Minister of State for European Affairs

The Minister of State for European Affairs is a junior ministerial post at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Ireland with special responsibility for European Affairs. The Minister works with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.

The current officeholder is Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, TD, who was appointed in April 2024.

List of ministers of state edit

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
George Birmingham[1]13 February 198610 March 1987Fine Gael19th
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn12 March 198715 November 1991Fianna Fáil20th • 21st
Michael P. Kitt[2]15 November 199111 February 1992Fianna Fáil22nd
Tom Kitt[3][4]13 February 199215 December 1994Fianna Fáil23rd
Gay Mitchell20 December 199426 June 1997Fine Gael24th
Dick Roche19 June 200229 September 2004Fianna Fáil26th
Noel Treacy29 September 200420 June 2007Fianna Fáil26th
Dick Roche20 June 20079 March 2011Fianna Fáil27th • 28th
Lucinda Creighton10 March 201111 July 2013Fine Gael29th
Paschal Donohoe12 July 201311 July 2014Fine Gael29th
Dara Murphy15 July 201420 June 2017Fine Gael29th • 30th
Helen McEntee20 June 201727 June 2020Fine Gael31st
Thomas Byrne1 July 202017 December 2022Fianna Fáil32nd[5]
Peter Burke21 December 20229 April 2024Fine Gael33rd[6]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill9 April 2024IncumbentFine Gael34th

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Ministerial Assignments and Titles: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (24th Dáil)". Oireachtas. 13 February 1986. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Ministers of State: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (26th Dáil)". Oireachtas. 15 November 1991. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Members of Government and Ministers of State: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (26th Dáil)". Oireachtas. 13 February 1992. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil)". Oireachtas. 10 February 1993. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. ^ "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 17 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Minister of State appointments". gov.ie. Department of the Taoiseach. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.