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Thirty-First Dáil


Thirty-First Dáil (09/03/11 - 03/02/16)

Twenty-Ninth Government (09/03/11 - 06/05/16)

Ministers

Name Post held
Enda Kenny Taoiseach, Minister for Justice & Equality (from 7 May to 8 May 2014), Minister for Defence (from 7 May to 11 July 2014)
Éamon Gilmore Tánaiste (to 4 July 2014 - resigned), Minister for Foreign Affairs (to 11 July 2014 - resigned), Department named changed to Foreign Affairs & Trade (from 2 June 2011)
Michael Noonan Minister for Finance
Ruairi Quinn Minister for Education & Skills (to 11 July 2014 - resigned)
Brendan Howlin Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform, Department established (6 July 2011)
Richard Bruton Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Innovation, Department name changed to Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation (from 2 June 2011)
Joan Burton Minister for Social Protection, Tánaiste (from 4 July 2014)
Jimmy Deenihan Minister for Tourism, Culture & Sport (to 11 July 2014 - resigned), Department name changed to Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht (from 2 June 2011)
Pat Rabbitte Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources (to 11 July 2014 - resigned)
Phil Hogan Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government (to 11 July 2014 - resigned) Department name changed to the Environment, Community & Local Government (from 2 May 2011)
Alan Shatter Minister for Justice & Law Reform, Department name changed to Justice & Equality (from 2 April 2011), Minister for Defence (to 7 May 2014 - resigned)
Simon Coveney Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, Department name changed to Agriculture, Food & the Marine (from 17 October 2011), Minister for Defence (from 11 July 2014)
Frances Fitzgerald Minister for Community, Equality & Gaeltacht Affairs (to 8 May 2014), Department name changed to Children & Youth Affairs (from 2 June 2011), Minister for Justice & Equality (from 8 May 2014)
James Reilly Minister for Health & Children (to 11 July 2014), Department name changed to Health (from 4 June 2011), Minister for Children & Youth Affairs (from 11 July 2014)
Leo Varadkar Minister for Transport (to 11 July 2014), Department name changed to Transport, Tourism & Sport (from 2 April 2011), Minister for Health (from 11 July 2014)
Charles Flanagan Minister for Children & Youth Affairs (from 8 May to 11 July 2014), Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade (from 11 July 2014)
Jan O'Sullivan Minister for Education & Skills (from 11 July 2014)
Alan Kelly Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government (from 11 July 2014)
Alex White Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources (from 11 July 2014)
Paschal Donohoe Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport (from 11 July 2014)
Heather Humphreys Minister for Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht (from 11 July 2014)

Notes

  • Fine Gael/Labour Government
  • Reshuffle on 11 July 2014

Ministers of State

Name Post held
Paul Kehoe MoS at the Department of the Taoiseach (Chief Whip), MoS at the Department of Defence (from 9 March 2011 to 6 May 2016)
Willie Penrose MoS at the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government (from 9 March to 15 November 2011 - resigned)
Dinny McGinley MoS at the Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht (from 10 March 2011 to 15 July 2014 - resigned)
Róisín Shortall MoS at the Department of Health (from 10 March 2011 to 26 September 2012 - resigned)
John Perry MoS at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation (from 10 March 2011 to 15 July 2014 - resigned)
Michael Ring MoS at the Department Transport, Tourism & Sport (from 10 March 2011 to 6 May 2016)
Jan O'Sullivan MoS at the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (from 10 March to 20 December 2011), MoS at the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government (from 20 December 2011 to 11 July 2014 - appointed Minister)
Kathleen Lynch MoS at the Department of Health, MoS at the Department of Justice & Equality (from 10 March 2011 to 15 July 2014), MoS at the Department of Health (from 15 July 2014 to 6 May 2016)
Fergus O'Dowd MoS at the Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, MoS at the Department of Environment, Community & Local Government (from 10 March 2011 to 15 July 2014 - resigned)
Brian Hayes MoS at the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform (from 10 March 2011 to 23 May 2014 - elected MEP), MoS at the Department of Finance (from 18 October 2011 to 23 May 2014 - elected MEP)
Shane McEntee MoS at the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine (from 10 March 2011 to 21 December 2012 - deceased)
Lucinda Creighton MoS at the Department of the Taoiseach, MoS at the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (from 10 March 2011 to 11 July 2013 - resigned)
Seán Sherlock MoS at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, MoS at the Department of Education & Skills (from 10 March 2011 to 15 July 2014), MoS at the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (from 15 July 2014 to 6 May 2016)
Ciaran Cannon MoS at the Department of Education & Skills (from 10 March 2011 to 15 July 2014 - resigned)
Alan Kelly MoS at the Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport (from 10 March 2011 to 11 July 2014 - appointed Minister)
Joe Costello MoS at the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (from 20 December 2011 to 15 July 2014 - resigned)
Alex White MoS at the Department of Health (from 2 October 2012 to 11 July 2014 - appointed Minister)
Tom Hayes MoS at the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine (from 5 June 2013 to 6 May 2016)
Paschal Donohoe MoS at the Department of the Taoiseach, MoS at the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (from 12 July 2013 to 11 July 2014 - appointed Minister)
Gerald Nash MoS at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation (from 11 July 2014 to 6 May 2016)
Jimmy Deenihan MoS at the Department of the Taoiseach, MoS at the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (from 11 July 2014 to 6 May 2016)
Damien English MoS at the Department Education & Skills, MoS at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation (from 15 July 2014 to 6 May 2016)
Joe McHugh MoS at the Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht (from 15 July 2014 to 6 May 2016)
Paudie Coffey MoS at the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government (from 15 July 2014 to 6 May 2016)
Simon Harris MoS at the Department of Finance, MoS at the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform, MoS at the Department of the Taoiseach (from 15 July 2014 to 6 May 2016)
Kevin Humphreys MoS at the Department of Social Protection (from 15 July 2014 to 6 May 2016)
Dara Murphy MoS at the Department of the Taoiseach, MoS at the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (from 15 July 2014 to 6 May 2016), MoS at the Department of Justice & Equality (from 7 October 2014 to 6 May 2016)
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MoS at the Department of Justice & Equality, MoS at the Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht (from 15 July 2014 to 6 May 2016), MoS at the Department of Health (from 22 April 2015 to 6 May 2016)
Ann Phelan MoS at the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine, MoS at the Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport (from 15 July 2014 to 6 May 2016), MoS at the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government (from 9 December 2014 to 6 May 2016)