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 Government Buildings, Dublin | |
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| Formed | 2 June 1924 (as the Department of President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Ireland |
| Headquarters | Government Buildings, Merrion Street, Dublin 53°20′12″N 6°15′34″W / 53.33667°N 6.25944°W |
| Annual budget | €260 million (2024)[1] |
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| Child Department | |
| Website | Official website  |
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The Department of the Taoiseach (Irish: Roinn an Taoisigh) is the government department of the Taoiseach, the title in Ireland for the head of government.[2] It is based in Government Buildings, the headquarters of the Government of Ireland, on Merrion Street in Dublin.
The civil servant who heads the Department of the Taoiseach is known as the Secretary General of the Department and also serves as the cabinet secretary.
- ^ "Budget 2024: Expenditure Reports". Government of Ireland. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ Article 13.1.1° and Article 28.5.1° of the Constitution of Ireland. The latter provision reads: "The head of the Government, or Prime Minister, shall be called, and is in this Constitution referred to as, the Taoiseach." "Constitution of Ireland". Irish Statute Book.