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The 'Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform' () is the senior minister at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in the Irish Government.
The current Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is Brian Lenihan, Jnr, TD. He is assisted by:

★ Seán Power, TD – Minister of State with special responsibility for Equality Issues.

★ Brendan Smith, TD – Minister of State (with special responsibility for Children).

★ Conor Lenihan, TD – Minister of State with special responsibility for Integration Policy.
The Minister has overall responsibility for law and order in the Republic of Ireland. The position was created in 1997 when the portfolio of the 'Minister for Justice' was amalgamated with that of the Minister for Equality and Law Reform. From 1919 until 1923 the holder of the justice portfolio was known as the "Minister for Home Affairs".

Contents

Overview

List of office-holders

Minister for Home Affairs 1919–1923

Minister for Justice 1923–1997

Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform 1997–present

Footnotes

See also

External link

Overview

The Minister's and the Department's main areas of responsibility include:

★ Implementing government policy on crime and protecting the security of the State.

★ Providing policy advice in relation to the criminal justice system (Garda Síochána etc).

★ Continuing reform of the criminal law and updating areas of the civil law.

★ Implementation of core elements of the Good Friday Agreement.

★ Implementation of the government's asylum strategy and development of the national immigration policy.

★ Implementation of policy in relation to equal treatment, anti-racism, disability equality and human rights.

List of office-holders

Minister for Home Affairs 1919–1923

#		Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
	1.	Michael Collins	January 22, 1919	April 1, 1919	Sinn Féin
	2.	Arthur Griffith	April 2, 1919	August 22, 1921	Sinn Féin
	3.	Austin Stack[1]	August 22, 1921	January 9, 1922	Sinn Féin
	4.	Eamonn Duggan	January 10, 1922	September 9, 1922	Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
	5.	Kevin O'Higgins	August 30, 1922	September 19, 1923	Cumann na nGaedhael

Minister for Justice 1923–1997

#		Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
		Kevin O'Higgins	September 19, 1923	July 10, 1927	Cumann na nGaedhael
	6.	W. T. Cosgrave	July 10, 1927	October 12, 1927	Cumann na nGaedhael
	7.	James FitzGerald-Kenney	October 12, 1927	March 9, 1932	Cumann na nGaedhael
	8.	James Geoghegan	March 9, 1932	February 8, 1933	Fianna Fáil
	9.	P. J. Ruttledge	February 8, 1933	September 8, 1939	Fianna Fáil
	10.	Gerald Boland ''(1st time)''	September 8, 1939	February 18, 1948	Fianna Fáil
	11.	Seán Mac Eoin	February 18, 1948	March 7, 1951	Fine Gael
	12.	Daniel Morrissey	March 7, 1951	June 13, 1951	Fine Gael
		Gerald Boland ''(2nd time)''	June 13, 1951	June 2, 1954	Fianna Fáil
	13.	James Everett	June 2, 1954	March 20, 1957	Labour Party
	14.	Oscar Traynor	March 20, 1957	October 11, 1961	Fianna Fáil
	15.	Charles Haughey	October 11, 1961	October 8, 1964	Fianna Fáil
	16.	Seán Lemass ''(acting)''	October 8, 1964	November 3, 1964	Fianna Fáil
	17.	Brian Lenihan	November 3, 1964	March 26, 1968	Fianna Fáil
	18.	Micheál Ó Móráin	March 27, 1968	May 5, 1970	Fianna Fáil
	19.	Desmond O'Malley	May 5, 1970	March 14, 1973	Fianna Fáil
	20.	Patrick Cooney	March 14, 1973	July 5, 1977	Fine Gael
	21.	Gerard Collins ''(1st time)''	July 5, 1977	June 30, 1981	Fianna Fáil
	22.	Jim Mitchell	June 30, 1981	March 9, 1982	Fine Gael
	23.	Seán Doherty	March 9, 1982	December 14, 1982	Fianna Fáil
	24.	Michael Noonan	December 14, 1982	February 14, 1986	Fine Gael
	25.	Alan Dukes	February 14, 1986	March 10, 1987	Fine Gael
		Gerard Collins ''(2nd time)''	March 10, 1987	July 12, 1989	Fianna Fáil
	26.	Ray Burke	July 12, 1989	February 11, 1992	Fianna Fáil
	27.	Pádraig Flynn	February 11, 1992	January 4, 1993	Fianna Fáil
	28.	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	January 4, 1993	December 15, 1994	Fianna Fáil
	29.	Nora Owen	December 15, 1994	June 26, 1997	Fine Gael
	30.	John O'Donoghue	June 26, 1997	July 8, 1997	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform 1997–present

#		Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
		John O'Donoghue	July 8, 1997	June 6, 2002	Fianna Fáil
	31.	Michael McDowell	June 6, 2002	June 14, 2007	Progressive Democrats
	32.	Brian Lenihan, Jnr	June 14, 2007	''Incumbent''	Fianna Fáil

Footnotes

1. Austin Stack bore the title of ''Secretary of State for Home Affairs''.

See also

★ Irish cabinets since 1919

★ Minister for Labour

★ Criminal Assets Bureau

External link

★ Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform