle

Oiliúna.

(Repealed)

Functions of An

Chomhairle.

(Repealed)

10.

Chairman’s superannuation

scheme.

(Repealed)

11.

Chief Officer.

(Repealed)

12.

Officers and servants (other

than Chief Officer) of An Chomhairle.

(Repealed)

13.

Superannuation of officers and

servants of An Chomhairle.

(Repealed)

14.

Accounts and Audits.

(Repealed)

15.

Annual Report, etc.

(Repealed)

16.

Grants to, and investment of

moneys by, An Chomhairle.

(Repealed)

17.

Power of An Chomhairle to

borrow temporarily.

(Repealed)

18.

Gifts.

(Repealed)

PART III

Industrial Training

Chapter I

Grants, Loans and Levies

19.

Grants and loans for provision of certain courses and facilities.

20.

Grants for training of workers in certain undertakings.

21.

Levies.

(Repealed)

22.

Appeal tribunals.

Chapter II

Designated Industrial Activities

23.

Designated industrial activities.

24.

Industrial training

committees.

(Repealed)

25.

Joint industrial training

committees.

(Repealed)

26.

Power to obtain information from employers.

Chapter III

Apprenticeship

27.

Apprentice.

28.

Certain persons may be declared to be apprentices for the purposes of Act.

29.

Notice of intention to make rules.

30.

Publication of notice of making of rules.

31.

Taking of persons into employment by way of apprenticeship.

32.

Education of apprentices.

33.

34.

Notifications.

35.

Interference with employers.

36.

Arrangements in case of trade dispute.

Chapter IV

Miscellaneous

37.

Advisory committees.

38.

Fees payable to An Chomhairle.

39.

Power to exempt employers in certain cases.

40.

Restriction of section 48 of Industrial Relations Act, 1946, and on certain agreements

and orders under that Act.

PART IV

Miscellaneous

41.

Power to ensure the provision, as respects activity of industry, of trained persons.

42.

Powers of authorised officers.

43.

Certificates of authorised officers.

44.

Posting of copies or abstracts of rules.

45.

Offences and penalties.

46.

Prosecution of offences.

47.

Proof of orders, rules and regulations.

48.

Service and signing of notices.

49.

Transitional provisions.

FIRST SCHEDULE

(Repealed)

SECOND SCHEDULE

(Repealed)

Acts Referred to

Apprenticeship Act, 1959

1959, No. 39

Undeveloped Areas Act, 1952

1952, No. 1

Industrial Grants (Amendment) Act, 1963

1963, No. 4

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited Act, 1959

1959, No. 36

Industrial Relations Act, 1946

1946, No. 26

Documentary Evidence Act, 1925

1925, No. 24

Companies Act, 1963

1963, No. 33

Finance Act, 1895

1895, c. 16

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1967

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT 1967

REVISED

Updated to 23 April 2026

AN ACT TO MAKE BETTER PROVISION FOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TRAINING AND FOR THAT

PURPOSE TO ESTABLISH A BODY TO BE KNOWN AS AN CHOMHAIRLE OILIÚNA AND TO DEFINE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPOSITION BY AN CHOMHAIRLE

OILIÚNA OF LEVIES FOR THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TRAINING, TO REPEAL THE

APPRENTICESHIP ACT, 1959

, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [7

th March

, 1967.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text)

Functions

transferred and references construed (21.10.2020) by

Further and Higher

Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Transfer of Departmental

Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020

(S.I. No. 451 of

2020), arts. 2, 3(1)(a), (2) and sch., in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to

transitional provisions in arts. 4-8.

2. (1) The administration

and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any

functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Further

and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

(2) References to the

Department of Education and Skills contained in any Act or any instrument made

under such Act and relating to any administration and business transferred by

paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as

references to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation

and Science.

3. (1) The functions vested

in the Minister for Education and Skills -

(a) by or under the Acts

specified in Part 1 of the Schedule, and

...

are transferred to the

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

(2) References to the

Minister for Education and Skills contained in any Act or instrument made under

such Act and relating to any functions transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from

the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

SCHEDULE

Article 3

Part 1

...

Industrial Training Act 1967 (No.

5 of 1967)

...

Application of Act restricted (1.04.2000) by

National Minimum Wage Act 2000

(5/2000), s. 5(b), S.I. No. 96 of 2000.

Non-application of Act.

—This Act does not apply to the remuneration of a person who is— ...

(b) an apprentice within the meaning of or under the Industrial Training Act, 1967,

or the Labour Services Act, 1987.

Instruments made under Act carried forward and validity of certain

actions unaffected (18.07.1987) by

Labour Services Act 1987

(15/1987), s.

21, commenced on enactment.

Saving for certain orders, regulations rules, exemptions, committees, etc.

21.

—(1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the validity of any order, regulation, rule,

exemption, approval or notice made, given or served, or any committee established,

declared or appointed, by An Chomhairle under the Act of 1967 before the establishment

day and every such order, regulation, rule, exemption, approval, notice and committee

shall, if and in so far as it was operative or in existence, as the case may be, immediately

before the establishment day, continue in force or continue in existence, as the case

may be, and have effect on and after that day as if it had been validly made, given

or served or established, declared or appointed under the Act of 1967 by An Foras.

(2) Nothing in this Act shall affect the validity of any act which was done before

the establishment day by or on behalf of the Minister in connection with or for the

purposes of the Manpower Service or by or on behalf of An Chomhairle or the Agency

and every such act shall, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before

that day, have effect on and after that day as if it had been done by or on behalf

of An Foras.

Editorial Notes

Previous affecting provision: functions transferred to Department of

and Minister for Education and Science and references to “Department of

Enterprise, Trade and Employment ” and “Minister for Enterprise, Trade

and Employment ” construed (1.05.2010) by

Employment Programmes and

Services and Skills Training (Transfer of Departmental Administration and

Ministerial Functions) Order 2010

(S.I. No. 187 of 2010), arts. 2 and 3,

subject to transitional provisions in arts. 4-8; superseded as per C-note

above.

Previous affecting provision: Act included in collective citation (25.03.1994) by

Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Levy) Act 1994

(3/1994) s. 17(3), S.I. No. 61 of 1994; repealed (21.12.2000) by

National Training Fund Act 2000

(41/2000), s. 9 and sch., S.I. No. 494 of 2000.

Previous affecting

provision: functions transferred to Department of and Minister for Industry and

Commerce and references to “Department of Labour” and “Minister for

Labour” construed (20.01.1993) by

Labour (Transfer of Departmental

Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1993

(S.I. No. 18 of 1993),

arts. 3, subject to transitional provisions in arts. 5-9; superseded as per E-note