Department of Social Protection will become Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
From Department of Social Protection
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From Department of Social Protection
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Following a Government decision, as of Friday 1st September 2017, this Department will take on some of the work currently carried out by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.
The Department’s name will change to the “Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection” and this will take effect from Saturday 2nd September 2017. The name in Irish will be “An Roinn Gnóthai Fostaíochta agus Coimirce Sóisialaí.”
The Department’s new logo which will be in use from 2nd September 2017:
Our new functions are largely concerned with Employment Policy and Labour Law at national level, EU, and international level.
From 2nd September, the Department’s new name will appear on Welfare.ie and will be used in all communications from that date.
While a number of our buildings will require a change to their signage, it is not proposed to make any changes to the INTREO office signs at this time.
The Department’s current stationery including information leaflets and application forms will continue to be used and will only be changed over to newly branded items once existing stocks are used up.
The Department’s email address format is unchanged – firstname.surname@welfare.ie
The Department is not yet in a position to provide details of the final cost of rebranding at present. However, we expect it to be relatively minor.
Functions transferring from Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
At a national level, the following employment policy and legislative functions will transfer:
At EU/International level, the following employment policy functions will transfer:
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