The minister for justice, home affairs and migration () is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. The minister for justice, home affairs and migration has overall responsibility for law and order in Ireland.
The minister for justice, home affairs and migration is Jim O'Callaghan, TD.
He is assisted by two ministers of state: Niall Collins, TD – Minister of State for International law, law reform and youth justice Colm Brophy, TD – Minister of State for Migration
History From 1919 until 1924 the position was known as the minister for home affairs. It was renamed as the minister for justice under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924. The title has been altered a number of times since 1997, with its current title dating from 2025.
Overview The Minister's main areas of responsibility include: Implementing government policy and proposing new policy on crime, immigration, asylum, criminal and civil law reform and the criminal justice system in general. Implementation of government policy and proposing new policy in relation to national security (an area many countries assign to a separate 'Home' or 'Homeland Security' minister) Control and reform of the Garda Síochána Pardons (which are formally given by the president on the binding "advice" of the government, after proposal by the minister for justice - a rarely used power) Implementation of core elements of the Good Friday Agreement.
List of office-holders
Minister for Home Affairs 1919–1924NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Michael Collins22 January 19191 April 1919 1st DMArthur Griffith2 April 191922 August 1921 2nd DMAustin Stack22 August 19219 January 1922 3rd DMEamonn Duggan10 January 19229 September 1922 4th DM1st PGKevin O'Higgins30 August 19222 June 1924 2nd PG5th DM1st EC2nd ECMinister for Justice 1924–1997NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Kevin O'Higgins2 June 192410 July 1927 2nd EC3rd ECW. T. Cosgrave10 July 192712 October 1927 3rd ECJames FitzGerald-Kenney12 October 19279 March 1932 4th EC5th ECJames Geoghegan9 March 19328 February 1933 6th ECP. J. Ruttledge8 February 19338 September 1939 7th EC8th EC1st2ndGerald Boland(1st time)8 September 193918 February 1948 2nd3rd4thSeán Mac Eoin18 February 19487 March 1951 5thDaniel Morrissey7 March 195113 June 1951 5thGerald Boland(2nd time)13 June 19512 June 1954 6thJames Everett2 June 195420 March 1957 7thOscar Traynor20 March 195711 October 1961 8th9thCharles Haughey11 October 19618 October 1964 10thSeán Lemass 8 October 19643 November 1964 10thBrian Lenihan Snr3 November 196426 March 1968 10th11th12thMícheál Ó Móráin27 March 19685 May 1970 12th13thDesmond O'Malley5 May 197014 March 1973 13thPatrick Cooney14 March 19735 July 1977 14thGerry Collins(1st time)5 July 197730 June 1981 15th16thJim Mitchell30 June 19819 March 1982 17thSeán Doherty9 March 198214 December 1982 18thMichael Noonan14 December 198214 February 1986 19thAlan Dukes14 February 198610 March 1987 19thGerry Collins(2nd time)10 March 198712 July 1989 20thRay Burke12 July 198911 February 1992 21stPádraig Flynn11 February 19924 January 1993 22ndMáire Geoghegan-Quinn4 January 199315 December 1994 23rdNora Owen15 December 199426 June 1997 24thMinister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 1997–2010NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)John O'Donoghue26 June 19976 June 2002 25thMichael McDowell6 June 200214 June 2007 26thBrian Lenihan Jnr14 June 20077 May 2008 27thDermot Ahern7 May 200823 March 2010 28thMinister for Justice and Law Reform 2010–2011NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Dermot Ahern23 March 201019 January 2011 28thBrendan Smith20 January 20119 March 2011 28thMinister for Justice and Equality 2011–2020NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Alan Shatter9 March 20117 May 2014 29thFrances Fitzgerald8 May 201414 June 2017 29th30thCharles Flanagan14 June 201727 June 2020 31stMinister for Justice 2020–2025NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Helen McEntee27 June 202027 April 2021 32ndHeather Humphreys27 April 20211 November 2021 Helen McEntee1 November 202125 November 2022 Heather Humphreys25 November 202217 December 2022 Simon Harris17 December 20221 June 2023 33rdHelen McEntee1 June 202323 January 2025 33rd34thMinister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 2025–presentNameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Jim O'Callaghan23 January 2025Incumbent 35th Notes
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