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Minister for Social Protection
Irish government cabinet minister From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Minister for Social Protection (Irish: An tAire Cosanta Sóisialta) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Social Protection.
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The Minister for Social Protection since January 2025[update] is Dara Calleary. He is also Minister for Rural and Community Development.
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Overview
The position was created in 1947 as the Minister for Social Welfare.[2][3] Its present title dates from 2020.[4] The department formulates appropriate social protection policies and administers and manages the delivery of statutory and non-statutory schemes and services. It is also responsible for the delivery of a range of social insurance and social assistance schemes including provision for unemployment, illness, maternity, caring, widowhood, retirement and old age.
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List of office-holders
- Notes
- Also Minister for Health.
- Also Minister for Defence from 20 January to 9 March 2011 and Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government from 23 January to 9 March 2011.
- Also Minister for Rural and Community Development and (from 27 April to 1 November 2021 and from 25 November to 17 December 2022) Minister for Justice.
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