Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government

Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
Department overview
Formed	2 April 1919
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Headquarters	The Custom House, Dublin 1, D01 W6X0, Ireland 53°20′54″N 6°15′12″W / 53.34833°N 6.25333°W / 53.34833; -6.25333
Ministers responsible	Eoghan Murphy, TD, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Damien English, TD, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Planning John Paul Phelan, TD, Minister of State for Local Government and Electoral Reform
Department executive	John McCarthy, Secretary General
Website	www.housing.gov.ie

The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Irish: An Roinn Tithíochta, Pleanála agus Rialtais Áitiúil) is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government who is assisted by two Ministers of State.

Departmental team

The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in The Custom House, Dublin 1. The departmental team consists of the following:

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Eoghan Murphy, TD
- Minister for Housing and Urban Development: Damien English, TD
- Minister of State for Local Government and Electoral Reform: John Paul Phelan, TD
Secretary General of the Department: John McCarthy

Overview

The Custom House, Dublin, is the departmental headquarters.

The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in The Custom House, Dublin 1. It was created as the Department of Local Government at the very first meeting of Dáil Éireann in 1919. Over the years its name has changed several times; however, the role of the department still includes local government. There have been some changes in its functions; for example, in 2011 built and natural heritage came into the remit of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht as part of a reorganisation of Irish ministries.

The mission of the department is to pursue sustainable development. In pursuing this mission its mandate is to:

achieve a high quality environment with effective environmental protection;
address climate change;
protect and improve water resources and the quality of drinking water;
ensure that our regions and communities are planned and built to respect sustainable and balanced regional development;
ensure good quality housing in sustainable communities;
monitor, analyse and predict Ireland’s weather and climate;
support and enable democratic and responsive local government.

The department is responsible for, among other matters:

housing
the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland
local authorities and related services
the supervision of elections including the general election and presidential elections, and electronic voting arrangements
Met Éireann, the weather forecasting service.

Statutes

Statute	Effect
Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924	Establishment of the Department of Local Government and Public Health
S.I. No. 16/1947 - Local Government and Public Health (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1947	Renamed as the Department of Local Government
S.I. No. 58/1947 - Health (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1947	Transfer of Health to the Department of Health
S.I. No. 269/1977 - Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977	Renamed as the Department of the Environment
S.I. No. 322/1997 - Environment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997	Renamed as the Department of the Environment and Local Government
S.I. No. 356/2002 - Heritage (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002	Transfer of Heritage from the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
S.I. No. 233/2003 - Environment and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2003	Renamed as the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
S.I. No. 192/2011 - Heritage (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011	Transfer of Heritage to the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport
S.I. No. 193/2011 - Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011	Renamed as the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
S.I. No. 196/2011 - Community Affairs (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011	Transfer of Community from the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs
S.I. No. 393/2016 - Climate Action and Environment (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2016	Transfer of Environment to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
S.I. No. 394/2016 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2016	Renamed as the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
S.I. No. 393/2016 - Community Development (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017	Transfer of Community to Department of Rural and Community Development
S.I. No. 258/2017 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2017	Renamed as the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government

References

External links

Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government

Departments of State of Ireland

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