Minister of State at the Department of Finance

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The Minister of State at the Department of Finance is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Finance of the Government of Ireland. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank. The position was created on 1 January 1978, replacing the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance.

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The current Minister of State is Neale Richmond, TD, who was appointed in April 2024.

List of office-holders

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance 1924–1978

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
John M. O'Sullivan 1 December 192427 January 1926 Cumann na nGaedheal 2nd EC
Eamonn Duggan 10 May 192623 May 1927 Cumann na nGaedheal
Séamus Burke 24 June 19279 March 1932 Cumann na nGaedheal 3rd EC  • 4th EC  • 5th EC
Hugo Flinn 10 March 193228 January 1943 Fianna Fáil 6th EC  • 7th EC  • 8th EC  • 1st  • 2nd
Seán Moylan 10 February 194326 June 1943 Fianna Fáil 2nd
Paddy Smith 2 July 194331 December 1946 Fianna Fáil 3rd  • 4th
Seán O'Grady 1 January 194718 February 1948 Fianna Fáil 4th
Michael Donnellan 18 February 194813 June 1951 Clann na Talmhan 5th
Patrick Beegan 13 June 19512 June 1954 Fianna Fáil 6th
Michael Donnellan 2 June 195420 March 1957 Clann na Talmhan 7th
Patrick Beegan 20 March 195724 February 1958 Fianna Fáil 8th
Gerald Bartley 24 February 195823 July 1959 Fianna Fáil 8th  • 9th
Joseph Brennan 27 July 195915 September 1961 Fianna Fáil 9th
Donogh O'Malley 11 October 196121 April 1965 Fianna Fáil 10th
Jim Gibbons 21 April 19652 July 1969 Fianna Fáil 11th  • 12th
Noel Lemass 2 July 196914 March 1973 Fianna Fáil 13th
Henry Kenny 14 March 197330 September 1975 Fine Gael 14th
Michael Begley 30 September 197525 May 1977 Fine Gael
Pearse Wyse 5 July 19771 January 1978 Fianna Fáil 15th

Minister of State at the Department of Finance 1978–present

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
Pearse Wyse 1 January 197811 December 1979 Fianna Fáil 15th
Tom McEllistrim 13 December 197930 June 1981 Fianna Fáil 16th
Joseph Bermingham 30 June 19819 March 1982 Labour 17th
Barry Desmond 30 June 19819 March 1982 Labour
Sylvester Barrett 23 March 198214 December 1982 Fianna Fáil 18th
Joseph Bermingham 16 December 198213 February 1986 Labour 19th
Avril Doyle 18 February 198621 January 1987 Fine Gael
Noel Treacy 12 March 198712 July 1989 Fianna Fáil 20th
Brendan Daly 19 July 19896 February 1991 Fianna Fáil 21st
Vincent Brady 6 February 199115 November 1991 Fianna Fáil
John O'Donoghue 15 November 199113 February 1992 Fianna Fáil
Noel Treacy 13 February 199212 January 1993 Fianna Fáil 22nd
14 January 199315 December 1994 Fianna Fáil 23rd
Eithne FitzGerald 14 January 199317 November 1994 Labour
Noel Dempsey 14 January 199315 December 1994 Fianna Fáil
Phil Hogan 20 December 199410 February 1995 Fine Gael 24th
Avril Doyle 27 January 199526 June 1997 Fine Gael
Jim Higgins 10 February 199524 May 1995 Fine Gael
Hugh Coveney 24 May 199526 June 1997 Fine Gael
Martin Cullen 8 July 19976 June 2002 Fianna Fáil 25th
Tom Parlon 19 June 200220 June 2007 Progressive Democrats 26th
Noel Ahern 20 June 200713 May 2008 Fianna Fáil 27th
Martin Mansergh 13 May 20089 March 2011 Fianna Fáil 28th
Dara Calleary 23 March 20109 March 2011 Fianna Fáil
Brian Hayes 10 March 201123 May 2014 Fine Gael 29th
Simon Harris 15 July 20146 May 2016 Fine Gael
Eoghan Murphy 19 May 201614 June 2017 Fine Gael 30th
Michael W. D'Arcy 20 June 201727 June 2020 Fine Gael 31st [1]
Patrick O'Donovan 20 June 201727 June 2020 Fine Gael
Jack Chambers 1 July 202015 July 2020 Fianna Fáil 32nd [2]
Seán Fleming 15 July 202017 December 2022 Fianna Fáil
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill 21 December 20229 April 2024 Fine Gael 33rd [3]
Neale Richmond 10 April 2024Incumbent Fine Gael 34th [4]

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References

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  2. ↑ "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 3 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Carroll MacNeill and O'Donnell promoted to junior ministers". RTÉ News . 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Dillon, Higgins and Burke appointed as junior ministers". RTÉ News . 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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