Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection

The Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Social Protection of the Government of Ireland who may perform functions delegated by the Minister for Social Protection. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.

There are currently two Ministers of State:[1]

  • Joe O'Brien, TD – Minister of State with special responsibility for Community development and charities; and
  • TBA, TD – Minister of State with special responsibility for Employment affairs and retail business

List of parliamentary secretaries edit

Department of Social Welfare 1951–1977 edit

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
Michael Kennedy19 June 19512 June 1954Fianna Fáil6th[2]
21 March 195711 November 19618th[3] • 9th[4]
Johnny Geoghegan9 July 196914 March 1973Fianna Fáil13th[5]
Frank Cluskey14 March 19735 July 1977Labour14th[6]

List of ministers of state edit

Department of Social Welfare 1980–1997 edit

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Tom Nolan25 March 198017 December 1980Fianna Fáil16th[7][8]
Thomas Hussey17 December 198030 June 1981Fianna Fáil
Mary Flaherty30 June 19819 March 1982Fine GaelPoverty and the Family17th[9]
Denis Gallagher23 March 198227 October 1982Fianna FáilSocial Welfare Claims18th[10][11]
Rory O'Hanlon28 October 198214 December 1982Fianna FáilSocial Welfare Claims
Fergus O'Brien16 December 198215 December 1983Fine GaelSocial Welfare Information19th[12][13]
John Donnellan15 December 198310 March 1987Fine GaelSocial Welfare Information
Séamus Pattison15 December 198320 January 1987LabourSocial Welfare Administration
Joan Burton14 January 199315 December 1994LabourEC Poverty Plans and Tax and Social Welfare Codes[14]23rd[15]
Bernard Durkan20 December 199426 June 1997Fine Gael24th[16]

Department of Social and Family Affairs 2007–2010 edit

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Máire Hoctor9 July 20077 May 2008Fianna FáilOlder People27th[17]
13 May 200822 April 200928th[18][19]
Áine Brady22 April 20099 March 2011Fianna FáilOlder People and Health Promotion

Department of Social Protection 2010–2017 edit

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Kevin Humphreys15 July 20146 May 2016LabourEmployment, Community and Social Support[20][21][22]29th[23]
Finian McGrath6 May 201614 June 2017IndependentDisability Issues[24]30th[25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection 2017–2020 edit

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Finian McGrath20 June 201727 June 2020IndependentDisability Issues[26]31st[27]
Pat Breen20 June 201727 June 2020Fine GaelTrade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection

Department of Social Protection 2020–present edit

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Damien English19 July 202012 January 2023Fine GaelEmployment Affairs and Retail Business32nd • 33rd[28][29]
Neale Richmond13 January 202310 April 2024Fine GaelEmployment Affairs and Retail Businesses
Joe O'Brien19 July 2020IncumbentGreenCommunity Development and Charities32nd • 33rd • 34th

References edit

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