Unit: Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education

Wednesday 11th 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 Eireann) Act, 1922. Subsequently replaced by Department of Education (I) under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924)

From date: 1922-01-11
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; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/
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: 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 new Department of Education (II) under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924)
- From date: 1922-01-11
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Functions: Policy Formation and Execution
- From date: 1922-01-11
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Policy domains: Education and Training
- From date: 1922-01-11
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Counties: Dublin
- From date: 1922-01-11
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Ministers: Fionán Lynch
- Source: Chubb 1970
- Description: Cumann na nGaedheal; Succeeded by Eoin MacNéill
- From date: 1922-01-11
- To date: 1922-09-09
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Ministers: Eoin MacNéill
- Source: Chubb 1970
- Description: Cumann na nGaedheal. Replaced by Department of Education (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
Cofog: pre-primary and primary education
- From date: 1922-01-11
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: secondary education
- From date: 1922-01-11
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: tertiary education
- From date: 1922-01-11
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: education not definable by level
- From date: 1922-01-11
- 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 Education	1922-01-11		Ministry of Education
Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (Department of Education (I))	1924-06-02	Ministry of Education	Department of Education (I)

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Ministry of Education