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10 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of the Taoiseach | 1937-07-01 | http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/; Constitution (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 | ||
| 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 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 Agriculture and Fisheries | 1965-07-06 | 1977-02-08 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; S.I. No. 146/1965; S.I. No. 31/1977 | |
| 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 Justice (I) | 1924-06-01 | 1997-07-08 | MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES ACT, 1924; S.I. No. 298/1997; Coakley and Gallagher 2005 | |
| 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 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 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 Defence | 1924-06-01 | Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; http://www.defence.ie/ |