The Minister of State for European Affairs is a junior ministerial post at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Ireland with special responsibility for European Affairs. The Minister works with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.

The current officeholder is Peter Burke, TD, who took up the post in December 2022.

List of ministers of state

Name Term of office Party Government
George Birmingham[1] 13 February 1986 10 March 1987 Fine Gael 19th
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn 12 March 1987 15 November 1991 Fianna Fáil 20th • 21st
Michael P. Kitt[2] 15 November 1991 11 February 1992 Fianna Fáil 22nd
Tom Kitt[3][4] 13 February 1992 15 December 1994 Fianna Fáil 23rd
Gay Mitchell 20 December 1994 26 June 1997 Fine Gael 24th
Dick Roche 19 June 2002 29 September 2004 Fianna Fáil 26th
Noel Treacy 29 September 2004 20 June 2007 Fianna Fáil 26th
Dick Roche 20 June 2007 9 March 2011 Fianna Fáil 27th • 28th
Lucinda Creighton 10 March 2011 11 July 2013 Fine Gael 29th
Paschal Donohoe 12 July 2013 11 July 2014 Fine Gael 29th
Dara Murphy 15 July 2014 20 June 2017 Fine Gael 29th • 30th
Helen McEntee 20 June 2017 27 June 2020 Fine Gael 31st
Thomas Byrne 1 July 2020 17 December 2022 Fianna Fáil 32nd[5]
Peter Burke 21 December 2022 Incumbent Fine Gael 33rd[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ministerial Assignments and Titles: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (24th Dáil)". Oireachtas. 13 February 1986. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Ministers of State: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (26th Dáil)". Oireachtas. 15 November 1991. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Members of Government and Ministers of State: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (26th Dáil)". Oireachtas. 13 February 1992. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil)". Oireachtas. 10 February 1993. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. ^ "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 17 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Minister of State appointments". gov.ie. Department of the Taoiseach. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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