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| Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform | 1997-07-09 | 2010-06-02 | http://www.justice.ie/; S.I. No. 298/1997; S.I. No. 216/2010 | |
| Department of Education and Science | 1997-10-01 | 2010-05-02 | http://www.education.ie/; S.I. No. 430/1997; S.I. No. 184/2010 | |
| Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (I) | 1997-07-12 | 2010-05-02 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.entemp.ie/; S.I. No. 305/1997; S.I. No. 185/2010 | |
| Department of Health and Children | 1997-07-12 | 2011-06-04 | http://www.dohc.ie/; S.I. No. 308/1997; S.I. No. 219/2011 | |
| Department of Transport (II) | 2002-06-19 | 2011-04-02 | http://www.transport.ie/; S.I. No. 305/2002; S.I. No. 141/2011 | |
| Department of Social and Family Affairs | 2002-06-20 | 2010-05-02 | http://www.welfare.ie/; S.I. No. 310/2002; S.I. No. 186/2010 | |
| Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs | 1997-07-12 | 2002-06-19 | S.I. No. 307/1997; S.I. No. 310 of 2002; http://www.welfare.ie/ | |
| Department of Social Welfare | 1947-01-22 | 1997-07-11 | MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1946; S.I. No. 307/1997; http://www.welfare.ie/ | |
| Department of the Marine | 1987-03-19 | 1997-07-11 | S.I. No. 82/1987; S.I. No. 301/1997; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Transport and Power | 1959-07-27 | 1977-09-23 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1959; S.I. No. 305/1977 | |
| Department of Transport, Energy and Communications | 1993-01-22 | 1997-07-11 | S.I. No. 17/1993; S.I. No. 299/1997; http://www.transport.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources | 2002-06-19 | 2007-10-20 | S.I. No. 307 of 2002; S.I. No. 706 of 2007; http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Agriculture (II) | 1977-02-09 | 1987-03-30 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 31/1977; S.I. No. 97/1987 | |
| Department of Agriculture and Fisheries | 1965-07-06 | 1977-02-08 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 146/1965; S.I. No. 31/1977 | |
| Department of Agriculture and Food (I) | 1987-03-31 | 1993-01-20 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 97/1987; S.I. No. 11/1993 | |
| Department of Agriculture and Food (II) | 1997-07-12 | 1999-09-26 | SI 302/1997; SI 307/1999; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No.1 | |
| Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | 2007-10-20 | 2011-10-17 | S.I. No. 705/2007; S.I. No. 455/2011 | |
| Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development | 1999-09-27 | 2002-06-19 | Rural Development units added, then ceded | S.I. 307/1999; S.I. No. 306/2002; http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/; DAFRD Annual Reports 1999-2001 |
| Department of Agriculture and Food (III) | 2002-06-19 | 2007-10-20 | Rural Development units ceded in 2002; Fisheries added in 2007 | S.I. No. 306/2002; S.I. No. 705/2007; http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/; DAFF Annual Reports 2003-2007 |
| Department of Education (I) | 1924-06-01 | 1997-09-30 | Renamed the Department of Education and Science | S.I. 430/1997; Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 |
| Department of Foreign Affairs (II) | 1971-03-03 | 2011-06-02 | http://www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 158/1971; S.I. No. 246/2011 | |
| Department of External Affairs | 1924-06-01 | 1971-03-03 | Became Department of Foreign Affairs | Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; S.I. 158/1971; Coakley & Gallagher 2005 |
| Department of Justice (I) | 1924-06-01 | 1997-07-08 | MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES ACT, 1924; S.I. No. 298/1997; Coakley and Gallagher 2005 | |
| Department of Tourism, Fisheries, and Forestry | 1986-02-19 | 1987-03-18 | Tourism policy area added from Industry, Trade, Commerce, and Tourism in 1986 (S.I. No. 42/1986). It was moved again in 1987 to the Department of Tourism and Transport (S.I. No. 95/1987) | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 40/1986; S.I. No. 42/1986; S.I. No. 82/1987; S.I. No. 95/1987 |
| Department of Energy (II) | 1983-12-17 | 1993-01-19 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 385/1983; S.I. No. 16/1993 | |
| Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism | 2002-06-19 | 2010-05-02 | S.I. 309/2002; S.I. No. 178/2010 | |
| Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation | 1997-07-12 | 2002-06-18 | Formerly Department of Tourism and Trade; Arts Policy added to form Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism in 2002 | S.I. 304/1997; S.I. 309/2002; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 |
| Department of Tourism and Trade | 1993-01-20 | 1997-07-11 | S.I. No. 16/1993; S.I. No. 304/1997; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Industry and Energy | 1981-08-21 | 1983-12-16 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 289/1981; S.I. No. 385/1983 | |
