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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Taoiseach (redirect from Head of government of the Republic of Ireland)
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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Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (redirect from Department of Community and Local Government (UK))
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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