Unit: Department of Defence

Department of Defence

An Roinn Cosanta

Sunday 1st of June 1924 - still active

From date: 1924-06-01
To date:
Source: Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; http://www.defence.ie/
Confidence: Very Confident
Names: An Roinn Cosanta
- Source: http://www.defence.ie/
- Description: Irish Language Name
- From date: 1924-06-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Legal forms: Ministerial Departments
- Source: Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; http://www.defence.ie/
- From date: 1924-06-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Functions: Policy Formation and Execution
- Source: Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; http://www.defence.ie/
- From date: 1924-06-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Policy domains: Defence
- Source: Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.defence.ie/
- From date: 1924-06-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Counties: Dublin
- Source: http://www.defence.ie/
- From date: 1924-06-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Brian Cowen
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/
- From date: 2010-02-18
- To date: 2010-03-23
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Charles Haughey
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- From date: 1990-11-01
- To date: 1991-02-05
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: John Wilson
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1992-02-11
- To date: 1993-01-12
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Pádraig Faulkner
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: "Fianna Fáil, resigned to become Ceann Comhairle "
- From date: 1979-12-12
- To date: 1980-10-15
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Thomas O'Higgins
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fine Gael
- From date: 1948-12-18
- To date: 1951-03-07
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Michael Noonan
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1987-03-10
- To date: 1989-07-12
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Kevin Boland
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1957-03-20
- To date: 1961-10-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Brendan Daly
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1991-02-05
- To date: 1991-11-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: James Gibbons
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1969-07-02
- To date: 1970-05-09
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Brian Lenihan (Sr.)
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- From date: 1989-07-12
- To date: 1990-10-31
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Tony Killeen
- Source: "Speech by the Taoiseach, Mr. Brian Cowen, TD, Dáil Éireann, Nomination of Members of Government, 23rd March, 2010"
- From date: 2010-03-23
- To date: 2011-03-09
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Michael Smith
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- From date: 1997-10-08
- To date: 2004-09-29
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Patrick Cooney
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fine Gael
- From date: 1982-12-14
- To date: 1986-02-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: David Andrews
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- From date: 1997-06-26
- To date: 1997-10-08
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: David Andrews
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1993-01-12
- To date: 1994-12-15
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Oscar Traynor
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1951-06-13
- To date: 1954-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Oscar Traynor
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1939-09-08
- To date: 1948-02-18
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Enda Kenny
- Source: http://www.defence.ie/
- Description: Fine Gael
- From date: 2014-05-08
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Michael Hilliard
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1965-04-21
- To date: 1969-07-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Desmond FitzGerald
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Cumann na nGaedhael
- From date: 1927-06-23
- To date: 1932-03-09
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Frank Aiken
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1932-03-09
- To date: 1939-09-08
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Robert Molloy
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1977-07-05
- To date: 1979-12-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: James Tully
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Labour Party
- From date: 1981-06-30
- To date: 1982-03-09
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Sylvester Barrett
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1980-10-15
- To date: 1981-06-30
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Patrick Donegan
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fine Gael
- From date: 1973-03-14
- To date: 1976-12-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Paddy O'Toole
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fine Gael
- From date: 1986-02-14
- To date: 1987-03-10
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Hugh Coveney
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fine Gael
- From date: 1994-12-15
- To date: 1995-05-23
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Seán Barrett
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fine Gael
- From date: 1995-05-23
- To date: 1997-06-26
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Patrick Power
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1982-03-09
- To date: 1982-12-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Liam Cosgrave
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fine Gael
- From date: 1976-12-02
- To date: 1976-12-16
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Gerald Bartley
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1961-10-11
- To date: 1965-04-21
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: William O'Dea
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- From date: 2004-09-29
- To date: 2010-02-18
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Vincent Brady
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1991-11-14
- To date: 1992-02-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Oliver Flanagan
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fine Gael
- From date: 1976-12-02
- To date: 1977-07-05
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Jeremiah Cronin
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- From date: 1970-05-09
- To date: 1973-03-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Seán Mac Eoin
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fine Gael
- From date: 1954-06-02
- To date: 1957-03-20
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Seán Mac Eoin
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Fine Gael
- From date: 1951-03-07
- To date: 1951-06-13
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Peter Hughes
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Cumann na nGaedhael
- From date: 1924-11-21
- To date: 1927-06-23
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Alan Shatter
- Source: http://www.defence.ie/
- From date: 2011-03-09
- To date: 2014-05-07
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: William T Cosgrave
- Source: Chubb 1970
- From date: 1924-06-02
- To date: 1924-11-20
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: military defence
- Source: Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.defence.ie/
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: civil defence
- Source: Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.defence.ie/
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: foreign military aid
- Source: Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.defence.ie/
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: defence NEC
- Source: Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.defence.ie/
- Confidence: Very Confident
FOI: yes
- Source: Freedom of Information Act 1997
- From date: 1998-04-21
- Confidence: Very Confident
Comptrollers: yes
- Source: Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; http://audgen.gov.ie/
- From date: 1924-06-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ombudsmans: yes
- Source: Ombudsman Act, 1980
- From date: 1980-01-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ombudsmans: yes
- Source: Ombudsman For Children Act, 2002
- Description: Subject to review by the Ombudsman For Children
- From date: 2002-01-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Financial information:
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1924/act/16/enacted/en/html

Associated Events
Name	Date	From	To
Ministers and Secretaries Act 1939	1939-09-08	Department of Defence	Office of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures
Ministers and Secretaries Act 1939	1939-09-08	Department of Defence	Department of Defence
Office of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures	1945-06-18	Department of Defence	Department of Defence
Office of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures	1945-06-18	Office of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures	Department of Defence
Civil Defence Act 2012	2012-12-31	Civil Defence Board	Department of Defence
Civil Defence Act 2012	2012-12-31	Department of Defence	Department of Defence
Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (Department of Defence)	1924-06-02	Ministry of Defence	Department of Defence

Unit Information

Department of Defence

An Roinn Cosanta