Public body

Department of Justice

What this means

  • The Department of Justice is an Irish government department responsible for criminal and civil justice, policing, prisons, the courts, immigration, and community safety.[source]
  • The Minister for Justice decides on applications for asylum and other forms of international protection, making the department central to how Ireland treats people fleeing danger.[source]
  • The department is currently working on three Programme for Government commitments: adding refuge spaces for domestic violence victims, reforming the asylum process, and implementing the EU Migration and Asylum Pact.[source]
  • Jim O'Callaghan TD is the current Minister for Justice, meaning he is politically accountable for the department's decisions and policies.[source]
  • The department oversees the Data Protection Commission, the independent body that enforces data privacy rights for people in Ireland.[source]
  • Doncha O'Sullivan was appointed Secretary General, making him the most senior civil servant responsible for running the department day to day.[source]

Direct impact (10)

Indirect impact (6)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

  • holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration → holds role: Teachta Dála2-hop via colm-brophy
    Dáil ÉireannBody
  • holds role: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration → responsible for commitment2-hop via jim-ocallaghan
    Recruit at least 5,000 new Garda membersCommitment
  • holds role: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration → responsible for commitment2-hop via jim-ocallaghan
    Expand the Garda training college and assess a second collegeCommitment
  • holds role: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration → responsible for commitment2-hop via jim-ocallaghan
    Develop a new prison at Thornton HallCommitment
  • holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration → member of party2-hop via colm-brophy
    Fine GaelParty
  • holds role: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration → member of party2-hop via jim-ocallaghan
    Fianna FáilParty

Summary derived from the records cited above. Read the methodology to understand how this is generated.

Relationship map

Maintenance of the justice, security and immigration systems - owns statutory mandateMMaintenance of the justic…owns statutory mandateAdministration of immigration and international protection - owns statutory mandateMAdministration of immigra…owns statutory mandateIncrease refuge spaces for domestic violence victims - responsible for commitmentCIncrease refuge spaces fo…responsible for commitmentReform the international protection process - responsible for commitmentCReform the international …responsible for commitmentImplement the EU Migration and Asylum Pact - responsible for commitmentCImplement the EU Migratio…responsible for commitmentColm Brophy - holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and MigrationOColm Brophyholds role: Minister of State…Jim O'Callaghan - holds role: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and MigrationOJim O'Callaghanholds role: Minister for Just…Niall Collins - holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and MigrationONiall Collinsholds role: Minister of State…Doncha O'Sullivan - holds role: Secretary General, Department of Justice, Home Affairs and MigrationODoncha O'Sullivanholds role: Secretary General…Data Protection Commission - regulatesBData Protection CommissionregulatesBDepartment of Justice

One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.

Accountability scores

Fiscal stewardship

Body score · method accountability-2.0.0 · as of 2026-05-23

1 budget votes0 with outturnCoverage 0% — not yet verifiable

Decomposes into 1 row — click any row to verify the underlying record.

  • Vote 24 — Justice (2025)€3.65bn
    outturn not publishedvariance n/aunverifiableno published outturn: excluded from stewardship rate, lowers coverage

Statutory mandates (2)

Responsible for 3 commitments

Relationships

Outgoing (1)

  • Regulates
    Data Protection CommissionBodyMeadows 5: rules-of-system

    The Data Protection Commission is the independent national supervisory authority established under the Data Protection Act 2018, transposing the EU General Data Protection Regulation; it sits under the aegis of the Department of Justice, which sponsors its legislation and budget vote.

Incoming (0)

No incoming relationships.

Budget votes (1)

  • Vote 24 — Justice (2025)allocation €3.65bn · outturn not published

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