User:Jnestorius/List of changes in Irish government departments

This is a list of changes to the names and responsibilities of departments of state and corresponding ministers in the Irish Free State and the Republic of Ireland.

Table of changes

See Alphabetical list of orders made under section 6 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 (eISB)

This table includes:

• Creation, renaming and abolition of departments
• Reallocation of functions from one department to another

It does not include:

• Creation of new functions for a department
• Abolition of previous functions for a department, e.g. by privatization or abolition of a subsidiary body.

Date Enacted	Date in force	Act / S.I.	Ref	Change	Old department / name	New department / name	Area
1924-04-21	1924-04-21	Act	1924/0016 §1 (i)	Redefined		President of the Executive Council	as specified in the Constitution; and state papers
1924-04-21	1924-04-21	Act	1924/0016 §1 (ii)	Redefined	Finance	Finance	public finance, collection and expenditure of revenues; Revenue Commissioners, Paymaster General, Government Actuary, Commissioners of Public Works, Civil Service Commission, Commissioner of Valuation and Boundary Surveyor, Ordnance Survey, Teachers' Pension Office, Stationery Office, Old Age Pensions, Post Office Savings Bank, Registrar of Friendly Societies
1924-04-21	1924-04-21	Act	1924/0016 §1 (iii)	Redefined	Home Affairs	Justice	"law, justice, public order and police"; Police, Prisons Board, District Courts, Public Record Office, Registry of Deeds, Land Registry, Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests
1924-04-21	1924-04-21	Act	1924/0016 §1 (iv)	Redefined	Local Government	Local Government and Public Health	"local government, public health, relief of the poor, care of the insane (including insane criminals), health insurance, elections to each House of the Oireachtas, elections to local bodies and authorities, registration of voters, maintenance of public roads, and highways, registration of births, deaths and marriages, and vital statistics"
1924-04-21	1924-04-21	Act	1924/0016 §1 (v)	Redefined	Education	Education	"Education, including primary, secondary and university education, vocational and technical training, endowed schools, reformatories, and industrial schools"; Geological Survey, National Museum, National Library, National Gallery, Meteorological Services.
1924-04-21	1924-04-21	Act	1924/0016 §1 (vi)	Redefined	Agriculture	Lands and Agriculture	"agriculture and lands, including the fixing of rents and tenure of lands, acquisition by occupying tenants of full ownership by means of public funds, enlargement and other economic improvement of holdings of land, purchase of land for distribution by way of re-sale, relief of rural congestion and like uneconomic conditions, promotion of agriculture by means of educational grants, and of lectures on special subjects, agricultural statistics, forestry, veterinary services, survey and mapping of land"; Land Commission, Royal Veterinary College of Ireland, Forestry Commission, Royal Botanic Gardens
1924-04-21	1924-04-21	Act	1924/0016 §1 (vii)	Redefined	Industry and Commerce	Industry and Commerce	"trade, commerce, industry, and labour, industrial and commercial organisations and combinations, industrial and commercial statistics, transport, shipping, natural resources"
1924-04-21	1924-04-21	Act	1924/0016 §1 (viii)	Redefined	Fisheries	Fisheries	"fisheries, including deep-sea fisheries, tidal waters fisheries, coastal fisheries, inland waters fisheries, and industries connected with or auxiliary to the same";
1924-04-21	1924-04-21	Act	1924/0016 §1 (ix)	Redefined	Postmaster General	Posts and Telegraphs	"posts, telegraphs, and telephones";
1924-04-21	1924-04-21	Act	1924/0016 §1 (x)	Redefined	Defence	Defence	"raising, training, organisation, maintenance, equipment, management, discipline, regulation, and control according to law of the Military Defence Forces of Saorstát Eireann"
1924-04-21	1924-04-21	Act	1924/0016 §1 (xi)	Redefined	External Affairs	External Affairs	"communications and transactions between the Government of Saorstát Eireann and the Government of any other state or nation, diplomatic and consular representation of Saorstát Eireann in any country or place, international amenities, the granting of passports and of visés to passports"
1924-04-21	1924-04-21	Act	1924/0016 §6	Redefined		Attorney General	"the business, powers, authorities, duties and functions formerly vested in or exercised by the Attorney-General for Ireland, the Solicitor-General for Ireland, the Attorney-General for Southern Ireland, the Solicitor-General for Southern Ireland, the Law Adviser to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland"
