Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Seat of the Department above the Dublin bus terminal
Department overview
Formed 22 January 1947 (1947-01-22)
Jurisdiction Government of Ireland
Headquarters Áras Mhic Dhiarmada, Store Street, Dublin 1, D01 WY03
53°20′59″N 6°15′8″W / 53.34972°N 6.25222°W / 53.34972; -6.25222
Employees 5,175
Minister responsible
Department executive
Website www.welfare.ie

The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Irish: An Roinn Gnóthaí Fostaíochta agus Coimirce Sóisialaí) is a department of the Government of Ireland, tasked with administering Ireland's welfare system. It oversees the provision of income support and other social services. It is led by the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection who is assisted by two Ministers of State.

Departmental team

The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in Áras Mhic Dhiarmada, Store Street, Dublin. The departmental team consists of the following:

Overview

In carrying out its mandate the department undertakes a variety of functions including:

The department formulates appropriate social protection policies and administers and manages the delivery of statutory and non-statutory schemes and services. It is 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. Payments are made to nearly 950,000 people each week with over 1.5 million people directly benefiting from those payments. The budget spend in 2002 was €9.52 billion.In 2010 it will be in excess of 13.59 billion

Payments are generally divided into three groups:

Agencies

Statutes

Statute Effect
Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1946 Establishment of the Department of Social Welfare
S.I. No. 307/1997 - Social Welfare (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 Renamed as the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs
S.I. No. 310/2002 - Social, Community and Family Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 Renamed as the Department of Social and Family Affairs
S.I. No. 327/2002 - Community Affairs (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 Transfer of Community to the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
S.I. No. 186/2010 - Social and Family Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2010 Renamed as the Department of Social Protection
S.I. No. 190/2010 - Family Affairs and Social Inclusion (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2010 Transfer of Family to the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
S.I. No. 361/2017 - Labour Affairs and Labour Law (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 Transfer of Labour from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
S.I. No. 366/2017 - Social Protection (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2017 Renamed as the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

References

  1. ↑ "The Secretary General, Ms Niamh O'Donoghue". Department of Social Protection. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
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