With effect from 1 May 2011, the majority of the functions that previously were under the remit of the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs have now transferred to newly reconfigured Departments.
The table below sets out those functions previously under the aegis of the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs and the Departments to which these functions have now transferred. Over the coming days, the material currently published on this website in relation to each of these functions will be transferred to the websites of the Departments that now have responsibility for these functions.
Function | Department Responsible |
Community and Rural Development (including PEACE and INTERREG, Dormant Accounts and the Western Development Commission) | Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government |
Coordination of the National Drug Strategy | Department of Health |
The Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands | Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport - to be renamed as the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
The National Famine Commemoration | Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport - to be renamed as the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
Waterways Ireland | Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport - to be renamed as the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
Marine Tourism | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
Equality, Human Rights, Integration and Disability | Department of Justice and Equality (these functions transferred with effect from 1st April) |
Charities Regulation | Department of Justice and Equality |
Social Inclusion | Department of Social Protection |
Family Policy | Department of Children and Youth Affairs |