Minister for Justice (Ireland)

From 1919 until 1924 the position was known as the Minister for Home Affairs.^[6][7] In 1997, the functions of the Minister for Equality and Law Reform were transferred to this Minister, and it was renamed as the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, a title which it retained until 2010.^[8] The minister held the title of Minister for Justice and Equality from 2011 to 2020.^[9] As of 2020, the position is known as Minister for Justice.^[10] This followed a transfer of functions to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

The Minister's main areas of responsibility include:^[11]

• Implementing government policy and proposing new policy on crime, immigration, asylum, criminal and civil law reform and the criminal justice system in general.
• Implementation of government policy and proposing new policy in relation to national security (an area many countries assign to a separate 'Home' or 'Homeland Security' minister)
• Control and reform of the Garda Síochána
• Pardons (which are formally given by the President on the binding "advice" of the government, after proposal by the Minister for Justice - a rarely used power)
• Implementation of core elements of the Good Friday Agreement.

Notes

• Department of Justice