WESTMEATH ceo: Pat Gallagher | councillors: 21 | fte: 432 population: 86,164 | pop. density/km: 47

1 FORMAL FRAMEWORK OF I RISH GOVERNMENT ceo: Gerard Murphy | councillors: 19 | fte: 342 SOUTH COUNTY COUNCIL population: 80,559 | pop. density/km: 47 ceo: Daniel McLoughlin councillors: 40 | fte: 1,099 Allied Irish Bank population: 265,205 | pop. density/km: 1189 OFFALY COUNT Y COUNCIL COUNTY COUNCIL ceo: Colette Byrne | councillors: 19 | fte: 380 THE Repak Limited ceo: Tim Lucey population: 76,687 | pop. density/km: 39 PEOPLE councillors: 32 | fte: 2,021 population: 399,802 Criminal Assets Bureau pop. density/km: 54 ceo: Brendan McGrath | councillors: 18 | fte: 420 population: 75,529 | pop. density/km: 1494 Irish Taxation Institute version 1.1 / 2015 Loughs Agency Met Éireann A map of the Irish ceo: Ger Finn (acting) | councillors: 18 | fte: 370 President population: 73,183 | pop. density/km: 38 Irish Financial Services 2 Regulatory Authority Sealúchais Árachais Teoranta ceo: Ciarán Hayes | councillors: 18 | fte: 429 population: 65,393 | pop. density/km: 36 European Local THE OIIREACHTAS Parliament Government Irish Stock Exchange Ltd. National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee ceo: Tommy Ryan | councillors: 18 | fte: 415 population: 64,065 | pop. density/km: 25 Dáil Seanad É I R E Éireann Éireann n a h A N N Reception and Integration Agency H Referendum Comission I G Local Government Management Agency ceo: Eugene Cummins | councillors: 18 | fte: 370 L A G Refugee Appeals Tribunal population: 60,483 | pop. density/km: 47 Ó Western Development Commission Naval Service G O Insolvency Service of Investor Compensation Company Ltd. Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency L V ceo: Dan McInerney (acting) | councillors: 18 | fte: 265 3 population: 54,612 | pop. density/km: 61 National Disability Authority Disabled Drivers Board of Appeal E Western Brigade CHIEF OF STAFF Air Corps Private Residential Tenancies Board A Vice Admiral Mark Mellett DSM Comhairle na Míre Gaile Central Bank and R ceo: Tim Caffrey | councillors: 18 | fte: 290 Financial Services C COUNTY COUNCIL population: 39,000 | pop. density/km: 36 Authority of Ireland Rent Tribunal ceo: Paul Reid Commissioners of Eastern Brigade councillors: 54 |fte: 1,296 Charitable Donations population: 273,991 N O ceo: Jackie Maguire ceo: Moira Murrell President’s Award and Bequests for Ireland Irish Public Bodies Mutual Insurances Ltd. pop. density/km: 605 Ministers Southern Brigade Defense Forces councillors: 40 | fte: 612 councillors: 33 | fte: 1,102 ceo: Frank Curran | councillors: 18 | fte: 259 The Courts Ministers Training Centre population: 184,135 population: 145,502 ceo: Joan Martin population: 31,798 | pop. density/km: 20 of State pop. density/km: 79 pop. density/km: 31 councillors: 29 | fte: 635 ceo: Owen Keegan State. Economic and Social Research Institute Public Appointments Service Housing Finance Agency plc L population: 122,897 M councillors: 63 | fte: 5,571 pop. density/km: 148 source: Census 2011, Preliminary results, THE GOVE RNMENT population: 527,612 | pop. density/km: 4486 National Property National Asset Management Agency Discovery Programme Ltd. CITY & COUNTY CO. Central Statistics Office Dublin Dockland ceo: Conn Murray ceo: Joe McGrath Services Regulatory Authority National Building Agency Ltd. Development Authority councillors: 40 | fte: 1,036 councillors: 40 | fte: 1,004 Medical Bureau of Road Safety 4 Property Registration Authority population: 191,809 population: 158,754 ceo: Peter Hynes Credit Review Office ceo: Peter Carey pop. density/km: 69 pop. density/km: 37 councillors: 28 E COUNTY COUNCIL councillors: 39 | fte: 815 Forensic Science Laboratory fte: 964 | population: 130,638 ceo: John Mulholland (acting) Directly Elects Registration of Deeds population: 210,312 pop. density/km: 23 State Pathologist’s Office Pyrite DÚN LAOGHAIRE–RATHDOWN CO. CO. councillors: 24 | fte: 494 and Titles Rules Committee pop. density/km: 124 Nominates Public Credit Union Restructuring Board Resolution ceo: Philomena Poole ceo: Seamus Neely population: 95,419 Accountable to Service UACHTARÁIN COUNCIL OF STATE Board Radiological Protection councillors: 40 | fte: 995 councillors: 37 | fte: 873 pop. density/km: 46 Appoints Canteen Board Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Institute of Ireland Environmental Protection Agency population: 206,261 population: 161,137 ceo: Bryan Doyle N NA h ÉIREANN pop. density/km: 1625 pop. density/km: 33 councillors: 32 | fte: 710 Private Security Authority Office of the Commissioner WATERFORD CITY& COUNTY CO. population: 136,640 ceo: Michael Walsh President: Michael D. Higgins Irish Naturalisation for Environmental Information pop. density/km: 67 Ombudsman for the Defence Forces and Immigration Service National Botanic Gardens councillors: 31 | fte: 781 source: Government in Modern Ireland, Muiris MacCarthaigh, IPA, 2008 ceo: Kevin Kelly (acting) population: 113,795 Trinity College Dublin councillors: 36 | fte: 746 pop. density/km: 61 T Council of Defence Irish Water Safety Minister for State: Paudie Coffey population: 175,124 ceo: Department of Environment, Community and Local Building Regulations Legal Aid Board Irish Human National Development Finance Agency An Bord Pleanála pop. density/km: 29 councillors: 34 | fte: 716 CLARE COUNT Y COUNCIL Dublin City University Government with special responsibility for Housing, Advisory Body (incl. Refugee Legal Service) Rights & Equality population: 145,320 | pop. density/km: 61 ceo: Tom Coughlan Army Pensions Board Planning & Coordination of the State Examinations Commission Expert Group 5 Commission Social Finance Foundation Pobal councillors: 28 | fte: 750 Commission for the Construction 2020 Strategy on Future Designated Areas population: 117,196 Skills Needs Support of Victims ceo: Ann Doherty pop. density/km: 34 of Crime Appeals Advisory Dublin Institute for Qualifications and National Office for the National Treasury councillors: 31 | fte: 1,247 Board Advanced Studies Quality Assurance National Statistics Board Prevention of Domestic, Management Agency population: 119,230 Authority of Ireland Sexual and Gender-based pop. density/km: 3010 Royal Irish Academy Irish Red Cross Society Violence Financial Services Ombudsman Bureau Royal College Royal Irish of Surgeons Skillnets Ltd. Pensions Council Office of the Pensions Ombudsman Academy of Music in Ireland Garda Síochána Victims of Crime Office State Laboratory Pensions Authority Irish Youth Justice Service General Register Office University of Limerick Central Statistics Office Office of Public Works University College Dublin Office of the National University of Ireland Galway 6 DEPARTMENT OF Confidential Recipient Press Council of Ireland Irish Financial National Council for OFFICE OF THE DEFENCE Services Appeals Tribunal Central Curriculum and Assessment COMPTROLLER & Office of the Press Ombudsman DEPARTMENT OF Applications AUDITOR GENERAL Minister: | Secretary General: Maurice Quinn Censorship of Publications Office Comptroller & Auditor General: Seamus McCarthy (also Minister for Agriculture, food and the Marine) Development Agency Appeal Board Office for Internet Safety ENVIRONMENT, An tSeirbhís Oideachais Government Information Services Leanúnaigh Agus Scileanna Mental Health Commission Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO) Minister for State: Simon Harris COMMUNITY Office of the Disability Appeals Officer Department of Finance, Public Expenditure Office of the Data Protection Commissioners Office of the and Reform and An Taoiseach with special & LOCAL National Paediatric Hospital Development Board responsibility for OPW, Public Procurement, Information & International Banking Classification of Commissioner GOVERNMENT Léargas Higher Films Appeal Board National Centre for Censorship of Minister: Alan Kelly Education Authority Guidance in Education 7 National Economic and Publications Board Office of the Ombudsman Secretary General: John McCarthy Social Development Office National Economic DEPARTMENT OF and Social Council Houses of JUSTICE & EQUALITY the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health Commission Minister: Frances Fitzgerald | Secretary General: Noel Waters (Acting) Minister for State: Department of An Taoiseach Student Universal Support Ireland with special responsibility for Irish Research Council Chief Whip & Defence Minister for State: Aodhan Ó Riordain S ROLE O F GO VERNMENT Department of Justice and Equality, Arts, Heritage Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and the Gaeltacht and Health with special Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (II) Student Grants Appeals Board SEANAD É IREANN Under the Constitution the executive responsibility for New Communities, Culture & power of the State is exercised by, or on the T Equality, & Drugs Strategy Irish Medicines Board Advertising Standards Authority authority of, the Government. The Taoiseach DEPARTMENT OF and other members of the Government 8 DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS T 18 T are appointed by the President, with the National approval of or on the nomination of Dáil THE TAOISEACH Office of the Comptroller Youth Work Fianna Fáil 12 E N S Éireann. The Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and H and Auditor General P I O Consultative Council on Hepatitis C Advisory 11 the Minister for Finance must be members Taoiseach: E N T S Social Welfare Appeals Office Committee An Chomhairle um Sinn Féin 3 H of Dáil Éireann. The other members of the Secretary General: Martin Fraser Minister for State: Jimmy Deenihan H Government must be members of either Dáil E A Oideachais Gaeltachta Ireland 1 Department of An Taoiseach and T Commissioners Éireann and may include up to two members Foreign Affairs and Trade agus Gaelscolaíochta of Irish Lights Social Democrats 1 of Seanad Éireann. with special responsibility for The Diaspora S Independent 15 E G MEMBERSHIP Total 61 Office of the Regulator The Government consists of the O E of the National Lottery National Haemophilia Council T Taoiseach and at least six, and not more THE CABINET H than 14 Ministers who meet and act as a V OFFICE OF THE E O collective authority. Individual members E ATTORNEY GENERAL of the Government are designated as Attorney General:Máire Whelan SC DEPARTMENT OF L the Ministers with sole responsibility R 9 I for the administration of the various N FINANCE E Departments of State. Blood Transfusion Service Board Irish Sports Council G THE CABINET M Office of the E R The Government (Cabinet) E Chief State Solicitor Minister: Michael Noonan I usually meets once a week and its N T Secretary General: Derek Moran S proceedings are confidential. X Teaching Council E Although the term Cabinet has no National Sports Campus Marine Casualty T formal basis in the Constitution, it RESPONSIBILITY Office of the DEPARTMENT OF Irish Aviation Authority D Development Authority Investigation Board is frequently used to describe formal The Government is responsible only Revenue I L to the Dáil, although members of the E S A meetings of the Government, to Commissioners A A distinguish them from more general Government have a right to be heard PUBLIC B activities of government. in both Houses of the Oireachtas. The C I T C Government is responsible for managing EXPENDITURE L Commission for Aviation Regulation the public finances, for example it U I Shannon Airport Authority U prepares the Estimates of Receipts and T H Expenditure each year for approval by the & REFORM T Y Authority R Dáil. Only the Government may introduce

