Minister of State at the Department of Finance

The Minister of State at the Department of Finance is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Finance of the Government of Ireland. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank. The position was created on 1 January 1978, replacing the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance.

List of office-holders edit

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance 1924–1978 edit

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
John M. O'Sullivan1 December 192427 January 1926Cumann na nGaedheal2nd EC
Eamonn Duggan10 May 192623 May 1927Cumann na nGaedheal
Séamus Burke24 June 19279 March 1932Cumann na nGaedheal3rd EC • 4th EC • 5th EC
Hugo Flinn10 March 193228 January 1943Fianna Fáil6th EC • 7th EC • 8th EC • 1st • 2nd
Seán Moylan10 February 194326 June 1943Fianna Fáil2nd
Paddy Smith2 July 194331 December 1946Fianna Fáil3rd • 4th
Seán O'Grady1 January 194718 February 1948Fianna Fáil4th
Michael Donnellan18 February 194813 June 1951Clann na Talmhan5th
Patrick Beegan13 June 19512 June 1954Fianna Fáil6th
Michael Donnellan2 June 195420 March 1957Clann na Talmhan7th
Patrick Beegan20 March 195724 February 1958Fianna Fáil8th
Gerald Bartley24 February 195823 July 1959Fianna Fáil8th • 9th
Joseph Brennan27 July 195915 September 1961Fianna Fáil9th
Donogh O'Malley11 October 196121 April 1965Fianna Fáil10th
Jim Gibbons21 April 19652 July 1969Fianna Fáil11th • 12th
Noel Lemass2 July 196914 March 1973Fianna Fáil13th
Henry Kenny14 March 197330 September 1975Fine Gael14th
Michael Begley30 September 197525 May 1977Fine Gael
Pearse Wyse5 July 19771 January 1978Fianna Fáil15th

Minister of State at the Department of Finance 1978–present edit

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
Pearse Wyse1 January 197811 December 1979Fianna Fáil15th
Tom McEllistrim13 December 197930 June 1981Fianna Fáil16th
Joseph Bermingham30 June 19819 March 1982Labour17th
Barry Desmond30 June 19819 March 1982Labour
Sylvester Barrett23 March 198214 December 1982Fianna Fáil18th
Joseph Bermingham16 December 198213 February 1986Labour19th
Avril Doyle18 February 198621 January 1987Fine Gael
Noel Treacy12 March 198712 July 1989Fianna Fáil20th
Brendan Daly19 July 19896 February 1991Fianna Fáil21st
Vincent Brady6 February 199115 November 1991Fianna Fáil
John O'Donoghue15 November 199113 February 1992Fianna Fáil
Noel Treacy13 February 199212 January 1993Fianna Fáil22nd
14 January 199315 December 1994Fianna Fáil23rd
Eithne FitzGerald14 January 199317 November 1994Labour
Noel Dempsey14 January 199315 December 1994Fianna Fáil
Phil Hogan20 December 199410 February 1995Fine Gael24th
Avril Doyle27 January 199526 June 1997Fine Gael
Jim Higgins10 February 199524 May 1995Fine Gael
Hugh Coveney24 May 199526 June 1997Fine Gael
Martin Cullen8 July 19976 June 2002Fianna Fáil25th
Tom Parlon19 June 200220 June 2007Progressive Democrats26th
Noel Ahern20 June 200713 May 2008Fianna Fáil27th
Martin Mansergh13 May 20089 March 2011Fianna Fáil28th
Dara Calleary23 March 20109 March 2011Fianna Fáil
Brian Hayes10 March 201123 May 2014Fine Gael29th
Simon Harris15 July 20146 May 2016Fine Gael
Eoghan Murphy19 May 201614 June 2017Fine Gael30th
Michael W. D'Arcy20 June 201727 June 2020Fine Gael31st[1]
Patrick O'Donovan20 June 201727 June 2020Fine Gael
Jack Chambers1 July 202015 July 2020Fianna Fáil32nd[2]
Seán Fleming15 July 202017 December 2022Fianna Fáil
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill21 December 20229 April 2024Fine Gael33rd[3]
Neale Richmond10 April 2024IncumbentFine Gael34th[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (32nd Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 7 July 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Carroll MacNeill and O'Donnell promoted to junior ministers". RTÉ News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Dillon, Higgins and Burke appointed as junior ministers". RTÉ News. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.