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- ↑ "2nd Executive Council - (C/2)". Government of Ireland. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ "Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries – Dáil Éireann (14th Dáil) – Wednesday, 20 June 1951". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ↑ "Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries – Dáil Éireann (15th Dáil) – Tuesday, 25 June 1954". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ↑ "Twenty-Fourth Government (15.12.1994 - 26.6.97)". Government of Ireland. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ "Twenty-Fifth Government (26.6.97 - 06.06.02)". Government of Ireland. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2020.