Minister of State at the Department of Transport
List of Irish Ministers of State
The Minister of State at the Department of Transport is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Transport of the Government of Ireland who may perform functions delegated by the Minister for Transport . A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.
The Department of Transport and Power was created in 1959; in 1984, as the Department of Transport, it was abolished and its functions were transferred to the Department of Communications . The Department of the Public Service was created in 1973; in 1987, its original functions were transferred to the Department of Finance , and it is the legal predecessor of the current Department of Transport. For this reason, the lists below show overlapping departments.
The current Minister of State is Jack Chambers , TD who was appointed in 2022. [1] Chambers is also Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications .
List of Parliamentary Secretaries
Department of Transport and Power 1959–1977 |
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Name | Term of office | Party | Government | ||
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Patrick Lalor | 16 November 1966 | 2 July 1969 | Fianna Fáil | 12th [2] | |
Department of Tourism and Transport 1977–1978 |
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Name | Term of office | Party | Government | ||
Tom Fitzpatrick | 5 July 1977 | 1 January 1978 | Fianna Fáil | 15th [3] | |
Department of the Public Service 1973–1978 |
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Name | Term of office | Party | Government | ||
Patrick J. Reynolds | 17 December 1976 | 25 May 1977 | Fine Gael | 14th [4] |
List of Ministers of State
Department of Tourism and Transport 1978–1980 |
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Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
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Thomas J. Fitzpatrick | 1 January 1978 | 11 December 1979 | Fianna Fáil | 15th [5] | ||
Department of Transport 1980–1984 |
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Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Pádraig Flynn | 25 March 1980 | 30 June 1981 | Fianna Fáil | 16th [6] | ||
Terry Leyden | 23 March 1982 | 14 December 1982 | Fianna Fáil | 18th [7] | ||
John Donnellan | 16 December 1982 | 15 December 1983 | Fine Gael | 19th [8] | ||
Department of the Public Service 1978–1987 |
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Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Ray MacSharry | 1 January 1978 | 11 December 1979 | Fianna Fáil | 15th [5] [9] | ||
Seán Calleary | 12 December 1979 | 30 June 1981 | Fianna Fáil | 16th [10] | ||
Jim O'Keeffe | 13 February 1986 | 10 March 1987 | Fine Gael | 19th [11] | ||
Department of Tourism and Transport 1987–1991 |
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Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Denis Lyons | 31 March 1987 | 12 July 1989 | Fianna Fáil | Tourism | 20th [12] | |
19 July 1989 | 7 February 1991 | 21st [13] [14] | ||||
Frank Fahey | 26 September 1989 | 7 February 1991 | Fianna Fáil | |||
Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications 1991–1993 |
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Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Denis Lyons | 7 February 1991 | 11 February 1992 | Fianna Fáil | Tourism | 21st | |
Frank Fahey | 7 February 1991 | 11 February 1992 | Fianna Fáil | |||
Brendan Kenneally | 13 February 1992 | 12 January 1993 | Fianna Fáil | 22nd [15] | ||
Department of Transport, Energy and Communications 1993–1997 |
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Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Noel Treacy | 14 January 1993 | 15 December 1994 | Fianna Fáil | Energy | 23rd [16] | |
Emmet Stagg | 20 December 1994 | 26 June 1997 | Labour | 24th [17] [18] | ||
Avril Doyle | 27 January 1995 | 26 June 1997 | Fine Gael | Consumers of Public Services | ||
Department of Public Enterprise 1997–2002 |
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Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Joe Jacob | 8 July 1997 | 6 June 2002 | Fianna Fáil | Energy | 25th [19] | |
Department of Transport 2002–2011 |
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Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Jim McDaid | 18 June 2002 | 5 October 2004 | Fianna Fáil | Road Traffic and Road Haulage | 26th [20] [21] [22] | |
Ivor Callely | 29 September 2004 | 8 December 2005 | Fianna Fáil | Traffic Management, Road Haulage and the Irish Aviation Authority | ||
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher | 14 February 2006 | 14 June 2007 | Fianna Fáil | Traffic Management, Road Haulage and the Irish Aviation Authority | ||
Noel Ahern | 13 May 2008 | 22 April 2009 | Fianna Fáil | Road Safety | 28th [23] [24] | |
Ciarán Cuffe | 23 March 2010 | 23 January 2011 | Green | Sustainable Travel and Planning | ||
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport 2011–2020 |
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Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Michael Ring | 10 March 2011 | 6 May 2016 | Fine Gael | Tourism and Sport | 29th | |
Alan Kelly | 10 March 2011 | 11 July 2014 | Labour | Public and Commuter Transport | ||
Ann Phelan | 15 July 2014 | 6 May 2016 | Labour | Rural Transport | ||
Patrick O'Donovan | 19 May 2016 | 14 June 2017 | Fine Gael | Tourism and Sport | 30th [25] | |
Brendan Griffin | 20 June 2017 | 27 June 2020 | Fine Gael | Tourism and Sport | 31st [26] | |
Department of Transport 2020–present |
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Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
Hildegarde Naughton | 27 June 2020 | 17 December 2022 | Fine Gael | International and Road Transport and Logistics | 32nd [27] | |
Jack Chambers | 21 December 2022 | Incumbent | Fianna Fáil | International and Road Transport and Logistics | 33rd [28] |
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