Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

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

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There are currently two Ministers of State: [1]

List of parliamentary secretaries

Department of Local Government and Public Health 1932–1947

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
Conn Ward 15 March 193213 July 1946 Fianna Fáil 6th EC [2]  • 7th EC [3]  • 8th EC [4]  • 1st [4]  • 2nd [5]  • 3rd [6]  • 4th [7]
Hugo Flinn 12 September 194128 January 1943 Fianna Fáil 2nd [5]
Erskine H. Childers 31 March 194418 February 1948 Fianna Fáil 3rd [6]  • 4th [7]

Department of Local Government 1948–1977

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
Brendan Corish 24 February 194813 June 1951 Labour 5th [8]
William Davin 3 June 19541 March 1956 Labour 7th [9]
Dan Spring 22 March 195620 March 1957 Labour
Paudge Brennan 21 April 19658 May 1970 Fianna Fáil 11th [10]  • 12th [11]  • 13th [12]
Liam Cunningham 9 May 197014 March 1973 Fianna Fáil 13th [13]
Michael Begley 14 March 197330 September 1975 Fine Gael 14th [14]
Oliver J. Flanagan 30 September 197516 December 1976 Fine Gael 14th [15]
Patrick J. Reynolds 17 December 19765 July 1977 Fine Gael 14th [16]

List of ministers of state

Department of the Environment 1978–1997

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
John O'Leary 1 January 197811 December 1979 Fianna Fáil Planning, Roads, Water Safety, Housing, Traffic, Water and Sewerage Schemes 15th [17]
Jackie Fahey 12 December 197930 June 1981 Fianna Fáil 16th [18]
Ger Connolly 12 December 197930 June 1981 Fianna Fáil
Fergus O'Brien 30 June 198111 November 1981 Fine Gael Housing 17th [19] [20]
Donal Creed 11 November 19819 March 1982 Fine Gael Housing
Ger Connolly 9 March 198214 December 1982 Fianna Fáil Housing 18th [21] [22]
Gerard Brady 9 March 198227 October 1982 Fianna Fáil Urban Renewal
Niall Andrews 28 October 198214 December 1982 Fianna Fáil Urban Renewal
Ruairi Quinn 14 December 198213 December 1983 Labour Urban Affairs and Housing 19th [23] [24] [25]
Fergus O'Brien 15 December 198310 March 1987 Fine Gael Urban Affairs, Housing and Local Government Reform
Toddy O'Sullivan 13 February 198610 March 1987 Labour Grants Administration
Avril Doyle 18 February 198610 March 1987 Fine Gael Environmental Protection
Ger Connolly 12 March 198712 July 1989 Fianna Fáil Urban Renewal 20th [26]
12 July 198911 February 1992 21st [27]
Mary Harney 12 July 198911 February 1992 Progressive Democrats Protection of the Environment
11 February 19924 November 1992 22nd [28]
Dan Wallace 13 February 199212 January 1993 Fianna Fáil
John Browne 14 January 199315 December 1994 Fianna Fáil Environmental Protection 23rd [29]
Emmet Stagg 14 January 199317 November 1994 Labour Housing and Urban Renewal
Bernard Allen 20 December 199426 June 1997 Fine Gael Local government reform 24th [30]
Liz McManus 20 December 199426 June 1997 Democratic Left

Department of the Environment and Local Government 1997–2003

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Bobby Molloy 8 July 19979 April 2002 Progressive Democrats Housing and Urban Renewal 25th [31]
Dan Wallace 8 July 19976 June 2002 Fianna Fáil Environmental information and awareness

Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 2003–2011

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher 18 June 200229 September 2004 Fianna Fáil Environmental Protection 26th [32]
Noel Ahern 18 June 200214 June 2007 Fianna Fáil Housing and Urban Renewal
Batt O'Keeffe 29 September 200414 June 2007 Fianna Fáil Environmental Protection
20 June 20077 May 2008Housing, Urban Renewal and Developing Areas 27th [33]
Tony Killeen 20 June 20077 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Environment and Energy
Máire Hoctor 9 July 20077 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Older People
13 May 200821 April 2009 28th [34]
Michael Kitt 13 May 200821 April 2009 Fianna Fáil Local Services
Michael Finneran 13 May 200821 April 2009 Fianna Fáil Housing, Urban Renewal and Developing Areas
22 April 20099 March 2011Housing and Local Services
Áine Brady 22 April 20099 March 2011 Fianna Fáil Older People and Health Promotion
Ciarán Cuffe 23 March 201023 January 2011 Green Horticulture, Sustainable Travel and Planning; and Heritage

Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government 2011–2017

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Willie Penrose 9 March 201120 December 2011 Labour Housing and Planning 29th [35]
Fergus O'Dowd 10 March 201115 July 2014 Fine Gael NewERA Project
Jan O'Sullivan 20 December 201111 July 2014 Labour Housing and Planning
Paudie Coffey 15 July 20146 May 2016 Fine Gael Housing, Planning and Construction 2020 Strategy

Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government 2016–2017

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Damien English 19 May 201614 June 2017 Fine Gael Housing and Urban Renewal 30th [36]
Catherine Byrne 19 May 201614 June 2017 Fine Gael Communities and the National Drugs Strategy

Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government 2017–2020

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
John Paul Phelan 20 June 201727 June 2020 Fine Gael Local Government and Electoral Reform 31st [37]
Damien English 20 June 201727 June 2020 Fine Gael Housing and Urban Development

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage 2020–present

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Peter Burke 19 July 202021 December 2022 Fine Gael Local Government and Planning 32nd [38]
Kieran O'Donnell 21 December 202210 April 2024 Fine Gael Local Government and Planning 32nd  • 33rd [39]
Malcolm Noonan 16 July 2020Incumbent Green Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform 32nd  • 33rd  • 34th
Alan Dillon 10 April 2024Incumbent Fine Gael Local Government and Planning 34th

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