asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the number of new Government Departments or new sub-Departments or sections of Departments which have been set up since 1932; the date on which each such new Department or sub-Department was established; whether it is still functioning; and if not, on what date it ceased to function.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - New Government Departments.
The information requested by the Deputy is in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I shall have circulated with the Official Report.
The statement is as follows:—
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
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New Government Departments or sub-Departments set up since 1932 |
Date on which established |
Whether still functioning |
If not still functioning date on which Department or sub-Department ceased to function |
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DEPARTMENTS: |
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Department of Supplies (a) |
8th Sept., '39 |
No |
31st July, 1945. |
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Department of Health |
22nd Jan., '47 |
Yes |
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Department of Social Welfare |
22nd Jan., '47 |
Yes |
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SUB-DEPARTMENTS (b): |
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Special Employment Schemes Office (c) |
1st April, '42 |
Yes |
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(a) Merged in the Department of Industry and Commerce.
(b) A sub-Department has been interpreted as any Office of a Department the officer in charge of which acts as Accounting Officer. It is inferred from the wording of the later portion of the question that the Deputy regards sub-Departments and Sections as interchangeable terms.
(c) This Office was actually set up on the 23rd October, 1941, but the accounting arrangements which bring it within the category of a sub-Department were not brought into operation until 1st April, 1942.