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Department of Children and Youth Affairs

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Formed
  
2 June 1956

Website
  
dcya.gov.ie

Jurisdiction
  
Ireland

Headquarters
  
43–49 Mespil Road, Dublin 4, D04 YP52

Minister responsible
  
Katherine Zappone, TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

Department executive
  
Fergal Lynch, Secretary General

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Irish: An Roinn Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige) is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

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Departmental team

The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in Dún Aimhirgin, Mespil Road, Dublin 4. The departmental team consists of the following:

  • Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Katherine Zappone, TD
  • Secretary General of the Department: Fergal Lynch

    • Overview

    The department is responsible for children and youth affairs.

    Tusla

    Tusla, "the Child and Family Agency", is an independent agency created by the Child and Family Agency Act 2013 and answerable to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. Its functions were previously distributed among the Health Service Executive's Children & Family Services, the Family Support Agency, and the National Educational Welfare Board. The name Tusla is intended to invoke the Irish words tús "beginning" and lá "day".

    History

    The department was created in 1956 as the Department of the Gaeltacht. It was renamed to its current title in 2011.

    Over the years its name changed several times, with some changes in its role. The department was known as the following:

  • Department of the Gaeltacht (1956–1993)
  • Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht (1993–1997)
  • Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands (1997–2002)
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (2002–2010)
  • Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs (2010–2011)
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs (2011–)

    • References

    Department of Children and Youth Affairs Wikipedia
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