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Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment#History

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|jurisdiction = Government of Ireland

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|minister1_name = Peter Burke

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Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment

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The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment ({{langx|ga|An Roinn Fiontar, Turasóireachta agus Fostaíochta}}) is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment.

Departmental team

Overview

File:Dept of Industry and Commerce.jpg

The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are at Kildare Street, Dublin. It is one of the most important economic departments in the Irish Government, responsible for the implementation of policy in five key areas:

  • Enterprise, Innovation, Growth
  • Quality Work and Learning
  • Making Markets and Regulation work better
  • Quality, Value and Continuous Improvement
  • the European Union.

A large element of the work of the Department arises from Ireland's membership of a number of international organisations, in particular the European Union and the World Trade Organization. The Department plays an active role in the development of EU and WTO policies, particularly to ensure that Ireland's interests are protected. The Department is organised into five divisions. They are:

  • Innovation and Investment Division
  • Enterprise and Trade Division
  • Commerce, Consumer and Competition Division
  • Employment Rights and Industrial Relations Division
  • Corporate Services

Bodies and offices associated with the Department

The department oversees a large number of bodies and agencies. In July 2009 the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes proposed merging the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency. However, this process remains at an early stage. Until 2010, the Department was responsible for FÁS, which had its responsibilities divided up between two bodies in 2013. Bodies and agencies associated with the Department include:

History

In the Ministry of Dáil Éireann of the Irish Republic (1919–1922) there was a separate Minister for Industries and a Director of Trade and Commerce. These titled varied over the course of the ministries established during this revolutionary period. In the Irish Free State, there was a Minister for Industry and Commerce as part of the first Executive Council of the Irish Free State established in 1922. This was given a statutory basis by the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924. This act provided it with:{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1924/act/16/section/1/enacted/en/html|title=Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, Section 1: Establishment of the Departments of State|date=21 April 1924|access-date=27 September 2019|website=Irish Statute Book}}

{{quote|the administration and business generally of public services in connection with trade, commerce, industry, and labour, industrial and commercial organisations and combinations, industrial and commercial statistics, transport, shipping, natural resources, and all powers, duties and functions connected with the same, including the promotion of trade and commerce by means of educational grants, and shall include in particular the business, powers, duties and functions of the branches and officers of the public services specified in the Sixth Part of the Schedule to this Act, and of which Department the head shall be, and shall be styled, an t-Aire Tionnscail agus Tráchtála or (in English) the Minister for Industry and Commerce.}}

The Schedule assigned it with the duties of the following bodies:{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1924/act/16/schedule/enacted/en/html|title=Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, Schedule|date=21 April 1924|access-date=3 November 2019|website=Irish Statute Book}}

  • Ministry of Transport (excluding the Roads Department).
  • The Board of Trade.
  • Registrar of Companies.
  • Registrar of Business Names.
  • Registration of Shipping.
  • Minister for Labour.
  • Electricity Commissioners.
  • Chief and other Inspectors of Factories.

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2 June 1924

|Established as the Department of Industry and Commerce{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1924/sro/804/made/en/print|title=Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (Commencement) Order 1924|date=30 May 1924|access-date=27 September 2019}}

1 August 1945

|Transfer of Supplies from the Department of Supplies{{Cite ISB|year=1945|num=21|section=3|title=Minister For Supplies (Transfer of Functions) Act 1945|stitle=Transfer of functions of Minister for Supplies and abolition of office|date=11 July 1945|access-date=13 September 2019}}{{Cite ISB|year=1945|num=171|type=sro|title=Minister For Supplies (Transfer of Functions) Act 1945 (Appointed Day) Order 1945|date=20 July 1945|access-date=12 May 2025}}

27 July 1959

|Transfer of Transport, Fuel and Power to the Department of Transport and Power{{Cite ISB|year=1959|type=si|num=125|title=Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1959|date=27 July 1959|access-date=28 August 2019}}

12 July 1966

|Transfer of Labour to the Department of Labour{{Cite ISB|year=1966|type=si|num=164|title=Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1966|date=12 July 1966|access-date=27 September 2019}}

13 September 1977

|Transfer of Energy from the Department of Transport and Power{{Cite ISB|year=1977|type=si|num=295|title=Energy (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1977|date=13 September 1977|access-date=27 September 2019}}

23 September 1977

|Renamed as the Department of Industry, Commerce and Energy{{Cite ISB|year=1977|type=si|num=306|title=Industry and Commerce (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1977|date=23 September 1977|access-date=27 September 2019}}

22 January 1980

|Transfer of Energy to the Department of Energy{{Cite ISB|year=1980|type=si|num=9|title=Energy (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1980|date=15 January 1980|access-date=27 September 2019}}

23 January 1980

|Renamed as the Department of Industry, Commerce and Tourism{{Cite ISB|year=1980|type=si|num=10|title=Industry, Commerce and Energy (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1980|date=15 January 1980|access-date=27 September 2019}}

24 January 1980

|Transfer of Tourism from the Department of Tourism and Transport{{Cite ISB|year=1980|type=si|num=8|title=Tourism (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1980|date=15 January 1980|access-date=27 September 2019}}

20 August 1981

|Transfer of Industry to the Department of Energy{{Cite ISB|year=1981|type=si|num=288|title=Industry (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1981|date=19 August 1981|access-date=27 September 2019}}

