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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 Government of Ireland.
   The current Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is Dermot Ahern, TD. He is assisted by:
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".

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 22 January 1919 1 April 1919 Sinn Féin
    2. Arthur Griffith 2 April 1919 22 August 1921 Sinn Féin
    3. Austin Stack 22 August 1921 9 January 1922 Sinn Féin
    4. Eamonn Duggan 10 January 1922 9 September 1922 Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
    5. Kevin O'Higgins 30 August 1922 19 September 1923 Cumann na nGaedhael

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

    Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform 1997–present
    # Name Entered Office Left Office Party
    John O'Donoghue 8 July 1997 6 June 2002 Fianna Fáil
    31. Michael McDowell 6 June 2002 14 June 2007 Progressive Democrats
    32. Brian Lenihan, Jnr 14 June 2007 7 May 2008 Fianna Fáil
    33. Dermot Ahern 7 May 2008 Incumbent Fianna Fáil

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