Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

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A Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine of the Government of Ireland and assists the Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.

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As of January 2025, there is one Minister of State:

List of parliamentary secretaries

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
Paddy Smith 1 January 194721 January 1947 Fianna Fáil 4th
Gerald Bartley 19 June 19512 June 1954 Fianna Fáil 6th
Oliver J. Flanagan 3 June 195420 March 1957 Fine Gael 7th
Patrick Lalor 21 April 196510 November 1966 Fianna Fáil 11th
Don Davern 16 November 19662 November 1968 Fianna Fáil 12th
Jerry Cronin 2 July 19699 May 1970 Fianna Fáil 13th
Jackie Fahey 9 May 197014 March 1973 Fianna Fáil
Michael Pat Murphy 14 March 19739 February 1977 Labour 14th
Thomas Hussey 5 July 19771 January 1978 Fianna Fáil 15th

List of ministers of state

Department of Agriculture 1978–1987

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Thomas Hussey 1 January 197811 December 1979 Fianna Fáil 15th
12 December 197917 December 1980 16th
Lorcan Allen 12 December 197930 June 1981 Fianna Fáil 16th
Michael Smith 17 December 198030 June 1981 Fianna Fáil 16th
Michael D'Arcy 30 June 19819 March 1982 Fine Gael Production and Marketing 17th
Ted Nealon 30 June 19819 March 1982 Fine Gael Western Development 17th
Lorcan Allen 23 March 198214 December 1982 Fianna Fáil Land Commission, Production and Marketing 18th
Bernard Cowen 23 March 198214 December 1982 Fianna Fáil Disadvantaged Areas 18th
Patrick Hegarty 16 December 198210 March 1987 Fine Gael Production 19th
Paul Connaughton Snr 16 December 198210 March 1987 Fine Gael Land Structure and Development 19th

Department of Agriculture and Food 1987–1993

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Joe Walsh 12 March 198712 July 1989 Fianna Fáil Food Industry 20th
19 July 198911 February 1992 21st
Séamus Kirk 12 March 198712 July 1989 Fianna Fáil Horticulture 20th
19 July 198911 February 1992 Fianna Fáil Horticulture 21st
John Browne 13 February 199212 January 1993 Fianna Fáil Food industry 22nd
Liam Hyland 13 February 199212 January 1993 Fianna Fáil Horticulture

Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry 1993–1997

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Liam Hyland 14 January 199315 June 1994 Fianna Fáil Forestry and Rural Development 23rd
Brian O'Shea 14 January 199317 November 1994 Labour Food and Horticulture 23rd
Jimmy Deenihan 20 December 199426 June 1997 Fine Gael 24th

Department of Agriculture and Food 1997–1999

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Noel Davern 8 July 199727 September 1999 Fianna Fáil Livestock breeding and horticulture 25th
Ned O'Keeffe 8 July 199727 September 1999 Fianna Fáil Food 25th

Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development 1999–2002

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Noel Davern 27 September 19996 June 2002 Fianna Fáil Livestock breeding and horticulture 25th
Ned O'Keeffe 27 September 199917 February 2001 Fianna Fáil Food 25th
Éamon Ó Cuív 19 February 20016 June 2002 Fianna Fáil Rural development and the Western Development Commission 25th

Department of Agriculture and Food 2002–2007

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Noel Treacy 19 June 200729 September 2004 Fianna Fáil Food and horticulture 26th
Liam Aylward 19 June 200729 September 2004 Fianna Fáil Animal Health and Welfare; and Customer Service 26th
John Browne 29 September 200414 February 2006 Fianna Fáil Forestry 26th
Brendan Smith 29 September 200414 June 2007 Fianna Fáil Food and Horticulture 26th
Mary Wallace 14 February 200614 June 2007 Fianna Fáil Forestry 26th

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2007–2011

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
John Browne 20 June 20077 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Fisheries 27th
Mary Wallace 20 June 20077 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Forestry 27th
Trevor Sargent 20 June 200723 February 2010 Green Food and Horticulture 27th  • 28th
Tony Killeen 13 May 200823 March 2010 Fianna Fáil Fisheries and Forestry 28th
Ciarán Cuffe 23 March 201023 January 2011 Green Horticulture 28th
Seán Connick 23 March 20109 March 2011 Fianna Fáil Fisheries and Forestry 28th

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 2011–2025

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Shane McEntee 10 March 201121 December 2012 Fine Gael Food, Horticulture and Food Safety 29th
Tom Hayes 5 June 20136 May 2016 Fine Gael Food, Horticulture and Food Safety 29th
Ann Phelan 15 July 20146 May 2016 Labour Rural Economic Development 29th
Andrew Doyle 19 May 201614 June 2017 Fine Gael Food, Forestry and Horticulture 30th
20 June 201727 June 2020 31st
Pippa Hackett [1] 27 June 202023 January 2025 Green Land Use and Biodiversity 32nd [2]  • 33rd [3]  • 34th
Martin Heydon 1 July 202023 January 2025 Fine Gael Research & Development, Farm Safety and New Market Development

Department of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine 2025–present

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Noel Grealish 23 January 2025Incumbent Independent Food promotion, new markets, research and development 35th [4]

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  1. ↑ Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2021 ( S.I. No. 40 of 2021 ). Signed on 2 February 2021. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland .Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 15 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Tuesday, 7 July 2020". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Carroll MacNeill and O'Donnell promoted to junior ministers". RTÉ News . 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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