Minister for Justice (Ireland)
Minister for Justice and Equality | |
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since 14 June 2017 | |
Department of Justice and Equality | |
Member of | |
Reports to | Taoiseach |
Seat | Dublin, Ireland |
Appointer | President of Ireland on the nomination of the Taoiseach |
Inaugural holder | Michael Collins as Minister for Home Affairs |
Formation | 22 January 1919 |
Website | justice |
The Minister for Justice and Equality (Irish: An tAire Dlí agus Cirt agus Comhionannais) is the senior minister at the Department of Justice and Equality in the Government of Ireland. The Minister has overall responsibility for law and order in Ireland.
The current Minister for Justice and Equality is Charles Flanagan, TD. He is assisted by:
- Pat Breen, TD – Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection
- Finian McGrath, TD – Minister of State for Disability Issues
- David Stanton, TD – Minister of State for Equality, Immigration, and Integration
History
From 1919 until 1923 the holder of the justice portfolio was known as the Minister for Home Affairs. In 1997, the portfolio of the then-Minister for Justice was amalgamated with that of the Minister for Equality and Law Reform to create a Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, a position which was retained until 2010. The minister has had the current title since 2011.
Overview
The Minister's and the Department's main areas of responsibility include:
- 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
Minister for Home Affairs 1919–1923 | |||||
No. | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
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1. | Michael Collins | 22 January 1919 | 1 April 1919 | style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | | Sinn Féin |
2. | Arthur Griffith | 2 April 1919 | 22 August 1921 | style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | | Sinn Féin |
3. | Austin Stack[1] | 22 August 1921 | 9 January 1922 | style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | | Sinn Féin |
4. | Eamonn Duggan | 10 January 1922 | 9 September 1922 | style="background-color: Template:Cumann na nGaedheal/meta/color" | | Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin |
5. | Kevin O'Higgins | 30 August 1922 | 19 September 1923 | style="background-color: Template:Cumann na nGaedheal/meta/color" | | Cumann na nGaedheal |
Minister for Justice 1923–1997 | |||||
No. | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
Kevin O'Higgins | 19 September 1923 | 10 July 1927 | style="background-color: Template:Cumann na nGaedheal/meta/color" | | Cumann na nGaedheal | |
6. | W. T. Cosgrave | 10 July 1927 | 12 October 1927 | style="background-color: Template:Cumann na nGaedheal/meta/color" | | Cumann na nGaedheal |
7. | James FitzGerald-Kenney | 12 October 1927 | 9 March 1932 | style="background-color: Template:Cumann na nGaedheal/meta/color" | | Cumann na nGaedheal |
8. | James Geoghegan | 9 March 1932 | 8 February 1933 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
9. | P. J. Ruttledge | 8 February 1933 | 8 September 1939 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
10. | Gerald Boland (1st time) | 8 September 1939 | 18 February 1948 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
11. | Seán Mac Eoin | 18 February 1948 | 7 March 1951 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
12. | Daniel Morrissey | 7 March 1951 | 13 June 1951 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
Gerald Boland (2nd time) | 13 June 1951 | 2 June 1954 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil | |
13. | James Everett | 2 June 1954 | 20 March 1957 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party |
14. | Oscar Traynor | 20 March 1957 | 11 October 1961 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
15. | Charles Haughey | 11 October 1961 | 8 October 1964 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
16. | Seán Lemass (acting) | 8 October 1964 | 3 November 1964 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
17. | Brian Lenihan Snr | 3 November 1964 | 26 March 1968 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
18. | Mícheál Ó Móráin | 27 March 1968 | 5 May 1970 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
19. | Desmond O'Malley | 5 May 1970 | 14 March 1973 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
20. | Patrick Cooney | 14 March 1973 | 5 July 1977 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
21. | Gerry Collins (1st time) | 5 July 1977 | 30 June 1981 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
22. | Jim Mitchell | 30 June 1981 | 9 March 1982 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
23. | Seán Doherty | 9 March 1982 | 14 December 1982 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
24. | Michael Noonan | 14 December 1982 | 14 February 1986 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
25. | Alan Dukes | 14 February 1986 | 10 March 1987 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
Gerry Collins (2nd time) | 10 March 1987 | 12 July 1989 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil | |
26. | Ray Burke | 12 July 1989 | 11 February 1992 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
27. | Pádraig Flynn | 11 February 1992 | 4 January 1993 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
28. | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | 4 January 1993 | 15 December 1994 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
29. | Nora Owen | 15 December 1994 | 26 June 1997 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
30. | John O'Donoghue | 26 June 1997 | 8 July 1997 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 1997–2010 | |||||
No. | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
John O'Donoghue | 8 July 1997 | 6 June 2002 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil | |
31. | Michael McDowell | 6 June 2002 | 14 June 2007 | style="background-color: Template:Progressive Democrats/meta/color" | | Progressive Democrats |
32. | Brian Lenihan Jnr | 14 June 2007 | 7 May 2008 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
33. | Dermot Ahern | 7 May 2008 | 23 March 2010 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Minister for Justice and Law Reform 2010–2011 | |||||
No. | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
Dermot Ahern | 23 March 2010 | 19 January 2011 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil | |
34. | Brendan Smith | 20 January 2011 | 9 March 2011 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Minister for Justice and Equality 2011–present | |||||
No. | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
35. | Alan Shatter | 9 March 2011 | 7 May 2014 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
36. | Frances Fitzgerald | 8 May 2014 | 14 June 2017 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
37. | Charles Flanagan | 14 June 2017 | Incumbent | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
See also
References
- ^ Austin Stack bore the title of Secretary of State for Home Affairs.