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Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

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Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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The Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (Irish: An tAire Dlí agus Cirt, Gnóthaí Baile agus Imirce)[2] is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. The Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration has overall responsibility for law and order in Ireland.[3]

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The Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration since January 2025 is Jim O'Callaghan, TD.[4]

He is assisted by two Ministers of State:

  • Niall Collins, TD – Minister of State for International law, law reform and youth justice
  • Colm Brophy, TD – Minister of State for Migration
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History

From 1919 until 1924 the position was known as the Minister for Home Affairs.[5] It was renamed as the Minister for Justice under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924.[6] The title has been altered a number of times since 1997, with its current title dating from 2025.

Overview

The Minister's main areas of responsibility include:[7]

  • 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.
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List of office-holders

  Denotes acting Minister
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Notes
  1. Before 1937: DM – Dáil Ministry; PG – Provisional Government; EC – Executive Council.
  2. Austin Stack held the title of Secretary of State for Home Affairs.
  3. Also Minister for Communications from 31 March 1987 to 6 February 1991.
  4. On maternity leave from 27 April 2021 to 1 November 2021, and again from 25 November 2022 to 1 June 2023.[8][9]
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References

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