‘Units’ in this database are national-level organisations which perform public functions under public authority. These include government departments, agencies, and commercial state-owned enterprises. For further details on the types of organisations included in the database, see the what we have done and why document.
Units can be searched by name, legal form, function, policy area, or date. On each unit’s page, information is available including dates of activity, alternate names, relevant legislation, related units, related events. and also data on characteristics such as legal form, policy area, function, accountability mechanisms, location, and parent bodies. For further details on the data recorded about each unit, see the Codebook
5 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 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 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 Taoiseach | 1937-07-01 | http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/; Constitution (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 |