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Minister for Labour (Ireland)

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The Minister for Labour (Irish: Aire Oibreachais[1][2]) was originally a position in the Government of the Irish Republic, the self-declared state which was established in 1919 by Dáil Éireann, the parliamentary assembly made up of the majority of Irish MPs elected in the 1918 general election. Constance Markievicz was the first person to hold the post. The office did not continue into the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

The later office of Minister for Labour was created by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1966[3] as a member of the Government of Ireland.

In 1993, the minister's functions were transferred to the Minister for Enterprise and Employment and was succeeded by the Minister for Equality and Law Reform. In 1997, the minister's functions were passed to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the discontinuation of the office. While the Department of Equality and Law Reform was not formally abolished by legislation (and thus theoretically continues to exist) it ceased to function in practice in 1997 on the merger with the Department of Justice.

List of office-holders

Minister for Labour 1919–1922

No. Name Term of office Party
1. Constance Markievicz 2 April 1919 9 January 1922 style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | Sinn Féin
2. Joseph McGrath 11 January 1922 9 September 1922 style="background-color: Template:Cumann na nGaedheal/meta/color" | Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
3. Patrick Hogan (acting) 17 July 1922 9 September 1922 style="background-color: Template:Cumann na nGaedheal/meta/color" | Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin

Minister for Labour 1966–1993

No. Name Term of office Party
1. Patrick Hillery 13 July 1966 2 July 1969 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Fianna Fáil
2. Joseph Brennan 2 July 1969 14 March 1973 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Fianna Fáil
3. Michael O'Leary 14 March 1973 5 July 1977 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Labour Party
4. Gene Fitzgerald (1st time) [fn 1] 5 July 1977 16 December 1980 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Fianna Fáil
5. Tom Nolan 16 December 1980 30 June 1981 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Fianna Fáil
6. Liam Kavanagh (1st time) [fn 1] 30 June 1981 9 March 1982 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Labour Party
Gene Fitzgerald (2nd time) [fn 1] 9 March 1982 14 December 1982 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Fianna Fáil
Liam Kavanagh (2nd time) [fn 1] 14 December 1982 13 December 1983 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Labour Party
7. Ruairi Quinn [fn 1] 13 December 1983 20 January 1987 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Labour Party
8. Gemma Hussey 20 January 1987 10 March 1987 style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | Fine Gael
9. Bertie Ahern 10 March 1987 14 November 1991 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Fianna Fáil
10. Michael O'Kennedy 14 November 1991 11 February 1992 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Fianna Fáil
11. Brian Cowen 11 February 1992 12 January 1993 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Fianna Fáil
12. Mervyn Taylor 12 January 1993 21 January 1993 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Labour Party

Minister for Equality and Law Reform 1993–1997

No. Name Term of office Party
1. Mervyn Taylor (1st time) 21 January 1993 17 November 1994 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Labour Party
2. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn 18 November 1994 15 December 1994 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Fianna Fáil
Mervyn Taylor (2nd time) 15 December 1994 26 June 1997 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Labour Party
3. John O'Donoghue 26 June 1997 8 July 1997 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Fianna Fáil
Note
  1. ^ a b c d e Also Minister for the Public Service

References

  1. ^ Team, Fujitsu/Oireachtas Lotus Notes/Domino Development. "Parliamentary Debates". oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie.
  2. ^ Team, Fujitsu/Oireachtas Lotus Notes/Domino Development. "Parliamentary Debates". oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie.
  3. ^ "Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1966". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
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