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8 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army Pensions Board | 1927-04-30 | McGauran et al. 2005; No. 64/1928; Army Pensions Act 1927; Dáil Éireann - Volume 588 - 06 July, 2004--Written Answers. - Departmental Agencies | ||
| Department of Defence | 1924-06-01 | Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; http://www.defence.ie/ | ||
| Civil Defence Board | 2003-05-07 | 2012-12-31 | Civil Defense structures first established in 1950; functions transferred back into Dept. of Defence under the Civil Defence Act 2012 | McGauran et al. 2005; Civil Defence Act 2002; http://www.civildefence.ie/; Civil Defence Act 2012 |
| Military Service Registration Board | 1933-01-07 | 1982-07-15 | Army Pensions Acts, 1932 & 1953; SI No 182 of 1933; Dáil Éireann - Volume 238 - 19 February, 1969--Written Answers. - Government-appointed Boards; Dáil Éireann - Volume 337 - 15 July, 1982--Written Answers. - State Boards Personnel | |
| Council of Defence | 1924-06-01 | Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; Defence Act 1954 | ||
| 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 |
| Defence Forces Canteen Board | 1944-01-01 | Written Answers - Departmental Bodies. Wednesday, 13 February 2008, Dáil Eireann Debate - Vol. 647 No. 1; Written answers, Tuesday, 5 July 2011, Department of Justice, Equality and Defence, Departmental Agencies | ||
| 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 |