• The Chief Executive of a city or county is the senior permanent official in local government in the Republic of Ireland. Whereas the county council and...
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    The functions of local government in the Republic of Ireland are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County...
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    establishment of the Irish Free State. In consequence the office of Chief Secretary was abolished, as well as that of Lord Lieutenant. Executive responsibility...
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  • Northern Ireland Executive was formed following the Northern Ireland Assembly elections of 1973. The executive served as the devolved government of Northern...
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    Council. Many functions are performed by the Chief Executive, who is appointed by the Minister for Local Government. The exceptions to the above is the county...
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    of local government in Ireland. From the 1880s the issue of local government reform in Ireland was a major political issue, involving both Irish politicians...
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    His Majesty's Government (abbreviated to HM Government, and commonly known as the Government of the United Kingdom) is the central executive authority of...
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  • Northern Ireland Executive (Irish: Feidhmeannas Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlan Executive) is the devolved government of Northern Ireland, an...
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  • then the 1st executive council of the Irish Free State (6 December 1922 – 19 September 1923), formed after the establishment of the Irish Free State. They...
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  • (1914–1918), the 1916 rising, the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921), and the Irish Civil War (1921–1923), the Irish government found it necessary to remove...
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    The Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1) is an act of the Oireachtas which provided for a major restructuring of local government in Ireland with effect...
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  • The Executive Office (TEO) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive with overall responsibility for the...
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    the President of Ireland. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The head of the judiciary is the Chief Justice, who presides...
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    Ireland vests executive authority in the Government of Ireland (Irish: Rialtas na hÉireann), which is headed by the Taoiseach, the head of government...
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  • Executive Council of the Irish Free State, cabinet and de facto executive branch of government of the 1922–1937 Irish Free State Executive Council of Macau,...
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    Ireland also has a consultative role on non-devolved governmental matters through the British–Irish Governmental Conference (BIIG). Northern Ireland was...
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    A local electoral area (LEA; Irish: Toghlimistéir Áitiúil) is an electoral area for elections to local authorities in Ireland. All elections use the single...
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    every 4 years. Local authorities have a choice of executive arrangements under the Local Government Act 2000: mayor and cabinet executive, leader and cabinet...
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    Health Service Executive (HSE) (Irish: Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte) is the publicly funded healthcare system in the Republic of Ireland, responsible...
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  • The government of the 9th Dáil was successively the 8th Executive Council of the Irish Free State (21 July – 29 December 1937) and the 1st government of...
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    head of government in both English and Irish, and is not used for the prime ministers of other countries, who are instead referred to in Irish by the generic...
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    The Minister for Defence (Irish: An tAire Cosanta) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Defence. The current Minister...
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  • happen and that parts of Ireland would need to be evacuated following a serious accident at Sellafield. Dr Ann McGarry, chief executive of the Radiological...
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  • General of Ireland (Irish: An tArd-Aighne) is a constitutional officer who is the legal adviser to the Government and is therefore the chief law officer...
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    Tailte Éireann (category Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)
    Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book. "Establishment...
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    Dublin City Council (category Local government in County Dublin)
    by a chief executive, Richard Shakespeare. The council meets at City Hall, Dublin. Local government in Dublin is regulated by the Local Government Act...
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    with the Irish border arose due to the Brexit withdrawal agreement. In the Brexit negotiations potential issues were considered with the Irish backstop...
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    the Welsh Government, and the Northern Ireland Executive, responsible for communities and local government in their respective jurisdictions. DLUHC's...
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    Local government in Scotland comprises thirty-two local authorities, commonly referred to as councils. Each council provides public services, including...
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    who appoints other government ministers. The Irish Free State was created with Dominion status in 1922, following the Anglo-Irish Treaty. In 1937, a new...
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