1926-02-12	1926-03-01	S.I.	1926/0012	Transfer	Finance	Industry and Commerce	Registrar of Friendly Societies
1927-07-20	1927-07-22	S.I.	1927/0055	Transfer	Lands and Agriculture	Fisheries	Irish Land Commission
1928-02-10	1928-04-01	S.I.	1928/0004	Transfer	Education	Industry and Commerce	Geological Survey in Ireland
1928-06-28	1928-09-01	Act	1928/0006 §2	Rename	Lands and Agriculture	Agriculture
1928-06-28	1928-09-01	Act	1928/0006 §3	Rename	Fisheries	Lands and Fisheries
1933-12-01	1933-12-01	S.I.	1933/0158	Transfer	Agriculture	Lands and Fisheries	Forestry
1934-03-27	1934-04-01	S.I.	1934/0040 §§4–6	Transfer	Lands and Fisheries	Agriculture	Fisheries
1934-03-27	1934-04-01	S.I.	1934/0040 §§7–8	Rename	Lands and Fisheries	Lands	Fisheries
1936-10-09	1936-10-09	S.I.	1936/0276	Transfer	Education	Industry and Commerce	Meteorological service
1937-07-01	1937-12-29	Constitution	Art 28.5.1° and Art 56.1	Rename	President of the Executive Council	Taoiseach
1939-12-21	1939-09-08	Act	1939/0036	New		Supplies	"supplies and services essential to the life of the community"
1940-04-23	1940-04-23	S.I.	1940/0142	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Supplies	Control of Prices Act, 1937
1941-01-21	1941-01-21	S.I.	1941/0029	Transfer	Agriculture	Supplies	Maximum price of milk
1941-06-10	1941-06-10	S.I.	1941/0285	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Finance	Turf
1941-07-22	1941-07-22	S.I.	1941/0369	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Supplies	Scrap Iron (Control of Export) Act, 1938
1943-03-02	1943-03-03	S.I.	1943/0054	Transfer	Finance	Supplies	Turf
1943-07-13	1943-07-13	S.I.	1943/0267	Transfer	new	Education	Genealogical Office
1944-07-14	1944-08-01	S.I.	1944/0218	Rename			(Changed the Irish names of all departments)
1945-07-11	1945-08-01	Act	1945/0021 §3(a)	Transfer	Supplies	Industry and Commerce	all functions
1945-07-11	1945-08-01	Act	1945/0021 §3(b)	Abolished	Supplies
1946-12-24	1947-01-22	Act	1946/0038 §2	New		Health
1946-12-24	1947-01-22	Act	1946/0038 §3	New		Social Welfare
1947-01-21	1947-01-22	S.I.	1947/0016	Rename	Local Government and Public Health	Local Government
1947-01-21	1947-01-22	S.I.	1947/0018 Schedule Refs 1, 11	Transfer	Finance	Social Welfare	Old Age Pensions (funding)
1947-01-21	1947-01-22	S.I.	1947/0018 Schedule Refs 2, 4, 7, 10, 15	Transfer	Local Government and Public Health	Social Welfare	Old Age Pensions (disbursement), National Health Insurance, Widows' and Orphans' Pensions
1947-01-21	1947-01-22	S.I.	1947/0018 Schedule Refs 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Social Welfare	Labour Exchanges,Unemployment Insurance, Unemployment Assistance, Children's Allowances
1947-02-18	1947-02-18	S.I.	1947/0041	Transfer	Finance	Local Government	Remuneration of Barrow Drainage Board members
1947-03-11	1947-03-18	S.I.	1947/0058	Transfer	Local Government	Health	public health, sanitation inspection, hospitals, professional medical certification
1947-05-06	1947-05-06	S.I.	1947/0161	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Social Welfare	Workmen's Compensation Act, 1934
1947-08-19	1947-08-19	S.I.	1947/0288	Transfer	Social Welfare	Health	National Health Insurance (Termination of Sanatorium Benefit and Abolition of Insurance Committees) Regulations, 1934
1947-10-10	1947-10-15	S.I.	1947/0329	Transfer	Local Government	Social Welfare	School Meals, home assistance, Blind Welfare
1947-12-19	1948-01-01	S.I.	1947/0417	Transfer	Health	Agriculture	Inspection of abattoirs, dairies, veterinary inspection
1949-03-25	1949-04-01	S.I.	1949/0078	Transfer	new	Agriculture	Wheat and Flour imports
1949-05-13	1949-06-01	S.I.	1949/0142	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Taoiseach	Statistics Acts, 1926 and 1946
1949-09-20	1949-09-27	S.I.	1949/0256	Transfer	Local Government	Health	Anatomy Act 1832, public health, workhouses, mental hospitals, fever hospitals
1950-05-23	1950-06-12	S.I.	1950/0138	Transfer	Justice	Health	Dangerous Drugs, Cruelty to Animals, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
1951-09-21	1951-10-01	S.I.	1951/0284	Transfer	Agriculture	Industry and Commerce	Wheat and Flour imports
1954-06-14	1954-06-14	S.I.	1954/0125	Transfer	new	Local Government	Oifig na Gaeltachta agus na gCeantar gCúng
1956-06-05	1956-07-02	Act	1956/0021 §3	New		Gaeltacht
1956-10-03	1956-10-15	S.I.	1956/0257	Transfer	Lands	Gaeltacht	promotion of rural industries in the Gaeltacht, Housing, Arramara [[[Seaweed]] company]
1956-11-30	1956-11-30	S.I.	1956/0304	Transfer	Local Government	Gaeltacht	Oifig na Gaeltachta agus na gCeantar gCúng