| Department of Energy (I) | 1980-01-21 | 1981-08-20 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 12/1980; S.I. No. 289/1981 | |
| Department of Economic Planning and Development | 1977-12-13 | 1980-01-20 | Functions transferred to Department of Finance, 1980 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1977; S.I. No. 12/1980 |
| Department of Local Government and Public Health | 1924-06-01 | 1947-01-22 | Health and Welfare functions lost to new departments in 1947 | http://www.environ.ie/; Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924; S.I. No. 16/1947 |
| Department of Industry and Commerce (II) | 1986-02-19 | 1993-01-19 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 41/1986; S.I. No. 19/1993 | |
| Department of Industry, Commerce and Energy | 1977-09-23 | 1980-01-22 | Responsibility for energy transferred to Department of Energy (formerly Department of Economic Planning) S.I. No. 9/1980 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 306/1977; S.I. No. 10/1980 |
| Department of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism | 1980-01-23 | 1981-08-20 | Responsibility for tourism transferred from Department of Tourism and Transport (S.I. No. 8/1980) | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 10/1980; S.I. No. 290 of 1981 |
| Department of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism | 1983-12-17 | 1986-02-19 | Responsibility for industry transferred from Dept of Industry and Energy in 1983 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 384/1983; S.I. No. 41/1986 |
| Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government | 2003-06-10 | 2011-05-02 | http://www.environ.ie/; S.I. No. 233/2003; S.I. No. 193/2011 | |
| Department of Enterprise and Employment | 1993-01-20 | 1997-07-11 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 19/1993; S.I. No. 305/1997 | |
| Department of the Environment and Local Government | 1997-07-22 | 2003-06-09 | S.I. No. 322/1997; S.I. No. 233 of 2003; Coakley & Gallagher 2005 | |
| Department of the Environment | 1977-08-17 | 1997-07-21 | S.I. No. 269/1977; S.I. No. 322/1997; Coakley & Gallagher 2005 | |
| Department of the Gaeltacht | 1956-07-02 | 1993-01-19 | MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1956; S.I. 22/1993; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Public Enterprise | 1997-07-12 | 2002-06-18 | S.I. No. 299/1997; S.I. No. 305/2002; http://www.transport.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Labour | 1966-07-12 | 1993-01-21 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1966; S.I. No. 162/1966; S.I. No. 20/1993 | |
| Department of Agriculture (I) | 1928-09-01 | 1965-07-05 | Land Commission transferred to Department of Fisheries to form Department of Lands and Fisheries | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928; S.I. No. 60/1928; S.I. No. 146/1965 |
| Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht | 1993-01-20 | 1997-07-12 | S.I. 22/1993; S.I. No. 306/1997; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht, and the Islands | 1997-07-12 | 2002-06-19 | IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1; S.I. No. 306/1997; S.I. No. 308/2002 | |
| Department of Communications | 1984-01-02 | 1991-02-08 | Incorporated Transport and Posts and Telegraphs. Functions transferred to Department of Marine and Department of Tourism and Transport, 1987, and Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications in 1991. | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983; S.I. No. 91/1987; S.I. No. 92/1987; S.I. No. 26/1991 |
| Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs | 2002-06-19 | 2010-06-02 | S.I. No. 308/2002; S.I. No. 215/2010 | |
| Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources | 2007-10-20 | 2016-07-23 | http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/; Creation: S.I. No. 706 of 2007, Termination: S.I. No. 421 of 2016 | |
| Department of Defence | 1924-06-01 | Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; http://www.defence.ie/ | ||
| Department of Equality and Law Reform | 1993-01-21 | 1997-07-08 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 20/1993; S.I. No. 297/1997 | |
| Department of Finance | 1924-06-01 | Dept of Finance took over responsibility for e-government from Dept of Taoiseach in 2008 | http://www.finance.gov.ie/; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 | |
| Department of Fisheries (I) | 1924-06-01 | 1928-09-01 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928 | |
| Department of Fisheries (II) | 1977-02-09 | 1978-07-14 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 29/1977; S.I. No. 195/1978 | |
| Department of Fisheries and Forestry | 1978-07-15 | 1986-02-18 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 195/1978; S.I. No. 40/1986 | |
| Department of Health (I) | 1947-01-22 | 1997-07-11 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1946; S.I. No. 308/1997 | |
