Minister of State for European Affairs

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The Minister of State for European Affairs is a junior ministerial post at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Government of Ireland with special responsibility for European Affairs. The Minister works with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. The Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.

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The current officeholder is Thomas Byrne, TD, who was appointed in January 2025.

List of ministers of state

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
George Birmingham [1] 13 February 198610 March 1987 Fine Gael 19th
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn 12 March 198715 November 1991 Fianna Fáil 20th  • 21st
Michael P. Kitt [2] 15 November 199111 February 1992 Fianna Fáil 22nd
Tom Kitt [3] [4] 13 February 199215 December 1994 Fianna Fáil 23rd
Gay Mitchell 20 December 199426 June 1997 Fine Gael 24th
Dick Roche 19 June 200229 September 2004 Fianna Fáil 26th
Noel Treacy 29 September 200420 June 2007 Fianna Fáil 26th
Dick Roche 20 June 20079 March 2011 Fianna Fáil 27th  • 28th
Lucinda Creighton 10 March 201111 July 2013 Fine Gael 29th
Paschal Donohoe 12 July 201311 July 2014 Fine Gael 29th
Dara Murphy 15 July 201420 June 2017 Fine Gael 29th  • 30th
Helen McEntee 20 June 201727 June 2020 Fine Gael 31st
Thomas Byrne 1 July 202017 December 2022 Fianna Fáil 32nd [5]
Peter Burke 21 December 20229 April 2024 Fine Gael 33rd [6]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill 9 April 202423 January 2025 Fine Gael 34th
Thomas Byrne 29 January 2025Incumbent Fianna Fáil 35th

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