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Department of Transport (Ireland)

{{Short description|Irish government department}}

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{{Infobox government agency

|agency_name = Department of Transport

|type = Department

|image = Irish Department of Transport.png

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|seal =

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|formed = 1 November 1973

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|superseding =

|jurisdiction = Government of Ireland

|headquarters = Leeson Lane, Dublin

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|employees =

|budget =

|minister1_name = Darragh O'Brien

|minister1_pfo =
Minister for Transport

|chief1_name = Ken Spratt

|chief1_position =
Secretary General

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|website = {{official website}}

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}}

The Department of Transport ({{langx|ga|An Roinn Iompair}}) is a department of the Government of Ireland that is responsible for transport policy and overseeing transport services and infrastructure. The department is led by the Minister for Transport.

Departmental team

File:Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Ireland.jpg

The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in Leeson Lane, Dublin.{{cite web|url=http://www.dttas.ie/about-us/2013/where-find-us|title=Where to find us|work=Department of Transport, Tourism, and Sport|access-date=2 June 2016}} It also has offices in Killarney and Loughrea."[http://www.dttas.ie/about-us/2013/where-find-us Where to find us]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130723021048/http://www.transport.ie/about/findus.asp?lang=ENG&loc=353 Archive]) Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2016. It also says: "Our main office is located at the following address: Leeson Lane, Dublin 2, D02 TR60" The departmental team consists of the following:

Affiliated bodies

=State Agencies=

Among the State Agencies that report to, are appointed by the Minister, or are otherwise affiliated to the department are:

=State-sponsored bodies=

Among the state-sponsored bodies sponsored by the Minister are:

History

{{Infobox government agency

|agency_name = Department of
Transport and Power

|type = Department

|formed = 27 July 1959

|dissolved = 2 January 1984

|preceding1 = Department of Industry and Commerce

|superseding = Department of Communications

|jurisdiction = Ireland

|minister1_pfo =
Minister for Transport and Power

|chief1_position =
Secretary General

}}

File:Dept of Transport building, Shannon.jpg]]

The Department of Transport and Power was created by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1959 with Erskine H. Childers as its first minister.{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1959|num=17|title=Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1959|section=2|stitle=The Department of Transport and Power|date=27 July 1959}} Thekla Beere was appointed as the Secretary of the Department in that year, making it the first government department to be led by a woman. On 2 January 1984, the Department of Transport was abolished under the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1983.

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Date

!Effect

27 July 1959

|Establishment of the Department of Transport and Power{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1959|type=si|num=124|title=Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1959 (Appointed Day) Order 1959|date=27 July 1959|access-date=28 August 2019}}

27 July 1959

|Transfer of Transport, Fuel and Power from the Department of Industry and Commerce{{Cite Irish legislation|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}}

13 September 1977

|Transfer of Energy to the Department of Industry and Commerce{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1977|type=si|num=295|title=Energy (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1977|date=13 September 1977|access-date=28 August 2019}}

23 September 1977

|Renamed as the Department of Tourism and Transport{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1977|type=si|num=295|title=Transport and Power (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1977|date=13 September 1977|access-date=28 August 2019}}

25 January 1980

|Transfer of Tourism to the Department of Industry, Commerce and Tourism{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1980|type=si|num=8|title=Tourism (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1980|date=15 January 1980|access-date=28 August 2019}}

25 January 1980

|Renamed as the Department of Transport{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1980|type=si|num=11|title=Tourism and Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1980|date=15 January 1980|access-date=28 August 2019}}

2 January 1984

|Department abolished and functions transferred to the Department of Communications{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1983|num=40|section=5|title=Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1983|stitle=Transfer of functions of Minister for Transport and abolition of office|date=27 December 1983|access-date=28 April 2020}}{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1983|num=40|section=1|title=Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1983|stitle=Definitions|date=27 December 1983|access-date=28 August 2019}}{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1983|type=si|num=407|title=Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983 (An Post) (Vesting Day) Order 1983|date=21 December 1983|access-date=28 August 2019}}

The Department of the Public Service was created in 1973.{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1973|num=14|title=Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1973|section=3|stitle=The Department of the Public Service|date=17 July 1973}} Throughout most of the period of this ministerial title, it was held by a minister who also had another ministerial role. In 1987, at the formation of the 20th government, the substantive functions of the Department of the Public Service were transferred to the Department of Finance, and the Department of the Public Service was renamed as the Department of Tourism and Transport; therefore, the current Department of Transport is formally a successor to the Department of the Public Service established in 1973.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1987-03-10/11/|title=Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government – Dáil Éireann (25th Dáil)|date=10 March 1987|access-date=25 September 2020|website=Houses of the Oireachtas}}

=Alteration of name and transfer of functions=

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Date

!Effect

1 November 1973

|Establishment of the Department of the Public Service{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1973|type=si|num=293|title=Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1973 (Appointed Day) Order 1973|date=30 October 1973|access-date=28 August 2019}}

