Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government

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The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Irish: An Roinn Tithíochta, Pleanála agus Rialtais Áitiúil) is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government who is assisted by two Ministers of State.

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Departmental team

The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in The Custom House, Dublin 1. The departmental team consists of the following:

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Eoghan Murphy, TD
- Minister for Housing and Urban Development: Damien English, TD
- Minister of State for Local Government and Electoral Reform: John Paul Phelan, TD
Secretary General of the Department: John McCarthy

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Overview

The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in The Custom House, Dublin 1. It was created as the Department of Local Government at the very first meeting of Dáil Éireann in 1919. Over the years its name has changed several times; however, the role of the department still includes local government. There have been some changes in its functions; for example, in 2011 built and natural heritage came into the remit of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht as part of a reorganisation of Irish ministries.

The mission of the department is to pursue sustainable development. In pursuing this mission its mandate is to:

achieve a high quality environment with effective environmental protection;
address climate change;
protect and improve water resources and the quality of drinking water;
ensure that our regions and communities are planned and built to respect sustainable and balanced regional development;
ensure good quality housing in sustainable communities;
monitor, analyse and predict Ireland's weather and climate;
support and enable democratic and responsive local government.

The department is responsible for, among other matters:

housing
the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland
local authorities and related services
the supervision of elections including the general election and presidential elections, and electronic voting arrangements
Met Éireann, the weather forecasting service.