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#OTD in 2001 the Irish Human Rights Commission was established on foot of the Good Friday Agreement. It was merged with the Equality Authority in 2014 to create the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission @_IHREC

#OTD in 1923 the Land Law (Commission) Act 1923 was enacted. This legislation reconstituted the Irish Land Commission and dissolved the Congested Districts Board

#OTD in 1966 the National Drugs Advisory Board was established. It was replaced by the Irish Medicines Board in 1996 (isad.ie)

Minister @ThomasByrneTD attended the first meeting of the new Placenames Committee in Dublin today. The role of the Placenames Committee is to advise the Minister on the declaration of Irish versions of Irish placenames under the Official Languages Act. bit.ly/3XTKtXb

As a result of the Act, there is to this day no legal distinction between a minister and his or her department..." MacCarthaigh et al., 'Public policy accumulation in Ireland: the changing profile of ministerial departments 1922–2022' (2023) 38 Irish Political Studies p. 102

It provided that the minister in charge of a department would have a legal personality known as a ‘corporation sole’ which would provide for functional continuity as individual office holders transferred in and out of their ministerial office...

This month marks the centenary of the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (isad.ie). This legislation substantially reorganised the Irish departmental administration, which up to then had operated under various 'ministries' since 1922...

Cuan was established under the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Act 2023, and is responsible for planning, coordinating and monitoring the development of refuge accommodation for victims of domestic, sexual or gender-based violence @DeptJusticeIRL

Welcoming Cuan, An Ghníomhaireacht um Fhoréigean Baile, Gnéasach agus Inscnebhunaithe, to the Irish State Administration Database! isad.ie

Work has commenced on an ambitious re-development of @NARIreland with over €37m in investment; future-proofing records of the State over the coming decades in a purpose-built, modern archive repository. 🏛️ Details: gov.ie/en/press-relea… #Culture #Archives

Professor Colin Scott officially launched the 2022/23 UCD Community Engagement Report last week. A special thank you to Dr @KarenKeaveney, Assoc Prof @AideenQuilty & Sinead Mahon @wci_ronanstown for sharing their stories at the launch. View the report: rb.gy/8nrm4c

Here we interrogate the political and legal environment which preceded the foundation of the Irish State. We utilise theories of ‘path dependence’ and ‘critical junctures’ to explain impulses of continuity (with glimpses of change) in the formation of the Irish administration.

New article from @MuirisMac, @ColizScott and @thebrehonlawyer: ‘Priming the State: Continuity and Junctures in the Foundation of the Irish Administration’ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Thanks to family, friends and colleagues who attended my inaugural lecture last night (especially those who made it through the Dublin snow!). It’s been a long road and I’m very grateful for all the help along the way🙏. Thanks also to @EatAtQueens for great catering @HAPPatQUB

#OnThisDay - At 3.30pm on Tuesday, 21 January 1919 the #Dáil held its first public sitting in the Round Room of the @MansionHouseDub #SeeForYourself Learn more of the story of this historic meeting on our dedicated #Dáil100 website: dail100.ie/en

Congratulations @ColizScott !

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...On first establishment, the Commission comprised the following members: W. J. L. Ryan (Sandyford); Edward J. Gray (Enniskerry); Peter E. O'Brien (Clontarf); Harold O'Sullivan (Dundalk); John F. Carroll (Sutton); and Mairead Allen (Stillorgan) 4/4 isad.ie/units/view/id/…

At the cost of living and inflation continue to be topical debates, you may be interested to know that #OTD 52 years ago a 'National Prices Commission' was established under the Prices Act 1958... 1/4