Ministers of State of the 23rd Dáil

On 9 March 1982 the 18th Government of Ireland was officially appointed by Dáil Éireann. The new Fianna Fáil government was led by the Taoiseach Charles Haughey.

On that day Haughey announced to the Dáil that the Government had appointed Bertie Ahern, TD to the post of Minister for State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip. On 23 March 1982, the Taoiseach announced that the Government had appointed the other Ministers of State.

Ministers of State (23 March 1982 – 14 December 1982)

Name	Office	Department(s)	Party
Bertie Ahern	Government Chief Whip	Department of the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
	Minister of State at the Department of Defence	Department of Defence
Sylvester Barrett	Minister of State for the Office of Public Works	Department of Finance		Fianna Fáil
Lorcan Allen	Minister of State for the Land Commission, Production and Marketing	Department of Agriculture		Fianna Fáil
Bernard Cowen	Minister of State for Disadvantaged Areas	Department of Agriculture		Fianna Fáil
Terry Leyden	Minister of State for Telecommunications	Department of Transport		Fianna Fáil
		Department of Posts and Telegraphs
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	Minister of State for Youth and Sport	Department of Education		Fianna Fáil
Denis Gallagher	Minister of State for Social Welfare Claims	Department of Social Welfare		Fianna Fáil
Ger Connolly	Minister of State for Housing	Department of the Environment		Fianna Fáil
Gerard Brady	Minister of State for Urban Renewal	Department of the Environment		Fianna Fáil
Tom McEllistrim	Minister of State for Forestry	Department of Fisheries and Forestry		Fianna Fáil
Changes 28 October 1982
Name	Office	Department(s)	Party
Rory O'Hanlon	Minister of State for Social Welfare Claims	Department of Social Welfare		Fianna Fáil
Niall Andrews	Minister of State for Urban Renewal	Department of the Environment		Fianna Fáil
Seán Calleary	Minister of State for Tourism	Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism		Fianna Fáil
Jim Fitzsimons	Minister of State for Economic Affairs	Department of Industry and Energy		Fianna Fáil

See also

• Minister of State
• Members of the 23rd Dáil
• Government of the 23rd Dáil