Minister of State to the Government

The Minister of State to the Government was a junior ministerial post of the Government of Ireland between 1994 and 2002. The Minister of State did not hold cabinet rank but sat in attendance at government meetings without a vote. The position previously existed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Executive Council from 1922 to 1926, and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Government from 1951 to 1957.

List of office-holders

Name	Term of office		Party		Government
Eamonn Duggan	6 December 1922	9 May 1926		Cumann na nGaedheal	1st EC [1]  • 2nd EC [2]
Name	Term of office		Party		Government
Jack Lynch	19 June 1951	2 June 1954		Fianna Fáil	6th [3]
John O'Donovan	3 June 1954	20 March 1957		Fine Gael	7th [4]
Name	Term of office		Party		Government
Pat Rabbitte	15 December 1994	26 June 1997		Democratic Left	24th [5]
Bobby Molloy	26 June 1997	9 April 2002		Progressive Democrats	25th [6]
Liz O'Donnell	11 April 2002	6 June 2002		Progressive Democrats

References

1. "1st Executive Council - Personnel of Ministry". Government of Ireland. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
2. "2nd Executive Council - (C/2)". Government of Ireland. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
3. "Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries – Dáil Éireann (14th Dáil) – Wednesday, 20 June 1951". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
4. "Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries – Dáil Éireann (15th Dáil) – Tuesday, 25 June 1954". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
5. "Twenty-Fourth Government (15.12.1994 - 26.6.97)". Government of Ireland. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
6. "Twenty-Fifth Government (26.6.97 - 06.06.02)". Government of Ireland. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2020.