Minister of State at the Department of Finance

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.

The current Minister of State is Robert Troy, TD, who was appointed in January 2025.

List of office-holders

Name	Term of office		Party		Government
John M. O'Sullivan	1 December 1924	27 January 1926		Cumann na nGaedheal	2nd EC
Eamonn Duggan	10 May 1926	23 May 1927		Cumann na nGaedheal
Séamus Burke	24 June 1927	9 March 1932		Cumann na nGaedheal	3rd EC  • 4th EC  • 5th EC
Hugo Flinn	10 March 1932	28 January 1943		Fianna Fáil	6th EC  • 7th EC  • 8th EC  • 1st  • 2nd
Seán Moylan	10 February 1943	26 June 1943		Fianna Fáil	2nd
Paddy Smith	2 July 1943	31 December 1946		Fianna Fáil	3rd  • 4th
Seán O'Grady	1 January 1947	18 February 1948		Fianna Fáil	4th
Michael Donnellan	18 February 1948	13 June 1951		Clann na Talmhan	5th
Patrick Beegan	13 June 1951	2 June 1954		Fianna Fáil	6th
Michael Donnellan	2 June 1954	20 March 1957		Clann na Talmhan	7th
Patrick Beegan	20 March 1957	24 February 1958		Fianna Fáil	8th
Gerald Bartley	24 February 1958	23 July 1959		Fianna Fáil	8th  • 9th
Joseph Brennan	27 July 1959	15 September 1961		Fianna Fáil	9th
Donogh O'Malley	11 October 1961	21 April 1965		Fianna Fáil	10th
Jim Gibbons	21 April 1965	2 July 1969		Fianna Fáil	11th  • 12th
Noel Lemass	2 July 1969	14 March 1973		Fianna Fáil	13th
Henry Kenny	14 March 1973	30 September 1975		Fine Gael	14th
Michael Begley	30 September 1975	25 May 1977		Fine Gael
Pearse Wyse	5 July 1977	1 January 1978		Fianna Fáil	15th
Name	Term of office		Party		Government
Pearse Wyse	1 January 1978	11 December 1979		Fianna Fáil	15th
Tom McEllistrim	13 December 1979	30 June 1981		Fianna Fáil	16th
Joseph Bermingham	30 June 1981	9 March 1982		Labour	17th
Barry Desmond	30 June 1981	9 March 1982		Labour
Sylvester Barrett	23 March 1982	14 December 1982		Fianna Fáil	18th
Joseph Bermingham	16 December 1982	13 February 1986		Labour	19th
Avril Doyle	18 February 1986	21 January 1987		Fine Gael
Noel Treacy	12 March 1987	12 July 1989		Fianna Fáil	20th
Brendan Daly	19 July 1989	6 February 1991		Fianna Fáil	21st
Vincent Brady	6 February 1991	15 November 1991		Fianna Fáil
John O'Donoghue	15 November 1991	13 February 1992		Fianna Fáil
Noel Treacy	13 February 1992	12 January 1993		Fianna Fáil	22nd
	14 January 1993	15 December 1994		Fianna Fáil	23rd
Eithne FitzGerald	14 January 1993	17 November 1994		Labour
Noel Dempsey	14 January 1993	15 December 1994		Fianna Fáil
Phil Hogan	20 December 1994	10 February 1995		Fine Gael	24th
Avril Doyle	27 January 1995	26 June 1997		Fine Gael
Jim Higgins	10 February 1995	24 May 1995		Fine Gael
Hugh Coveney	24 May 1995	26 June 1997		Fine Gael
Martin Cullen	8 July 1997	6 June 2002		Fianna Fáil	25th
Tom Parlon	19 June 2002	20 June 2007		Progressive Democrats	26th
Noel Ahern	20 June 2007	13 May 2008		Fianna Fáil	27th
Martin Mansergh	13 May 2008	9 March 2011		Fianna Fáil	28th
Dara Calleary	23 March 2010	9 March 2011		Fianna Fáil
Brian Hayes	10 March 2011	23 May 2014		Fine Gael	29th
Simon Harris	15 July 2014	6 May 2016		Fine Gael
Eoghan Murphy	19 May 2016	14 June 2017		Fine Gael	30th
Michael W. D'Arcy	20 June 2017	27 June 2020		Fine Gael	31st [1]
Patrick O'Donovan	20 June 2017	27 June 2020		Fine Gael
Jack Chambers	1 July 2020	15 July 2020		Fianna Fáil	32nd [2]
Seán Fleming	15 July 2020	17 December 2022		Fianna Fáil
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill	21 December 2022	9 April 2024		Fine Gael	33rd [3]
Neale Richmond	10 April 2024	23 January 2025		Fine Gael	34th [4]
Robert Troy	29 January 2025	Incumbent		Fianna Fáil	35th

References

1. "Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (32nd Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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.