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Government of Ireland The Minister for Education and Science is the senior minister at the Department of Education and Science (Template:Lang-ga ) in the Irish Government .
The current Minister for Education and Science is Mary Hanafin , TD . She is assisted by:
Until September 1997 the department was known simply as the "Department of Education".
Overview
The Minister engages in a wide range of activities relating to education in the Republic of Ireland , including policy planning, quality assurance and the provision of a broad range of services.
The department officially aims to:
Promote equity and inclusion
Promote lifelong learning
Plan for education that is relevant to personal, social, cultural and economic needs. In recent years some of these functions have been devolved to statutory authorities, in particular the Higher Education Authority , the National Qualifications Authority and the State Examinations Commission . Irish universities and colleges are to a large extent free of government control, with this being largely limited to policy formation and statistics preparation.
List of office-holders
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Name
Entered Office
Left Office
Party
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1.
John J. O'Kelly [ 1] August 26 , 1921
January 9 , 1922
Sinn Féin
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2.
Michael Hayes [ 2] January 11 , 1922
September 9 , 1922
Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
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3.
Finian Lynch [ 2] April 1 , 1922
August 30 , 1922
Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
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4.
Eoin MacNeill
August 30 , 1922
November 24 , 1925
Cumann na nGaedhael
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5.
John M. O'Sullivan
January 28 , 1926
March 9 , 1932
Cumann na nGaedhael
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6.
Tomás Ó Deirg (1st time)
March 9 , 1932
September 8 , 1939
Fianna Fáil
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7.
Seán T. O'Kelly
September 8 , 1939
September 27 , 1939
Fianna Fáil
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8.
Éamon de Valera (acting)
September 27 , 1939
June 18 , 1940
Fianna Fáil
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Tomás Ó Deirg (2nd time)
June 18 , 1940
February 18 , 1948
Fianna Fáil
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9.
Richard Mulcahy (1st time)
February 18 , 1948
June 13 , 1951
Fine Gael
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10.
Seán Moylan
June 13 , 1951
June 2 , 1954
Fianna Fáil
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Richard Mulcahy (2nd time)
June 2 , 1954
March 20 , 1957
Fine Gael
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11.
Jack Lynch (1st time)
March 20 , 1957
June 23 , 1959
Fianna Fáil
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12.
Patrick Hillery
June 23 , 1959
April 21 , 1965
Fianna Fáil
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13.
George Colley
April 21 , 1965
July 13 , 1966
Fianna Fáil
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14.
Donagh O'Malley
July 13 , 1966
March 10 , 1968
Fianna Fáil
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Jack Lynch (acting)
March 10 , 1968
March 26 , 1968
Fianna Fáil
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15.
Brian Lenihan
March 26 , 1968
July 2 , 1969
Fianna Fáil
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16.
Pádraig Faulkner
July 2 , 1969
March 14 , 1973
Fianna Fáil
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17.
Richard Burke
March 14 , 1973
December 2 , 1976
Fine Gael
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18.
Peter Barry
December 2 , 1976
July 5 , 1977
Fine Gael
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19.
John P. Wilson
July 5 , 1977
June 30 , 1981
Fianna Fáil
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20.
John Boland
June 30 , 1981
March 9 , 1982
Fine Gael
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21.
Martin O'Donoghue
March 9 , 1982
October 6 , 1982
Fianna Fáil
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22.
Charles Haughey (acting)
October 7 , 1982
October 27 , 1982
Fianna Fáil
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23.
Gerard Brady
October 27 , 1982
December 14 , 1982
Fianna Fáil
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24.
Gemma Hussey
December 14 , 1982
February 14 , 1986
Fine Gael
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25.
Patrick Cooney
February 14 , 1986
March 10 , 1987
Fine Gael
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26.
Mary O'Rourke
March 10 , 1987
November 14 , 1991
Fianna Fáil
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27.
Noel Davern
November 14 , 1991
February 11 , 1992
Fianna Fáil
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28.
Séamus Brennan
February 11 , 1992
January 12 , 1993
Fianna Fáil
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29.
Niamh Bhreathnach (1st time)
January 12 , 1993
November 17 , 1994
Labour
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30.
Michael Smith
November 18 , 1994
December 15 , 1994
Fianna Fáil
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Niamh Bhreathnach (2nd time)
December 15 , 1994
June 26 , 1997
Labour
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31.
Micheál Martin
June 26 , 1997
September 30 , 1997
Fianna Fáil
^ John J. O'Kelly bore the title of Secretary for Education .
^ a b The terms of office of Michael Hayes and Finian Lynch overlap. This is because they were ministers under two different but overlapping political systems. Michael Hayes was a member of the Ministry of the Irish Republic , while Finian Lynch was a minister of the Provisional Government . For a period in 1922 an anomalous situation existed in which these two administrations overlapped.
See also
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