Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Appearance
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs | |
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Department of Children and Youth Affairs | |
Member of | |
Reports to | Taoiseach |
Seat | Dublin, Ireland |
Appointer | President of Ireland on the nomination of the Taoiseach |
Inaugural holder | Richard Mulcahy as Minister for the Gaeltacht |
Formation | 2 June 1956 |
Website | dcya |
The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Irish: An tAire Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige) is the senior minister at the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in the Government of Ireland.
The current Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is Katherine Zappone, TD.[1]
Overview
The department was created in 1956 as the Department of the Gaeltacht. Its title and functions have changed several times, the current title was created in 2011.[2] An office of Minister of State for Children existed from 1994 to 2011.
The department is responsible for children and youth affairs.
List of office-holders
Minister for the Gaeltacht 1956–1993 | |||||
No. | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
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1. | Richard Mulcahy | 2 June 1956 | 24 October 1956 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
2. | Patrick Lindsay | 24 October 1956 | 20 March 1957 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
3. | Jack Lynch | 20 March 1957 | 26 June 1957 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
4. | Mícheál Ó Móráin (1st time) | 26 June 1957 | 23 July 1959 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
5. | Gerald Bartley | 23 July 1959 | 11 October 1961 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Mícheál Ó Móráin (2nd time) | 11 October 1961 | 26 March 1968 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil | |
6. | Pádraig Faulkner | 27 March 1968 | 2 July 1969 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
7. | George Colley | 2 July 1969 | 14 March 1973 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
8. | Tom O'Donnell | 14 March 1973 | 5 July 1977 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
9. | Denis Gallagher (1st time) | 5 July 1977 | 11 December 1979 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
10. | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | 12 December 1979 | 30 June 1981 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
11. | Paddy O'Toole (1st time) | 30 June 1981 | 9 March 1982 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
Denis Gallagher (2nd time) | 9 March 1982 | 14 December 1982 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil | |
Paddy O'Toole (2nd time) | 14 December 1982 | 10 March 1987 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael | |
12. | Charles Haughey | 10 March 1987 | 11 February 1992 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
13. | John Wilson | 11 February 1992 | 12 January 1993 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
14. | Michael D. Higgins (1st time) | 12 January 1993 | 21 January 1993 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party |
Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht 1993–1997 | |||||
No. | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
Michael D. Higgins (1st time) | 21 January 1993 | 17 November 1994 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party | |
15. | Bertie Ahern | 18 November 1994 | 15 December 1994 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Michael D. Higgins (2nd time) | 15 December 1994 | 26 June 1997 | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party | |
16. | Síle de Valera | 26 June 1997 | 12 July 1997 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands 1997–2002 | |||||
No. | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
Síle de Valera | 12 July 1997 | 6 June 2002 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil | |
Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 2002–2010 | |||||
No. | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
17. | Éamon Ó Cuív | 6 June 2002 | 23 March 2010 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs 2010–2011 | |||||
No. | Name | Entered Office | Left Office | Party | |
18. | Pat Carey | 23 March 2010 | 9 March 2011 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 2011–present | |||||
No. | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
19. | Frances Fitzgerald | 9 March 2011 | 7 May 2014 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
20. | Charles Flanagan | 8 May 2014 | 11 July 2014 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
21. | James Reilly | 11 July 2014 | 6 May 2016 | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
22. | Katherine Zappone | 6 May 2016 | Incumbent | style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color" | | Independent |
See also
References
- ^ "Who's in? Who's out? These are your new ministers". The Journal. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "S.I. No. 214/2011 – Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011". Irish Statute Book. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.