The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage () is a department of the

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Departmental team

The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in

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, Dublin. The departmental team consists of the following: *

: James Browne, TD **Minister of State for local government and planning: John Cummins, TD **Minister of State for nature, heritage and biodiversity: Christopher O'Sullivan, TD **Minister of State for housing:

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, TD *Secretary General of the Department: Graham Doyle

Overview

The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in

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. The department is responsible for, among other matters: *housing *the

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*local authorities and related services *the supervision of elections including the

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arrangements *

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, the

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service. * Tailte Éireann, a planned agency for surveying, registering ownership, and valuing land. It would combine the existing functions of

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, and the Valuation Office (founded for

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History

In the

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in the

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(1919–22), a Ministry of Local Government was established on 2 April 1919. In the Irish Free State, there was a Minister for Local Government as part of the first

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established in 1922. The Department of Local Government and Public Health was given a statutory basis by the

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. This act provided it with: It also assigned it with the following agencies: *The Local Government Board for Ireland, including appeals under the Old Age Pensions Acts. *The Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums in Ireland. *National Health Insurance Commission. *The Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Ireland. *Roads Department (formerly Ministry of Transport). *Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper so far as concerned with Elections. *General Nursing Council and Central Midwives Board. Over the years the name and functions of the department have changed several times by means of statutory instruments.

Alteration of name and transfer of functions

References

External links

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History of the DepartmentStructure of the Department
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