Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Irish: An tAire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Incumbent
Darragh O'Brien
since 27 June 2020
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Member of
Reports toTaoiseach
SeatThe Custom House,
Dublin, Ireland
AppointerPresident of Ireland on the nomination of the Taoiseach
Inaugural holderW. T. Cosgrave as Minister for Local Government
Formation2 April 1919
WebsiteDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The current Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage is Darragh O'Brien, TD.

He is assisted by two Ministers of State:[1][2]

  • Malcolm Noonan, TD – Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform[3]
  • Alan Dillon, TD – Minister of State for Local Government and Planning

Overview

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The minister is responsible for, among other matters:

List of office-holders

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  Denotes acting Minister

Minister for Local Government 1919–1924

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NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)[a]
W. T. Cosgrave2 April 19199 September 1922Sinn Féin2nd DM • 3rd DM • 4th DM • 1st PG
Ernest Blythe30 August 192215 October 1923Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)2nd PG • 5th DM • 1st EC • 2nd EC
Séamus Burke15 October 19232 June 1924Cumann na nGaedheal2nd EC

Minister for Local Government and Public Health 1924–1947

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NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)
Séamus Burke2 June 192423 June 1927Cumann na nGaedheal2nd EC
Richard Mulcahy23 June 19279 March 1932Cumann na nGaedheal3rd EC • 4th EC • 5th EC
Seán T. O'Kelly9 March 19328 September 1939Fianna Fáil6th EC • 7th EC • 8th EC • 1st • 2nd
P. J. Ruttledge8 September 193914 August 1941Fianna Fáil2nd
Éamon de Valera (acting)15 August 194118 August 1941Fianna Fáil2nd
Seán MacEntee18 August 194122 January 1947Fianna Fáil2nd • 3rd • 4th

Minister for Local Government 1947–1977

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NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)
Seán MacEntee22 January 194718 February 1948Fianna Fáil4th
Timothy J. Murphy18 February 194829 April 1949Labour5th
William Norton (acting)3 May 194911 May 1949Labour5th
Michael Keyes11 May 194913 June 1951Labour5th
Paddy Smith (1st time)13 June 19512 June 1954Fianna Fáil6th
Patrick O'Donnell2 June 195420 March 1957Fine Gael7th
Paddy Smith (2nd time)20 March 195727 November 1957Fianna Fáil8th
Neil Blaney27 November 195710 November 1966Fianna Fáil8th • 9th • 10th • 11th
Kevin Boland10 November 19667 May 1970Fianna Fáil12th • 13th
Bobby Molloy9 May 197014 March 1973Fianna Fáil13th
James Tully14 March 19735 July 1977Labour14th
Sylvester Barrett5 July 197716 August 1977Fianna Fáil15th

Minister for the Environment 1977–1997

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NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)
Sylvester Barrett16 August 197715 October 1980Fianna Fáil15th • 16th
Ray Burke (1st time)15 October 198030 June 1981Fianna Fáil16th
Peter Barry30 June 19819 March 1982Fine Gael17th
Ray Burke (2nd time)9 March 198214 December 1982Fianna Fáil18th
Dick Spring14 December 198213 December 1983Labour19th
Liam Kavanagh13 December 198314 February 1986Labour19th
John Boland14 February 198610 March 1987Fine Gael19th
Pádraig Flynn10 March 19878 November 1991Fianna Fáil20th • 21st
John Wilson (acting)8 November 199114 November 1991Fianna Fáil21st
Rory O'Hanlon14 November 199114 February 1992Fianna Fáil21st
Michael Smith14 February 199214 December 1994Fianna Fáil22nd • 23rd
Brendan Howlin14 December 199426 June 1997Labour24th
Noel Dempsey26 June 199722 July 1997Fianna Fáil25th

Minister for Environment and Local Government 1997–2002

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NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)
Noel Dempsey22 July 19976 June 2002Fianna Fáil25th
Martin Cullen6 June 200210 June 2003Fianna Fáil26th

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 2002–2011

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NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)
Martin Cullen10 June 200329 September 2004Fianna Fáil26th
Dick Roche29 September 200414 June 2007Fianna Fáil26th
John Gormley14 June 200723 January 2011Green27th • 28th
Éamon Ó Cuív23 January 20119 March 2011Fianna Fáil28th
Phil Hogan9 March 20112 May 2011Fine Gael29th

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government 2011–2016

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NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)
Phil Hogan2 May 201111 July 2014Fine Gael29th
Alan Kelly11 July 20146 May 2016Labour29th
Simon Coveney6 May 201623 July 2016Fine Gael30th

Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government 2016–2017

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NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)
Simon Coveney23 July 201614 June 2017Fine Gael30th
Eoghan Murphy14 June 20171 August 2017Fine Gael31st

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government 2017–2020

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NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)
Eoghan Murphy1 August 201727 June 2020Fine Gael31st
Darragh O'Brien27 June 202030 September 2020Fianna Fáil32nd

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 2020–present

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NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)
Darragh O'Brien30 September 2020IncumbentFianna Fáil32nd • 33rd • 34th
Notes
  1. ^ Before 1937: DM – Dáil Ministry; PG – Provisional Government; EC – Executive Council.

References

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  1. ^ "List of Ministers and Ministers of State", Government of Ireland, archived from the original on 7 August 2020, retrieved 4 August 2020
  2. ^ "Who We Are". Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2020" (PDF). 22 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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