Parliamentary Secretaries of the 6th Dáil

On 11 October 1927, the members of the 6th 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 4th Executive Council of the Irish Free State, a Cumann na nGaedheal government in cooperation with the Farmers' Party, 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 Party
Eamonn Duggan Government Chief Whip 1927–1932 Cumann na nGaedheal
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence 1927–1932
Séamus Burke Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance 1927–1932 Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Heffernan Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs 1927–1932 Farmers' Party
Martin Roddy Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands and Fisheries 1927–1932 Cumann na nGaedheal
James Dolan Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce 1927–1932 Cumann na nGaedheal

On 3 April 1930 the 5th Executive Council of the Irish Free State was approved by Dáil Éireann. It was also led by W. T. Cosgrave with the same ministers as the 4th Executive Council. The same Parliamentary Secretaries were re-appointed to the same offices.

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