Minister: Brendan Howlin Money Bills into the Dáil. I U 10 Inspector of Prisons E T Ministers of State are not members Secretary General: Robert Watt V / of the Government.

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Public Office Minister for State: Seán Sherlock R State Claims Agency P DÁIL ÉIREANN N N E Commission Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with special M S responsibility for ODA, Trade promotion, & North National Pensions E

South Cooperation L E E Reserve Fund Commission DEPARTMENT OF N DEPARTMENT OF N S

P DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS T O National O Fine Gael 68 Parole Board Car Testing S G Valuation Tribunal M Labour Party 33 DEPARTMENT O F SOCIAL PROTECTION EDUCATION & SK ILLS Service Ltd

A Y I Coillte Teoranta Railway Safety Commission 11 R Fianna Fáil 21 Minister: Joan Burton | Secretary General: Niamh O’Donoghue Minister: Jan O’Sullivan | Secretary General: Seán Ó Foghlú O FOREIGN N

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E Total 166 HEALTH E Minister: | Secretary General: Jim Breslin S 12 Minister for State: Dara Murphy Company Superior Court Rules Department of An Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs and Trade with special responsibility Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company Committee for European Affairs & Data Protection Minister for State: Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine Defence, Shannon Foynes Port Company Environment, Community and Local Government, and Minister for State: Kathleen Lynch Transport, Tourism and Sport with special Port of Cork Company SUPREME Department of Health with special responsibility for Rural Economic Development DEPARTMENT O F DEPARTMENT OF responsibility for Primary & Social Care (Implementationof the Cedra report), local rural Port of Waterford Company economic development issues, and rural transport COURT Criminal Law Codification TRANSPORT, Minister for State: Kevin Humphries New Ross Port Company Advisory Committee Office of the CHILDREN & Department of Social Protection with special Director of responsibility for & Employment, Community TOURISM Galway Harbour Company Public YOUTH AFFAIRS and Social Suport Minister for State: Prosecutions Drogheda Port Company Minister: James Reilly Department of Education and Skills and Jobs, & SPORT Food Safety Authority of Ireland Enterprise and Innovation Secretary General: Dr Fergal Lynch National Educational 13 Psychological Service Minister: National Council Secretary General: Tom O’Mahony COURT OF C Agency SPECIAL I Office of the for Special Education CRIMINAL R Ombudsman CRIMINAL C Residential Institutions Redress Board National Concert Hall U for Children APPEAL COURT Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board I DEPARTMENT OF T Special Education Appeals Board Irish Museum of Abbey Theatre Law Society of Ireland Courts Service Modern Art T Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council Amharclann na Mainistreach C Royal College AGRICULTURE, of Physicians O H Poisons Council in Ireland FOOD & THE MARI NE National Library of Ireland U Adoption Authority of Ireland Dental Council Committee on Court Temple Bar Cultural Trust E R Minister: Simon Coveney | Secretary General: Tom Moran National Museum of Ireland

