Organisation Information
Government Ministers
- Published on: 18 December 2018
- Last updated on: 28 February 2025
The members of the 35th Government of Ireland are listed below.
Ministers
- Taoiseach: Micheál Martin
- Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade; and Minister for Defence: Simon Harris
- Minister for Finance: Paschal Donohoe
- Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation: Jack Chambers
- Minister for Education and Youth: Helen McEntee
- Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy; and Minister for Transport: Darragh O’Brien
- Minister for Children, Disability and Equality: Norma Foley
- Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Peter Burke
- Minister for Social Protection; and Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht: Dara Calleary
- Minister for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Patrick O'Donovan
- Minister for Health: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
- Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: James Browne
- Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Jim O’Callaghan
- Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine: Martin Heydon
- Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: James Lawless
Ministers of State
- Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip; and the Department of Health with responsibility for Mental Health: Mary Butler
- Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality with responsibility for Disability: Hildegarde Naughton
- Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine with responsibility for Food Promotion, New Markets, Research and Development: Noel Grealish
- Minister of State at the Department of Transport with responsibility for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports: Sean Canney
- Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs with special responsibility for European Affairs; and the Department of Defence: Thomas Byrne
- Minister of State at the Department of Education with special responsibility for Special Education and Inclusion: Michael Moynihan
- Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media with special responsibility for Sport and Postal Policy: Charlie McConalogue
- Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform with responsibility for the Office of Public Works: Kevin 'Boxer' Moran
- Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform with special responsibility for Public Procurement, Digitalisation and eGovernment: Emer Higgins
- Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy: Jennifer Murnane O’Connor
- Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Forestry, Farm Safety and Horticulture: Michael Healy-Rae
- Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with special responsibility for International Development and Diaspora: Neale Richmond
- Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development, with special responsibility for Community Development, Charities, Gaeltacht and the Islands; and the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport: Jerry Buttimer
- Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with special responsibility for Local Government and Planning: John Cummins
- Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with special responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity: Christopher O’Sullivan
- Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for Older People; and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with special responsibility for Housing: Kieran O’Donnell
- Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance: Robert Troy
- Minister of State at the Department of Justice with special responsibility for International Law, Law Reform and Youth Justice: Niall Collins
- Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with special responsibility for Trade Promotion, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation: Niamh Smyth
- Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with special responsibility for Small Businesses and Retail; and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications with special responsibility for Circular Economy: Alan Dillon
- Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Fisheries; and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications with special responsibility for the Marine: Timmy Dooley
- Minister of State at the Department of Justice with special responsibility for Migration: Colm Brophy
- Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science with special responsibility for Further Education, Apprenticeship, Construction and Climate Skills: Marian Harkin