Unit: Department of Rural and Community Development

Department of Rural and Community Development

An Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail

Wednesday 19th of July 2017 - still active

Creation of new department, taking Rural Affairs from the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Community from the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. Islands-related responsibilities transferred to this Department on 23 September 2020

From date: 2017-07-19
To date:
Source: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/18 S.I. No. 165/2018 - Community Development (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2018, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/165 S.I. No. 348/2017 - Charities (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/348 S.I. No. 357/2017 - Community Development (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/357 S.I. No. 354/2017 - Rural Affairs (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/354; S.I. No. 379/2020
Confidence: Very Confident
Names: An Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail
- Source: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/18
- From date: 2017-07-19
- Confidence: Very Confident
Legal forms: Ministerial Departments
- From date: 2017-07-19
- Confidence: Very Confident
Functions: Policy Formation and Execution
- From date: 2017-07-19
- Confidence: Very Confident
Policy domains: Enterprise and Economic Development
- From date: 2017-07-19
- Confidence: Fairly Confident
Counties: Dublin
- From date: 2017-07-19
- Confidence: Very Confident
Counties: Mayo
- From date: 2017-07-19
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Heather Humphreys
- Source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-06-27/11/; https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-appoints-members-of-government-2020
- Description: Fine Gael; Appointed following formation of Government in June 2020
- From date: 2020-06-27
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ministers: Michael Ring
- Description: Appointed to a new Department by Leo Varadkar upon becoming Taoiseach
- From date: 2017-06-14
- To date: 2020-06-27
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: general economic, commercial and labour affairs
- From date: 2017-07-19
- Confidence: Fairly Confident
Cofog: community development
- From date: 2017-07-19
- Confidence: Fairly Confident
FOI: yes
- Description: Assume subject to FOI as per all Government Departments
- From date: 2017-07-19
- Confidence: Very Confident
Comptrollers: yes
- Description: Assume subject to C&AG audit as per all Government Departments
- From date: 2017-07-19
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ombudsmans: yes
- Description: Assume subject to Ombudsman remit as per all Government Departments
- From date: 2017-07-19
- Confidence: Very Confident
Financial information:
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/18/enacted/en/html
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2020/si/379/
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/165/
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/348/
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/357/
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/354/

Associated Events
Name	Date	From	To
Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2017	2017-07-19		Department of Rural and Community Development
S.I. No. 379/2020 (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions)	2020-09-23	Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht	Department of Rural and Community Development

Unit Information

Department of Rural and Community Development

An Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail