Minister of State at the Department of Health

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

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As of January 2025, there are three Ministers of State:

List of parliamentary secretaries

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
Richard Barry 14 March 19735 July 1977 Fine Gael 14th [1]

List of ministers of state

Department of Health 1980–1997

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Tom Nolan 25 March 198017 December 1980 Fianna Fáil 16th [2] [3]
Thomas Hussey 17 December 198030 June 1981 Fianna Fáil
Donal Creed 30 June 198111 November 1981 Fine Gael 17th [4] [5]
Mary Flaherty 30 June 19819 March 1982 Fine Gael Poverty and the Family
Gerry L'Estrange 11 November 19819 March 1982 Fine Gael
Fergus O'Brien 16 December 198215 December 1983 Fine Gael Public Health 19th [6] [7]
John Donnellan 15 December 198310 March 1987 Fine Gael Public Health
Terry Leyden 12 March 198712 July 1989 Fianna Fáil 20th [8]
Noel Treacy 19 July 19896 February 1991 Fianna Fáil 21st [9] [10]
Chris Flood 6 February 199113 February 1992 Fianna Fáil
13 February 199212 January 1993 22nd [11]
Willie O'Dea 14 January 199315 December 1994 Fianna Fáil 23rd [12]
Brian O'Shea 20 December 199426 June 1997 Labour Mental handicap, health promotion, food safety and public health 24th [13]
Austin Currie 20 December 199426 June 1997 Fine Gael

Department of Health and Children 1997–2011

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Frank Fahey 8 July 19971 February 2000 Fianna Fáil Children 25th [14] [15]
Tom Moffatt 8 July 19976 June 2002 Fianna Fáil Food safety and Older people
Mary Hanafin 1 February 20006 June 2002 Fianna Fáil Children
Ivor Callely 18 June 200229 September 2004 Fianna Fáil Older People 26th [16]
Brian Lenihan 18 June 200214 June 2007 Fianna Fáil Children
Tim O'Malley 18 June 200214 June 2007 Progressive Democrats Mental Health Services and Food Safety
Seán Power 29 September 200414 June 2007 Fianna Fáil Health Promotion
Brendan Smith 20 June 20077 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Children 27th [17]
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher 20 June 20077 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Health Promotion and Food Safety
Jimmy Devins 9 July 20077 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Disability issues and mental health
Máire Hoctor 9 July 20077 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Older People
Barry Andrews 7 May 20089 March 2011 Fianna Fáil Children and Youth Affairs 28th [18] [19]
John Moloney 13 May 200823 March 2010 Fianna Fáil Equality, Disability Issues and Mental Health
23 March 20109 March 2011 Disability Issues and Mental Health
Máire Hoctor 13 May 200822 April 2009 Fianna Fáil Older People
Mary Wallace 13 May 200822 April 2009 Fianna Fáil Health Promotion and Food Safety
Trevor Sargent 22 April 200923 February 2010 Green Food Safety
Áine Brady 22 April 20099 March 2011 Fianna Fáil Older People and Health Promotion

Department of Health 2011–present

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Róisín Shortall 10 March 201126 September 2012 Labour Primary Care 29th [20] [21] [22]
Kathleen Lynch 10 March 201115 July 2014 Labour Disability, Equality and Mental Health
15 July 20146 May 2016Primary Care, Mental Health and Disability
Alex White 2 October 201211 July 2014 Labour Primary Care
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin 22 April 20156 May 2016 Labour Drugs strategy [23]
Finian McGrath 6 May 201614 June 2017 Independent Disability Issues 30th [24] [25]
Helen McEntee 19 May 201614 June 2017 Fine Gael Mental Health and Older People
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy 19 May 201614 June 2017 Fine Gael Health Promotion
Catherine Byrne 19 May 201614 June 2017 Fine Gael Communities and the National Drugs Strategy
Finian McGrath 14 June 201727 June 2020 Independent Disability Issues 31st [26] [27]
Jim Daly 20 June 201727 June 2020 Fine Gael Mental Health and Older People
Catherine Byrne 20 June 201727 June 2020 Fine Gael Health Promotion and National Drugs Strategy
Frank Feighan 1 July 202017 December 2022 Fine Gael Public Health, Well Being, National Drugs Strategy 32nd [28]
Mary Butler 1 July 202023 January 2025 Fianna Fáil Mental Health and Older People 32nd [29]  • 33rd  • 34th  • 35th
Anne Rabbitte 1 July 20209 April 2024 Fianna Fáil Disability 32nd  • 33rd
Hildegarde Naughton 21 December 20229 April 2024 Fine Gael Public Health, Well Being, National Drugs Strategy 33rd
Colm Burke 10 April 202423 January 2025 Fine Gael Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy 34th [30]
Mary Butler 23 January 2025Incumbent Fianna Fáil Mental Health 35th [31]
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor 29 January 2025Incumbent Fianna Fáil Public health, well-being and drugs 35th
Kieran O'Donnell 29 January 2025Incumbent Fine Gael Older people 35th

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  23. ↑ Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2015 ( S.I. No. 308 of 2015 ). Signed on 14 July 2015. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland .Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 2 April 2021.
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  29. ↑ Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 394 of 2020 ). Signed on 22 September 2020. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland . Archived from the original on 20 October 2020.Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 January 2021.
  30. ↑ "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 April 2024.
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