Unit: Department of Social Welfare

Department of Social Welfare

An Roinn Leasa Shóisialaigh

Wednesday 22nd of January 1947 - Friday 11th of July 1997

From date: 1947-01-22
To date: 1997-07-11
Source: MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1946; S.I. No. 307/1997; http://www.welfare.ie/
Confidence: Very Confident
Names: An Roinn Leasa Shóisialaigh
- Source: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1946
- Description: Irish Language Name
- From date: 1947-01-22
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Legal forms: Ministerial Departments
- Source: MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1946; S.I. No. 307/1997; http://www.welfare.ie/
- From date: 1947-01-22
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Functions: Policy Formation and Execution
- Source: MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1946; S.I. No. 307/1997; http://www.welfare.ie/
- From date: 1947-01-22
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Policy domains: Social Protection
- Source: MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1946; S.I. No. 307/1997; http://www.welfare.ie/
- From date: 1947-01-22
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Counties: Dublin
- Source: IPA Yearbooks
- From date: 1947-01-22
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Charles Haughey
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Concurrently Minister for Health; Subsequently appointed Taoiseach
- From date: 1977-07-05
- To date: 1979-12-12
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Charlie McCreevey
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1992-02-11
- To date: 1993-01-12
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: James Ryan
- Source: DSFA Annual Report 2007; http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Concurrently served as Minister for Health; Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1947-01-22
- To date: 1948-02-18
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: James Ryan
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Concurrently served as Minister for Health; Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1951-06-14
- To date: 1954-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Brendan Corish
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: The Labour Party
- From date: 1954-06-02
- To date: 1957-03-20
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Brendan Corish
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: "Tánaiste, Minister for Health and Minister for Social Welfare (14 march 1973 to 25 May 1977); Labour Party"
- From date: 1973-03-14
- To date: 1977-07-05
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Eileen Desmond
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Concurrently Minister for Health; Labour Party
- From date: 1981-06-30
- To date: 1982-03-09
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Michael Woods
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Concurrently Minister for Health; Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1979-12-12
- To date: 1981-06-30
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Michael Woods
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Concurrently Minister for Health; Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1982-03-09
- To date: 1982-12-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Michael Woods
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1987-03-10
- To date: 1991-11-13
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Michael Woods
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1993-01-12
- To date: 1994-12-15
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Barry Desmond
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Concurrently Minister for Health; Labour Party
- From date: 1982-12-14
- To date: 1986-02-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: William Norton
- Source: DSFA Annual Report 2007; http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/
- Description: Tánaiste and Minister for Social Welfare; The Labour Party
- From date: 1948-02-18
- To date: 1951-06-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Patrick Smyth
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Concurrently Minister for Local Government; Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1957-03-20
- To date: 1957-11-27
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Kevin Boland
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1961-06-12
- To date: 1966-11-16
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Kevin Boland
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Concurrently Minister for Local Government; Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1969-07-02
- To date: 1970-05-06
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Joseph Brennan
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1966-11-16
- To date: 1969-07-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Joseph Brennan
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1970-05-06
- To date: 1973-03-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Gemma Hussey
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Also Minister for Labour (1 January 1987 to 10 March 1987); Fine Gael
- From date: 1986-02-14
- To date: 1987-03-10
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Brendan Daly
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1991-11-13
- To date: 1992-02-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Proinsias De Rossa
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Democratic Left
- From date: 1994-12-15
- To date: 1997-06-26
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Seán MacEntee
- Source: http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; DSFA Annual Report 2007
- Description: Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Minister for Social Welfare (23 June 1959 to 12 October 1961); Fianna Fáil
- From date: 1957-11-27
- To date: 1961-10-12
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: sickness and disability
- Source: MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1946; S.I. No. 307/1997; http://www.welfare.ie/
- From date: 1947-01-22
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: old age
- Source: MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1946; S.I. No. 307/1997; http://www.welfare.ie/
- From date: 1947-01-22
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: survivors
- Source: MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1946; S.I. No. 307/1997; http://www.welfare.ie/
- From date: 1947-01-22
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: family and children
- Source: MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1946; S.I. No. 307/1997; http://www.welfare.ie/
- From date: 1947-01-22
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: unemployment
- Source: MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1946; S.I. No. 307/1997; http://www.welfare.ie/
- From date: 1947-01-22
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: housing
- Source: MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1946; S.I. No. 307/1997; http://www.welfare.ie/
- From date: 1947-01-22
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: social protection NEC
- Source: MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1946; S.I. No. 307/1997; http://www.welfare.ie/
- From date: 1947-01-22
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Comptrollers: yes
- Source: http://audgen.gov.ie/
- From date: 1947-01-22
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Ombudsmans: yes
- Source: Ombudsman Act, 1980
- From date: 1980-01-01
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Financial information:
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1946/act/38/enacted/en/html
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1997/si/307/

Associated Events
Name	Date	From	To
S.I. No. 307/1997 (Social Welfare)	1997-07-12	Department of Social Welfare	Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs
Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1946	1947-01-22		Department of Social Welfare
S.I. No. 18/1947 (Social Welfare)	1947-01-22	Department of Local Government and Public Health	Department of Social Welfare

Unit Information

Department of Social Welfare

An Roinn Leasa Shóisialaigh