Ministers of State of the 22nd Dáil

On 30 June 1981, the 17th Government of Ireland was officially appointed by Dáil Éireann. The new Fine Gael–Labour Party government was led by the Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.

On that day FitzGerald announced to the Dáil that the Government had appointed Gerry L'Estrange, TD to the post of Minister for State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip. On the same day the Taoiseach announced that the Government had appointed the other Ministers of State.

Ministers of State (30 June 1981 – 9 March 1982)

Name	Office	Department(s)	Party
Gerry L'Estrange	Government Chief Whip	Department of the Taoiseach	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
	Minister of State at the Department of Defence	Department of Defence
Edward Collins	Minister of State for Oil and Minerals Exploration	Department of Industry and Energy	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Fergus O'Brien	Minister of State for Housing	Department of the Environment	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Donal Creed	Minister of State for Health	Department of Health	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Mary Flaherty	Minister of State for Poverty and the Family	Department of Health Department of Social Welfare	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Joseph Bermingham	Minister of State for the Office of Public Works	Department of Finance	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" |	Labour Party
Barry Desmond	Minister of State for Economic Planning	Department of Finance	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" |	Labour Party
Paddy Harte	Minister of State for Telecommunications	Department of Posts and Telegraphs	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Michael Begley	Minister of State for Tourism	Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Michael Keating	Minister of State for Youth and Sport	Department of Education	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Dick Spring	Minister of State for Law Reform	Department of Justice	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" |	Labour Party
Michael D'Arcy	Minister of State for Production and Marketing	Department of Agriculture	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Ted Nealon	Minister of State for Western Development	Department of Agriculture	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Jim O'Keeffe	Minister of State for Overseas Development	Department of Foreign Affairs	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Changes 11 November 1981
Name	Office	Department(s)	Party
Fergus O'Brien	Government Chief Whip	Department of the Taoiseach	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
	Minister of State at the Department of Defence	Department of Defence
Donal Creed	Minister of State for Housing	Department of the Environment	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Gerry L'Estrange	Minister of State for Health	Department of Health	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael

See also

• Minister of State
• Members of the 22nd Dáil
• Government of the 22nd Dáil