Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
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Formed | 8 July 1977 |
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Headquarters |
23 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, D02 TD30 53°20′24″N 6°15′21″W / 53.34000°N 6.25583°W |
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The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Irish: An Roinn Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta) is a department of the Government of Ireland. The mission of the department is to promote and develop Ireland’s arts, culture and heritage; to advance the use of the Irish language and to facilitate sustainable regional and rural development, including the development of the Gaeltacht and Islands. It is led by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht who is assisted by one Minister of State.
Departmental team
The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are at 23 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. The department also has offices in South Frederick Street in Dublin and in New Road, Killarney, County Kerry. The departmental team consists of the following:
- Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Josepha Madigan, TD
- Minister of State for Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands: Joe McHugh, TD
- Secretary General of the Department: Katherine Licken
Overview
In carrying out its mandate the department undertakes a variety of functions including:
- formulation, development and evaluation of policy and structures to promote and foster the practice and appreciation of the creative and interpretative arts and to encourage the development of the Irish film industry
- enabling the national cultural institutions to preserve and protect Ireland's movable heritage and cultural assets,
- protecting the archaeological heritage and maintaining the Archaeological Survey of Ireland,
- maintaining the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and recommending the protection of buildings of at least regional significance, and
- creating an environment enabling the National Cultural Institutions to flourish through the provision of financial resources and an appropriate policy framework.
The Department is responsible for funding important Irish cultural institutions like
and organisations such as:
- Arts Council of Ireland (which also acts as the "Cultural Contact Point" to access EU cultural programme funding)
- Culture Ireland
- Heritage Council
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
History
The Department of Economic Planning and Development was created by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1977. Its title and functions has changed on several occasions; while this table charts the legal successors to that department, its functions over that time were held by the predecessors of various current departments. It assumed its current title in 2017.
Statutes
Statute | Effect |
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1977 Act | Establishment of the Department of Economic Planning and Development |
S.I. No. 1/1980 | Transfer of Economic Planning to the Department of Finance |
S.I. No. 9/1980 | Transfer of Energy from the Department of Industry, Commerce and Energy |
S.I. No. 12/1980 | Renamed as the Department of Energy |
S.I. No. 288/1981 | Transfer of Industry from the Department of Industry, Commerce and Tourism |
S.I. No. 289/1981 | Renamed as the Department of Industry and Energy |
S.I. No. 383/1983 | Transfer of Industry to the Department of Industry and Energy |
S.I. No. 385/1983 | Renamed as the Department of Energy |
S.I. No. 10/1993 | Transfer of Forestry to the Department of Agriculture and Food |
S.I. No. 12/1993 | Transfer of Energy to the Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications |
S.I. No. 14/1993 | Transfer of Trade from the Department of Industry and Commerce |
S.I. No. 15/1993 | Transfer of Tourism from the Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications |
S.I. No. 16/1993 | Renamed as the Department of Tourism and Trade |
S.I. No. 303/1997 | Transfer of Trade to the Department of Industry and Commerce |
S.I. No. 304/1997 | Renamed as the Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation |
S.I. No. 302/2002 | Transfer of Arts and Culture from the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands |
S.I. No. 309/2002 | Renamed as the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism |
S.I. No. 178/2010 | Renamed as the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport |
S.I. No. 140/2011 | Transfer of Tourism and Sport to the Department of Transport |
S.I. No. 164/2011 | Transfer of Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Islands from Department of Culture, Heritage and Sport |
S.I. No. 192/2011 | Transfer of Heritage from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government |
S.I. No. 220/2011 | Renamed as the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
S.I. No. 308/2016 | Transfer of Rural Affairs from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government |
S.I. No. 357/2016 | Renamed as the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs |
S.I. No. 350/2017 | Renamed as the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
S.I. No. 354/2017 | Transfer of Rural Affairs to the Department of Rural and Community Development |