Ministers of State of the 24th Dáil

On 14 December 1982 the 19th 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 Seán Barrett, TD to the post of Minister for State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip. On 16 December 1982, the Taoiseach announced that the Government had appointed the other Ministers of State.

Ministers of State (16 December 1982 – 21 January 1987)

Name	Office	Department(s)	Party
Seán Barrett	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
Nuala Fennell	Minister of State for Women's Affairs	Department of the Taoiseach	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Ted Nealon	Minister of State for Arts and Culture	Department of the Taoiseach	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Ruairi Quinn	Minister of State for Urban Affairs and Housing	Department of the Environment	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" |	Labour Party
Jim O'Keeffe	Minister of State for Overseas Development	Department of Foreign Affairs	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Patrick Hegarty	Minister of State for Production	Department of Agriculture	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Paul Connaughton, Snr	Minister of State for Land Structure and Development	Department of Agriculture	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
Edward Collins	Minister of State for Energy Affairs	Department of Industry and Energy	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
John Donnellan	Minister of State for Posts and Telegraphs Service	Department of Posts and Telegraphs Department of Transport	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Michael Moynihan	Minister of State for Tourism	Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" |	Labour Party
George Birmingham	Minister of State for Youth Affairs	Department of Labour	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Fergus O'Brien	Minister of State for Public Health and Social Welfare Information	Department of Health Department of Social Welfare	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Donal Creed	Minister of State for School Buildings and Sport	Department of Education	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Michael D'Arcy	Minister of State for Fisheries and Forestry	Department of Fisheries and Forestry Department of the Gaeltacht	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Changes 7 January 1983 Nuala Fennell was appointed Minister of State for Family Law Reform at the Department of Justice in addition to her existing post.
Changes 18 February 1983 Ted Nealon was appointed Minister of State for Broadcasting at the Department of Posts and Telegraphs in addition to his existing post.
Changes 15 December 1983
Name	Office	Department(s)	Party
Edward Collins	Minister of State	Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
John Donnellan	Minister of State	Department of Health Department of Social Welfare	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
George Birmingham	Minister of State	Department of Education	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Fergus O'Brien	Minister of State	Department of the Environment	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Séamus Pattison	Minister of State	Department of Social Welfare	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" |	Labour Party
Changes 13 February 1986
Name	Office	Department(s)	Party
Fergus O'Brien	Government Chief Whip	Department of the Taoiseach	rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
	Minister of State at the Department of Defence	Department of Defence
	Minister of State	Department of the Environment
Seán Barrett	Minister of State	Department of the Taoiseach Department of Education	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Jim O'Keeffe	Minister of State	Department of the Public Service	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Patrick Hegarty	Minister of State	Department of Agriculture Department of Industry and Commerce	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
George Birmingham	Minister of State for European Affairs and Development Co-operation	Department of Foreign Affairs	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Enda Kenny	Minister of State for Youth Affairs	Department of Labour Department of Education	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Toddy O'Sullivan	Minister of State for Grants Administration	Department of the Environment	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" |	Labour Party
Avril Doyle	Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Environmental Protection	Department of Finance Department of the Environment	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael
Changes 18 February 1986 Donal Creed and Michael D'Arcy are removed from office following their refusal to resign in order to facilitate a reshuffle.
Changes 23 September 1986 Changes following the dismissal of Edward Collins.
Name	Office	Department(s)	Party
Richard Bruton	Minister of State for Energy Affairs	Department of Energy Department of Industry and Commerce	style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" |	Fine Gael

See also

• Minister of State
• Members of the 24th Dáil
• Government of the 24th Dáil