Minister of State at the Department of Transport

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

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The Department of Transport and Power was created in 1959; in 1984, as the Department of Transport, it was abolished and its functions were transferred to the Department of Communications. The Department of the Public Service was created in 1973; in 1987, its original functions were transferred to the Department of Finance, and it is the legal predecessor of the current Department of Transport. For this reason, the lists below show overlapping departments.

As of January 2025, the Minister of State is Seán Canney, TD. Canney is also a super junior minister, which is a minister of state in attendance at cabinet, but without a vote.

List of parliamentary secretaries

Department of Transport and Power 1959–1977

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
Patrick Lalor 16 November 19662 July 1969 Fianna Fáil 12th [1]

Department of Tourism and Transport 1977–1978

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
Tom Fitzpatrick 5 July 19771 January 1978 Fianna Fáil 15th [2]

Department of the Public Service 1973–1978

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
Patrick J. Reynolds 17 December 197625 May 1977 Fine Gael 14th [3]

List of ministers of state

Department of Tourism and Transport 1978–1980

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick 1 January 197811 December 1979 Fianna Fáil 15th [4]

Department of Transport 1980–1984

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Pádraig Flynn 25 March 198030 June 1981 Fianna Fáil 16th [5]
Terry Leyden 23 March 198214 December 1982 Fianna Fáil 18th [6]
John Donnellan 16 December 198215 December 1983 Fine Gael 19th [7]

Department of the Public Service 1978–1987

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Ray MacSharry 1 January 197811 December 1979 Fianna Fáil 15th [4] [8]
Seán Calleary 12 December 197930 June 1981 Fianna Fáil 16th [9]
Jim O'Keeffe 13 February 198610 March 1987 Fine Gael 19th [10]

Department of Tourism and Transport 1987–1991

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Denis Lyons 31 March 198712 July 1989 Fianna Fáil Tourism 20th [11]
19 July 19897 February 1991 21st [12] [13]
Frank Fahey 26 September 19897 February 1991 Fianna Fáil

Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications 1991–1993

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Denis Lyons 7 February 199111 February 1992 Fianna Fáil Tourism 21st
Frank Fahey 7 February 199111 February 1992 Fianna Fáil
Brendan Kenneally 13 February 199212 January 1993 Fianna Fáil 22nd [14]

Department of Transport, Energy and Communications 1993–1997

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Noel Treacy 14 January 199315 December 1994 Fianna Fáil Energy 23rd [15]
Emmet Stagg 20 December 199426 June 1997 Labour 24th [16] [17]
Avril Doyle 27 January 199526 June 1997 Fine Gael Consumers of Public Services

Department of Public Enterprise 1997–2002

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Joe Jacob 8 July 19976 June 2002 Fianna Fáil Energy 25th [18]

Department of Transport 2002–2011

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Jim McDaid 18 June 20025 October 2004 Fianna Fáil Road Traffic and Road Haulage 26th [19] [20] [21]
Ivor Callely 29 September 20048 December 2005 Fianna Fáil Traffic Management, Road Haulage and the Irish Aviation Authority
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher 14 February 200614 June 2007 Fianna Fáil Traffic Management, Road Haulage and the Irish Aviation Authority
Noel Ahern 13 May 200822 April 2009 Fianna Fáil Road Safety 28th [22] [23]
Ciarán Cuffe 23 March 201023 January 2011 Green Sustainable Travel and Planning

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport 2011–2020

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Michael Ring 10 March 20116 May 2016 Fine Gael Tourism and Sport 29th
Alan Kelly 10 March 201111 July 2014 Labour Public and Commuter Transport
Ann Phelan 15 July 20146 May 2016 Labour Rural Transport
Patrick O'Donovan 19 May 201614 June 2017 Fine Gael Tourism and Sport 30th [24]
Brendan Griffin 20 June 201727 June 2020 Fine Gael Tourism and Sport 31st [25]

Department of Transport 2020–present

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Hildegarde Naughton 27 June 202017 December 2022 Fine Gael International and Road Transport and Logistics 32nd [26]
Jack Chambers 21 December 202226 June 2024 Fianna Fáil 33rd [27]  • 34th
James Lawless 27 June 202423 January 2025 Fianna Fáil 34th [28]
Seán Canney 23 January 2025Incumbent Independent International and road transport, logistics, rail and ports 35th [29]

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