Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

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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

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Minister for Home Affairs 1919–1924

Name Term of office Party Government(s)Template:Efn
Michael Collins 22 January 1919 1 April 1919 Template:Party name with colour 1st DM
Arthur Griffith 2 April 1919 22 August 1921 Template:Party name with colour 2nd DM
Austin StackTemplate:Efn 22 August 1921 9 January 1922 Template:Party name with colour 3rd DM
Eamonn Duggan 10 January 1922 9 September 1922 Template:Party name with colour 4th DMTemplate:•1st PG
Kevin O'Higgins 30 August 1922 2 June 1924 Template:Party name with colour 2nd PGTemplate:•5th DMTemplate:•1st ECTemplate:•2nd EC

Minister for Justice 1924–1997

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Kevin O'Higgins 2 June 1924 10 July 1927 Template:Party name with colour 2nd ECTemplate:•3rd EC
W. T. CosgraveTemplate:Efn 10 July 1927 12 October 1927 Template:Party name with colour 3rd EC
James FitzGerald-Kenney 12 October 1927 9 March 1932 Template:Party name with colour 4th ECTemplate:•5th EC
James Geoghegan 9 March 1932 8 February 1933 Template:Party name with colour 6th EC
P. J. Ruttledge 8 February 1933 8 September 1939 Template:Party name with colour 7th ECTemplate:•8th ECTemplate:•1stTemplate:•2nd
Gerald Boland
(1st time)
8 September 1939 18 February 1948 Template:Party name with colour 2ndTemplate:•3rdTemplate:•4th
Seán Mac Eoin 18 February 1948 7 March 1951 Template:Party name with colour 5th
Daniel Morrissey 7 March 1951 13 June 1951 Template:Party name with colour 5th
Gerald Boland
(2nd time)
13 June 1951 2 June 1954 Template:Party name with colour 6th
James Everett 2 June 1954 20 March 1957 Template:Party name with colour 7th
Oscar Traynor 20 March 1957 11 October 1961 Template:Party name with colour 8thTemplate:•9th
Charles Haughey 11 October 1961 8 October 1964 Template:Party name with colour 10th
Seán Lemass Template:Small 8 October 1964 3 November 1964 Template:Party name with colour 10th
Brian Lenihan Snr 3 November 1964 26 March 1968 Template:Party name with colour 10thTemplate:•11thTemplate:•12th
Mícheál Ó Móráin 27 March 1968 5 May 1970 Template:Party name with colour 12thTemplate:•13th
Desmond O'Malley 5 May 1970 14 March 1973 Template:Party name with colour 13th
Patrick Cooney 14 March 1973 5 July 1977 Template:Party name with colour 14th
Gerry Collins
(1st time)
5 July 1977 30 June 1981 Template:Party name with colour 15thTemplate:•16th
Jim Mitchell 30 June 1981 9 March 1982 Template:Party name with colour 17th
Seán Doherty 9 March 1982 14 December 1982 Template:Party name with colour 18th
Michael Noonan 14 December 1982 14 February 1986 Template:Party name with colour 19th
Alan Dukes 14 February 1986 10 March 1987 Template:Party name with colour 19th
Gerry Collins
(2nd time)
10 March 1987 12 July 1989 Template:Party name with colour 20th
Ray BurkeTemplate:Efn 12 July 1989 11 February 1992 Template:Party name with colour 21st
Pádraig Flynn 11 February 1992 4 January 1993 Template:Party name with colour 22nd
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn 4 January 1993 15 December 1994 Template:Party name with colour 23rd
Nora Owen 15 December 1994 26 June 1997 Template:Party name with colour 24th

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 1997–2010

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
John O'Donoghue 26 June 1997 6 June 2002 Template:Party name with colour 25th
Michael McDowell 6 June 2002 14 June 2007 Template:Party name with colour 26th
Brian Lenihan Jnr 14 June 2007 7 May 2008 Template:Party name with colour 27th
Dermot Ahern 7 May 2008 23 March 2010 Template:Party name with colour 28th

Minister for Justice and Law Reform 2010–2011

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Dermot Ahern 23 March 2010 19 January 2011 Template:Party name with colour 28th
Brendan SmithTemplate:Efn 20 January 2011 9 March 2011 Template:Party name with colour 28th

Minister for Justice and Equality 2011–2020

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Alan ShatterTemplate:Efn 9 March 2011 7 May 2014 Template:Party name with colour 29th
Frances Fitzgerald 8 May 2014 14 June 2017 Template:Party name with colour 29thTemplate:•30th
Charles Flanagan 14 June 2017 27 June 2020 Template:Party name with colour 31st

Minister for Justice 2020–2025

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Helen McEntee 27 June 2020 27 April 2021 Template:Party name with colour 32nd
Heather HumphreysTemplate:Efn 27 April 2021 1 November 2021 Template:Party name with colour
Helen McEnteeTemplate:Efn 1 November 2021 25 November 2022 Template:Party name with colour
Heather HumphreysTemplate:Efn 25 November 2022 17 December 2022 Template:Party name with colour
Simon HarrisTemplate:Efn 17 December 2022 1 June 2023 Template:Party name with colour 33rd
Helen McEntee 1 June 2023 23 January 2025 Template:Party name with colour 33rdTemplate:•34th

Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 2025–present

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Jim O'Callaghan 23 January 2025 Incumbent Template:Party name with colour 35th
Notes

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References

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