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| Title of Licence /Permit | Purpose | Relevant Link to online information on Licence/Permit | Section/Agency/Body which issues Licence/Permit |
| D.I.Y. A.I. Licences | To authorise herd-owners to carry out artificial insemination | Agriculture.gov.ie- Livestock Forms | Livestock Breeding, Production & Trade Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Government Buildings, Farnham Street, Cavan Tel: +353 49 4368296 |
| Deer Hunting Licences Section 29 (1) of the Wildlife Act, 1976 (as amended) | To comply with EU and National Legislation | National Parks & Wildlife Service- Deer Hunting Licences | Wildlife Licensing Unit, |
| Deliberate release of Genetically Modified Micro-organisms into the environment | The Environmental Protection Agency is Ireland’s competent authority under Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment. Detailed procedures concerning the authorisation process are set out in Directive 2001/18/EC and the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 500 of 2003). | Environmental Protection Agency- GMOs | Office of Environmental Sustainability |
| Detection Device Consent | Requires that consent must be obtained for the use of a detection device to search for archaeological objects at a specified place or for the use and possession of a detection device at a place protected under the National Monuments Acts. | An online application system for licences, consents and directions is under development with a view to be available through the website www.archaeology.ie | National Monuments Service, |
| Digital Tachograph cards – company card | Card issued, on application, to an owner or holder of vehicles fitted with digital tachographs to enable for the downloading, display and printing of data stored on the digital tachograph | Road Safety Authority, | |
| Digital Tachograph cards – driver card (includes renewal and replacement cards) | Card issued, on application to a driver of a goods or passenger vehicle for recording and storing driver activity and used in a digital tachograph | Road Safety Authority, | |
Digital Tachograph -Workshop cards | Card issued, on application, to approved fitters and workshops to enable testing, calibration and downloading of data on digital tachographs. | Road Safety Authority, | |
Disability Access Certificate | A Disability Access Certificate is a certificate granted by a building control authority which certifies compliance, at design stage, of non–domestic buildings and apartment blocks with the requirements of Part M of the Second Schedule to the Building Regulations 1997 to 2014. Disability Access Certificates can be obtained from local building control authorities (i.e. local authorities). | Contact your local authority | Further information on Disability Access Certificates is available at:
Contact details for Building Control Officers in each Local Authority Applications can be submitted online on the Building Control Management System (BCMS) (login required) |
Dispatch Operator Licence | Annual Licence to operate as a Dispatch Operator | SPSV Licensing Section | |
Distribution Asset Owner Licence | Relates to distributes of electricity or gas | Commission for Regulation of Utilities, | |
Distribution System Operator | Relates to distributes of electricity or gas | Commission for Regulation of Utilities, | |
Dive Survey Licence | Requires that an underwater dive/survey licence is required in order to carry out dives, surveys or other archaeological activities on wrecks or underwater archaeological objects. | National Monuments Service, | |
Door Supervisor (Licensed Premises) | Licence issued to a contractor to legally provide a security service. | The Private Security Authority | |
Draft Net & Snap Net | Allows fishermen to commercially fish for salmon subject to the Control of Fishing for Salmon Order (SI) | Inland Fisheries Ireland | |
Driver Attestation | The driver of a vehicle engaged in the carriage of goods subject to Community Licence (as regards international transport) and who is a national of a non-member country employed by a Road Transport Operator from a Member State should hold a driver attestation. | Further information can be found here | Road Transport Operator Licensing |
Driver CPC (card) | Carried by professional bus/truck drivers in addition to their driving licence and proves (1) Bus/truck driver CPC qualification for new bus/truck drivers (2) ongoing maintenance of Driver CPC qualification by existing bus & truck drivers | Driver CPC Unit, | |
Driving Licence - Full and Learner Permits | Allows you to legally drive in Ireland | National Driving Licence Service operating under the Road Safety Authority | |
Driving Instructors Licence | To enable persons to provide professional driver training to Learner Permit holders | ADI Unit, | |
Drugs - Licences in respect of drugs and precursor chemicals controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 & 1984 | To possess, supply, manufacture, import and export drugs and precursor chemicals controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 & 1984 | Kevin O'Malley House, | |
Dual-use Brokering Licence | Control of brokering dual-use goods and technology under Council Regulation 428 of 2009 as amended. | Licensing Unit, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Tel: + 353 1 631 2256 |