Department of Children and Youth Affairs | |
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Department overview | |
Formed | 2 June 1956 |
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Headquarters | Dún Aimhirgin, Mespil Road, Dublin 4 |
Minister responsible | Frances Fitzgerald, TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs |
Department executive | Gerry Kearney, Secretary General |
Website | |
www.dcya.gov.ie |
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Irish: An Roinn Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige) is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.
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The official headquarters and Ministerial offices of the department are in Dún Aimhirgin, Mespil Road, Dublin 4. The departmental team consists of the following:
The department is responsible for children and youth affairs.
The department was created in 1956 as the Department of the Gaeltacht. It was renamed to its current title in 2011.
Over the years its name changed several times, with some changes in its role. The department was known as the following: