Having thus provided itself with the requisite machinery for the exercise of its powers, the Irish Parliament would naturally next proceed to bring under its supervision the various existing agencies for the direction and control of the public business of the country.
At present the business of Civil Government in Ireland is carried on through the following forty-seven Departments, Boards, and Offices, which I group with reference to the degree of control exercised over them by the Irish Government at the present time.
DEPARTMENTS, ETC., UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE IRISH GOVERNMENT.
(1) Royal Irish Constabulary. (2) Dublin Metropolitan Police. (3) Prisons Board. (4) Reformatory and Industrial School Office. (5) Inspectors of Lunatics. (6) General Registry of Vital Statistics. (7) Registry of Petty Sessions Clerks. (8) Resident Magistrates.(64) (9) Crown Solicitors. (10) Clerks of Crown and Peace. (11) Office of Arms (Ulster King of Arms).
DEPARTMENTS, ETC., UNDER THE PARTIAL CONTROL OF THE IRISH GOVERNMENT.
(1) Land Commission. (2) Commissioners of charitable donations and bequests. (3) Public Record Office.
DEPARTMENTS, ETC., NOT UNDER CONTROL OF THE IRISH GOVERNMENT, BUT HAVING THE CHIEF SECRETARY AS EX OFFICIO PRESIDENT.
(1) Local Government Board. (2) Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction.
DEPARTMENTS, ETC., NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE IRISH GOVERNMENT EXCEPT AS REGARDS APPOINTMENTS AND, IN SOME INSTANCES, THE FRAMING OF RULES OF BUSINESS.
(1) Board of National Education. (2) Board of Intermediate Education. (3) Commissioners of Education. (Endowed Schools). (4) National Gallery. (5) Royal Hibernian Academy. (6) Congested Districts Board.
BOARDS EXERCISING STATUTORY POWERS IN IRELAND BUT NOT UNDER CONTROL OF THE IRISH GOVERNMENT.
(1) Public Loan Fund. (2) Commissioners of Irish Lights. (3) Queen’s University, Belfast. (4) National University.
DEPARTMENTS, ETC., NOT CONTROLLED BY THE IRISH GOVERNMENT.
(1) The Judiciary. (_a_) The Supreme Court of Judicature and its officers. (_b_) Recorders.(65) (_c_) County Court Judges. (2) Registry of Deeds. (3) Local Registration of Titles. (4) Railway and Canal Commission. (5) Commissioners of Public Works. (6) General Valuation and Boundary Survey of Ireland. (7) Treasury Remembrancer’s Office. (8) National School Teachers’ Superannuation Office.