Official bodies for tree work in Ireland
Official bodies and official schemes in Ireland that matter to tree workers, grouped by what they do. Each row links to the body's own page.
Checked against the sources at the bottom of this page on October 8, 2026. Rules, fees and pay change: the source has the last word.
This page reports what the official source says. It is not legal advice: ask the office named here.
On this page
- Workplace safety regulators
- Licences for tree work and felling
- Pesticide licensing
- Forestry and urban forestry
- Utility tree work and vegetation management
- Qualifications and apprenticeships
- Standards bodies
- Underground utility locate centres
- Emergency management and civil defence
- Business registration and company registries
- Tax offices
Workplace safety regulators
| Body | Covers | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture and Forestry (HSA) | Whole country | HSA section for agriculture and forestry, with pages on precautions and risk assessment, legislation and enforcement, vehicles and machinery, and falls. |
| Health and Safety Authority (HSA) | Whole country | Ireland's workplace safety and health authority, with topic pages, publications, forms and accident and dangerous occurrence reporting. |
| Work at Height (HSA) | Whole country | HSA topic page on working at height, with a linked campaign page. |
Licences for tree work and felling
| Body | Covers | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Forestry in Ireland (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine) | Whole country | Department page on forestry public consultations, the licensing consultation process, licence application decisions and the Forestry Appeals Committee. |
Pesticide licensing
| Body | Covers | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Pesticide Registration and Control Division (PRCD) | Whole country | Division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine that regulates pesticides in Ireland. |
| Professional Users and Sprayer Operators (PRCD) | Whole country | PRCD page saying a professional user is anyone who applies professional use plant protection products, and that only a registered professional user can apply them. |
Forestry and urban forestry
| Body | Covers | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Forestry (Teagasc) | Whole country | Teagasc's Forestry Development Department gives advice, training and research on farm forestry and related matters. |
| Forestry Grants and Schemes (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine) | Whole country | Department publication on planting and afforestation, grants, payment, qualifications, licence issues and the full list of forestry schemes. |
| Legislation (National Parks and Wildlife Service) | Whole country | NPWS page on the main laws behind nature conservation in Ireland, starting with the Wildlife Act 1976. |
Utility tree work and vegetation management
| Body | Covers | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) | Whole country | Ireland's independent energy and water regulator. |
| Guidelines for safe working near overhead electricity lines in Agriculture (HSA) | Whole country | HSA publication page with guidelines for safe working near overhead electricity lines in agriculture. |
| Safety (ESB Networks) | Whole country | ESB Networks safety pages, with electrical safety tips for outdoors, farms and construction sites. |
Qualifications and apprenticeships
| Body | Covers | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Generation Apprenticeship | Whole country | National apprenticeship website for school leavers, older learners and career changers. |
| Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) | Whole country | State agency responsible for the quality, integrity and reputation of further and higher education, with the Irish Register of Qualifications. |
Standards bodies
| Body | Covers | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) | Whole country | Ireland's official standards body, which develops and publishes standards. |
Underground utility locate centres
| Body | Covers | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Dial Before You Dig (Gas Networks Ireland) | Whole country | Gas Networks Ireland service giving information, advice and maps on the gas pipeline network before excavation work. |
Emergency management and civil defence
| Body | Covers | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Civil Defence | Whole country | Volunteer organisation that supports the front line emergency services in severe weather, flooding, major accidents, fire fighting and searches for missing people. |
| Met Éireann, warnings and advisories | Whole country | The Irish national meteorological service's page of weather warnings and advisories. |
| Office of Emergency Planning (Department of Defence) | Whole country | Department of Defence office that coordinates national emergency planning. |
Business registration and company registries
| Body | Covers | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment | Whole country | Government department for enterprise, tourism and employment policy. |
| Local Enterprise Office | Whole country | National network site for the Local Enterprise Offices, with services, FAQs and a way to find the office for an area. |
Tax offices
| Body | Covers | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Employing people (Revenue) | Whole country | Revenue page for employers on tax obligations when hiring and paying staff, with the list of forms employers use. |
| Self-assessment and self-employment (Revenue) | Whole country | Revenue pages on tax for the self-employed, including how to calculate and pay tax and file returns. |
| Starting and running a business (Revenue) | Whole country | Revenue page on tax and customs implications of starting a business, registering for tax, claiming expenses and start-up initiatives. |