1957-02-08	1957-04-01	S.I.	1957/0016	Transfer	Education	Gaeltacht	Education in the Gaeltacht; Irish colleges; Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe; Irish Folklore Commission.
1957-04-02	1957-04-09	S.I.	1957/0067	Transfer	Agriculture	Lands	Fisheries
1957-10-04	1958-04-01	S.I.	1957/0193	Transfer	Gaeltacht	Education	Irish Folklore Commision
1958-07-15	1958-07-15	S.I.	1958/0157	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Finance	power to appoint a harbour master for Dún Laoghaire, Dunmore East, and Howth
1958-09-02	1958-09-15	S.I.	1958/0186	Transfer	Justice	Lands	Game Preservation Act, 1930
1958-09-30	1958-09-30	S.I.	1958/0202	Transfer	Local Government	Health	Power to abolish county infirmaries and county fever hospitals
1959-07-27	1959-07-27	Act	1959/017 §2	New		Transport and Power
1959-07-27	1959-07-27	S.I.	1959/0125	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Transport and Power	Transport, Fuel and Power
1960-09-13	1960-09-13	S.I.	1960/0198 §§3–8	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Transport and Power	public service vehicle licences, public works planning, alcohol licences, property of deceased seamen, etc.
1960-09-13	1960-09-13	S.I.	1960/0198 §9	Transfer	Transport and Power	Industry and Commerce	[[Customs-free airport manufacturing
1961-03-10	1961-03-10	S.I.	1961/0062	Transfer	Transport and Power	Industry and Commerce	Customs-free airport manufacturing
1961-07-28	1961-08-01	S.I.	1961/0158	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Agriculture	Wheat imports
1961-10-31	1961-10-31	S.I.	1961/0246	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Transport and Power	Tourism
1961-11-21	1961-11-27	S.I.	1961/0259	Transfer	Justice	Lands	Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930
1965-04-27	1965-05-03	S.I.	1965/0083	Transfer	Lands	Agriculture	Fisheries
1965-05-25	1965-05-25	S.I.	1965/0125	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Transport and Power	Quarantine of vehicles
1965-07-06	1965-07-06	S.I.	1965/0146	Rename	Agriculture	Agriculture and Fisheries
1966-07-12	1966-07-13	Act	1966/0018 §2	New		Labour
1966-07-12	1966-07-13	S.I.	1966/0164	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Labour	Work permits, employment conditions, industrial relations
1966-09-20	1966-10-03	S.I.	1966/0214	Transfer	Social Welfare	Labour	Labour Exchanges
1967-06-30	1967-06-30	S.I.	1967/0175	Transfer	Social Welfare; Industry and Commerce	Labour	Unemployment assistance officer; Price controls, Hire Purchase regulations
1968-07-24	1968-07-24	S.I.	1968/0158	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Finance	Hire-Purchase
1968-10-22	1968-10-22	S.I.	1968/0219	Transfer	Transport and Power	Industry and Commerce	Shannon Free Airport Development Company (SFADCO)
1970-11-24	1970-11-24	S.I.	1970/0277	Transfer	new	Local Government	Oil Pollution Clearance
1971-03-02	1971-03-03	S.I.	1971/0158	Rename	External Affairs	Foreign Affairs
1972-03-21	1972-04-01	S.I.	1972/0083	Transfer	Social Welfare	Health	blind persons
1973-07-17	1973-11-01	Act	1973/0014 §3	New		Public Service	Public Service Advisory Council; "The Department of Finance and the Department of the Public Service shall be assigned to the same person."
1972-07-25	1972-08-01	S.I.	1972/0183	Transfer	Health	Social Welfare	home assistance, fuel inspector
1973-03-23	1973-04-01	S.I.	1973/0078	Transfer	Finance	Defence	Air-raid Precautions Services (Compensation for Personal Injuries)
1973-09-30	1973-10-01	S.I.	1973/0294	Transfer	Finance	Public Service	Public Service
1977-02-08	1977-02-08	S.I.	1977/0028	Transfer	Lands	Agriculture and Fisheries	Irish Land Commission
1977-02-08	1977-02-09	S.I.	1977/0029	Rename	Lands	Fisheries
1977-02-08	1977-02-08	S.I.	1977/0030	Transfer	Agriculture and Fisheries	Lands	Fisheries
1977-02-08	1977-02-09	S.I.	1977/0031	Rename	Agriculture and Fisheries	Agriculture
1977-08-16	1977-08-17	S.I.	1977/0269	Rename	Local Government	Environment
1977-09-13	1977-09-13	S.I.	1977/0295	Transfer	Transport and Power	Industry and Commerce	Energy (Gas, Electricity, Hydroelectricity)
1977-09-23	1977-09-23	S.I.	1977/0305	Rename	Transport and Power	Tourism and Transport
1977-09-23	1977-09-23	S.I.	1977/0306	Rename	Industry and Commerce	Industry, Commerce and Energy
1977-12-06	1978-01-01	Act	1977/0027 §2	New		Economic Planning and Development	"economic and social planning"
1978-07-14	1978-07-15	S.I.	1978/0195	Rename	Fisheries	Fisheries and Forestry
1978-08-16	1978-09-01	S.I.	1978/0232	Transfer	Industry, Commerce and Energy	Agriculture	Wine regulation
1980-01-02	1980-01-01	S.I.	1980/0001	Transfer	Economic Planning and Development	Finance	all functions
1980-01-15	1980-01-24	S.I.	1980/0008	Transfer	Tourism and Transport	Industry, Commerce and Tourism	Tourism
1980-01-15	1980-01-22	S.I.	1980/0009	Transfer	Industry, Commerce and Energy	Energy	Gas, Electricity, Turf, Hydroelectricity, Minerals, Geological Survey, Petroleum
1980-01-15	1980-01-23	S.I.	1980/0010	Rename	Industry, Commerce and Energy	Industry, Commerce and Tourism
1980-01-15	1980-01-25	S.I.	1980/0011	Rename	Tourism and Transport	Transport
1980-01-15	1980-01-21	S.I.	1980/0012	Rename	Economic Planning and Development	Energy
1980-02-12	1980-02-12	S.I.	1980/0037	Transfer	Finance	Taoiseach	National Board for Science and Technology
1980-02-26	1980-02-26	S.I.	1980/0055	Transfer	Finance	Agriculture	Siúcra Éireann
1980-02-26	1980-02-26	S.I.	1980/0056	Transfer	Finance	Agriculture	Racing Board and Racecourses
1980-07-22	1980-07-23	S.I.	1980/0257	Transfer	Justice	Environment	Rent Restrictions
1981-06-19	1981-01-01	S.I.	1981/0225	Transfer	Transport	Industry, Commerce and Tourism	Shannon Free Airport Development Company
1981-08-19	1981-08-20	S.I.	1981/0288	Transfer	Industry, Commerce and Tourism	Energy	cement, industrial alcohol, NET, SFADCO, Irish Steel, Irish Film Board, IDA,
1981-08-19	1981-08-21	S.I.	1981/0289	Rename	Energy	Industry and Energy
1981-08-19	1981-08-21	S.I.	1981/0290	Rename	Industry, Commerce and Tourism	Trade, Commerce and Tourism
1981-12-08	1982-01-01	S.I.	1981/0417	Transfer	Labour	Transport	Road Transport Regulations (rest periods for drivers)
1982-11-16	1983-01-01	S.I.	1982/0327	Transfer	Justice	Health	Adoption
1983-01-21	1983-01-21	S.I.	1983/0021	Transfer	Trade, Commerce and Tourism	Industry and Energy	safety standards of goods and equipment
1983-03-15	1983-03-15	S.I.	1983/0080	Transfer	Taoiseach	Industry and Energy	National Board for Science and Technology
1983-12-09	1984-01-01	S.I.	1983/0358	Transfer	Education	Health	industrial schools (except St. Joseph's Clonmel and St. Laurence's Finglas)
1983-12-15	1983-12-16	S.I.	1983/0383	Transfer	Industry and Energy	Trade, Commerce and Tourism	Industry
1983-12-15	1983-12-17	S.I.	1983/0384	Rename	Trade, Commerce and Tourism	Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism
1983-12-15	1983-12-17	S.I.	1983/0385	Rename	Industry and Energy	Energy
1983-12-27	1984-01-02	Act	1983/0040 §2	New		Communications
1983-12-27	1984-01-02	Act	1983/0040 §3(a)	Transfer	Posts and Telegraphs	Communications	all functions; however the spinning off of An Post and Telecom Éireann happened just before this change.
1983-12-27	1984-01-02	Act	1983/0040 §3(b)	Abolished	Posts and Telegraphs
1983-12-27	1984-01-02	Act	1983/0040 §5(a)	Transfer	Transport	Communications	all functions
1983-12-27	1984-01-02	Act	1983/0040 §5(b))	Abolished	Transport
1984-01-27	1984-01-27	S.I.	1984/0027	Transfer	Education	Taoiseach	National Museum, Gallery, Monuments
1986-02-18	1986-02-19	S.I.	1986/0040	Rename	Fisheries and Forestry	Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry
1986-02-19	1986-02-19	S.I.	1986/0041	Rename	Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism	Industry and Commerce
1986-02-18	1986-02-18	S.I.	1986/0042	Transfer	Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism	Fisheries and Forestry	Tourism
1986-06-10	1986-06-10	S.I.	1986/0246	Transfer	Education	Taoiseach	National Library
1986-07-31	1986-07-31	S.I.	1986/0280	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Agriculture	Price of milk
1986-07-31	1986-07-31	S.I.	1986/0281	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Agriculture	Price of milk
1986-12-23	1986-12-23	S.I.	1986/0448	Transfer	Finance	Agriculture	Arterial Drainage
1986-07-31	1986-07-31	S.I.	1986/0462	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Taoiseach	Irish Film Board
1987-03-19	1987-03-19	S.I.	1987/0081	Transfer	Public Service	Finance	all functions
1987-03-19	1987-03-19	S.I.	1987/0082	Rename	Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry	Marine
1987-03-19	1987-03-20	S.I.	1987/0083	Rename	Public Service	Tourism and Transport
1987-03-31	1987-03-31	S.I.	1987/0091	Transfer	Communications	Marine	Shipping
1987-03-31	1987-03-31	S.I.	1987/0092	Transfer	Communications	Tourism and Transport	Road, Air, and Rail Transport
1987-03-31	1987-03-31	S.I.	1987/0093	Transfer	Gaeltacht	Marine	Arramara [Seaweed company]
1987-03-31	1987-03-31	S.I.	1987/0094	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Tourism and Transport	SFADCO
1987-03-31	1987-03-31	S.I.	1987/0095	Transfer	Marine	Tourism and Transport	Tourism
1987-03-31	1987-03-31	S.I.	1987/0096	Transfer	Marine	Energy	Forestry, whaling, Wildlife conservation
1987-03-31	1987-03-31	S.I.	1987/0097	Rename	Agriculture	Agriculture and Food
1987-04-28	1987-04-28	S.I.	1987/0122	Transfer	Agriculture and Food	Education	higher education in agriculture, dairy science and veterinary science