| Department of Industry and Commerce (I) | 1924-06-01 | 1977-09-22 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; S.I. No. 306/1977 | |
| Department of Lands | 1934-04-01 | 1977-02-08 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 40/1934; S.I. No. 29/1977 | |
| Department of Lands and Agriculture | 1924-06-01 | 1928-09-01 | Land Commission transferred to Department of Fisheries in 1928 to form Department of Lands and Fisheries | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928 |
| Department of Lands and Fisheries | 1928-09-01 | 1934-04-01 | Lands Commission transferred from Department of Lands and Agriculture in 1928 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928; S.I. No. 40/1934 |
| Department of Local Government | 1947-01-22 | 1977-08-16 | http://www.environ.ie/; Coakley & Gallagher 2005; No. 16/1947; S.I. No. 269/1977 | |
| Department of Marine and Natural Resources | 1997-07-12 | 2002-06-19 | S.I. No. 301/1997; S.I. No. 307/2002; http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Supplies | 1939-09-08 | 1945-08-01 | Functions transferred to Minister of Industry and Commerce | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939; Minister for Supplies (Transfer of Functions) Act, 1945; S.I. No. 171/1945 |
| Department of the President of the Executive Council | 1924-06-01 | 1937-07-01 | Renamed with adoption of Constitution | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; Constitution (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 |
| Department of the Public Service | 1973-11-01 | 1987-03-19 | Functions transferred to Department of Finance | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1973; S.I. No. 83/1987 |
| Department of the Taoiseach | 1937-07-01 | http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/; Constitution (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 | ||
| Department of Tourism and Transport (I) | 1977-09-24 | 1980-01-24 | Tourism policy responsibility transferred to Industry, Commerce and Tourism in 1980 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 305/1977; S.I. No. 11/1980 |
| Department of Tourism and Transport (II) | 1987-03-20 | 1991-02-06 | S.I. 83/1987; S.I. 25/1991; http://www.transport.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1 | |
| Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications | 1991-02-07 | 1993-01-22 | http://www.transport.ie/; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No. 1; S.I. No. 25/1991; S.I. No. 17/1993 | |
| Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism | 1981-08-21 | 1983-12-16 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 290/1981; S.I. No. 384/1983 | |
| Department of Transport (I) | 1980-01-25 | 1984-01-02 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 11/1980; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 | |
| Department of Social Protection (I) | 2010-05-02 | 2017-09-02 | Replaced Department of Social and Family Affairs. Replaced by Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. | http://www.welfare.ie/; S.I. No. 186/2010; S.I. No 366/2017 |
| Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport | 2010-05-02 | 2011-06-02 | Replaced Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism; Replaced by Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | S.I. No. 178/2010; S.I. No. 220/2011 |
| Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation | 2010-05-02 | 2011-06-02 | http://www.deti.ie/; S.I. No. 185/2010; S.I. No. 245/2011 | |
| Department of Education and Skills | 2010-05-02 | 2020-10-22 | Succeeded by Department of Education (II) and some functions transferred to new Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | http://www.education.ie/; S.I. No. 184/2010; S.I. No. 450/2020; Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 2020 (No. 10 of 2020; S.I. No. 451/2020 |
| Department of Justice and Law Reform | 2010-06-02 | 2011-04-02 | http://www.justice.ie/; S.I. No. 216/2010; S.I. No. 138/2011 | |
| Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs | 2010-06-02 | 2011-06-02 | S.I. No. 215/2010; S.I. No. 214/2011 | |
| Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry | 1993-01-21 | 1997-07-11 | S.I. 11/1993; S.I. 302/1997; IPA Administration Journal 2007, Vol. 55 No.1 | |
| Department of Posts and Telegraphs | 1924-06-01 | 1984-01-02 | abolished by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 | Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 |
| Office of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures | 1939-09-08 | 1945-06-18 | Minister without portfolio | Ministers and Secretaries Act 1939; Dáil Éireann - Volume 108 - 09 October, 1947--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - New Ministries and Parliamentary Secretaryships |
| Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | 2011-06-02 | 2016-07-07 | Creation: S.I. No. 220/2011; Termination: S.I. No. 357/2016; http://www.ahg.gov.ie/ | |
| Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government | 2011-05-02 | 2016-07-23 | Creation: S.I. No. 193/2011, Termination: S.I. No. 394/2016; http://www.environ.ie/ | |
| Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport | 2011-04-02 | 2020-09-17 | Succeeded by Department of Transport (III). Tourism and Sport responsibilities also transferred to new Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media | S.I. No. 141/2011; http://www.transport.ie/; S.I. No. 351/2020; S.I. No. 356/2020 |
| Department of Justice and Equality | 2011-04-02 | 2020-11-01 | Succeeded by Department of Justice (II). Equality and human rights responsibilities also transferred to Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth | http://www.justice.ie/; S.I. No. 138/2011; S.I. No. 452/2020; S.I. No. 436/2020 |
| Department of Children and Youth Affairs | 2011-06-02 | 2020-10-15 | Succeeded by Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. Certain youth justice functions also transferred to Department of Justice (II) | http://www.dcya.gov.ie/; S.I. No. 214/2011; S.I. No. 437/2020; S.I. No. 435/2020 |
| Department of Health (II) | 2011-06-04 | S.I. No. 219/2011; http://www.dohc.ie/ | ||
| Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation | 2011-06-02 | 2017-09-02 | Department replaced by Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation in 2017 following election of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach | http://www.deti.ie/; S.I. No. 245/2011 S.I. No. 364/2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/364 |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2011-06-02 | 2020-09-24 | Succeeded by Department of Foreign Affairs (II) | http://www.dfa.ie/; S.I. No. 246/2011; S.I. No. 382/2020 |
| Department of Public Expenditure and Reform | 2011-07-06 | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011; S.I. No. 401/2011; http://per.gov.ie/ | ||
| Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine | 2011-10-17 | S.I. No. 455/2011; http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/ | ||
| Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs | 2016-07-07 | 2017-08-01 | Creation of new Department by Enda Kenny following election 2016 and minority government. Formerly Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | Creation: S.I. No. 357/2016; Termination: S.I. No. 350/2017; Dail Debates 6 May 2016 www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2016-05-06/8/ ; www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Culture,_Heritage_and_the_Gaeltacht Note: Name announced by Taoiseach was Rural Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht but SI was Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. |
| Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment | 2016-07-23 | 2020-09-24 | Creation of new Department to succeed Dept of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. Subsequently replaced by Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. Public broadcasting responsibilities also transferred to new Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media | S.I. No. 421/2016; www.dccae.gov.ie ; www.merrionstreet.ie/MerrionStreet/en/News-Room/Speeches/Speech_by_An_Taoiseach_Enda_Kenny_TD_Nomination_of_Members_of_the_Government.html; S.I. No. 373/2020; S.I. No. 372/2020 |
| Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government | 2016-07-23 | 2017-08-01 | Creation of new Department following 2016 General Election. Successor of Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government | S.I. No. 394/2016 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2016, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2016/si/394 www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2016-05-06/8/ |
| Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government | 2017-08-01 | 2020-09-30 | New Department after Leo Varadker takes over as Taoiseach; succeeds Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. Community function formally transferred to Department of Community and Rural Affairs in 2018. Succeeded by Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage | S.I. No. 358/2017 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/358 Also http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/165/made/en/print; S.I. No. 408/2020 |
| Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | 2017-08-01 | 2020-09-30 | New Department following election of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach; succeeds Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Rural affairs function formally moves to new Department of Community and Rural Affairs in 2018. Subsequently replaced by Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. Heritage responsibilities also transferred to new Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage | S.I. No. 350/2017 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/350; Also http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/165/made/en/print; S.I. No. 403/2020; S.I. No. 339/2020 |
| Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation | 2017-09-02 | 2020-11-10 | New Department created following election of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach, succeeds Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Subsequently replaced by Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (II) | S.I. No. 364/2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/364; S.I. No. 519/2020 |
| Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection | 2017-09-02 | 2020-10-21 | New Department created to replace Department of Social Protection (I). Subsequently replaced by Department of Social Protection (II). Employment Affairs responsibilities also moved to new Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | S.I. No 366/2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/366; S.I. No. 447/2020; S.I. No. 438/2020 |
| Department of Rural and Community Development | 2017-07-19 | Creation of new department, taking Rural Affairs from the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Community from the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. Islands-related responsibilities transferred to this Department on 23 September 2020 | Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/18 S.I. No. 165/2018 - Community Development (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2018, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/165 S.I. No. 348/2017 - Charities (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/348 S.I. No. 357/2017 - Community Development (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/357 S.I. No. 354/2017 - Rural Affairs (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017, http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/si/354; S.I. No. 379/2020 | |
| Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications | 2020-09-24 | Replaced Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment | S.I. No. 373/2020; https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-the-environment-climate-and-communications/?referrer=http://www.gov.ie/decc/ | |
| Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media | 2020-09-30 | Replaced Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | S.I. No. 403/2020 | |
| Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage | 2020-09-30 | Replaced Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government; https://www.housing.gov.ie/ | S.I. No. 408/2020 | |
| Department of Transport (III) | 2020-09-17 | Replaced Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport | S.I. No. 351/2020; https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-transport/ | |
| Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | 2020-08-02 | Creation of a new Department which assumed a number of responsibilities within the remit of the prior Department of Education & Skills (as it then was) | Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 2020 (No. 10 of 2020); https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-higher-education-innovation-and-science/ | |
| Department of Education (II) | 2020-10-22 | Replaced Department of Education and Skills and followed transfer of certain functions to new Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | S.I. No. 450/2020; https://www.education.ie/en/ | |
| Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth | 2020-10-15 | Replaced Department of Children and Youth Affairs | S.I. No. 437/2020; https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-children-equality-disability-integration-and-youth/ | |
| Department of Justice (II) | 2020-11-01 | Replaced Department of Justice and Equality | S.I. No. 452/2020; http://www.justice.ie/ | |
| Department of Foreign Affairs (III) | 2020-09-24 | Replaced Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | S.I. No. 382/2020; https://www.dfa.ie/ | |
| Department of Social Protection (II) | 2020-10-21 | Replaced Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection | S.I. No. 447/2020; https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-social-protection/ | |
| Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (II) | 2020-11-10 | Replaced Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation | S.I. No. 519/2020; https://www.enterprise.gov.ie/en/ | |
| Ministry of Home Affairs | 1922-01-10 | 1924-06-02 | 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) | 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 |
| Ministry of Defence | 1922-01-10 | 1924-06-02 | 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 Defence under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | 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/#second-dail-2nd-ministry-post-treaty |
| Ministry of External Affairs | 1922-08-30 | 1924-06-02 | 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 External Affairs under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | 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 |
