Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
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| Formed | 8 July 1977 |
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Headquarters | 23 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, D02 TD30 53°20′24″N 6°15′21″W / 53.34000°N 6.25583°W |
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| Website | ahrrga |
The Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Irish: An Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta) is a department of the Government of Ireland. The mission of the department is to contribute to the economic, social and cultural progress of Irish society and the enrichment of its quality of life through promoting sustainable tourism; encouraging excellence in artistic achievement; facilitating greater access to the arts; and preservation of Ireland's cultural inheritance. It is led by the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs who is assisted by two Ministers of State.
The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are at 23 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. The department also has offices in South Frederick Street in Dublin and in New Road, Killarney, County Kerry. The departmental team consists of the following:
In carrying out its mandate the department undertakes a variety of functions including:
The Department is responsible for funding important Irish cultural institutions like
and organisations such as:
The Minister for Economic Planning and Development was created by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1977. The title was renamed Minister for Energy by order in 1980 and again in 1993 the title changed to Minister for Tourism and Trade. Several more title changes occurred, the current title was created on 6 May 2016.
The following changes of name had corresponding to changes of function, such that the notionally continuous department has no practical identity with the earlier stages of its incarnation; it gradually acquired its current competences from other Departments of State, and lost its former competences to them.
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