Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Irish: An tAire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta) is the senior minister at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the Government of Ireland.
| Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage | |
|---|---|
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| Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage | |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | Taoiseach |
| Seat | The Custom House, Dublin, Ireland |
| Appointer | President of Ireland on the nomination of the Taoiseach |
| Inaugural holder | W. T. Cosgrave as Minister for Local Government |
| Formation | 2 April 1919 |
| Website | Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage |
The current Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage is Darragh O'Brien, TD.
He is assisted by two Ministers of State:[1][2]
- Malcolm Noonan, TD, Minister of State, with special responsibility for Heritage and Electoral Reform;[3] and
- Peter Burke, TD, Minister of State, with special responsibility for Local Government and Planning.[4]
Overview
The Custom House, Dublin, is the headquarters of the Department.
The Minister is responsible for, among other matters:
- housing;
- local authorities and related services;
- the supervision of elections, including general elections and presidential elections.
List of office-holders
Minister for Local Government 1919–1924 | ||||||
| No. | Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s)[lower-alpha 1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W. T. Cosgrave | 2 April 1919 | 9 September 1922 | Sinn Féin | 2nd DM · 3rd DM · 4th DM · 1st PG | |
| 2 | Ernest Blythe | 30 August 1922 | 15 October 1923 | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | 2nd PG · 5th DM · 1st EC · 2nd EC | |
| 3 | Séamus Burke | 15 October 1923 | 2 June 1924 | Cumann na nGaedheal | 2nd EC | |
Minister for Local Government and Public Health 1924–1947 | ||||||
| No. | Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s) | ||
| Séamus Burke | 2 June 1924 | 23 June 1927 | Cumann na nGaedheal | 2nd EC | ||
| 4 | Richard Mulcahy | 23 June 1927 | 9 March 1932 | Cumann na nGaedheal | 3rd EC · 4th EC · 5th EC | |
| 5 | Seán T. O'Kelly | 9 March 1932 | 8 September 1939 | Fianna Fáil | 6th EC · 7th EC · 8th EC · 1st · 2nd | |
| 6 | P. J. Ruttledge | 8 September 1939 | 14 August 1941 | Fianna Fáil | 2nd | |
| 7 | Éamon de Valera (acting) | 15 August 1941 | 18 August 1941 | Fianna Fáil | 2nd | |
| 8 | Seán MacEntee | 18 August 1941 | 22 January 1947 | Fianna Fáil | 2nd · 3rd · 4th | |
Minister for Local Government 1947–1977 | ||||||
| No. | Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s) | ||
| Seán MacEntee | 22 January 1947 | 18 February 1948 | Fianna Fáil | 4th | ||
| 9 | Timothy J. Murphy | 18 February 1948 | 29 April 1949 | Labour | 5th | |
| 10 | William Norton (acting) | 3 May 1949 | 11 May 1949 | Labour | 5th | |
| 11 | Michael Keyes | 11 May 1949 | 13 June 1951 | Labour | 5th | |
| 12 | Paddy Smith (1st time) | 13 June 1951 | 2 June 1954 | Fianna Fáil | 6th | |
| 13 | Patrick O'Donnell | 2 June 1954 | 20 March 1957 | Fine Gael | 7th | |
| Paddy Smith (2nd time) | 20 March 1957 | 27 November 1957 | Fianna Fáil | 8th | ||
| 14 | Neil Blaney | 27 November 1957 | 10 November 1966 | Fianna Fáil | 8th · 9th · 10th · 11th | |
| 15 | Kevin Boland | 10 November 1966 | 7 May 1970 | Fianna Fáil | 12th · 13th | |
| 16 | Bobby Molloy | 9 May 1970 | 14 March 1973 | Fianna Fáil | 13th | |
| 17 | James Tully | 14 March 1973 | 5 July 1977 | Labour | 14th | |
| 18 | Sylvester Barrett | 5 July 1977 | 16 August 1977 | Fianna Fáil | 15th | |
