Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Incumbent
Darragh O'Brien
since 27 June 2020
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Member of
Reports toTaoiseach
SeatThe Custom House,
Dublin, Ireland
AppointerPresident of Ireland on the nomination of the Taoiseach
Inaugural holderW. T. Cosgrave as Minister for Local Government
Formation2 April 1919
WebsiteDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Irish: An tAire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the 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]

Overview

The minister is responsible for, among other matters:

List of office-holders

  Denotes acting Minister

Minister for Local Government 1919–1924[edit]

Name Term of office Party Government(s)[a]
W. T. Cosgrave 2 April 1919 9 September 1922 Sinn Féin 2nd DM • 3rd DM • 4th DM • 1st PG
Ernest Blythe 30 August 1922 15 October 1923 Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) 2nd PG • 5th DM • 1st EC • 2nd EC
Séamus Burke 15 October 1923 2 June 1924 Cumann na nGaedheal 2nd EC

Minister for Local Government and Public Health 1924–1947[edit]

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Séamus Burke 2 June 1924 23 June 1927 Cumann na nGaedheal 2nd EC
Richard Mulcahy 23 June 1927 9 March 1932 Cumann na nGaedheal 3rd EC • 4th EC • 5th EC
Seán T. O'Kelly 9 March 1932 8 September 1939 Fianna Fáil 6th EC • 7th EC • 8th EC • 1st • 2nd
P. J. Ruttledge 8 September 1939 14 August 1941 Fianna Fáil 2nd
Éamon de Valera (acting) 15 August 1941 18 August 1941 Fianna Fáil 2nd
Seán MacEntee 18 August 1941 22 January 1947 Fianna Fáil 2nd • 3rd • 4th

Minister for Local Government 1947–1977[edit]

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Seán MacEntee 22 January 1947 18 February 1948 Fianna Fáil 4th
Timothy J. Murphy 18 February 1948 29 April 1949 Labour 5th
William Norton (acting) 3 May 1949 11 May 1949 Labour 5th
Michael Keyes 11 May 1949 13 June 1951 Labour 5th
Paddy Smith (1st time) 13 June 1951 2 June 1954 Fianna Fáil 6th
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
Neil Blaney 27 November 1957 10 November 1966 Fianna Fáil 8th • 9th • 10th • 11th
Kevin Boland 10 November 1966 7 May 1970 Fianna Fáil 12th • 13th
Bobby Molloy 9 May 1970 14 March 1973 Fianna Fáil 13th
James Tully 14 March 1973 5 July 1977 Labour 14th
Sylvester Barrett 5 July 1977 16 August 1977 Fianna Fáil 15th

Minister for the Environment 1977–1997[edit]

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Sylvester Barrett 16 August 1977 15 October 1980 Fianna Fáil 15th • 16th
Ray Burke (1st time) 15 October 1980 30 June 1981 Fianna Fáil 16th
Peter Barry 30 June 1981 9 March 1982 Fine Gael 17th
Ray Burke (2nd time) 9 March 1982 14 December 1982 Fianna Fáil 18th
Dick Spring 14 December 1982 13 December 1983 Labour 19th
Liam Kavanagh 13 December 1983 14 February 1986 Labour 19th
John Boland 14 February 1986 10 March 1987 Fine Gael 19th
Pádraig Flynn 10 March 1987 8 November 1991 Fianna Fáil 20th • 21st
John Wilson (acting) 8 November 1991 14 November 1991 Fianna Fáil 21st
Rory O'Hanlon 14 November 1991 14 February 1992 Fianna Fáil 21st
Michael Smith 14 February 1992 14 December 1994 Fianna Fáil 22nd • 23rd
Brendan Howlin 14 December 1994 26 June 1997 Labour 24th
Noel Dempsey 26 June 1997 22 July 1997 Fianna Fáil 25th

Minister for Environment and Local Government 1997–2002[edit]

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Noel Dempsey 22 July 1997 6 June 2002 Fianna Fáil 25th
Martin Cullen 6 June 2002 10 June 2003 Fianna Fáil 26th

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 2002–2011[edit]

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Martin Cullen 10 June 2003 29 September 2004 Fianna Fáil 26th
Dick Roche 29 September 2004 14 June 2007 Fianna Fáil 26th
John Gormley 14 June 2007 23 January 2011 Green 27th • 28th
Éamon Ó Cuív 23 January 2011 9 March 2011 Fianna Fáil 28th
Phil Hogan 9 March 2011 2 May 2011 Fine Gael 29th

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government 2011–2016[edit]

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Phil Hogan 2 May 2011 11 July 2014 Fine Gael 29th
Alan Kelly 11 July 2014 6 May 2016 Labour 29th
Simon Coveney 6 May 2016 23 July 2016 Fine Gael 30th

Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government 2016–2017[edit]

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Simon Coveney 23 July 2016 14 June 2017 Fine Gael 30th
Eoghan Murphy 14 June 2017 1 August 2017 Fine Gael 31st

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government 2017–2020[edit]

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Eoghan Murphy 1 August 2017 27 June 2020 Fine Gael 31st
Darragh O'Brien 27 June 2020 30 September 2020 Fianna Fáil 32nd

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 2020–present[edit]

Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Darragh O'Brien 30 September 2020 Incumbent Fianna Fáil 32nd • 33rd
Notes
  1. ^ Before 1937: DM – Dáil Ministry; PG – Provisional Government; EC – Executive Council.

References

  1. ^ "List of Ministers and Ministers of State", Government of Ireland, archived from the original on 7 August 2020, retrieved 4 August 2020
  2. ^ "Who We Are". Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2020" (PDF). 22 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020". 24 November 2020. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

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