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The Department of Defence (An Roinn Cosanta) is the department of the Irish government that is responsible for preserving peace and security in Ireland and abroad. The Department is led by the Minister for Defence who is assisted by one Ministers of State. Image File history File links COA_IRELAND.PNG Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
The Irish Government contains a number of departments or ministries, known in the Republic of Ireland as a Department of State (Roinn Stáit in Irish). ...
The Minister for Defence is the senior minister at the Department of Defence (An Roinn Cosanta) in the Irish Government. ...
A Minister of State, in the Republic of Ireland, is a junior minister of non-cabinet rank, attached to one or more Departments of State of the cabinet. ...
Departmental Team
The official headquarters and Ministerial offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs are located at Infirmary Road, Dublin 7. The Departmental team consists of the following: Locations As a general rule, even numbered postal districts are on the southside, while odd numbered districts are on the northside. ...
- Secretary-General of the Department: Michael Howard
The Minister for Defence is the senior minister at the Department of Defence (An Roinn Cosanta) in the Irish Government. ...
Willie ODea (born November, 1952), is an Irish politician. ...
A Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas or National Parliament. ...
The Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach is essentially the Irish Government Chief Whip and is the most senior Minister of State. ...
Tom Kitt (born July, 1952), is a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician and the current Government Chief Whip. ...
A Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas or National Parliament. ...
History The Department of Defence was created at the very first meeting of Dáil Éireann on January 21, 1919. Over the years the role of the Department has remained exactlty the same. The Department has been known simply as the Department of Defence since 1919, however on some occassions it has been coupled with the Marine portfolio. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (693x689, 245 KB) Summary Official Irish Defence Forces Badge (Public Domain) Licensing Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
The Dáil Chamber Dáil Éireann is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Structure The mission of the Department of Defence is to meet the needs of Government and the public by providing value for money defence and civil defence services and by coordinating and overseeing the emergency planning process. The Department is also concerned with ensuring the secure and stable environment necessary for economic growth and development in Ireland.
The Department overseas the operations of the Irish Defence Forces whose roles are: The Irish Defence Forces are the army, navy and air force of the Republic of Ireland. ...
- to defend the State against armed aggression; this being a contingency, preparations for its implementation will depend on an ongoing Government assessment of the security and defence environment
- to aid the civil power (meaning in practice to assist, when requested, the Garda Síochána, who have primary responsibility for law and order, including the protection of the internal security of the State)
- to participate in multinational peace support, crisis management and humanitarian relief operations in support of the United Nations and under UN mandate, including regional security missions authorised by the UN
- to provide a fishery protection service in accordance with the State’s obligations as a member of the European Union
- to carry out such other duties as may be assigned to them from time to time, e.g. search and rescue, air ambulance service, Ministerial air transport service, assistance on the occasion of natural or other disasters, assistance in connection with the maintenance of essential services, assistance in combating oil pollution at sea
When not engaged in military operations at home or overseas, most defence organisations concentrate on training and preparation and not on the provision of non-military services. The Defence Forces have achieved very high levels of training and preparation in recent years while also providing a wide range of services to other Government Departments and agencies. United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
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