Information About the Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht

• Organisation Structure
• Organisation Chart
• Who Does What
• Framework of Assignments

• Management Board
• Framework of Assignments

• Agencies and Bodies under the Department’s Aegis
• Link to SLAs

The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 1st June 2011 on foot of the reorganisation of Government Departments announced by the Taoiseach in March 2011, bringing together functions from the former Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs.

The Department oversees and has policy responsibility for the conservation, preservation, protection, development and presentation of Ireland’s heritage and cultural assets. The Department also seeks to promote the Irish language and to support the Gaeltacht. The key functions under its remit include:

• Arts, Culture, Film and Music, as well as oversight of Ireland’s cultural institutions;
• Ireland’s Built and Natural Heritage;
• the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands; and
• North/South Co-operation insofar as it relates to Waterways Ireland, An Foras Teanga and the wider functions of the Department.

• Internal Audit
• Irish Language Policy Unit and North South
• Legislation, Licensing and DAU
• Ministers Offices
• National Monuments Service
• NPWS Peatlands and Land Designation
• NPWS Science and Biodiversity
• NPWS Strategy and Regional Operations
• Press Office
• 2016 Project Office
• Arts, Film and Investment
• Corporate Governance and Services
• Cultural Policy and Institutions
• Culture Ireland International and Education
• Finance and IT Unit
• Built Heritage and Architectural Policy
• Human Resources
• Gaeltacht and Islands Policies and Programmes

• Annual Reports
• Risk Management Policy
• Irish Language Scheme
• Child Protection Policy
• Service Level Agreements with Bodies and Agencies under the Department’s Aegis
• Customer Charter and Action Plan
• Heritage Publications
  • National Parks and Wildlife Service
  • National Monuments Service
  • World Heritage
  • Built Heritage

• Organisation Structure
• Organisation Chart
• Who Does What
• Framework of Assignments
• Pay and Grading Structures
  • Details of the pay structures operating in the Department are set out in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circulars 28/2009 and 8/2013
  • Further details of the grading and organisational structures which operate in the Department can be found here.