The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of the Government of Ireland and assists the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.
There are currently two Ministers of State, who were appointed in 2020:
Name | Term of office | Party | Government | ||
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Paddy Smith | 1 January 1947 | 21 January 1947 | Fianna Fáil | 4th | |
Gerald Bartley | 19 June 1951 | 2 June 1954 | Fianna Fáil | 6th | |
Oliver J. Flanagan | 3 June 1954 | 20 March 1957 | Fine Gael | 7th | |
Patrick Lalor | 21 April 1965 | 10 November 1966 | Fianna Fáil | 11th | |
Don Davern | 16 November 1966 | 2 November 1968 | Fianna Fáil | 12th | |
Jerry Cronin | 2 July 1969 | 9 May 1970 | Fianna Fáil | 13th | |
Jackie Fahey | 9 May 1970 | 14 March 1973 | Fianna Fáil | ||
Michael Pat Murphy | 14 March 1973 | 9 February 1977 | Labour | 14th | |
Thomas Hussey | 5 July 1977 | 1 January 1978 | Fianna Fáil | 15th |
Department of Agriculture 1978–1987 | ||||||
Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
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Thomas Hussey | 1 January 1978 | 11 December 1979 | Fianna Fáil | 15th | ||
12 December 1979 | 17 December 1980 | 16th | ||||
Lorcan Allen | 12 December 1979 | 30 June 1981 | Fianna Fáil | 16th | ||
Michael Smith | 17 December 1980 | 30 June 1981 | Fianna Fáil | 16th | ||
Michael D'Arcy | 30 June 1981 | 9 March 1982 | Fine Gael | Production and Marketing | 17th | |
Ted Nealon | 30 June 1981 | 9 March 1982 | Fine Gael | Western Development | 17th | |
Lorcan Allen | 23 March 1982 | 14 December 1982 | Fianna Fáil | Land Commission, Production and Marketing | 18th | |
Bernard Cowen | 23 March 1982 | 14 December 1982 | Fianna Fáil | Disadvantaged Areas | 18th | |
Patrick Hegarty | 16 December 1982 | 10 March 1987 | Fine Gael | Production | 19th | |
Paul Connaughton Snr | 16 December 1982 | 10 March 1987 | Fine Gael | Land Structure and Development | 19th | |
Department of Agriculture and Food 1987–1993 | ||||||
Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Joe Walsh | 12 March 1987 | 12 July 1989 | Fianna Fáil | Food Industry | 20th | |
19 July 1989 | 11 February 1992 | 21st | ||||
Séamus Kirk | 12 March 1987 | 12 July 1989 | Fianna Fáil | Horticulture | 20th | |
19 July 1989 | 11 February 1992 | Fianna Fáil | Horticulture | 21st | ||
John Browne | 13 February 1992 | 12 January 1993 | Fianna Fáil | Food industry | 22nd | |
Liam Hyland | 13 February 1992 | 12 January 1993 | Fianna Fáil | Horticulture | ||
Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry 1993–1997 | ||||||
Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Liam Hyland | 14 January 1993 | 15 June 1994 | Fianna Fáil | Forestry and Rural Development | 23rd | |
Brian O'Shea | 14 January 1993 | 17 November 1994 | Labour | Food and Horticulture | 23rd | |
Jimmy Deenihan | 20 December 1994 | 26 June 1997 | Fine Gael | 24th | ||
Department of Agriculture and Food 1997–1999 | ||||||
Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Noel Davern | 8 July 1997 | 27 September 1999 | Fianna Fáil | Livestock breeding and horticulture | 25th | |
Ned O'Keeffe | 8 July 1997 | 27 September 1999 | Fianna Fáil | Food | 25th | |
Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development 1999–2002 | ||||||
Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Noel Davern | 27 September 1999 | 6 June 2002 | Fianna Fáil | Livestock breeding and horticulture | 25th | |
Ned O'Keeffe | 27 September 1999 | 17 February 2001 | Fianna Fáil | Food | 25th | |
Éamon Ó Cuív | 19 February 2001 | 6 June 2002 | Fianna Fáil | Rural development and the Western Development Commission | 25th | |
Department of Agriculture and Food 2002–2007 | ||||||
Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Noel Treacy | 19 June 2007 | 29 September 2004 | Fianna Fáil | Food and horticulture | 26th | |
Liam Aylward | 19 June 2007 | 29 September 2004 | Fianna Fáil | Animal Health and Welfare; and Customer Service | 26th | |
John Browne | 29 September 2004 | 14 February 2006 | Fianna Fáil | Forestry | 26th | |
Brendan Smith | 29 September 2004 | 14 June 2007 | Fianna Fáil | Food and Horticulture | 26th | |
Mary Wallace | 14 February 2006 | 14 June 2007 | Fianna Fáil | Forestry | 26th | |
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2007–2011 | ||||||
Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
John Browne | 20 June 2007 | 7 May 2008 | Fianna Fáil | Fisheries | 27th | |
Mary Wallace | 20 June 2007 | 7 May 2008 | Fianna Fáil | Forestry | 27th | |
Trevor Sargent | 20 June 2007 | 23 February 2010 | Green | Food and Horticulture | 27th • 28th | |
Tony Killeen | 13 May 2008 | 23 March 2010 | Fianna Fáil | Fisheries and Forestry | 28th | |
Ciarán Cuffe | 23 March 2010 | 23 January 2011 | Green | Horticulture | 28th | |
Seán Connick | 23 March 2010 | 9 March 2011 | Fianna Fáil | Fisheries and Forestry | 28th | |
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 2011–present | ||||||
Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Shane McEntee | 10 March 2011 | 21 December 2012 | Fine Gael | Food, Horticulture and Food Safety | 29th | |
Tom Hayes | 5 June 2013 | 6 May 2016 | Fine Gael | Food, Horticulture and Food Safety | 29th | |
Ann Phelan | 15 July 2014 | 6 May 2016 | Labour | Rural Economic Development | 29th | |
Andrew Doyle | 19 May 2016 | 14 June 2017 | Fine Gael | Food, Forestry and Horticulture | 30th | |
20 June 2017 | 27 June 2020 | 31st | ||||
Pippa Hackett [3] | 27 June 2020 | Incumbent | Green | Land Use and Biodiversity | 32nd [4] • 33rd [5] • 34th | |
Martin Heydon | 1 July 2020 | Incumbent | Fine Gael | Research & Development, Farm Safety and New Market Development |
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