The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport is a department

Department of State (Ireland)

A Department of State of Ireland, is a department or ministry of the Government of Ireland. The head of such a department is a Minister of the Government , often called a 'cabinet minister' or 'government minister' which should not be confused with Minister of State which is a junior non-cabinet...

 of the Government of Ireland that is responsible for transport policy and overseeing transport services and infrastructure. The Department is led by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport who is assisted by two Ministers of State

Minister of State (Ireland)

A Minister of State in Ireland is of non-Cabinet rank, attached to one or more Departments of State of the Government of Ireland....

. Its head office is the Transport House in Dublin.

Departmental team

The official headquarters and Ministerial offices of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport are in Transport House, 44 Kildare Street

Kildare Street

Kildare Street is a well-known street in Dublin, the capital city of Ireland close to the principal shopping area of Grafton Street and Dawson Street, to which it is joined by Molesworth Street. Some Irish government departments have their offices on this street but it is most famous for Leinster...

, Dublin 2. The Departmental team consists of the following:

• Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport: Leo Varadkar
  Leo Varadkar
  Leo Varadkar is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Dublin West constituency since June 2007. He is currently the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, being appointed on 9 March 2011....
  
  , TD
  Teachta Dála
  A Teachta Dála , usually abbreviated as TD in English, is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas . It is the equivalent of terms such as "Member of Parliament" or "deputy" used in other states. The official translation of the term is "Deputy to the Dáil", though a more literal...
  
  
  • Minister of State for Tourism and Sport: Michael Ring
    Michael Ring
    Michael Ring is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Mayo constituency since June 1994, and is the current Minister of State for Tourism and Sport....
    
    , TD
  • Minister of State for Public and Commuter Transport: Alan Kelly, TD
• Secretary General of the Department: Tom O'Mahony

State Agencies

Among the State Agencies

Executive agency

An executive agency, also known as a next-step agency, is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate in order to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly or Northern Ireland...

 that report to, are appointed by the Minister, or are otherwise affiliated to the Department are:

• Road Safety Authority
  Road Safety Authority
  The Road Safety Authority, RSA, is an authority to which the Irish Government has devolved control of much of the work of the Department of Transport, and was established in September 2006, charged with the task of improving safety on Irish roads and established under the Road Safety Authority Act...
  
  
• Railway Procurement Agency
  Railway Procurement Agency
  Railway Procurement Agency is a State Agency of the Department of Transport in the Republic of Ireland charged with the development of light railway and metro infrastructure...
  
  
• Irish Aviation Authority
  Irish Aviation Authority
  The Irish Aviation Authority is a commercial semi state company employing approximately 700 people at six locations around Ireland. The IAA has two main functions; the provision of air traffic management & related services in Irish controlled airspace and the safety regulation of the civil...
  
  
• Irish Coast Guard
  Irish Coast Guard
  The Irish Coast Guard is part of the Department of Transport. The Irish Search and Rescue Region, which includes most of the Republic of Ireland and parts of Northern Ireland is the area over which the coast guard has authority. This area is bounded by the UK Search and Rescue Region...
  
  
• National Roads Authority
  National Roads Authority
  The National Roads Authority is a state body in the Republic of Ireland, responsible for the national road network. The NRA was established as part of the Roads Act 1993 and commenced operations on 23 December 1993 in accordance with S.I. 407 of 1993.County councils remain responsible for local...
  
  
• Commission for Aviation Regulation
• Commission for Taxi Regulation
  Commission for Taxi Regulation
  The Commission for Taxi Regulation was a public body in Ireland that existed between 2004 and 2011 regulating small public service vehicles - the generic term for taxis, wheelchair accessible taxis, hackneys and limousines.Taxis and wheelchair-accessible taxis are allowed to pick up passengers in...
  
  
• Dublin Transportation Office
  Dublin Transportation Office
  The Dublin Transportation Office was a government agency, formed in 1996, which provides transport and land use advice to organisations operating in the Greater Dublin Area. It had relatively limited powers and is not a full transport authority...
  
  
• Air Accident Investigation Unit
  Air Accident Investigation Unit
  The Air Accident Investigation Unit is part of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport of the Republic of Ireland, and is responsible for the investigation of aircraft accidents and serious incidents within Ireland and in some cases to Irish registered aircraft elsewhere.The Air Accident...
  
  

State-sponsored bodies

Among the state-sponsored bodies

State-sponsored bodies of the Republic of Ireland

A State-Sponsored Body is the name given in Ireland to a state-owned enterprise , that is to say, a commercial business which is benficially owned, either completely or majority, by the Irish Government...

 sponsored by the Minister are:

• Córas Iompair Éireann
  Córas Iompair Éireann
  Córas Iompair Éireann , or CIÉ, is a statutory corporation of the Irish state, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for most public transport in the Republic of Ireland and, jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, between the...
  
   and its subsidiaries.
• Dublin Airport Authority
  Dublin Airport Authority
  Dublin Airport Authority plc is the state-owned airport authority in the Republic of Ireland. With a head office on the grounds of Dublin Airport in Fingal, County Dublin, the authority also owned the Great Southern Hotels which had nine sites throughout the island of Ireland and international...
  
   and the shadow Shannon and Cork authorities.
• Dublin Port Company

History

The department was created in 1959 with Erskine H. Childers

Erskine Hamilton Childers

Erskine Hamilton Childers served as the fourth President of Ireland from 1973 until his death in 1974. He was a Teachta Dála from 1938 until 1973...

becoming the first minister. Over the years its name has changed several times, however, the role of the Department has remained the same. The Department was previously known as the following:

• Department of Transport and Power (1959–1977)
• Department of Tourism and Transport (1977–1980)
• Department of Transport (1980–1987)
• Department of Tourism and Transport (1987–1991)
• Department of Tourism, Transport and Communication (1991–1993)
• Department of Transport, Energy and Communication (1993–1997)
• Department of Public Enterprise (1997–2002)
• Department of Transport (2002–2011)
• Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (2011–present)

External links

• Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
• Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport