Formation 22 January 1947 | Website www.welfare.ie | |
Appointer President of Ireland on the nomination of the Taoiseach Inaugural holder James Ryan as Minister for Social Welfare | ||
The Minister for Social Protection (Irish: An tAire Coimirce Sóisialaí) is the senior minister at the Department of Social Protection in the Government of Ireland.
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The current Minister for Social Protection is Leo Varadkar, TD. He is assisted by:
Overview
The Department was formed in 1947 as the Department of Social Welfare. Its present title dates from 23 March 2010. 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.
List of office-holders
An asterisk (*) indicates those ministers who held the Health and Social Welfare portfolios simultaneously.