21 August 1981

|Renamed as the Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism{{Cite ISB|year=1981|type=si|num=290|title=Industry, Commerce and Tourism (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1981|date=19 August 1981|access-date=27 September 2019}}

16 December 1983

|Transfer of Industry from the Department of Industry and Energy{{Cite ISB|year=1983|type=si|num=383|title=Industry (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1983|date=15 December 1983|access-date=27 September 2019}}

17 December 1983

|Renamed as the Department of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism{{Cite ISB|year=1983|type=si|num=384|title=Trade, Commerce and Tourism (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1983|date=15 December 1983|access-date=27 September 2019}}

18 February 1986

|Transfer of Tourism to the Department of Fisheries and Forestry{{Cite ISB|year=1986|type=si|num=42|title=Tourism (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1986|date=18 February 1986|access-date=27 September 2019}}

19 February 1986

|Renamed as the Department of Industry and Commerce{{Cite ISB|year=1986|type=si|num=41|title=Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1986|date=18 February 1986|access-date=27 September 2019}}

20 January 1993

|Transfer of Labour from the Department of Labour{{Cite ISB|year=1993|type=si|num=18|title=Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1993|date=20 January 1993|access-date=27 September 2019}}

20 January 1993

|Transfer of Trade to the Department of Energy{{Cite ISB|year=1993|type=si|num=14|title=Foreign Trade (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1993|date=20 January 1993|access-date=8 September 2020}}

20 January 1993

|Renamed as the Department of Enterprise and Employment{{Cite ISB|year=1993|type=si|num=19|title=Industry and Commerce (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1993|date=20 January 1993|access-date=27 September 2019}}

11 July 1997

|Transfer of Trade from the Department of Tourism and Trade{{Cite ISB|year=1997|type=si|num=303|title=Trade (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1997|date=8 July 1997|access-date=27 September 2019}}

12 July 1997

|Renamed as the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment{{Cite ISB|year=1997|type=si|num=305|title=Enterprise and Employment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1997|date=8 July 1997|access-date=27 September 2019}}

1 May 2010

|Transfer of Skills to the Department of Education and Science{{Cite ISB|year=2010|type=si|num=187|title=Employment Programmes and Services and Skills Training (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2010|date=27 April 2010|access-date=27 September 2019}}

1 May 2010

|Transfer of Research from the Department of Education and Science{{Cite ISB|year=2010|type=si|num=188|title=Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2010|date=27 April 2010|access-date=27 September 2019}}

2 May 2010

|Renamed as the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation{{Cite ISB|year=2010|type=si|num=185|title=Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2010|date=27 April 2010|access-date=27 September 2019}}

1 January 2011

|Transfer of Redundancy and Insolvency Payments to the Department of Social Protection{{Cite ISB|year=2010|type=si|num=189|title=Redundancy and Insolvency Payments (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2010|date=1 May 2010|access-date=9 October 2020}}

1 June 2011

|Transfer of Trade to the Department of Foreign Affairs{{Cite ISB|year=2011|type=si|num=247|title=Promotion of Foreign Trade (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011|date=24 May 2011|access-date=27 September 2019}}

2 June 2011

|Renamed as the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation{{Cite ISB|year=2011|type=si|num=245|title=Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011|date=24 May 2011|access-date=27 September 2019}}

1 January 2013

|Transfer of Equality Tribunal from the Department of Justice and Equality{{Cite ISB|year=2012|type=si|num=531|title=Equality Tribunal (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017|date=18 December 2012|access-date=18 September 2020}}

1 September 2017

|Transfer of Employment Affairs and Employment Law to the Department of Social Protection{{Cite ISB|year=2017|type=si|num=361|title=Labour Affairs and Labour Law (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017|date=26 July 2017|access-date=27 September 2019}}

2 September 2017

|Renamed as the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation{{Cite ISB|year=2017|type=si|num=364|title=Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2017|date=26 July 2017|access-date=27 September 2019}}

23 September 2020

|Transfer of Trade from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade{{Cite ISB|year=2020|type=si|num=381|title=Promotion of Foreign Trade (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020|date=22 September 2020|access-date=9 October 2020}}

14 October 2020

|Transfer of Employment Affairs and Employment Law from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection{{Cite ISB|year=2020|type=si|num=438|title=Employment Affairs and Employment Law (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020|date=13 October 2020|access-date=2 November 2020}}

10 November 2020

|Renamed as the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment{{Cite ISB|year=2020|type=si|num=519|title=Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020|date=10 November 2020|access-date=16 November 2020}}

1 January 2021

|Transfer of Research Policy and Programmes to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science{{Cite ISB|year=2020|type=si|num=586|title=Research Policy and Programmes (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020|date=1 December 2020|access-date=15 December 2020}}

1 June 2025

|Transfer of Tourism from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media{{cite ISB|year=2025|type=si|num=174|title=Tourism (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2025|date=6 May 2025|access-date=12 May 2025}}

2 June 2025

|Renamed as the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment{{cite ISB|year=2025|type=si|num=172|title=Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025|date=6 May 2025|access-date=12 May 2025}}

References

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External links

  • {{official website}}
  • [https://whodoeswhat.gov.ie/root/business/ Structure of the Department] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927095344/https://whodoeswhat.gov.ie/root/business/ |date=27 September 2019 }}
  • [https://whereyourmoneygoes.gov.ie/en/business/2019/ Spending by the Department]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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