Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

The Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth of the Government of Ireland who performs functions delegated by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.

The current Minister for State is Anne Rabbitte, TD, who has responsibility for disability.[1] Rabbitte is also Minister of State at the Department of Health, where she also has responsibility for disability.

List of Parliamentary Secretaries
Name Term of office Party Government
Patrick Lindsay[2] 2 July 1956 24 October 1956 Fine Gael 7th
Pádraig Faulkner 21 April 1965 10 March 1968 Fianna Fáil 11th • 12th
Gerry Collins[3] 9 July 1969 9 May 1970 Fianna Fáil 13th
Michael F. Kitt[3] 9 May 1970 5 February 1973 Fianna Fáil

List of Ministers of State

Department of the Gaeltacht 1978–1993

Name Term of office Party Responsibilities Government
Michael D'Arcy[4] 16 December 1982 18 February 1986 Fine Gael 19th
Denis Gallagher 12 March 1987 12 July 1989 Fianna Fáil 20th
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher[5][6] 19 July 1989 11 February 1992 Fianna Fáil 21st
13 February 1992 12 January 1993 22nd

Department of Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht 1993–1997

Name Term of office Party Responsibilities Government
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher[7] 14 January 1993 15 December 1994 Fianna Fáil Gaeltacht[8] 23rd
Donal Carey 27 January 1995 26 June 1997 Fine Gael 24th

Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands 1997–2002

Name Term of office Party Responsibilities Government
Éamon Ó Cuív 8 July 1997 19 February 2001 Fianna Fáil Gaeltacht and the islands 25th
Mary Coughlan 19 February 2001 6 June 2002 Fianna Fáil Gaeltacht and the islands

Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 2002–2007

Name Term of office Party Responsibilities Government
Noel Ahern 19 June 2002 29 September 2004 Fianna Fáil Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs 26th
Pat Carey[9] 20 June 2007 7 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs 27th
Conor Lenihan[9] 20 June 2007 7 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Integration policy
13 May 2008 22 April 2009 28th
John Curran 13 May 2008 22 April 2009 Fianna Fáil Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs[10]
22 April 2009 23 March 2010 Integration and Community[11]

Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs 2010–2011

Name Term of office Party Responsibilities Government
Mary White[12] 23 March 2010 23 January 2011 Green Equality, human rights and integration[13] 28th

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth 2020–present

Name Term of office Party Responsibilities Government
Anne Rabbitte 1 July 2020 Incumbent Fianna Fáil Disability[14] 32nd[15]

References
  1. "Government Ministers". Government of Ireland. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. "Aireacht na Gaeltachta - Aire agus Rúnaí Parlaiminte a Cheapadh – Dáil Éireann (15th Dáil) – Tuesday, 3 July 1956". Houses of the Oireachtas (in Irish). Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  3. "Appointment of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries – Dáil Éireann (19th Dáil) – Wednesday, 13 May 1970". Oireachtas. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. "Appointment of Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (24th Dáil) – Thursday, 16 December 1982". Oireachtas. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. "Appointment of Ministers of State. – Dáil Éireann (26th Dáil) – Thursday, 20 July 1989". Oireachtas. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  6. "Members of Government and Ministers of State: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (26th Dáil) – Thursday, 13 February 1992". Oireachtas. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  7. "Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil) – Wednesday, 10 February 1993". Oireachtas. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  8. "Ordú naGaeltachta (Feidhmeanna Aire a Tharmligean) 1993". Irish Statute Book (in Irish). 9 February 1993. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  9. "Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (30th Dáil) – Tuesday, 26 June 2007". Oireachtas. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  10. "Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2008". Irish Statute Book. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  11. "Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2009". Irish Statute Book. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  12. "Ministerial Appointments: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (30th Dáil) – Wednesday, 23 March 2010". Oireachtas. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  13. "Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2010". Irish Statute Book. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  14. "Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020". Irish Statute Book. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  15. "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Tuesday, 7 July 2020". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
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