page_title: Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ireland)
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ireland) / Overview
caption_attribution_description: English: w:Iveagh House, 80-81 w:St Stephen's Green [South], Dublin 2: Headquarters of the w:Irish Department of Foreign Affairs
context_page_description: The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the senior minister at the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Government of Ireland.
  The Minister's office is located at Iveagh House, on St Stephen's Green in Dublin; "Iveagh House" is often used as a metonym for the department as a whole. From 1922 until 1971 the title of the office was "Minister for External Affairs".
  The current office holder is Simon Coveney, TD. He is also Minister for Defence.
  He is assisted by:
  Thomas Byrne, TD, Minister of State for European Affairs; and
  Colm Brophy, TD, Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora.
context_section_description: The department has the following divisions:
  Finance Unit – oversees the financial control of the department.
  Anglo-Irish Division – deals with Anglo-Irish relations and Northern Ireland.
  Cultural Division – administers the state's Cultural Relations Programme.
  European Union Division – coordinates the state's approach within the European Union (EU).
  Development Cooperation Division – responsible for the Irish Aid programme and for Irish international development policy.
  Passport and Consular Division – is responsible for the issuing of passports to Irish citizens.
  Political Division – is responsible for international political issues and manages the state's participation in the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy.
  Protocol Division – is responsible for the organisation and management of visits of VIPs to the state and of visits abroad by the President of Ireland.
  The Minister has responsibility for the relations between Ireland and foreign states. The department defines its role as: "The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade advises the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ministers of State and the Government on all aspects of foreign policy and coordinates Ireland's response to international developments.
  It also provides advice and support on all issues relevant to the pursuit of peace, partnership and reconciliation in Northern Ireland, and between North and South of the island, and to deepening Ireland's relationship with Britain."
caption: Iveagh House, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland
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