Ministers of State of the 27th Dáil
On 12 January 1993, the 23rd Government of Ireland was officially appointed by Dáil Éireann. The Fianna Fáil–Labour Party government was led by the Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
On that day Reynolds announced to Dáil Éireann that the Government had appointed Noel Dempsey to the post of Minister for State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip. On 14 January 1993, the Taoiseach announced that the Government had appointed the other Ministers of State.[1]
Ministers of State of the 23rd Government (14 January 1993 – 15 December 1994)
Name | Office | Party | |
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Noel Dempsey | Government Chief Whip | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Minister of State at the Department of Defence | |||
Minister of State at the Department of Finance (with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works) | |||
Tom Kitt | Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs | |||
Noel Treacy | Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Minister of State at the Department of Finance | |||
Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications | |||
Mary O'Rourke | Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Séamus Brennan | Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Pat the Cope Gallagher | Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Eithne FitzGerald | Minister of State at the Department of Finance | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party |
Liam Aylward | Minister of State at the Department of Education | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Liam Hyland | Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Brian O'Shea | Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party |
Willie O'Dea | Minister of State at the Department of Justice | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Minister of State at the Department of Health | |||
John Browne | Minister of State at the Department of the Environment | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Emmet Stagg | Minister of State at the Department of the Environment | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party |
Gerry O'Sullivan | Minister of State at the Department of the Marine | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party |
Joan Burton | Minister of State at the Department of Social Welfare | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party |
Change of Government
On 15 December 1994 the 24th Government of Ireland was officially appointed by Dáil Éireann. It was the first time in Irish history that a government had changed without the need for a general election. The new Fine Gael–Labour Party–Democratic Left government was led by the Taoiseach John Bruton.
On that day Bruton announced to Dáil Éireann that the Government had appointed Seán Barrett, TD to the post of Minister for State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip. Also on the same day Pat Rabbitte, TD was appointed to the position of Minister of State to the Government. On 20 December 1994, the Taoiseach announced that the Government had appointed the other Ministers of State.[1]
Ministers of State of the 24th Government (20 December 1994 – 26 June 1997)
Name | Office | Party | |
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Seán Barrett | Government Chief Whip | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
Minister of State at the Department of Defence | |||
Pat Rabbitte | Minister of State to the Government | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Left (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Democratic Left |
Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment | |||
Emmet Stagg | Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party |
Brian O'Shea | Minister of State at the Department of Health | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party |
Eithne FitzGerald | Minister of State at the Office of the Tánaiste | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party |
Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment | |||
Joan Burton | Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party |
Toddy O'Sullivan | Minister of State at the Department of Tourism and Trade | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party |
Gay Mitchell | Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs | |||
Bernard Allen | Minister of State at the Department of Education | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
Minister of State at the Department of the Environment | |||
Bernard Durkan | Minister of State at the Department of Social Welfare | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
Jimmy Deenihan | Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
Phil Hogan | Minister of State at the Department of Finance | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
Austin Currie | Minister of State at the Department of Health | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
Minister of State at the Department of Education | |||
Minister of State at the Department of Justice | |||
Eamon Gilmore | Minister of State at the Department of the Marine | style="background-color: Template:Democratic Left (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Democratic Left |
Liz McManus | Minister of State at the Department of the Environment | style="background-color: Template:Democratic Left (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Democratic Left |
Changes 27 January 1995Following the enactment of the "Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1995", which raised the number of Ministers of State from 15 to 17, | |||
Name | Office | Party | |
Avril Doyle | Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
Minister of State at the Department of Finance | |||
Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications | |||
Donal Carey | Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht | |||
Changes 10 February 1995Jim Higgins was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Finance, following the resignation of Phil Hogan. | |||
Changes 24 May 1995Following the appointment of Seán Barrett as Minister for Defence and the Marine the following changes took place among the Ministers of State. | |||
Name | Office | Party | |
Jim Higgins | Government Chief Whip | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
Minister of State at the Department of Defence | |||
Hugh Coveney | Minister of State at the Department of Finance | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
See also
References
- ^ a b "History of Government – Twenty-Seventh Dáil – Ministers of State". Department of the Taoiseach. Retrieved 20 November 2012.