Minister for the Environment 1977–1997 | ||||||
| No. | Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s) | ||
| Sylvester Barrett | 16 August 1977 | 15 October 1980 | Fianna Fáil | 15th · 16th | ||
| 19 | Ray Burke (1st time) | 15 October 1980 | 30 June 1981 | Fianna Fáil | 16th | |
| 20 | Peter Barry | 30 June 1981 | 9 March 1982 | Fine Gael | 17th | |
| Ray Burke (2nd time) | 9 March 1982 | 14 December 1982 | Fianna Fáil | 18th | ||
| 21 | Dick Spring | 14 December 1982 | 13 December 1983 | Labour | 19th | |
| 22 | Liam Kavanagh | 13 December 1983 | 14 February 1986 | Labour | 19th | |
| 23 | John Boland | 14 February 1986 | 10 March 1987 | Fine Gael | 19th | |
| 24 | Pádraig Flynn | 10 March 1987 | 8 November 1991 | Fianna Fáil | 20th · 21st | |
| 25 | John Wilson (acting) | 8 November 1991 | 14 November 1991 | Fianna Fáil | 21st | |
| 26 | Rory O'Hanlon | 14 November 1991 | 14 February 1992 | Fianna Fáil | 21st | |
| 27 | Michael Smith | 14 February 1992 | 14 December 1994 | Fianna Fáil | 22nd · 23rd | |
| 28 | Brendan Howlin | 14 December 1994 | 26 June 1997 | Labour | 24th | |
| 29 | Noel Dempsey | 26 June 1997 | 22 July 1997 | Fianna Fáil | 25th | |
Minister for Environment and Local Government 1997–2002 | ||||||
| No. | Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s) | ||
| Noel Dempsey | 22 July 1997 | 6 June 2002 | Fianna Fáil | 25th | ||
| 30 | Martin Cullen | 6 June 2002 | 10 June 2003 | Fianna Fáil | 26th | |
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 2002–2011 | ||||||
| No. | Name | Entered Office | Left Office | Party | Government(s) | |
| Martin Cullen | 10 June 2003 | 29 September 2004 | Fianna Fáil | 26th | ||
| 31 | Dick Roche | 29 September 2004 | 14 June 2007 | Fianna Fáil | 26th | |
| 32 | John Gormley | 14 June 2007 | 23 January 2011 | Green | 27th · 28th | |
| 33 | Éamon Ó Cuív | 23 January 2011 | 9 March 2011 | Fianna Fáil | 28th | |
| 34 | Phil Hogan | 9 March 2011 | 2 May 2011 | Fine Gael | 29th | |
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government 2011–2016 | ||||||
| No. | Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s) | ||
| Phil Hogan | 2 May 2011 | 11 July 2014 | Fine Gael | 29th | ||
| 35 | Alan Kelly | 11 July 2014 | 6 May 2016 | Labour | 29th | |
| 36 | Simon Coveney | 6 May 2016 | 23 July 2016 | Fine Gael | 30th | |
Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government 2016–2017 | ||||||
| No. | Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s) | ||
| Simon Coveney | 23 July 2016 | 14 June 2017 | Fine Gael | 30th | ||
| 37 | Eoghan Murphy | 14 June 2017 | 1 August 2017 | Fine Gael | 31st | |
Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government 2017–2020 | ||||||
| No. | Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s) | ||
| Eoghan Murphy | 1 August 2017 | 27 June 2020 | Fine Gael | 31st | ||
| 38 | Darragh O'Brien | 27 June 2020 | 30 September 2020 | Fianna Fáil | 32nd | |
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 2020–present | ||||||
| No. | Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s) | ||
| Darragh O'Brien | 30 September 2020 | Incumbent | Fianna Fáil | 32nd | ||
- Notes
- Before 1937: DM – Dáil Ministry; PG – Provisional Government; EC – Executive Council.
References
- "List of Ministers and Ministers of State", Government of Ireland, retrieved 4 August 2020
- "Who We Are". Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- "Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2020" (PDF). 22 December 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- "Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020". 24 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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