The Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth of the Government of Ireland who performs functions delegated by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.
There are currently two Ministers of State, who were appointed in 2022: [1]
Name | Term of office | Party | Government | ||
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Patrick Lindsay [3] | 2 July 1956 | 24 October 1956 | Fine Gael | 7th | |
Pádraig Faulkner | 21 April 1965 | 10 March 1968 | Fianna Fáil | 11th • 12th | |
Gerry Collins [4] | 9 July 1969 | 9 May 1970 | Fianna Fáil | 13th | |
Michael F. Kitt [4] | 9 May 1970 | 5 February 1973 | Fianna Fáil |
Department of the Gaeltacht 1978–1993 | ||||||
Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
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Michael D'Arcy [5] | 16 December 1982 | 18 February 1986 | Fine Gael | 19th | ||
Denis Gallagher | 12 March 1987 | 12 July 1989 | Fianna Fáil | 20th | ||
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher [6] [7] | 19 July 1989 | 11 February 1992 | Fianna Fáil | 21st | ||
13 February 1992 | 12 January 1993 | 22nd | ||||
Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht 1993–1997 | ||||||
Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher [8] | 14 January 1993 | 9 June 1994 | Fianna Fáil | Gaeltacht [9] | 23rd | |
Donal Carey | 27 January 1995 | 26 June 1997 | Fine Gael | 24th | ||
Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands 1997–2002 | ||||||
Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Éamon Ó Cuív | 8 July 1997 | 19 February 2001 | Fianna Fáil | Gaeltacht and the islands | 25th | |
Mary Coughlan | 19 February 2001 | 6 June 2002 | Fianna Fáil | Gaeltacht and the islands | ||
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 2002–2007 | ||||||
Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Noel Ahern | 19 June 2002 | 29 September 2004 | Fianna Fáil | Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs | 26th | |
Pat Carey [10] | 20 June 2007 | 7 May 2008 | Fianna Fáil | Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs | 27th | |
Conor Lenihan [10] | 20 June 2007 | 7 May 2008 | Fianna Fáil | Integration policy | ||
13 May 2008 | 22 April 2009 | 28th | ||||
John Curran | 13 May 2008 | 22 April 2009 | Fianna Fáil | Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs [11] | ||
22 April 2009 | 23 March 2010 | Integration and Community [12] | ||||
Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs 2010–2011 | ||||||
Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Mary White [13] | 23 March 2010 | 23 January 2011 | Green | Equality, human rights and integration [14] | 28th | |
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth 2020–present | ||||||
Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Anne Rabbitte | 1 July 2020 | Incumbent | Fianna Fáil | Disability [15] | 32nd [16] • 33rd • 34th | |
Joe O'Brien | 21 December 2022 | Incumbent | Green | Integration | 33rd [17] • 34th |
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