Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

The Department of Rural and Community Affairs (Irish: An Roinn Tuaithe agus Gnóthaí Pobail) is a department of the Government of Ireland from 1956 to 2011 and from 2017 to present. The head of the department is a Minister of the Government.

In 2011, the department had specific responsibility for a range of functions including:

The department was created in 1956 as the Department of the Gaeltacht.

Its name changed several times, with some changes in its role. The department was known as the following:

In 2011, it was abolished with its sections being transferred to other government departments as below:

Department Abolished