Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

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

There are currently two Ministers of State:

• Alan Dillon, TD – Minister of State for the circular economy
• Timmy Dooley, TD – Minister of State for the marine

List of parliamentary secretaries

Name	Term of Office		Party		Government
Martin Roddy	21 September 1927	9 March 1932		Cumann na nGaedheal	3rd EC  • 4th EC  • 5th EC
Seán O'Grady	9 March 1932	29 December 1937		Fianna Fáil	6th EC  • 7th EC  • 8th EC
Name	Term of Office		Party		Government
Seán O'Grady	29 December 1937	9 February 1943		Fianna Fáil	1st  • 2nd
Eamon Kissane	9 February 1943	1 July 1943		Fianna Fáil	2nd
Jack Lynch	13 June 1951	2 June 1954		Fianna Fáil	6th
Brian Lenihan	11 October 1961	3 November 1964		Fianna Fáil	10th
George Colley	21 November 1964	21 April 1965		Fianna Fáil
Name	Term of Office		Party		Government
Michael Pat Murphy	9 February 1977	5 July 1977		Labour	14th

List of ministers of state

Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Tom McEllistrim	23 March 1982	14 December 1982		Fianna Fáil	Forestry	18th
Michael D'Arcy	16 December 1982	18 February 1986		Fine Gael	Fisheries and Forestry	19th
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
John Donnellan	13 February 1986	10 March 1987		Fine Gael	Fisheries	19th
Michael Moynihan	13 February 1986	10 March 1987		Fine Gael	Tourism	19th
Michael Smith	10 March 1987	31 March 1987		Fianna Fáil	Forestry	20th
Denis Lyons	10 March 1987	31 March 1987		Fianna Fáil	Tourism	20th
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	12 March 1987	12 July 1989		Fianna Fáil	Marine matters	20th
Michael J. Noonan	19 July 1989	11 February 1992		Fianna Fáil		21st
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	13 February 1992	12 January 1993		Fianna Fáil		22nd
Gerry O'Sullivan	14 January 1993	5 August 1994		Labour	Port Development, Safety and Inland Fisheries	23rd
Eamon Gilmore	20 December 1994	26 June 1997		Democratic Left		24th
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Hugh Byrne	8 July 1997	6 June 2002		Fianna Fáil	Aquaculture and Forestry	25th
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
John Browne	19 June 2002	29 September 2004		Fianna Fáil	Marine	26th
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	29 September 2004	14 February 2006		Fianna Fáil	Marine
John Browne	14 February 2006	14 June 2007		Fianna Fáil	Marine
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Tony Killeen	20 June 2007	7 May 2008		Fianna Fáil	Energy	27th [1]
Seán Power	13 May 2008	22 April 2009		Fianna Fáil	Information society and Natural resources	28th [2]
Conor Lenihan	22 April 2009	9 March 2011		Fianna Fáil	Natural resources
Fergus O'Dowd	10 March 2011	15 July 2014		Fine Gael	New ERA	29th [3]
Joe McHugh	15 July 2014	6 May 2016		Fine Gael	Natural resources
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Seán Kyne	19 May 2016	14 June 2017		Fine Gael	Natural resources	30th [4]
	20 June 2017	16 October 2018			Natural resources and Digital development	31st [5]
Seán Canney	16 October 2018	27 June 2020		Independent	Natural resources and Digital development
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Hildegarde Naughton	27 June 2020	21 December 2022		Fine Gael	Postal Policy and Eircodes	32nd
Ossian Smyth	1 July 2020	23 January 2025		Green	Communications and Circular Economy	32nd  • 33rd [6]  • 34th
Jack Chambers	21 December 2022	26 June 2024		Fianna Fáil	Postal Policy
James Lawless	27 June 2024	23 January 2025		Fianna Fáil	Postal Policy	34th [7]
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Alan Dillon	29 January 2025	Incumbent		Fine Gael	Circular economy	35th
Timmy Dooley	23 February 2025			Fianna Fáil	Marine

References

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4. "Appointment of Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (32nd Dáil) – Thursday, 19 May 2016". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
5. "Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (32nd Dáil) – Tuesday, 20 June 2017". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
6. "Carroll MacNeill and O'Donnell promoted to junior ministers". RTÉ News . 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
7. Hurley, Sandra (27 June 2024). "Dara Calleary named as junior minister attending Cabinet". RTÉ News .