Ireland ratified the European Social Charter on 07/10/1964 and the Revised European Social Charter on 04/11/2000, accepting 92 of the 98 paragraphs of the Revised Charter.

Ireland ratified the Additional Protocol providing for a system of collective complaints procedure on 04/11/2000. It has not yet made a declaration enabling national NGOs to submit collective complaints. 
 

The Charter in domestic law

Ireland is a dualist state.


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The country factsheets include detailed information on the findings of the European Committee of Social Rights when monitoring the application of the Charter at national level, as well as examples of progress in the implementation of the rights protected by the Charter.

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Findings 2019 of the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up to decisions on the merits in collective complaints in respect of Ireland


Table of accepted and non-accepted provisions by Ireland

Grey = Accepted provisions

1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.1
3.2 3.3 3.4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 5 6.1 6.2 6.3
6.4 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 8.1
8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 9 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 11.1 11.2
11.3 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 14.1 14.2 15.1
15.2 15.3 16 17.1 17.2 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 19.1 19.2 19.3
19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 19.9 19.10 19.11 19.12 20 21 22
23 24 25 26.1 26.2 27.11 27.2 27.3 28 29 30 31.1
31.2 31.3  

1 Sub-paragraph c not accepted
 

Meetings and reports on non-accepted provisions


Collective complaints procedure

Ireland ratified the Additional Protocol providing for a system of collective complaints procedure on 04/11/2000. It has not yet made a declaration enabling national NGOs to submit collective complaints. 

Back No. 164/2018 European Organisation of Military Associations (EUROMIL) v. Ireland

The complaint was registered on 23 April 2018. It relates to Articles 1 (right to work) and 26§2 (the right of dignity at work) of the Revised European Social Charter. EUROMIL alleges that there is no provision in Irish law enabling members of the Irish Defence Forces to discharge from the armed forces on grounds of conscientious objection in breach of the above-mentioned provisions of the Charter.

 Case-document no. 1, Complaint registered on 23 April 2018

 Case-document no. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility

 Case-document no. 3, Submissions by the Government on the merits

 Case-document no. 4, Response from EUROMIL to the Government's submissions on the merits

 Case-document no. 5, Further response from the Government

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 16 October 2018.

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint No. 164/2018

 Decision on the merits of the Complaint No. 164/2018

 Resolution CM/ResChS(2021)3 of the Committee of Minister of 16 June 2021

 


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