Unit: Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Home Affairs

Tuesday 10th of January 1922 - Monday 2nd of June 1924

Predated Saorstát Éireann.'Departments of State' referred to in general terms under Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann) Act, 1922. Subsequently replaced by Department of Justice (I) under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924)

From date: 1922-01-10
To date: 1924-06-02
Source: 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); http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/An_early_history_of_the_Department; Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/#second-dail-2nd-ministry-post-treaty
Confidence: Quite Confident
Legal forms: Ministerial Departments
- Source: 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); http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/An_early_history_of_the_Department; Chubb 1970
- Description: 'Departments of State' referred to under Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922. Subsequently replaced by Department of Justice (I)
- From date: 1922-01-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Functions: Policy Formation and Execution
- From date: 1922-01-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Policy domains: Public Order and Safety
- From date: 1922-01-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Counties: Dublin
- From date: 1922-01-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Ministers: Kevin O'Higgins
- Source: http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/An_early_history_of_the_Department; Chubb 1970
- Description: Cumann na nGaedheal. Department was replaced by Department of Justice (I) under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924). Minister continued in office thereafter
- From date: 1922-09-09
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Ministers: Eamonn Duggan
- Source: Chubb 1970
- Description: Cumann na nGaedheal; Succeeded by Kevin O'Higgins
- From date: 1922-01-10
- To date: 1922-09-09
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Ministers: Austin Stack
- Source: Chubb 1970
- Description: Replaced by Eamonn Duggan on 10 January 1922 following the split in Sinn Féin on foot of parliamentary ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921
- From date: 1922-01-07
- To date: 1922-01-09
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: police services
- Source: Gárda Síochána (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (No. 37 of 1923)
- From date: 1922-01-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: law courts
- Source: Dáil Eireann Courts (Winding-Up) Act, 1923 (No. 36 of 1923); District Justices (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (No. 6 of 1923)
- From date: 1922-01-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: prisons
- Source: Public Safety (Emergency Powers) Act, 1923 (No. 28 of 1923)
- From date: 1922-01-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Comptrollers: yes
- Source: Comptroller and Auditor General Act 1923 (No. 1 of 1923)
- From date: 1923-01-12
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1922/act/1/enacted/en/html
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1924/act/16/enacted/en/html

Associated Events
Name	Date	From	To
Ministry of Home Affairs	1922-01-10		Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (Department of Justice (I))	1924-06-02	Ministry of Home Affairs	Department of Justice (I)

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Ministry of Home Affairs