GOVERNMENT LIBRARIES
MARY DOYLE
(Department of Agriculture Library)
OLIVER MARSHALL
(Department of Education Library)
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Abstract
The legal basis of the Irish Civil Service is contained in the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924. This act designated the extent of ministerial authority; it also established the Departments of State and allocated public business between them. 11 Departments were established in 1924 with 21,000 civil servants. As the century wore on, there was a gradual increase in the role of the State and a consequent increase in the size of the Civil Service. By 1980 there were 18 Departments and 60,000 civil servants.
Citation
DOYLE, M. and MARSHALL, O. (1985), "GOVERNMENT LIBRARIES", Library Review, Vol. 34 No. 2, pp. 79-82. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012787
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1985, MCB UP Limited