Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs

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The Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Government of Ireland who may perform functions delegated by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.

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There are currently two Ministers of State:

List of parliamentary secretaries

Department of External Affairs 1933–1943

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
Patrick Little 1 March 193327 September 1939 Fianna Fáil 7th EC  • 8th EC  • 1st  • 2nd
Paddy Smith 27 September 19391 July 1943 Fianna Fáil 2nd

Department of Foreign Affairs 1977–1978

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
David Andrews 5 July 19771 January 1978 Fianna Fáil 15th

List of ministers of state

Department of Foreign Affairs 1978–2011

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
David Andrews 1 January 197811 December 1979 Fianna Fáil 15th
Jim O'Keeffe 30 June 19819 March 1982 Fine Gael Overseas development 17th [1]
16 December 198213 February 1986 19th [2]
George Birmingham 13 February 198610 March 1987 Fine Gael European Affairs and Development Co-operation
Seán Calleary 12 March 198712 July 1989 Fianna Fáil Overseas Aid 20th [3]
19 July 198911 February 1992 21st [4]
Brendan Daly 13 February 199212 January 1993 Fianna Fáil 22nd [5]
Tom Kitt 14 January 199315 December 1994 Fianna Fáil European Affairs and Overseas development assistance 23rd [6]
Joan Burton 20 December 199426 June 1997 Labour Overseas development assistance 24th [7]
Gay Mitchell 20 December 199426 June 1997 Fine Gael European Affairs
Liz O'Donnell 1 July 19976 June 2002 Progressive Democrats Overseas development assistance and Human rights 25th [8]
Dick Roche 6 June 200229 September 2004 Fianna Fáil European Affairs 26th [9] [10]
Tom Kitt 19 June 200229 September 2004 Fianna Fáil Overseas development and Human rights
Conor Lenihan 5 October 200420 June 2007 Fianna Fáil Overseas development
Noel Treacy 29 September 200420 June 2007 Fianna Fáil European Affairs
Michael Kitt 20 June 200713 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Overseas development 27th [11]
Dick Roche 14 June 20079 March 2011 Fianna Fáil European Affairs 27th  • 28th
Peter Power 13 May 20089 March 2011 Fianna Fáil Overseas development 28th [12]

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 2011–2020

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Jan O'Sullivan 10 March 201120 December 2011 Labour Trade and Development 29th [13] [14]
Lucinda Creighton 10 March 201111 July 2013 Fine Gael European Affairs
Joe Costello 20 December 201115 July 2014 Labour Trade and Development
Paschal Donohoe 12 July 201311 July 2014 Fine Gael European Affairs
Seán Sherlock 15 July 20146 May 2016 Labour Overseas development aid, Trade promotion and North–South co-operation
Jimmy Deenihan 15 July 20146 May 2016 Fine Gael Diaspora
Dara Murphy 15 July 201420 June 2017 Fine Gael European Affairs 29th  • 30th
Joe McHugh 19 May 201616 June 2017 Fine Gael Diaspora and Overseas development aid 30th [15]
Ciarán Cannon 20 June 201727 June 2020 Fine Gael Diaspora and International development 31st [16]
Helen McEntee 20 June 201727 June 2020 Fine Gael European Affairs

Department of Foreign Affairs 2020–2025

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Colm Brophy 1 July 202017 December 2022 Fine Gael Overseas development aid and the Diaspora 32nd [17]
Thomas Byrne 1 July 202017 December 2022 Fianna Fáil European Affairs
Peter Burke 21 December 20229 April 2024 Fine Gael European Affairs 33rd
Seán Fleming 21 December 202223 January 2025 Fianna Fáil International development and the Diaspora 33rd [18]  • 34th
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill 9 April 202423 January 2025 Fine Gael European Affairs 34th

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 2025–present

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Thomas Byrne 29 January 2025Incumbent Fianna Fáil European Affairs 35th
Neale Richmond 29 January 2025Incumbent Fine Gael International development and diaspora

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