---
pretty_name: Ireland Irish Statute Book (eISB ELI)
license: cc-by-4.0
language:
- en
- ga
task_categories:
- text-retrieval
tags:
- legal
- law
- ireland
- irish-statute-book
- eli
- official-texts
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
configs:
- config_name: laws
  data_files: data/laws.parquet
  default: true
- config_name: articles
  data_files: data/articles.parquet
---

# Ireland Irish Statute Book (eISB ELI)

Research snapshot of official national legislation. Coverage: **complete** (catalog minus 12 unpublished numbers).

**Not legal advice.** The official gazette / authentic source prevails over this corpus.

## Snapshot

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Snapshot date | 2026-09-03 |
| Coverage | **complete** (catalog minus 12 unpublished numbers) |
| Source | Official irishstatutebook.ie ELI XML then HTML/print. Chrome UA (generic bots 403). |
| Collector | `scrapers/collect_ie.py` |
| Laws / instruments | 3,953 |
| Articles | 7,716 |
| License | `cc-by-4.0` |

## Contents

- `data/laws.parquet` — one row per instrument (zstd).
- `data/articles.parquet` — article/section rows for the same snapshot.
- `scrapers/collect_ie.py` — research collector used to build this snapshot.

## License / reuse

Oireachtas (Open Data) PSI Licence incorporating CC BY 4.0, as stated at irishstatutebook.ie/eli/open-data.html.

This dataset is **not legal advice**. The official source prevails.

## Source

- https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/
- https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/open-data.html

## Known gaps

Catalog 3965. 3953 harvested. Remaining 12 are 1962 Acts nos. 25–36 with no official XML/HTML/print body (likely unused numbers). Not a live-origin block.