| Ministry of Finance | 1922-01-10 | 1924-06-02 | 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 Finance under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | 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/#second-dail-2nd-ministry-post-treaty |
| Ministry of Industry and Commerce | 1922-09-09 | 1924-06-02 | 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 Industry and Commerce (I) under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | 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 |
| Ministry of Agriculture | 1922-01-11 | 1924-06-02 | 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 Lands and Agriculture under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | 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/ |
| Ministry of Fisheries | 1922-12-14 | 1924-06-02 | 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) | 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 |
| Ministry of Education | 1922-01-11 | 1924-06-02 | 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) | 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/ |
| Ministry of Local Government | 1922-01-10 | 1924-06-02 | 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 Local Government and Public Health under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924) | 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/#second-dail-2nd-ministry-post-treaty |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 1922-01-10 | 1922-09-09 | Replaced by Ministry of External Affairs (1922) | Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/#second-dail-2nd-ministry-post-treaty |
| Ministry of Labour | 1922-01-11 | 1922-09-09 | May also have incorporated the 'trade and commerce' portfolio for a time. Subsumed into new Ministry of Industry and Commerce from September 1922 | Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/ |
| Ministry of Economic Affairs | 1922-01-10 | 1922-09-09 | Appears to have been subsumed into new Ministry of Industry and Commerce from September 1922 | Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/#second-dail-2nd-ministry-post-treaty |
| Office of the President of the Executive Council | 1922-12-06 | 1924-06-02 | An Office of the President of the Executive Council existed prior to the establishment of a Department of the President of the Executive Council in June 1924 | Chubb 1970; Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Report 1923-1924: https://www.audit.gov.ie/en/find-report/publications/appropriation%20accounts/appropriation-accounts-1923-24.pdf |
| Office of the Chairman of the Provisional Government | 1922-01-10 | 1922-12-06 | An Office of the Chairman of the Provisional Government is assumed to have preceded the Office of the President of the Executive Council, the position created under the Saorstát Constitution effective 6 December 1922 | Chubb 1970 |
| Ministry of Trade | 1922-01-11 | 1922-09-09 | Appears to have been subsumed into a new Ministry of Industry and Commerce from September 1922 | https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/ |
| Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland | 1900-01-01 | 1931-04-01 | 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 | Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict.), Ch. 50; Agriculture Act 1931 (No. 8 of 1931) |
| An Rialálaí Agraibhia | 2023-12-13 | An Rialálaí Agraibhia has two main functions: a price and market analysis and reporting function, and a regulatory enforcement function concerning the enforcement of prohibited unfair trading practices | Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023 (No. 19 of 2023); https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/49ccd-minister-mcconalogue-announces-the-ceo-designate-for-an-rialalai-agraibhia/ | |
| An Ghníomhaireacht um Fhoréigean Baile, Gnéasach agus Inscnebhunaithe | 2024-01-01 | Cuan is tasked with planning, coordinating and monitoring the development of refuge accommodation for victims of domestic, sexual or gender-based violence, and to perform related functions | Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Act 2023 (No. 31 of 2023); S.I. No. 668/2023; https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/1da52-minister-mcentee-opens-cuan-the-new-statutory-domestic-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-agency/ | |
| Taighde Éireann | 2024-08-01 | Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland promotes and supports the contribution of research and innovation to Ireland’s economic, social, cultural, and environmental development and sustainability, as well as strengthens the engagement between the research and innovation system and enterprise, Government and public bodies, the voluntary sector and society. It amalgamates the functions previously performed by the Irish Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland | S.I. No. 375/2024; https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/e0f96-minister-odonovan-announces-establishment-of-taighde-eireann-research-ireland/ |