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

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The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications is a junior ministerial post in the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications of the Government of Ireland who may perform functions delegated by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications. 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 Lands and Fisheries 1927–1937

NameTerm of OfficePartyGovernment
Martin Roddy 21 September 19279 March 1932 Cumann na nGaedheal 3rd EC   4th EC   5th EC
Seán O'Grady 9 March 193229 December 1937 Fianna Fáil 6th EC   7th EC   8th EC

Department of Lands 1937–1965

NameTerm of OfficePartyGovernment
Seán O'Grady 29 December 19379 February 1943 Fianna Fáil 1st   2nd
Eamon Kissane 9 February 19431 July 1943 Fianna Fáil 2nd
Jack Lynch 13 June 19512 June 1954 Fianna Fáil 6th
Brian Lenihan 11 October 19613 November 1964 Fianna Fáil 10th
George Colley 21 November 196421 April 1965 Fianna Fáil

Department of Fisheries 1977–1978

NameTerm of OfficePartyGovernment
Michael Pat Murphy 9 February 19775 July 1977 Labour 14th

List of ministers of state

Department of Fisheries and Forestry 1978–1986

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Tom McEllistrim 23 March 198214 December 1982 Fianna Fáil Forestry 18th
Michael D'Arcy 16 December 198218 February 1986 Fine Gael Fisheries and Forestry 19th

Department of Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry 1986–1987

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
John Donnellan 13 February 198610 March 1987 Fine Gael Fisheries 19th
Michael Moynihan 13 February 198610 March 1987 Fine Gael Tourism 19th
Michael Smith 10 March 198731 March 1987 Fianna Fáil Forestry 20th
Denis Lyons 10 March 198731 March 1987 Fianna Fáil Tourism 20th

Department of the Marine 1987–1997

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher 12 March 198712 July 1989 Fianna Fáil Marine matters 20th
Michael J. Noonan 19 July 198911 February 1992 Fianna Fáil 21st
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher 13 February 199212 January 1993 Fianna Fáil 22nd
Gerry O'Sullivan 14 January 19935 August 1994 Labour Port Development, Safety and Inland Fisheries 23rd
Eamon Gilmore 20 December 199426 June 1997 Democratic Left 24th

Department of the Marine and Natural Resources 1997–2002

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Hugh Byrne 8 July 19976 June 2002 Fianna Fáil Aquaculture and Forestry 25th

Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources 2002–2007

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
John Browne 19 June 200229 September 2004 Fianna Fáil Marine 26th
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher 29 September 200414 February 2006 Fianna Fáil Marine
John Browne 14 February 200614 June 2007 Fianna Fáil Marine

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 2007–2016

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Tony Killeen 20 June 20077 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Energy 27th [3]
Seán Power 13 May 200822 April 2009 Fianna Fáil Information society and Natural resources 28th [4]
Conor Lenihan 22 April 20099 March 2011 Fianna Fáil Natural resources
Fergus O'Dowd 10 March 201115 July 2014 Fine Gael New ERA 29th [5]
Joe McHugh 15 July 20146 May 2016 Fine Gael Natural resources

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment 2016–2020

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Seán Kyne 19 May 201614 June 2017 Fine Gael Natural resources 30th [6]
20 June 201716 October 2018Natural resources and Digital development 31st [7]
Seán Canney 16 October 201827 June 2020 Independent Natural resources and Digital development

Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications 2020–present

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Hildegarde Naughton 27 June 202021 December 2022 Fine Gael Postal Policy and Eircodes 32nd
Ossian Smyth 1 July 2020Incumbent Green Communications and Circular Economy 32nd   33rd [8]   34th
Jack Chambers 21 December 202226 June 2024 Fianna Fáil Postal Policy
James Lawless 27 June 2024Incumbent Fianna Fáil Postal Policy 34th [9]

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