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Twenty-Second Dáil
- Published on: 30 November 2017
- Last updated on: 30 November 2018
Twenty-Second Dáil (30.6.1981 - 27.1.1982)
Seventeenth Government (30.6.1981 - 9.3.1982)
| Name | Post held |
| Garret FitzGerald | Taoiseach (30.6.81 - 9.3.82) |
| Michael O'Leary | Tánaiste and Minister for Energy (30.6.81 - 9.3.82), (Industry and Energy w.e.f. 21.8.81) |
| Peter Barry | Minister for the Environment (30.6.81 - 9.3.82) |
| James Tully | Minister for Defence (30.6.81 - 9.3.82) |
| Tom Fitzpatrick | Minister for Fisheries and Forestry (30.6.81 - 9.3.82) |
| Eileen Desmond | Minister for Health and Social Welfare (30.6.81 - 9.3.82) |
| John Bruton | Minister for Finance (30.6.81 - 9.3.82) |
| Liam Kavanagh | Minister for Labour and Minister for the Public Service (30.6.81 - 9.3.82) |
| Patrick Cooney | Minister for Transport and Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (30.6.81 - 9.3.82) |
| John Kelly | Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism* (Trade, Commerce and Tourism w.e.f. 21.8.81), Minister for Foreign Affairs (30.6.81 -21.10.81) |
| James Dooge | Minister for Foreign Affairs (21.10.81- 9.3.82) |
| John Boland | Minister for Education (30.6.81 - 9.3.82) |
| Paddy O'Toole | Minister for Gaeltacht (30.6.81 - 9.3.82) |
| Jim Mitchell | Minister for Justice (30.6.81 - 9.3.82) |
| Alan Dukes | Minister for Agriculture (30.6.81 - 9.3.82) |
Notes
- Fine Gael/Labour coalition Government.
- James Dooge, who was a Senator, was not appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs until after the Seanad Elections, which do not take place until after the new Dáil has met and a Government has been appointed. John Kelly held the post of Minister for Foreign Affairs pending Mr. Dooge's appointment.
- The Government can, under the Ministers and Secretaries Acts, amalgamate existing Departments or separate the functions of a particular Department into new or separate Departments
i.e. Department Title change from the Department of Energy to Industry and Energy w.e.f. 21.8.81
Department Title change from Industry, Commerce and Tourism to Trade,Commerce and Tourism w.e.f 21.8.81
Twenty-Second Dáil (30.6.1981 - 27.1.1982)
Seventeenth Government
Ministers of State
| Name | Post held |
| Gerry L'Estrange | MOS at Dept. of Taoiseach (Govt. Whip) and MOS at Dept. of Defence (to: 11.11.1981), MOS at Dept. of Health (from: 11.11.1981) |
| Michael Begley | MOS at Dept. Industry, Commerce and Tourism |
| Joseph Bermingham | MOS at Dept. of Finance |
| Edward Collins | MOS at Dept. of Energy |
| Donal Creed | MOS at Dept. of Health (to: 11.11.1981), MOS at Dept. of the Environment (from: 11.11.1981) |
| Mary Flaherty | MOS at Dept. Social Welfare |
| Michael D'Arcy | MOS at Dept. of Agriculture |
| Barry Desmond | MOS at Dept. of Finance |
| Michael Keating | MOS at Dept. of Education |
| Ted Nealon | MOS at Dept. of Agriculture |
| Fergus O'Brien | MOS at Dept. of the Environment (to: 11.11.1981), MOS at Dept. of the Taoiseach and MOS at Dept. of Defence (from: 11.11.1981) |
| Jim O'Keeffe | MOS at Dept. of Foreign Affairs |
| Dick Spring | MOS at Dept. of Justice |
| Patrick D. Harte | MOS at Dept. of Posts and Telegraphs |
Note
Fine Gael/Labour coalition Government
