Unit: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála

Thursday 2nd of June 2011 - Thursday 24th of September 2020

Succeeded by Department of Foreign Affairs (II)

From date: 2011-06-02
To date: 2020-09-24
Source: http://www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011; S.I. No. 382/2020
Confidence: Very Confident
Names: An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
- Source: http://www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011
- Description: Irish Language Name
- From date: 2011-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Legal forms: Ministerial Departments
- Source: http://www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011
- From date: 2011-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Functions: Policy Formation and Execution
- Source: http://www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011
- From date: 2011-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Policy domains: International Services
- Source: www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011
- From date: 2011-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Policy domains: Enterprise and Economic Development
- Source: www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011
- From date: 2011-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Counties: Dublin
- Source: http://www.dfa.ie/
- From date: 2011-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Eamon Gilmore
- Source: http://www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamon_Gilmore
- Description: Labour
- From date: 2011-06-02
- To date: 2014-07-11
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Simon Coveney
- Source: S.I. No. 382/2020; https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-06-27/11/; https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-appoints-members-of-government-2020; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Coveney;
- Description: Fine Gael; Appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following the appointment of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach. Re-appointed following formation of Government in June 2020. New Department formally established on 24 September 2020
- From date: 2017-06-14
- To date: 2020-09-24
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Charles Flanagan
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Flanagan
- Description: Fine Gael; Appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following a Cabinet reshuffle due to the election of Joan Burton as Labour Party leader. Subsequently appointed Minister for Justice and Equality following the appointment of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach
- From date: 2014-07-11
- To date: 2017-06-14
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: executive and legislative organs, financial and fiscal affairs, external affairs
- Source: www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011
- From date: 2011-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: foreign economic aid
- Source: www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011
- From date: 2011-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
FOI: yes
- Source: http://www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011
- From date: 2011-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Comptrollers: yes
- Source: http://www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011
- From date: 2011-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ombudsmans: yes
- Source: http://www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011
- From date: 2011-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Financial information:
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2020/si/382/
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2011/si/246/

Associated Events
Name	Date	From	To
S.I. No. 246/2011 (Foreign Affairs)	2011-06-02	Department of Foreign Affairs (II)	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
S.I. No. 382/2020 (Department of Foreign Affairs)	2020-09-24	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Department of Foreign Affairs (III)
S.I. No. 381/2020 (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions)	2020-09-23	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation

Unit Information

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála