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Minister for Justice (Ireland)

Minister for Justice (Ireland)

Irish government cabinet minister

The Minister for Justice (Irish: An tAire Dlí agus Cirt) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Justice. The Minister for Justice has overall responsibility for law and order in Ireland.[1]

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The current Minister for Justice is Helen McEntee, TD. McEntee is assisted by a Minister of State:

History

From 1919 until 1924 the position was known as the Minister for Home Affairs.[6][7] In 1997, the functions of the Minister for Equality and Law Reform were transferred to this Minister, and it was renamed as the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, a title which it retained until 2010.[8] The minister held the title of Minister for Justice and Equality from 2011 to 2020.[9] As of 2020, the position is known as Minister for Justice.[10] This followed a transfer of functions to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

Overview

The Minister's main areas of responsibility include:[11]

  • Implementing government policy and proposing new policy on crime, immigration, asylum, criminal and civil law reform and the criminal justice system in general.
  • Implementation of government policy and proposing new policy in relation to national security (an area many countries assign to a separate 'Home' or 'Homeland Security' minister)
  • Control and reform of the Garda Síochána
  • Pardons (which are formally given by the President on the binding "advice" of the government, after proposal by the Minister for Justice - a rarely used power)
  • Implementation of core elements of the Good Friday Agreement.

List of office-holders

  Denotes acting Minister
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Notes
  1. Before 1937: DM – Dáil Ministry; PG – Provisional Government; EC – Executive Council.
  2. Austin Stack held the title of Secretary of State for Home Affairs.
  3. Also President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.
  4. Also Minister for Communications from 31 March 1987 to 6 February 1991.
  5. Also Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
  6. Also Minister for Defence.
  7. Also Minister for Social Protection and Minister for Rural and Community Development.
  8. On maternity leave from 27 April 2021 to 1 November 2021, and again from 25 November 2022 to 1 June 2023.
  9. Also Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

References

  1. [1]
    "Minister for Justice - gov.ie". Government of Ireland. 19 November 2020. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. [2]
    "List of Ministers and Ministers of State", Government of Ireland, archived from the original on 7 August 2020, retrieved 24 July 2020
  3. [3]
    "About Us". Department of Justice. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Ministerial Responsibilities – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Wednesday, 28 Apr 2021". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Statement by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee". Department of Justice. 11 March 2021. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  6. [6]
    "An early history of the Department". Department of Justice. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, Schedule, Tenth Part: Ministers named in former Acts". Irish Statute Book. 21 April 1924. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  8. [8]
    Justice (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 298 of 1997). Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 9 November 2018.
  9. [9]
    Justice and Law Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 138 of 2011). Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 9 November 2018.
  10. [10]
    Justice and Equality (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 452 of 2020). Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 2 November 2020.
  11. [11]
    "Our Responsibilities - The Department of Justice". Department of Justice. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021.
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