Minister_for_Social_Protection

Minister for Social Protection

Minister for Social Protection

Irish government cabinet minister

The Minister for Social Protection (Irish: An tAire Cosanta Sóisialta) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Social Protection.

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The current Minister for Social Protection is Heather Humphreys. She is also Minister for Rural and Community Development. She is assisted by two Ministers of State:

  • Joe O'Brien, TD – Minister of State for Community Development and Charities
  • Emer Higgins, TD – Minister of State for Redundancy and Insolvency Operations and Employer Services[1]

Overview

The position was created in 1947 as the Minister for Social Welfare.[2] Its present title dates from 2020.[3] The department formulates appropriate social protection policies and administers and manages the delivery of statutory and non-statutory schemes and services. It is also responsible for the delivery of a range of social insurance and social assistance schemes including provision for unemployment, illness, maternity, caring, widowhood, retirement and old age.

List of office-holders

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Notes
  1. Also Minister for Health.
  2. Also Minister for Health from 17 November to 15 December 1994.
  3. Also Minister for Defence from 20 January to 9 March 2011 and Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government from 23 January to 9 March 2011.
  4. Also Minister for Rural and Community Development and (from 27 April 2021) Minister for Justice.

References

  1. [1]
    "List of Ministers and Ministers of State". Government of Ireland. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1946, s. 3: The Department of Social Welfare (No. 38 of 1946, s. 3). Enacted on 24 December 1946. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 30 April 2021.
  3. [3]
    Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 447 of 2020). Signed on 20 October 2020. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 30 April 2021.
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