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Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture (I) | 1928-09-01 | 1965-07-05 | Land Commission transferred to Department of Fisheries to form Department of Lands and Fisheries | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928; S.I. No. 60/1928; S.I. No. 146/1965 |
| Ministry of Agriculture | 1922-01-11 | 1924-06-02 | Predated Saorstát Éireann.'Departments of State' referred to in general terms under Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922. Subsequently replaced by Department of Lands and Agriculture under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | Article 56 and the 'Transitory Provisions' of the Schedule to the Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922 (No. 1 of 1922); Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/ |
| Ministry of Labour | 1922-01-11 | 1922-09-09 | May also have incorporated the 'trade and commerce' portfolio for a time. Subsumed into new Ministry of Industry and Commerce from September 1922 | Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/ |