Unit: Local Government Board for Ireland

Local Government Board for Ireland

Saturday 10th of August 1872 - Monday 2nd of June 1924

The Local Government Board for Ireland took over the functions of the Irish Poor Law Commissioners with respect to Boards of Guardians of Poor Law Unions, and also dealt with urban municipal government (town commissioners and borough corporations). The Board continued for a time post-independence, though its personnel and functions were moved to other parts of the Government administration. The Board's functions appear to have been formally subsumed into the Department of Local Government and Public Health by 1924

From date: 1872-08-10
To date: 1924-06-02
Source: Local Government Board (Ireland) Act 1872; Third Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924); Mary E. Daly, 'The Buffer State: The Historical Roots of the Department of the Environment' (Institute of Public Administration, 1997)
Confidence: Fairly Confident
Legal forms: Statutory non-departmental body
- Source: Local Government Board (Ireland) Act 1872; Third Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924)
- From date: 1872-08-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Fairly Confident
Functions: Regulatory (over public and private sectors)
- Source: Local Government Board (Ireland) Act 1872; Third Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924);
- From date: 1872-08-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Fairly Confident
Functions: Delivery
- Source: Local Government Board (Ireland) Act 1872; Third Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924);
- From date: 1872-08-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Fairly Confident
Functions: Adjudication - Grievance Handling
- Source: Local Government Board (Ireland) Act 1872; Third Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924); Mary E. Daly, 'The Buffer State: The Historical Roots of the Department of the Environment' (Institute of Public Administration, 1997)
- From date: 1872-08-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Very Confident
Policy domains: General Public Services
- Source: Local Government Board (Ireland) Act 1872; Third Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924);
- From date: 1872-08-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Fairly Confident
Policy domains: Housing and Community Amenities
- Source: Local Government Board (Ireland) Act 1872; Third Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924);
- From date: 1872-08-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Fairly Confident
Parents: Ministry of Local Government
- Source: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Belfast/issue/39/page/379; Third Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924)
- From date: 1922-04-01
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Counties: Dublin
- Source: Mary E. Daly, 'The Buffer State: The Historical Roots of the Department of the Environment' (Institute of Public Administration, 1997)
- From date: 1872-08-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: general services
- Source: Local Government Board (Ireland) Act 1872; Third Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924);
- From date: 1872-08-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: community development
- Source: Local Government Board (Ireland) Act 1872; Third Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924);
- From date: 1872-08-10
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Fairly Confident
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1872/act/69/enacted/en/html
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1924/act/16/enacted/en/html

Associated Events
Name	Date	From	To
Local Government (Ireland) Act 1872 (Local Government Board for Ireland)	1872-08-10		Local Government Board for Ireland
Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (Local Government Board for Ireland)	1924-06-02	Local Government Board for Ireland	Department of Local Government and Public Health

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Local Government Board for Ireland