Minister for Social and Family Affairs (Ireland)
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The Minister for Social and Family Affairs is the senior minister at the Department of Social and Family Affairs (An Roinn Gnothaí Sóisialacha agus Teaghlaigh) in the Irish Government. The current Minister is Séamus Brennan, TD.
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[edit] Overview
The Department was formed in 1947 as the Department of Social Welfare. Its present title dates from 6 June 2002. 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. Payments are made to nearly 950,000 people each week with over 1.5 million people directly benefiting from those payments. The budget spend in 2002 was €9.52 billion.
[edit] Minister for Social Welfare 1947-1997
[edit] Minister for Social, Community & Family Affairs 1997-2002
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
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| Dermot Ahern | July 12, 1997 | June 6, 2002 | Fianna Fáil |
[edit] Minister for Social & Family Affairs 2002-present
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
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| 17. | Mary Coughlan | June 6, 2002 | September 29, 2004 | Fianna Fáil |
| 18. | Séamus Brennan | September 29, 2004 | (still in office) | Fianna Fáil |
An asterisk (*) indicates those ministers who held the Health and Social Welfare portfolios simultaneously.
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