Ministers of State of the 31st Dáil

Ministers of State of the 31st Dáil

This is a list of Ministers of State of the 31st Dáil. On 9 March 2011, the 29th Government of Ireland was nominated by Dáil Éireann on the advice of the Taoiseach, and then appointed by the President. The Fine GaelLabour Party coalition was led by the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny.

On that day Kenny announced to the Dáil that he would appoint Paul Kehoe, TD to the post of Minister for State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of Defence. Willie Penrose, TD was appointed on the same date to the position of Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. Both men would attend cabinet meetings. On 10 March 2011, 13 other Ministerial appointments were announced.[1]

Contents

Ministers of State of the 29th Government (10 March 2011 – present)

Name Office Department(s) Party
Paul Kehoe Government Chief Whip Taoiseach Fine Gael
Minister of State for Defence Defence
Willie Penrose Minister of State for Housing and Planning Environment, Community and Local Government Labour Party
Dinny McGinley Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Fine Gael
Róisín Shortall Minister of State for Primary Care Health Labour Party
John Perry Minister of State for Small Business Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Fine Gael
Michael Ring Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Transport, Tourism and Sport Fine Gael
Jan O'Sullivan Minister of State for Trade and Development Foreign Affairs and Trade Labour Party
Kathleen Lynch Minister of State for Disability, Equality and Mental Health Justice and Equality
Health
Labour Party
Fergus O'Dowd Minister of State for the NewERA Project[2] Environment, Community and Local Government
Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Fine Gael
Brian Hayes Minister of State at the Department of Finance
for Public Service Reform and the Office of Public Works
Public Expenditure and Reform
Finance
Fine Gael
Shane McEntee Minister of State for Food, Horticulture and Food Safety Agriculture, Food and the Marine Fine Gael
Lucinda Creighton Minister of State for European Affairs Taoiseach
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Fine Gael
Seán Sherlock Minister of State for Research and Innovation Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Education and Skills
Labour Party
Ciarán Cannon Minister of State for Training and Skills Education and Skills Fine Gael
Alan Kelly Minister of State for Public and Commuter Transport Transport, Tourism and Sport Labour Party

Changes November 2011

Following the resignation of Willie Penrose, a new minister will be appointed.

TBA Minister of State for Housing and Planning Environment, Community and Local Government Labour Party

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