1987-05-05	1987-05-05	S.I.	1987/0128	Transfer	Agriculture and Food	Finance	Arterial Drainage
1987-05-05	1987-05-05	S.I.	1987/0129	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Agriculture and Food	Food Standards for Cocoa and Chocolate, Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars, Fruit Jams, Jellies and Marmalades and Chestnut Purée, Coffee Extracts and Chicory Extracts, Natural Mineral Waters
1987-06-19	1987-06-30	S.I.	1987/0156	Transfer	Energy	Finance	Whaling licenses, Land purchase for conservation
1988-12-16	1988-12-17	S.I.	1988/0353	Transfer	Energy	Finance	Land purchase for conservation [technical adjustment of preceding]
1990-08-02	1990-08-02	S.I.	1990/0207	Transfer	Marine	Finance	Permits to kill wild birds
1991-02-06	1991-02-07	S.I.	1991/0025	Rename	Tourism and Transport	Tourism, Transport and Communications
1991-02-06	1991-02-08	S.I.	1991/0026	Transfer	Communications	Tourism, Transport and Communications	all functions
1992-01-09	1992-01-09	S.I.	1992/0006	Transfer	Agriculture and Food	Finance	Royal Botanic Gardens
1993-01-20	1993-01-20	S.I.	1993/0010	Transfer	Energy	Agriculture and Food	Forestry
1993-01-20	1993-01-21	S.I.	1993/0011	Rename	Agriculture and Food	Agriculture, Food and Forestry
1993-01-20	1993-01-21	S.I.	1993/0012	Transfer	Energy	Tourism, Transport and Communications	all functions
1993-01-20	1993-01-20	S.I.	1993/0013	Transfer	Tourism, Transport and Communications	Gaeltacht	Broadcasting
1993-01-20	1993-01-20	S.I.	1993/0014	Transfer	Industry and Commerce	Energy	Foreign Trade
1993-01-20	1993-01-20	S.I.	1993/0015	Transfer	Tourism, Transport and Communications	Energy	Tourism, SFADCO
1993-01-20	1993-01-20	S.I.	1993/0016	Rename	Energy	Tourism and Trade
1993-01-20	1993-01-22	S.I.	1993/0017	Rename	Tourism, Transport and Communications	Transport, Energy and Communications
1993-01-20	1993-01-20	S.I.	1993/0018	Transfer	Labour	Industry and Commerce	Work conditions, industrial relations, workers' rights, health and safety
1993-01-20	1993-01-20	S.I.	1993/0019	Rename	Industry and Commerce	Enterprise and Employment
1993-01-20	1993-01-21	S.I.	1993/0020	Rename	Labour	Equality and Law Reform
1993-01-20	1993-01-20	S.I.	1993/0021	Transfer	Taoiseach	Gaeltacht	Irish Film Board, National Gallery Museum and Library, Chester Beatty Library, National Archives, National Monuments
1993-01-20	1993-01-20	S.I.	1993/0022	Rename	Gaeltacht	Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht
1993-02-03	1993-02-03	S.I.	1993/0034	Transfer	Justice	Equality and Law Reform	civil law reform, civil legal aid and the family mediation service
1993-01-28	1993-01-28	S.I.	1993/0035	Transfer	Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht	Environment	Temple Bar Renewal and Development
1993-12-21	1994-01-01	S.I.	1993/0397	Transfer	Transport, Energy and Communications	Agriculture, Food and Forestry	Regulation of International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs
1993-12-21	1994-01-01	S.I.	1993/0404	Transfer	Enterprise and Employment	Taoiseach	Community Employment Development Programme
1993-12-21	1993-01-21	S.I.	1993/0422	Transfer	Tourism and Trade	Transport, Energy and Communications	all functions except tourism and trade; i.e. energy?
1994-12-20	1994-12-20	S.I.	1994/0443	Transfer	Finance	Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht	whaling, wildlife
1995-01-20	1995-01-20	S.I.	1995/0010	Transfer	Enterprise and Employment	Taoiseach	Community Employment
1995-02-14	1995-02-14	S.I.	1995/0041	Transfer	Transport, Energy and Communications	Marine	B & I Line
1995-03-02	1995-03-02	S.I.	1995/0061	Transfer	Finance	Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht	Parks (Phoenix, Stephen's Green, Botanic Gardens), monuments, canals & Shannon
1996-01-30	1996-01-30	S.I.	1996/0024	Transfer	Health	Brian O'Shea T.D., Minister of State	Animal welfare, food safety, tobacco and drugs
1996-02-06	1996-02-06	S.I.	1996/0032	Transfer	Taoiseach	Enterprise and Employment	Community Employment
1996-03-12	1996-03-12	S.I.	1996/0062	Transfer	Finance	Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht	Ballinamore and Ballyconnell canal
1996-03-20	1996-03-20	S.I.	1996/0066	Transfer	Transport, Energy and Communications	Taoiseach	Aran Islands ferry
1997-06-19	1997-06-19	S.I.	1997/0272	Transfer	Transport, Energy and Communications	Justice	transporting explosives at harbours
1997-07-08	1997-07-08	S.I.	1997/0297	Transfer	Equality and Law Reform	Justice	all functions
1997-07-08	1997-07-09	S.I.	1997/0298	Rename	Justice	Justice, Equality and Law Reform
1997-07-08	1997-07-09	S.I.	1997/0299	Rename	Transport, Energy and Communications	Public Enterprise
1997-07-08	1997-07-12	S.I.	1997/0300	Transfer	Agriculture, Food and Forestry	Marine	Forestry
