The Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (Irish: An Roinn Cultúir, Cumarsáide agus Spóirt) is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport.
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Departmental team
The headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are on Leeson Lane, Dublin. The department also has offices on New Road, Killarney, County Kerry. The departmental team consists of the following:
Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport: Patrick O'Donovan, TD
Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport with special responsibility for sport and postal policy: Charlie McConalogue, TD
Secretary General of the Department: Feargal Ó Coigligh
Divisions
The department has the following divisions:
Sports
Culture
Corporate Affairs
Media and Broadcasting
Communications
Aegis bodies
The following state bodies and agencies are under the aegis of the department:
Arts and culture
Arts Council of Ireland (which acts as the Cultural Contact Point to access EU cultural programme funding)
Chester Beatty Library
Crawford Art Gallery
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Irish Manuscripts Commission
National Archives of Ireland
National Concert Hall
National Gallery of Ireland
National Library of Ireland
National Museum of Ireland
Screen Ireland
Sport
Sport Ireland
Media
Coimisiún na Meán
RTÉ
TG4
Communication
An Post
Commission for Communications Regulation
Digital Hub Development Agency
Irish Film Classification Office
History
The department was created by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1977 as the Department of Economic Planning and Development, an act of the 15th government of Ireland led by Jack Lynch. This act provided its function as:
Over the years the name and functions of the department have changed several times.