Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
.jpg) Seat of the Department above the Dublin bus terminal |
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| Department overview | |
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| Formed | 22 January 1947 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Ireland |
| Headquarters |
Áras Mhic Dhiarmada, Store Street, Dublin 1, D01 WY03 53°20′59″N 6°15′8″W / 53.34972°N 6.25222°W |
| Employees | 5,175 |
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| Department executive |
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| Website | www |
The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Irish: An Roinn Gnóthaí Fostaíochta agus Coimirce Sóisialaí) is a department of the Government of Ireland, tasked with administering Ireland's welfare system. It oversees the provision of income support and other social services. It is led by the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection who is assisted by two Ministers of State.
The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in Áras Mhic Dhiarmada, Store Street, Dublin. The departmental team consists of the following:
In carrying out its mandate the department undertakes a variety of functions including:
The department formulates appropriate social protection policies and administers and manages the delivery of statutory and non-statutory schemes and services. It is responsible for the delivery of a range of social insurance and social assistance schemes including provision for unemployment, illness, maternity, caring, widowhood, retirement and old age. Payments are made to nearly 950,000 people each week with over 1.5 million people directly benefiting from those payments. The budget spend in 2002 was €9.52 billion.In 2010 it will be in excess of 13.59 billion
Payments are generally divided into three groups:
The department was created by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1946 as the Department of Social Welfare.
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