1997-07-08	1997-07-11	S.I.	1997/0301	Rename	Marine	Marine and Natural Resources
1997-07-08	1997-07-11	S.I.	1997/0302	Rename	Agriculture, Food and Forestry	Agriculture and Food
1997-07-08	1997-07-11	S.I.	1997/0303	Transfer	Tourism and Trade	Enterprise and Employment	Trade
1997-07-08	1997-07-12	S.I.	1997/0304	Rename	Tourism and Trade	Tourism, Sport and Recreation
1997-07-08	1997-07-12	S.I.	1997/0305	Rename	Enterprise and Employment	Enterprise, Trade and Employment
1997-07-08	1997-07-12	S.I.	1997/0306	Rename	Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht	Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands
1997-07-08	1997-07-12	S.I.	1997/0307	Rename	Social Welfare	Social, Community and Family Affairs
1997-07-08	1997-07-12	S.I.	1997/0308	Rename	Health	Health and Children
1997-07-15	1997-07-15	S.I.	1997/0314	Transfer	Public Enterprise	Marine and Natural Resources	Exploration and Mining
1997-07-22	1997-07-22	S.I.	1997/0322	Rename	Environment	Environment and Local Government
1997-07-28	1997-07-28	S.I.	1997/0331	Transfer	Taoiseach	Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands	Aran Islands ferry
1997-09-30	1997-10-01	S.I.	1997/0429	Transfer	Public Enterprise	Marine and Natural Resources	Petroleum and Offshore Exploration
1997-09-30	1997-10-01	S.I.	1997/0430	Rename	Education	Education and Science
1998-09-28	1998-09-28	S.I.	1998/0362	Transfer	Environment and Local Government	Education and Science	Vocational Education Superannuation Schemes
1999-09-21	1999-09-28	S.I.	1999/0307	Rename	Agriculture and Food	Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
2000-09-12	2000-09-12	S.I.	2000/0110	Transfer	Public Enterprise	Marine and Natural Resources	Natural gas
2000-12-13	2000-12-13	S.I.	2000/0413	Transfer	Finance	Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands	Place Names Commission
2001-01-30	2001-01-30	S.I.	2001/0014	Transfer	Environment and Local Government	Education and Science	superannuation schemes for Institute of Technology and VEC staff other than vocational teachers
2001-05-22	2001-05-22	S.I.	2001/0220	Transfer	Taoiseach	Public Enterprise	Digital Media Development Limited
2001-07-27	2001-07-27	S.I.	2001/0376	Transfer	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Social, Community and Family Affairs	Charities and Street and House-to-House Collections
2001-07-27	2001-07-27	S.I.	2001/0389	Transfer	Public Enterprise	Marine and Natural Resources	Natural gas [further to 2000/110]
2002-06-18	2002-06-18	S.I.	2002/0296	Transfer	Agriculture, Food and Rural Development	Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands	Rural Development
2002-06-18	2002-06-18	S.I.	2002/0298	Transfer	Environment and Local Government	Public Enterprise	Roads (other than local roads), traffic and road safety
2002-06-18	2002-06-18	S.I.	2002/0299	Transfer	Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands	Marine and Natural Resources	Broadcasting
2002-06-18	2002-06-18	S.I.	2002/0300	Transfer	Public Enterprise	Marine and Natural Resources	Communications, Energy and Geological Survey of Ireland
2002-06-18	2002-06-18	S.I.	2002/0301	Transfer	Public Enterprise	Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands	Community Applications of Information Technology Initiative (CAIT)
2002-06-18	2002-06-18	S.I.	2002/0302	Transfer	Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands	Tourism, Sport and Recreation	Arts, Film and Cultural Institutions
2002-06-18	2002-06-18	S.I.	2002/0303	Transfer	Public Enterprise	Environment and Local Government	Meteorological Services, Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety
2002-06-18	2002-06-18	S.I.	2002/0304	Transfer	Tourism, Sport and Recreation	Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands	Local Development and National Drugs Strategy
2002-06-18	2002-06-19	S.I.	2002/0305	Rename	Public Enterprise	Transport
2002-06-18	2002-06-19	S.I.	2002/0306	Rename	Agriculture, Food and Rural Development	Agriculture and Food
2002-06-18	2002-06-19	S.I.	2002/0307	Rename	Marine and Natural Resources	Communications, Marine and Natural Resources
2002-06-18	2002-06-19	S.I.	2002/0308	Rename	Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
2002-06-18	2002-06-19	S.I.	2002/0309	Rename	Tourism, Sport and Recreation	Arts, Sport and Tourism
2002-06-18	2002-06-19	S.I.	2002/0310	Rename	Social Community and Family Affairs	Social and Family Affairs
2002-06-25	2002-06-25	S.I.	2002/0326	Transfer	Environment and Local Government	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Programme for Revitalising Areas by Planning, Investment and Development (RAPID)
2002-06-25	2002-06-25	S.I.	2002/0327	Transfer	Social and Family Affairs	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Community Affairs
