Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Infobox official post The Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite ISB</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Template:As of is Jim O'Callaghan, TD.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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
History
From 1919 until 1924 the position was known as the Minister for Home Affairs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was renamed as the Minister for Justice under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924.<ref>Template:Cite ISB</ref> 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:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- 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.
List of office-holders
- Notes
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