Ministers of State of the 32nd Dáil
This is a list of Ministers of State of the 32nd Dáil. On 6 May 2016, the 30th Government of Ireland was nominated by Dáil Éireann on the advice of the Taoiseach, and then appointed by the President. The Fine Gael–Independent coalition was led by the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny.
On that day Kenny announced to the Dáil that he would appoint Regina Doherty, TD to the post of Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip and Paul Kehoe as Minister of State at the Department of Defence. Finian McGrath, TD was appointed on the same date to the position of Minister of State for Disability. On 19 May 2016, 15 other ministerial appointments were announced.[1]
Ministers of State of the 30th Government (6 May 2016 – 14 June 2017)
Ministers of State of the 31st Government (14 June 2017 – present)
On 20 June 2017 Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced his appointees to the Junior Minister roles.[3][4]
Name | Responsibility | Department(s) | Party | Term | |
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Joe McHugh | Government Chief Whip and Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands |
Taoiseach Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Mary Mitchell O'Connor | Higher Education | Education and Skills | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Paul Kehoe | Defence | Taoiseach Defence |
Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Finian McGrath | Disability Issues | Health Justice and Equality Employment Affairs and Social Protection |
Independent | 2017–present | |
Helen McEntee | European Affairs | Foreign Affairs and Trade | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Patrick O'Donovan | Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment | Finance Public Expenditure and Reform |
Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Michael D'Arcy | Financial Services and Insurance | Finance Public Expenditure and Reform |
Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Ciarán Cannon | Diaspora and International Development | Foreign Affairs and Trade | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Jim Daly | Mental Health and Older People | Health | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Brendan Griffin | Tourism and Sport | Transport, Tourism and Sport | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
John Paul Phelan | Local Government and Electoral Reform | Housing, Planning and Local Government | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Catherine Byrne | Health Promotion and the National Drugs Strategy | Health | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Pat Breen | Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection | Business, Enterprise and Innovation Employment Affairs and Social Protection Taoiseach Justice and Equality |
Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Seán Kyne | Natural Resources, Community Affairs and Digital Development | Rural and Community Development Housing, Planning and Local Government |
Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
John Halligan | Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development | Education and Skills Business, Enterprise and Innovation |
Independent | 2017–present | |
Andrew Doyle | Food, Forestry and Horticulture | Agriculture, Food and the Marine | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Damien English | Housing and Urban Development | Housing, Planning and Local Government | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
Kevin "Boxer" Moran | Office of Public Works and Flood Relief | Public Expenditure and Reform | Independent | 2017–present | |
David Stanton | Equality, Immigration and Integration | Justice and Equality | Fine Gael | 2017–present | |
13 October 2018Changes after Joe McHugh appointed to Cabinet.[5] | |||||
Seán Kyne | Government Chief Whip and Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands |
Taoiseach Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
Fine Gael | 2018–present | |
Seán Canney | Rural Affairs and Natural Resources | Rural and Community Development Housing, Planning and Local Government |
Independent | 2018–present |
See also
References
- ↑ "Taoiseach announces Ministers of state". Merrion Street Irish Government Press Site. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ↑ "Moran takes up ministerial role in coin-flip deal". 3 June 2017.
- ↑ "Who are the new junior ministers? - Independent.ie".
- ↑ Finn, Christina. "Who got the nod? And who lost out? Here are Varadkar's new junior ministers".
- ↑ "Bruton named Minister for Communications, McHugh named Minister for Education". RTÉ News. 13 October 2018.