Irish State Administration Database

launched in 2010, the irish state administration database constitutes a major research infrastructure for the humanities and social sciences in ireland, and is of benefit to political scientists, historians, lawyers, sociologists and specialists in public policy. it should also be of interest to public servants and public representatives. the data presented here have been collected principally from official and primary sources. where this has not proved possible, secondary sources have been relied upon and the accuracy of the data has been verified. this resource provides a dataset capturing the establishment, growth and evolution of ireland's state administration from the foundation of the irish free state in 1922 to the present. the database records information about all national-level public organisations, including central government departments and the agencies under their aegis, commercial state-owned enterprises and other relevant public bodies and institutions.