Unit: Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland

Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland

Monday 1st of January 1900 - Wednesday 1st of April 1931

The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland was established as a separate department for Ireland prior to 1922, the functions of which continued for a period following independence. This body had a broad mandate with respect to the development of agriculture and industry, encompassing educational, regulatory, funding and statistical functions. Certain functions of this body were transferred to the Department of Lands in 1924 and Education and Fisheries in 1927. This body was dissolved in 1931 and its remaining functions transferred to the Departments of Agriculture and Industry and Commerce

From date: 1900-01-01
To date: 1931-04-01
Source: Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict.), Ch. 50; Agriculture Act 1931 (No. 8 of 1931)
Confidence: Quite Confident
Legal forms: Statutory Corporation
- Source: Section 20 of the Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict.), Ch. 50; S.I. No. 101/1927
- From date: 1900-01-01
- To date: 1931-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Functions: Policy Formation and Execution
- Source: Section 2 of the Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict.), Ch. 50; S.I. No. 101/1927; S.I. No. 5/1927
- From date: 1900-01-01
- To date: 1931-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Functions: Regulatory (over public and private sectors)
- Source: Section 2 of the Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict.), Ch. 50; S.I. No. 101/1927; S.I. No. 5/1927
- From date: 1900-01-01
- To date: 1931-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Policy domains: Education and Training
- Source: Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act, 1899, (62 & 63 Vict.), ch. 50; S.I. No. 101/1927
- From date: 1900-01-01
- To date: 1931-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Policy domains: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Source: Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act, 1899, (62 & 63 Vict.), ch. 50; S.I. No. 101/1927; S.I. No. 5/1927
- From date: 1900-01-01
- To date: 1931-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Parents: Ministry of Agriculture
- Source: Order in Council, Belfast Gazette, vol. 39, pg. 384
- Description: Functions transferred to Ministry of Agriculture in 1922
- From date: 1922-04-01
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Parents: Department of Lands and Agriculture
- Source: Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924); S.I. No. 101/1927; S.I. No. 5/1927
- Description: Certain agricultural functions of this body were assumed by the Department of Lands and Agriculture under the 1924 Act. Fisheries and Technical Instruction functions were assumed by the Departments of Fisheries and Education in 1927
- From date: 1924-06-02
- To date: 1928-09-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Parents: Department of Agriculture (I)
- Source: Agriculture Act, 1931 (No. 8 of 1931)
- Description: The remaining functions of this body were transferred to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Industry and Commerce in 1931
- From date: 1928-09-01
- To date: 1931-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Counties: Dublin
- Source: S.I. No. 101/1927; Agriculture Act 1931 (No. 8 of 1931)
- From date: 1900-01-01
- To date: 1931-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: education not definable by level
- Source: Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict.), Ch. 50; S.I. No. 101/1927
- From date: 1900-01-01
- To date: 1931-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Source: Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict.), Ch. 50; S.I. No. 101/1927
- From date: 1900-01-01
- To date: 1931-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Cofog: cultural services
- Source: Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict.), Ch. 50; S.I. No. 101/1927
- From date: 1900-01-01
- To date: 1931-04-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Comptrollers: yes
- Source: Comptroller and Auditor-General Act, 1923 (No. 1 of 1923) (as amended)
- From date: 1923-01-12
- To date: 1931-04-01
- Confidence: Fairly Confident
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1931/act/8/enacted/en/html
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1927/si/101/
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1927/si/5/

Associated Events
Name	Date	From	To
S.I. No. 101/1927 (Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland)	1927-12-13	Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland	Department of Education (I)
S.I. No. 5/1927 (Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland)	1927-01-12	Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland	Department of Fisheries (I)
Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act, 1899 (62 & 63 Vict.), ch. 50	1900-00-00		Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland
Agriculture Act 1931 (No. 8 of 1931)	1931-04-01	Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland	Department of Agriculture (I)

Unit Information

Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland