Ministers of State of the 29th Dáil

On 6 June 2002, the 26th Government of Ireland was officially appointed by Dáil Éireann. The Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democrats coalition was led by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

On that day Ahern announced to the Dáil that the Government had appointed Mary Hanafin, TD to the post of Minister for State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip, and for the Information Society. Dick Roche, TD was appointed on the same date to the position of Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs, with special responsibility for European Affairs. On 18 June 2002, the Taoiseach announced that the Government had appointed with effect from 19 June the other 15 Ministers of State and that the Government had also appointed Mary Hanafin to be Minister of State at the Department of Defence.

Ministers of State (19 June 2002 – 14 June 2007)

Name	Office	Department(s)	Party
Mary Hanafin	Government Chief Whip	Taoiseach	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
	Minister of State at the Department of Defence	Defence
Dick Roche	Minister of State for European Affairs	Foreign Affairs	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
	Minister of State	Taoiseach
Tom Kitt	Minister of State for Overseas Development and Human Rights	Foreign Affairs	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Síle de Valera	Minister of State for Adult Education, Youth Affairs and Educational Disadvantage	Education and Science	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Jim McDaid	Minister of State for Road Traffic and Road Haulage	Transport	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Frank Fahey	Minister of State for Labour Affairs	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Noel Treacy	Minister of State for Food and Horticulture	Agriculture and Food	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Willie O'Dea	Minister of State for Equality and Disability Issues	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Pat the Cope Gallagher	Minister of State for Environmental Protection	Environment, Heritage and Local Government	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Liam Aylward	Minister of State for Animal Health and Welfare; and Customer Service	Agriculture and Food	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
John Browne	Minister of State for the Marine	Communications, Marine and Natural Resources	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Michael Ahern	Minister of State for Trade and Commerce	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Ivor Callely	Minister of State for Older People	Health and Children	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Noel Ahern	Minister of State for Housing and Urban Renewal	Environment, Heritage and Local Government	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
	Minister of State for Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs	Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Brian Lenihan	Minister of State for Children	Health and Children	rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
	Minister of State	Justice, Equality and Law Reform
	Minister of State	Education and Science
Tim O'Malley	Minister of State for Mental Health Services and Food Safety	Health and Children	style="background-color: Template:Progressive Democrats/meta/color" |	Progressive Democrats
Tom Parlon	Minister of State for the Office of Public Works	Finance	style="background-color: Template:Progressive Democrats/meta/color" |	Progressive Democrats
Changes 29 September 2004
Name	Office	Department(s)	Party
Tom Kitt	Government Chief Whip	Taoiseach	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
	Minister of State at the Department of Defence	Defence
Frank Fahey	Minister of State for Equality and Disability Issues	Justice, Equality and Law Reform	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Noel Treacy	Minister of State for European Affairs	Foreign Affairs	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
	Minister of State	Taoiseach
Pat the Cope Gallagher	Minister of State for the Marine	Communications, Marine and Natural Resources	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
John Browne	Minister of State for Forestry	Agriculture and Food	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Ivor Callely	Minister of State for Traffic Management, Road Haulage and the Irish Aviation Authority	Transport	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Seán Power	Minister of State for Health Promotion	Health and Children	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Batt O'Keeffe	Minister of State for Environmental Protection	Environment, Heritage and Local Government	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Tony Killeen	Minister of State for Labour Affairs	Enterprise, Trade and Employment	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Brendan Smith	Minister of State for Food and Horticulture	Agriculture and Food	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Conor Lenihan	Minister of State for Overseas Development and Human Rights	Foreign Affairs	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Changes 14 February 2006 Changes following the resignation of Ivor Callely on 8 December 2005.
Name	Office	Department(s)	Party
Mary Wallace	Minister of State for Forestry	Agriculture and Food	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
John Browne	Minister of State for the Marine	Communications, Marine and Natural Resources	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Pat the Cope Gallagher	Minister of State for Traffic Management, Road Haulage and the Irish Aviation Authority	Transport	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil
Changes 12 December 2006 Changes following the resignation of Síle de Valera on 8 December 2006.
Name	Office	Department(s)	Party
Seán Haughey	Minister of State for Adult Education, Youth Affairs and Educational Disadvantage	Education and Science	style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" |	Fianna Fáil

See also

• Minister of State
• Members of the 29th Dáil
• Government of the 29th Dáil