Parliamentary Secretaries of the 5th Dáil

On 23 June 1927, the members of the 5th Dáil met for the first time. W. T. Cosgrave was appointed as President of the Executive Council by the Governor-General on the nomination of the Dáil. He proposed the members of the 3rd Executive Council of the Irish Free State, a minority single-party Cumann na nGaedheal government, and they were approved by Dáil Éireann for appointment by the Governor-General. The Parliamentary Secretaries were appointed by the Executive Council.[1]

Parliamentary Secretaries

Name Office Term
Eamonn Duggan Government Chief Whip 1927
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence 1927
Séamus Burke Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance 1927
James FitzGerald-Kenney Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Justice 1927
Martin Roddy Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Fisheries 1927

References

  1. "History of Government – Fifth Dáil – Parliamentary Secretaries". Department of the Taoiseach. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
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