Department of FinanceGovernment

The Department of Finance is a department of state of the Government of Ireland responsible for the administration of public finances and economic policy. It plays a central role in preparing the annual national budget, managing taxation policy, and overseeing the regulation of the financial services sector. Established in 1919 under the First Dáil with Michael Collins among its earliest ministers, the department was formally reconstituted under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 following Irish independence.