Eire/Minister/Justice Equality and Law Reform
 Eire/Minister/Justice Equality and Law Reform(Minister of Justice) | |
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| Irish Minister of Justice |
The Minister for Justice is the senior minister at the Department of Justice in the Government of Ireland. The Minister has overall responsibility for law and order in Ireland.
The Minister's main areas of responsibility include:[1]
- 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.
History
From 1919 until 1924 the position was known as the Minister for Home Affairs.[2][3] 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. The minister held the title of Minister for Justice and Equality from 2011 to 2020. As of 2020, the position is known as Minister for Justice. This followed a transfer of functions to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
An Office Holder on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Michael McDowell | 6 June 2002 | 14 June 2007 |
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210316141655/http://justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/Our_Responsibilities
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20201030181432/http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/An_early_history_of_the_Department
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200208064943/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1924/act/16/schedule/enacted/en/html