Practice and Procedure Medical Council (also Minister for Defense) C Council of National T

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14 J A Judicial Appointments Crawford Art Gallery An Post Minister for State: Tom Hayes S Dublin

U Advisory Board Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine Defence, I National Gallery D O Citizens Information Board with special responsibility for Food, Forestry, I M of Ireland Health Insurance Authority Hoticulture, and Food Safety Iornród Éireann

C P I A R Y Arts Council National Children’s Advisory Council A CENTRAL Secret Service I Chester Beatty DEPARTMENT OF R Bus Éireann

[2015 allocation—€1 million] Library CRIMINAL É Circuit Court Child and Family Agency Teagasc I COMMUNICATIONS, ENERG Y R DEPARTMENT OF Rules Committee E COURT A Healthcare Pricing Office Minister for State: N & NATURAL RESOURCES Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport with N ARTS, HERI TAGE Farm Animal special responsibility for Tourism & Sport Welfare Advisory Council & THE GAELTACHT Criminal Injuries Health Research Board Minister: Alex White HIGH COUR T Compensation Tribunal Secretary General: Mark Griffin Digital Hub Development Agency Bord Bía 15 Telefís na Gaelige Commission for Communications Regulation Mental Health Radio Telefís Éireann Irish National Stud Co. Ltd. Fáilte Ireland National Archives (Criminal Law) National Advisory Committee on Drugs Office of the Controller S Review Board of Plant Breeders’ Rights Minister for State: Joe McHugh Horse Sport Ireland, Ltd. Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and Communications, Energy and Natural Commission for Energy Regulation Milk Quota Resources with special responsibility for Gaeltacht Appeals Tribunal Affairs & Natural Resources Heritage Council Bar Council Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland Horse Racing Ireland S National Milk Agency DEPARTMENT OF Agriculture Appeals Office Irish Manuscripts Commission Ltd. T Minister: R Eirgrid JOBS, ENTERPRISE Heather Humphries U Institute of Public Health in Ireland Turf Club Secretary General: Údarás na Gaeltachta Dietitians Registration Board Ordnance Survey Ireland Seosamh Ó hÁghmaill O Judicial Council AND INNOVATION C National Oil Reserves Agency 16 Minister: | Secretary General: John Murphy An Foras Teanga D T Occupational Therapists Registration Board Health Information and Quality Authority Geological Survey of Ireland Inland Fisheries Ireland Animal Remedies Consultative Committee Irish Legal Terms I S I C Bord na gCon Advisory Committee Committee for T R Mining Board (II) Shannon Development An Coimisinéir Teanga Judicial Studies Veterinary Council of Ireland Electricity Supply Board Irish Film Board S District Court Rules Committee Bookmakers Appeal Committee Health and Safety Authority Irish Patents Office Peatlands Council Bord na Móna plc Irish Maritime Development Office Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board Health Service Executive

E Sustainable Energy U R O P E Bord Iascaigh Mhara Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board Opticians Board Authority of Ireland Marine Institute Sea Fisheries Protection N O R T H A S I A Physiotherapists Registration Board A M Health and Social Care Professionals Council E R National Employment Rights Authority Authority Enterprise National Standards Authority of Ireland I C 17 A Radiographers Registration Board Ireland Super Junior Minister of State for Business S Licensing Authority for Sea-fishing boats and Employment: Gerald Nash Employment Appeals Tribunal [Design &] Crafts Council of Ireland E E Social Workers Registration Board Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation with M special responsibility for small business, collective T Equality Tribunal bargaining and Low pay Commission Office of the Registrar of Friendly Societies B Dublin Dental Hospital Board A A L Labour Court Forfás S Microfinance Ireland S U Credit Union Advisory Committee I S Science Foundation Ireland E S O N Companies Registration Office & C An Bord Altranais (Nursing Board) Labour Relations Commission Irish National Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority N O R T H/SOUTH MI N I S T ERI AL COUNC I L Accreditation Board National Competitiveness Council N S Advisory Council for 18 Irish Water Science Technology S Foyle, Carlingford and Gas Networks Ireland and innovation Irish Lights Commission A M U T H E R I C Foras na Gaeilge National Treatment Purchase Fund S O A E National Consumer Agency R V A A F R I C A National Cancer Registry I Tha Boord O Ulstér-Scotch N

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