2002-06-25	2002-06-25	S.I.	2002/0328	Transfer	Education and Science	Arts, Sport and Tourism	Genealogical Office
2002-07-10	2002-07-10	S.I.	2002/0356	Transfer	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Environment and Local Government	Heritage [monuments, parks, wildlife]
2002-07-10	2002-07-10	S.I.	2002/0357	Transfer	Social and Family Affairs	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the Border Region of Ireland
2002-07-10	2002-07-10	S.I.	2002/0358	Transfer	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Arts, Sport and Tourism	National Monuments
2003-04-30	1998-01-01	S.I.	2003/0176	Transfer	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Social and Family Affairs	Family Mediation Service
2003-06-10	2003-06-10	S.I.	2003/0233	Rename	Environment and Local Government	Environment, Heritage and Local Government
2003-07-23	2003-07-23	S.I.	2003/0361	Transfer	Communications, Marine and Natural Resources	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Arramara [Seaweed company]
2003-12-16	2004-01-01	S.I.	2003/0690	Transfer	Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Finance	built heritage [monuments, parks]
2003-12-16	2003-12-16	S.I.	2003/0691	Transfer	Communications, Marine and Natural Resources	Agriculture and Food	Forestry
2004-12-14	2004-12-14	S.I.	2004/0828	Transfer	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Defence	Transport of prisoners
2005-12-20	2006-01-01	S.I.	2005/0842	Transfer	Communications, Marine and Natural Resources	Transport	Maritime Transport, Safety and Security
2005-12-20	2006-01-01	S.I.	2005/0845	Transfer	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Social Economy Programme
2006-04-12	2006-04-12	S.I.	2006/0194	Transfer	Foreign Affairs	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Granting visas
2006-10-17	2006-10-17	S.I.	2006/0530	Transfer	Transport	Communications, Marine and Natural Resources	Maritime Transport, Safety and Security [Corrects S.I. 2005/0842]
2007-09-19	2007-09-19	S.I.	2007/0662	Transfer	Defence	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Transport of prisoners [Amends S.I. 2004/0828]
2007-10-09	2007-10-20	S.I.	2007/0705	Rename	Agriculture and Food	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
2007-10-09	2007-10-20	S.I.	2007/0706	Rename	Communications, Marine and Natural Resources	Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
2007-10-09	2007-10-19	S.I.	2007/0707	Transfer	Communications, Marine and Natural Resources	Agriculture and Food	Fisheries
2007-12-04	2008-01-01	S.I.	2007/0815	Transfer	Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Transport	Roads, vehicle registration
2007-12-04	2008-01-01	S.I.	2007/0831	Transfer	Health and Children	Social and Family Affairs	Civil Registration
2008-11-04	2008-11-05	S.I.	2008/0516	Transfer	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Environment, Heritage and Local Government	quality of shellfish waters
2008-12-02	2008-12-31	S.I.	2008/0594	Transfer	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Health and Children	Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund
2008-12-02	2008-12-31	S.I.	2008/0595	Transfer	Health and Children	Education and Science	youth work (appointment to advisory committee)
2008-12-02	2008-12-31	S.I.	2008/0596	Transfer	Education and Science	Health and Children	youth work (overall responsibility)
2010	TBD	S.I.	Irish Times	Rename	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
2010	TBD	S.I.	ibid	Rename	Social and Family Affairs	Social Protection
2010	TBD	S.I.	ibid	Rename	Education and Science	Education and Skills
2010	TBD	S.I.	ibid	Rename	Arts, Sport and Tourism	Tourism, Culture & Sport
2010	TBD	S.I.	ibid	Rename	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs
2010	TBD	S.I.	ibid	Transfer	Education and Science	Enterprise, Trade and Innovation	Third-level research
2010	TBD	S.I.	ibid	Transfer	?	Education and Science	FÁS training
2010	TBD	S.I.	ibid	Transfer	?	Social Protection	FÁS employment
2010	TBD	S.I.	ibid	Transfer	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Social Protection	Rural Social Scheme
2010	TBD	S.I.	ibid	Transfer	Social Protection	Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs	social inclusion policy and family policy
2010	TBD	S.I.	ibid	Transfer	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs	equality, disability, integration and human rights
2010	TBD	S.I.	ibid	Transfer	Tourism, Culture & Sport	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Horseracing, greyhound racing
2010	TBD	S.I.	my own surmision	Rename	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Justice and Law Reform

