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Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment

List of Irish Ministers of State

Summary

List of Irish Ministers of State

The Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment of the Government of Ireland and assists the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.

There are currently two Ministers of State:

  • Niamh Smyth, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for trade promotion, artificial intelligence and digital transformation
  • Alan Dillon, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for small businesses and retail

List of parliamentary secretaries

NameTerm of officePartyGovernmentNameTerm of officePartyGovernment
James Dolan11 October 19279 March 19324th EC5th EC
Seán Moylan21 July 19379 February 19438th EC1st
Seán O'Grady9 February 194331 December 19462nd4th
Liam Cosgrave24 February 194813 June 19515th
Patrick Crotty2 June 195420 March 19577th
Gerald Bartley20 March 195724 February 19588th
Michael Hilliard24 February 195823 June 1959
Seán Flanagan21 April 196510 November 196611th
Gerry Collins2 July 19699 May 197013th
John Bruton14 March 197325 May 197714th
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn5 July 19771 January 197815th

List of ministers of state

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn1 January 197811 December 197915th
Ray Burke1 January 197811 December 1979
Ray Burke12 December 197915 October 198016th
Thomas Meaney25 March 198030 June 1981
Denis Gallagher15 October 198030 June 1981
Michael Begley30 June 19819 March 1982Tourism17th
Seán Calleary28 October 198214 December 1982Tourism18th
Michael Moynihan16 December 198220 January 1987Tourism19th
Edward Collins15 December 198323 September 1986Commercial Affairs19th
Patrick Hegarty13 February 198610 March 198719th
Richard Bruton23 September 198610 March 1987Energy Affairs
Séamus Brennan12 March 198712 July 1989Trade and Marketing20th
Seán McCarthy12 March 198712 July 1989Science and Technology
Terry Leyden19 July 198911 February 1992Trade and Marketing21st
Michael Smith19 July 198915 November 1991Science and Technology
Mary O'Rourke13 February 199212 January 1993Trade and Marketing22nd
Michael Ahern13 February 199212 January 1993Science and Technology
Mary O'Rourke14 January 199315 December 1994Labour Affairs23rd
Séamus Brennan14 January 199315 December 1994Commerce and Technology
Pat Rabbitte20 December 199426 June 1997Commerce, science and technology and consumer affairs24th
Eithne FitzGerald20 December 199426 June 1997Labour Affairs
Michael Smith8 July 19979 October 1997Science and technology25th
Noel Treacy9 October 199718 June 2002Science and technology
Tom Kitt8 July 199718 June 2002Labour affairs, consumer rights and international trade
Frank Fahey18 June 200229 September 2004Labour Affairs26th
Michael Ahern18 June 200220 June 2007Trade and Commerce
20 June 200713 May 2008Innovation Policy27th
Tony Killeen29 September 200420 June 2007Labour Affairs26th
Seán Haughey20 June 200713 May 2008Lifelong Learning and School Transport27th
13 May 20089 March 201128th
Billy Kelleher20 June 200713 May 2008Labour Affairs27th
13 May 200821 April 200928th
22 April 20099 March 2011Trade and Commerce28th
John McGuinness9 July 200713 May 2008Trade and Commerce27th
13 May 200821 April 200928th
Jimmy Devins9 July 20077 May 2008Disability Issues and Mental Health27th
13 May 200821 April 2009Science, Technology and Innovation28th
John Moloney13 May 200822 March 2010Equality, Disability Issues and Mental Health
Conor Lenihan22 April 20099 March 2011Science, Technology, Innovation and Natural Resources
Dara Calleary22 April 200922 March 2010Labour Affairs
John Moloney23 March 20109 March 2011Disability Issues and Mental Health28th
Dara Calleary23 March 20109 March 2011Public Service Transformation and Labour Affairs
John Perry10 March 201115 July 2014Small Business29th
Seán Sherlock19 March 201115 July 2014Research and Innovation
Damien English15 July 201419 May 2016Skills, Research and Innovation
Ged Nash15 July 20146 May 2016Business and Employment
Pat Breen19 May 201620 June 2017Employment and Small Business30th
John Halligan19 May 201620 June 2017Training and Skills
Pat Breen20 June 201727 June 2020Trade, Employment, Business31st
John Halligan20 June 201727 June 2020Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development
Damien English1 July 202017 December 2022Employment affairs and retail businesses32nd
Robert Troy1 July 202024 August 2022Trade promotion
Dara Calleary31 August 202217 December 2022Trade promotion, digital and company regulation
Damien English21 December 202212 January 2023Employment affairs and retail businesses33rd
Dara Calleary21 December 202223 January 2025Trade promotion, digital and company regulation33rd34th
Neale Richmond13 January 202310 April 2024Employment affairs and retail businesses33rd
Emer Higgins10 April 202423 January 2025Business, employment and retail34th
Niamh Smyth29 January 2025IncumbentTrade promotion, artificial intelligence and digital transformation35th
Alan DillonSmall businesses and retail

References

References

  1. "Ministers – Who We Are – Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment".
  2. "History of Government – Sixth Dáil – Parliamentary Secretaries". Department of the Taoiseach.
  3. "History of Government – Ninth Dáil – Parliamentary Secretaries". Department of the Taoiseach.
  4. "History of Government – Tenth Dáil – Parliamentary Secretaries". Department of the Taoiseach.
  5. "History of Government – Eleventh Dáil – Parliamentary Secretaries". Department of the Taoiseach.
  6. "History of Government – Twelfth Dáil – Parliamentary Secretaries". Department of the Taoiseach.
  7. "Appointment of Members of Government and Parliamentary Secretaries – Dáil Éireann (13th Dáil) – Wednesday, 25 February 1948".
  8. "Appointment of Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (21st Dáil) – Thursday, 27 March 1980".
  9. (7 July 2020). "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil)".
  10. (21 December 2022). "Carroll MacNeill and O'Donnell promoted to junior ministers". [[RTÉ News]].
  11. (13 January 2022). "Neale Richmond to replace English as junior minister". [[RTÉ News]].
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