The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (Irish: Aire Puist agus Telegrafa; sometimes called the P&T;) was a senior post in the government of the Irish Free State and the Republic of Ireland from 1924 to 1984, when the post and the department was abolished.
The office of Minister for Post and Telegraphs was created in the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924, which reorganized the Irish system of government. It assumed the role formerly exercised by ...
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The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (Irish: Aire Puist agus Telegrafa; sometimes called the P&T;) was a senior post in the government of the Irish Free State and the Republic of Ireland from 1924 to 1984, when the post and the department was abolished.
The office of Minister for Post and Telegraphs was created in the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924, which reorganized the Irish system of government. It assumed the role formerly exercised by the Postmaster-General in the administration of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
The Ministers and Secretaries Act, Section (1), Part (ix) defines the department's role:
The Department of Posts and Telegraphs which shall comprise the administration and business generally of public services in connection with posts, telegraphs, and telephones, and all powers, duties and functions connected with the same, and shall include in particular the business, powers, duties and functions of the branches and officers of the public services specified in the...
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