Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government
Incumbent Phil Hogan since 9 March 2011
Appointer	President of Ireland on the nomination of the Taoiseach
Inaugural holder	W. T. Cosgrave as Minister for Local Government
Formation	2 April 1919
Website	environ.ie

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (Irish: An tAire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil) is the senior minister at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in the Government of Ireland.

The current Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government is Phil Hogan, TD. He is assisted by:

• Willie Penrose, TD – Minister of State for Housing and Planning
• Fergus O'Dowd, TD – Minister of State for the NewERA Project^[1]

Overview

The Custom House, Dublin, is the headquarters of the Department.

The Minister is responsible for, amongst other matters:

• the environment;
• the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland;
• heritage;
• local authorities and related services;
• the supervision of elections including the general election and presidential elections, and electronic voting arrangements.

List of office-holders

  Denotes acting Minister

Minister for Local Government 1919–1924
No.	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
1.	W. T. Cosgrave	2 April 1919	9 September 1922		Sinn Féin
2.	Ernest Blythe	30 August 1922	15 October 1923		Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
3.	Séamus Burke	15 October 1923	2 June 1924		Cumann na nGaedheal
Minister for Local Government and Public Health 1924–1947
No.	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
	Séamus Burke	2 June 1924	23 June 1927		Cumann na nGaedheal
4.	Richard Mulcahy	23 June 1927	9 March 1932		Cumann na nGaedheal
5.	Seán T. O'Kelly	9 March 1932	8 September 1939		Fianna Fáil
6.	P. J. Ruttledge	8 September 1939	14 August 1941		Fianna Fáil
7.	Éamon de Valera (acting)	15 August 1941	18 August 1941		Fianna Fáil
8.	Seán MacEntee	18 August 1941	22 January 1947		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Local Government 1947–1977
No.	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
	Seán MacEntee	22 January 1947	18 February 1948		Fianna Fáil
9.	Timothy J. Murphy	18 February 1948	29 April 1949		Labour Party
10.	William Norton (acting)	3 May 1949	11 May 1949		Labour Party
11.	Michael Keyes	11 May 1949	13 June 1951		Labour Party
12.	Paddy Smith (1st time)	13 June 1951	2 June 1954		Fianna Fáil
13.	Patrick O'Donnell	2 June 1954	20 March 1957		Fine Gael
	Paddy Smith (2nd time)	20 March 1957	27 November 1957		Fianna Fáil
14.	Neil Blaney	27 November 1957	10 November 1966		Fianna Fáil
15.	Kevin Boland	10 November 1966	7 May 1970		Fianna Fáil
16.	Bobby Molloy	9 May 1970	14 March 1973		Fianna Fáil
17.	James Tully	14 March 1973	5 July 1977		Labour Party
18.	Sylvester Barrett	5 July 1977	16 August 1977		Fianna Fáil
Minister for the Environment 1977–1997
No.	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
	Sylvester Barrett	16 August 1977	15 October 1980		Fianna Fáil
19.	Ray Burke (1st time)	15 October 1980	30 June 1981		Fianna Fáil
20.	Peter Barry	30 June 1981	9 March 1982		Fine Gael
	Ray Burke (2nd time)	9 March 1982	14 December 1982		Fianna Fáil
21.	Dick Spring	14 December 1982	13 December 1983		Labour Party
22.	Liam Kavanagh	13 December 1983	14 February 1986		Labour Party
23.	John Boland	14 February 1986	10 March 1987		Fine Gael
24.	Pádraig Flynn	10 March 1987	8 November 1991		Fianna Fáil
25.	John Wilson (acting)	8 November 1991	14 November 1991		Fianna Fáil
26.	Rory O'Hanlon	14 November 1991	14 February 1992		Fianna Fáil
27.	Michael Smith	14 February 1992	14 December 1994		Fianna Fáil
28.	Brendan Howlin	14 December 1994	26 June 1997		Labour Party
29.	Noel Dempsey	26 June 1997	22 July 1997		Fianna Fáil
Minister for Environment and Local Government 1997–2002
No.	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
	Noel Dempsey	22 July 1997	6 June 2002		Fianna Fáil
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 2002–2011
No.	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
30.	Martin Cullen	6 June 2002	29 September 2004		Fianna Fáil
31.	Dick Roche	29 September 2004	14 June 2007		Fianna Fáil
32.	John Gormley	14 June 2007	23 January 2011		Green Party
33.	Éamon Ó Cuív	23 January 2011	9 March 2011		Fianna Fáil
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government 2011–present
No.	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
34.	Phil Hogan	9 March 2011	Incumbent		Fine Gael

See also

• Irish cabinets since 1919

References

1. ^ Government economic stimulus plan

External links

• Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government