Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications () is a department of the Government of Ireland that is responsible for the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors and regulates, protects and develops the natural resources of Ireland. The head of the department is the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications who is assisted by two Ministers of State.
Departmental team.
The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are at 29–31 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2. The departmental team consists of the following:
Structure.
The Department of Environment, Climate and Communications is subdivided into the following divisions:
Affiliated bodies.
Among the State Agencies and other bodies affiliated to the Department in some way are:
Among the state-sponsored bodies of the Republic of Ireland under the aegis of the Minister are:
History.
The Department of Fisheries was created in 1921 during the Ministry of Dáil Éireann. It was given a statutory basis by the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, soon after the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. This act provided it with:
The Schedule assigned it with the duties of the following bodies:
Alteration of name and transfer of functions.
The name and functions of the department have changed several times by statutory instruments.