Organisation information
Heads of Office of the Department
- Published on: 19 July 2021
- Last updated on: 20 July 2021
- Secretaries General of the Department 2021 - 1997
- Secretaries of the Department of Local Government (later Department of the Environment) 1997-1947
- Secretaries of the Department of Local Government (later Department Local Government and Health) 1947- 1922
- Vice-Presidents of the Local Government Board for Ireland 1921 -1872
- Chief Commissioners of the Poor Law Commissioners for Ireland 1872 -1847
- Note
Secretaries General of the Department 2021 - 1997
- Graham Doyle (2020 - )
- John McCarthy (2014 - 2020)
- Geraldine Tallon (2007 - 2014)
- Niall Callan (2001 - 2007)
- Jimmy Farrelly (1997 - 2001)
Secretaries of the Department of Local Government (later Department of the Environment) 1997-1947
- Brendan O’Donoghue (1990 - 1997)
- Thomas Troy (1985 - 1990)
- Daniel Turpin (1983 -1985)
- Gerard Meagher (1974 - 1983)
- Michael Lawless (1966 - 1974)
- John Garvin (1948 - 1966)
- John Collins (1947 - 1948)
Secretaries of the Department of Local Government (later Department Local Government and Health) 1947- 1922
- Thomas McArdle (1946 - 1947)
- James Hurson (1936 - 1946)
- Edward McCarron (1922 - 1936)
Vice-Presidents of the Local Government Board for Ireland 1921 -1872
- Henry Robinson (Junior) (1898 - 1921)
- George Morris (1891 - 1897)
- Henry Robinson (Senior) (1880 - 1891)
- Alfred Power (1872 - 1879)
Chief Commissioners of the Poor Law Commissioners for Ireland 1872 -1847
- Alfred Power (1849 - 1872)
- Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton (1847- 1849)
Note
Details from 1847 to 1990 taken from ‘Custom House People’, by Joseph Robins (published by Institute of Public Administration, Dublin: 1993).