The Minister of State at the Department of Finance is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Finance of the Government of Ireland. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank. The position was created on 1 January 1978, replacing the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance.

The current Minister of State is Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, TD, who was appointed in December 2022.[1]

List of office-holders

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance 1924–1978[edit]

Name Term of office Party Government
John M. O'Sullivan 1 December 1924 27 January 1926 Cumann na nGaedheal 2nd EC
Eamonn Duggan 10 May 1926 23 May 1927 Cumann na nGaedheal
Séamus Burke 24 June 1927 9 March 1932 Cumann na nGaedheal 3rd EC • 4th EC • 5th EC
Hugo Flinn 10 March 1932 28 January 1943 Fianna Fáil 6th EC • 7th EC • 8th EC • 1st • 2nd
Seán Moylan 10 February 1943 26 June 1943 Fianna Fáil 2nd
Paddy Smith 2 July 1943 31 December 1946 Fianna Fáil 3rd • 4th
Seán O'Grady 1 January 1947 18 February 1948 Fianna Fáil 4th
Michael Donnellan 18 February 1948 13 June 1951 Clann na Talmhan 5th
Patrick Beegan 13 June 1951 2 June 1954 Fianna Fáil 6th
Michael Donnellan 2 June 1954 20 March 1957 Clann na Talmhan 7th
Patrick Beegan 20 March 1957 24 February 1958 Fianna Fáil 8th
Gerald Bartley 24 February 1958 23 July 1959 Fianna Fáil 8th • 9th
Joseph Brennan 27 July 1959 15 September 1961 Fianna Fáil 9th
Donogh O'Malley 11 October 1961 21 April 1965 Fianna Fáil 10th
Jim Gibbons 21 April 1965 2 July 1969 Fianna Fáil 11th • 12th
Noel Lemass 2 July 1969 14 March 1973 Fianna Fáil 13th
Henry Kenny 14 March 1973 30 September 1975 Fine Gael 14th
Michael Begley 30 September 1975 25 May 1977 Fine Gael
Pearse Wyse 5 July 1977 1 January 1978 Fianna Fáil 15th

Minister of State at the Department of Finance 1978–present[edit]

Name Term of office Party Government
Pearse Wyse 1 January 1978 11 December 1979 Fianna Fáil 15th
Tom McEllistrim 13 December 1979 30 June 1981 Fianna Fáil 16th
Joseph Bermingham 30 June 1981 9 March 1982 Labour 17th
Barry Desmond 30 June 1981 9 March 1982 Labour
Sylvester Barrett 23 March 1982 14 December 1982 Fianna Fáil 18th
Joseph Bermingham 16 December 1982 13 February 1986 Labour 19th
Avril Doyle 18 February 1986 21 January 1987 Fine Gael
Noel Treacy 12 March 1987 12 July 1989 Fianna Fáil 20th
Brendan Daly 19 July 1989 6 February 1991 Fianna Fáil 21st
Vincent Brady 6 February 1991 15 November 1991 Fianna Fáil
John O'Donoghue 15 November 1991 13 February 1992 Fianna Fáil
Noel Treacy 13 February 1992 12 January 1993 Fianna Fáil 22nd
14 January 1993 15 December 1994 Fianna Fáil 23rd
Eithne FitzGerald 14 January 1993 17 November 1994 Labour
Noel Dempsey 14 January 1993 15 December 1994 Fianna Fáil
Phil Hogan 20 December 1994 10 February 1995 Fine Gael 24th
Avril Doyle 27 January 1995 26 June 1997 Fine Gael
Jim Higgins 10 February 1995 24 May 1995 Fine Gael
Hugh Coveney 24 May 1995 26 June 1997 Fine Gael
Martin Cullen 8 July 1997 6 June 2002 Fianna Fáil 25th
Tom Parlon 19 June 2002 20 June 2007 Progressive Democrats 26th
Noel Ahern 20 June 2007 13 May 2008 Fianna Fáil 27th
Martin Mansergh 13 May 2008 9 March 2011 Fianna Fáil 28th
Dara Calleary 23 March 2010 9 March 2011 Fianna Fáil
Brian Hayes 10 March 2011 23 May 2014 Fine Gael 29th
Simon Harris 15 July 2014 6 May 2016 Fine Gael
Eoghan Murphy 19 May 2016 14 June 2017 Fine Gael 30th
Michael W. D'Arcy 20 June 2017 27 June 2020 Fine Gael 31st[2]
Patrick O'Donovan 20 June 2017 27 June 2020 Fine Gael
Jack Chambers 1 July 2020 15 July 2020 Fianna Fáil 32nd[3]
Seán Fleming 15 July 2020 17 December 2022 Fianna Fáil
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill 21 December 2022 Incumbent Fine Gael 33rd[4]

References

  1. ^ "Minister of State appointments". gov.ie. Department of the Taoiseach. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (32nd Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 7 July 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Carroll MacNeill and O'Donnell promoted to junior ministers". RTÉ News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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