Diachronic list of departments

Date	PM	Finance	Justice	Local Govt / Environment	Education	Agriculture	Commerce	Natural resources	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht	Public Service / Transport 2	Planning / Energy / Tourism	Labour / Equality	Communications	P & T	Supplies	Transport 1
1924	President of the Executive Council	Finance	Justice	Local Government and Public Health	Education	Lands and Agriculture	Industry and Commerce	Fisheries	Defence	External Affairs								Posts and Telegraphs
1928	President of the Executive Council	Finance	Justice	Local Government and Public Health	Education	Agriculture	Industry and Commerce	Lands and Fisheries	Defence	External Affairs								Posts and Telegraphs
1934	President of the Executive Council	Finance	Justice	Local Government and Public Health	Education	Agriculture	Industry and Commerce	Lands	Defence	External Affairs								Posts and Telegraphs
1937	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Local Government and Public Health	Education	Agriculture	Industry and Commerce	Lands	Defence	External Affairs								Posts and Telegraphs
1939	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Local Government and Public Health	Education	Agriculture	Industry and Commerce	Lands	Defence	External Affairs								Posts and Telegraphs	Supplies
1945	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Local Government and Public Health	Education	Agriculture	Industry and Commerce	Lands	Defence	External Affairs								Posts and Telegraphs	[abolished]
1946/7	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Local Government	Education	Agriculture	Industry and Commerce	Lands	Defence	External Affairs	Health	Social Welfare						Posts and Telegraphs
1956	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Local Government	Education	Agriculture	Industry and Commerce	Lands	Defence	External Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht					Posts and Telegraphs
1959	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Local Government	Education	Agriculture	Industry and Commerce	Lands	Defence	External Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht					Posts and Telegraphs		Transport and Power
1965	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Local Government	Education	Agriculture and Fisheries	Industry and Commerce	Lands	Defence	External Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht					Posts and Telegraphs		Transport and Power
1966	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Local Government	Education	Agriculture and Fisheries	Industry and Commerce	Lands	Defence	External Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht			Labour		Posts and Telegraphs		Transport and Power
1971	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Local Government	Education	Agriculture and Fisheries	Industry and Commerce	Lands	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht			Labour		Posts and Telegraphs		Transport and Power
1973	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Local Government	Education	Agriculture and Fisheries	Industry and Commerce	Lands	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht	Public Service		Labour		Posts and Telegraphs		Transport and Power
1977	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Environment	Education	Agriculture	Industry, Commerce and Energy	Fisheries	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht	Public Service	Economic Planning and Development	Labour		Posts and Telegraphs		Tourism and Transport
1978	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Environment	Education	Agriculture	Industry, Commerce and Energy	Fisheries and Forestry	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht	Public Service	Economic Planning and Development	Labour		Posts and Telegraphs		Tourism and Transport
1980	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Environment	Education	Agriculture	Industry, Commerce and Tourism	Fisheries and Forestry	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht	Public Service	Energy	Labour		Posts and Telegraphs		Transport
1981	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Environment	Education	Agriculture	Trade, Commerce and Tourism	Fisheries and Forestry	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht	Public Service	Industry and Energy	Labour		Posts and Telegraphs		Transport
1983	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Environment	Education	Agriculture	Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism	Fisheries and Forestry	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht	Public Service	Energy	Labour	Communications	[abolished]		[abolished]
1986	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Environment	Education	Agriculture	Industry and Commerce	Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht	Public Service	Energy	Labour	Communications
1987	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Environment	Education	Agriculture and Food	Industry and Commerce	Marine	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht	Tourism and Transport	Energy	Labour	Communications
1991	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Environment	Education	Agriculture and Food	Industry and Commerce	Marine	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Gaeltacht	Tourism, Transport and Communications	Energy	Labour	[subsumed into Tourism, Transport and Communications]
1993	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice	Environment	Education	Agriculture, Food and Forestry	Enterprise and Employment	Marine	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health	Social Welfare	Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht	Transport, Energy and Communications	Tourism and Trade	Equality and Law Reform
1997	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Environment and Local Government	Education and Science	Agriculture and Food	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Marine and Natural Resources	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health and Children	Social, Community and Family Affairs	Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands	Public Enterprise	Tourism, Sport and Recreation	[subsumed into Justice]
1999	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Environment and Local Government	Education and Science	Agriculture, Food and Rural Development	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Marine and Natural Resources	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health and Children	Social, Community and Family Affairs	Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands	Public Enterprise	Tourism, Sport and Recreation
2002	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Environment and Local Government	Education and Science	Agriculture and Food	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Communications, Marine and Natural Resources	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health and Children	Social and Family Affairs	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Transport	Arts, Sport and Tourism
2003	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Education and Science	Agriculture and Food	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Communications, Marine and Natural Resources	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health and Children	Social and Family Affairs	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Transport	Arts, Sport and Tourism
2007	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Education and Science	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health and Children	Social and Family Affairs	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Transport	Arts, Sport and Tourism
2010	Taoiseach	Finance	Justice(, Equality?) and Law Reform	Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Education and Skills	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Enterprise, Trade and Innovation	Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Defence	Foreign Affairs	Health and Children	Social Protection	Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs	Transport	Tourism, Culture & Sport

Addresses

The continuity of address should transcend the change of name. But departments move a lot; Health used to be in the Custom House, and P&T in Hawkins House.

"Seolta Ranna agus Oifigí Stáit". Litriú Na Gaeilge. 1947. pp. 62–67. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

Department	Address
PM	Government Buildings
Finance	Government Buildings
Justice	94 St. Stephen's Green
Local Govt / Environment	Custom House, Custom House Quay
Education	Marlborough Street
Agriculture	Agriculture House, Kildare Street
Commerce	23 Kildare Street
Natural resources	29–31 Adelaide Road
Defence	Headquarters, Infirmary Road
Foreign Affairs	Iveagh House, 80 St Stephen's Green
Health	Hawkins House, Hawkins Street
Social Welfare	Áras Mhic Dhiarmada, Store Street
Gaeltacht	Dún Aimhirgin, 43–49 Mespil Road
Public Service / Transport 2	Transport House, 44 Kildare Street
Planning / Energy / Tourism	23 Kildare Street
Labour / Equality	Davitt House (now the Mespil Hotel), Mespil Road (1987); Dún Aimhirgin, 43–49 Mespil Road (from 1993)
Communications	Scotch House, Hawkins Street
P & T	Scotch House, Hawkins Street (from 1981; maybe not head office?)
Supplies
Transport 1	Kildare Street (1965)

See also Written Answers. - State Premises in Dublin Dáil Éireann - Volume 117 - 12 July, 1949

Department-hopping sectors

Sector	No of homes	List of home departments
Fisheries	2	Natural resources, Agriculture
Forestry	2	Natural resources, Agriculture
Rural	2	Agriculture, Gaeltacht
Trade	2	Commerce, Planning/Energy/Tourism
Arts	2	Gaeltacht, Planning/Energy/Tourism
Heritage	2	Gaeltacht, LocalGovt/Environment
Equality	3	Labour/Equality, Justice, Gaeltacht
Transport	3	Transport1, Communications, PublicService/Transport2
Communications	4	P&T, Communications, PublicService/Transport2, NaturalResources
Tourism	4	Transport1, Commerce, PublicService/Transport2, Planning/Energy/Tourism
Power/Energy	5	Transport1, Commerce, Planning/Energy/Tourism, PublicService/Transport2, NaturalResources

Departmental publication codes

A departmental paper will have a publication number of format X.n or X.n/m where X is department code, n is sequence of item and m is sequence of issue/edition [e.g. for annual reports, constant n and incremented m]. In general each department has its own code, which is inherited by successor if closely related but not if substantially different or minor component of merge: e.g. A Agriculture [and Fisheries]; F Fisheries [and Lands but not Agriculture]; L Lands [but not Fisheries; discontinued 1977]. Note that K "Local Government and Public Health" to 1947 while post-1947 was mainly Local Government [Environment from 1977] was also Health 1947-68 [thereafter Z] and Social Welfare 1947-73 [thereafter N].