Unit: Ministry of Fisheries

Ministry of Fisheries

Thursday 14th of December 1922 - Monday 2nd of June 1924

Existed intermittently prior to 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 Fisheries (I) under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924)

From date: 1922-12-14
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); Chubb 1970
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); Chubb 1970
- Description: 'Departments of State' referred to under Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922. Subsequently replaced by Department of Fisheries (II) under Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924)
- From date: 1922-12-14
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Functions: Policy Formation and Execution
- From date: 1922-12-14
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Policy domains: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- From date: 1922-12-14
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Counties: Dublin
- From date: 1922-12-14
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Ministers: Fionán Lynch
- Source: Chubb 1970
- Description: Cumann na nGaedheal. Replaced by Department of Fisheries (I) under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924). Minister continued in office thereafter
- From date: 1922-12-14
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Ministers: Seán Etchingham
- Source: Chubb 1970
- Description: Resigned in January 1922 following the split in Sinn Féin on foot of parliamentary ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921. Position/Ministry appears to have been left vacant for a number of months thereafter
- From date: 1922-01-07
- To date: 1922-01-09
- Confidence: Fairly Confident
Cofog: agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- From date: 1922-12-14
- 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: Quite 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 Fisheries	1922-12-14		Ministry of Fisheries
Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (Department of Fisheries (I))	1924-06-02	Ministry of Fisheries	Department of Fisheries (I)

Unit Information

Ministry of Fisheries