1 November 1973

|Transfer of Public Service from the Department of Finance{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1973|type=si|num=294|title=Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1973|date=30 October 1973|access-date=28 August 2019}}

19 March 1987

|Transfer of Public Service to the Department of Finance{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1987|type=si|num=81|title=Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1987|date=19 March 1987|access-date=28 August 2019}}

20 March 1987

|Renamed as the Department of Tourism and Transport{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1987|type=si|num=83|title=Public Service (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1987|date=19 March 1987|access-date=28 August 2019}}

31 March 1987

|Transfer of Transport from the Department of Communications{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1987|type=si|num=92|title=Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 1987|date=31 March 1987|access-date=28 August 2019}}

31 March 1987

|Transfer of Tourism from the Department of the Marine{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1987|type=si|num=95|title=Tourism (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1987|date=31 March 1987|access-date=28 August 2019}}

7 February 1991

|Renamed as the Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1991|type=si|num=25|title=Tourism and Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1991|date=6 February 1991|access-date=28 August 2019}}

6 February 1991

|Transfer of Communications from the Department of Communications{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1991|type=si|num=26|title=Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1991|date=6 February 1991|access-date=28 August 2019}}

20 January 1993

|Transfer of Broadcasting to the Department of the Gaeltacht{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1993|type=si|num=13|title=Broadcasting (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1993|date=20 January 1993|access-date=18 July 2020}}

20 January 1993

|Transfer of Tourism to the Department of Energy{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1993|type=si|num=15|title=Tourism (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1993|date=20 January 1993|access-date=28 August 2019}}

21 January 1993

|Transfer of Energy from the Department of Energy{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1993|type=si|num=12|title=Energy (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1993|date=20 January 1993|access-date=28 August 2019}}

22 January 1993

|Renamed as the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1993|type=si|num=17|title=Tourism, Transport and Communications (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1993|date=20 January 1993|access-date=28 August 2019}}

12 July 1997

|Renamed as the Department of Public Enterprise{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1997|type=si|num=299|title=Transport, Energy and Communications (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1997|date=8 July 1997|access-date=28 August 2019}}

15 July 1997

|Transfer of Mining to the Department of the Marine and Natural Resources{{Cite Irish legislation|year=1997|type=si|num=314|title=Exploration and Mining (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1997|date=15 July 1997|access-date=28 August 2019}}

18 June 2002

|Transfer of Roads from the Department of the Environment and Local Government{{Cite Irish legislation|year=2002|type=si|num=298|title=National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002|date=18 June 2002|access-date=28 August 2019}}

18 June 2002

|Transfer of Communications and Energy to the Department of the Marine and Natural Resources{{Cite Irish legislation|year=2002|type=si|num=300|title=Communications, Energy and Geological Survey of Ireland (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002|date=18 June 2002|access-date=28 August 2019}}

19 June 2002

|Renamed as the Department of Transport{{Cite Irish legislation|year=2002|type=si|num=305|title=Public Enterprise (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002|date=18 June 2002|access-date=28 August 2019}}

1 April 2011

|Transfer of Tourism and Sport from the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport{{Cite Irish legislation|year=2011|type=si|num=140|title=Tourism and Sport (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011|date=29 March 2011|access-date=28 August 2019}}

2 April 2011

|Renamed as the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport{{Cite Irish legislation|year=2011|type=si|num=141|title=Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011|date=29 March 2011|access-date=28 August 2019}}

1 June 2011

|Transfer of Tourism and Sport from the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport{{Cite Irish legislation|year=2011|type=si|num=217|title=Tourism and Sport (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2011|date=10 May 2011|access-date=25 September 2020}}

14 January 2015

|Transfer of Worker Participation to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources{{Cite Irish legislation|year=2015|type=si|num=11|title=Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act 1977 (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2015|date=14 January 2015|access-date=21 September 2020}}

1 January 2018

|Transfer of Motor Tax from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government{{Cite Irish legislation|year=2017|type=si|num=601|title=Motor Tax (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017|date=19 December 2017|access-date=21 September 2020}}

16 September 2020

|Transfer of Tourism and Sport to the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht{{Cite Irish legislation|year=2020|type=si|num=356|title=Tourism and Sport (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020|date=15 September 2020|access-date=25 September 2020}}

17 September 2020

|Renamed as the Department of Transport{{Cite Irish legislation|year=2020|type=si|num=351|title=Transport, Tourism and Sport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020|date=15 September 2020|access-date=24 September 2020}}

28 February 2023

|Transfer of Renewable transport fuel from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications{{Cite Irish legislation|year=2023|type=si|num=82|title=Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuel Functions Act 2023 (Vesting Day) (Part 3) Order 2023|date=28 February 2023|access-date=23 March 2023}}

See also

{{Portal|Ireland|Transport|Sport}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{official website}}
  • [https://whodoeswhat.gov.ie/root/transport/ Structure of the Department]
  • [https://whereyourmoneygoes.gov.ie/en/transport/2019/ Spending by the Department]

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