No.
|
Name
|
Department(s)
|
Responsibility
|
Party
|
Appointed
|
Left office
|
Taoiseach
|
Govt.
|
1
|
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn[a] (born 1950)[8]
|
Industry and Commerce[9]
|
Parliamentary Secretary[10]
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
5 July 1977
|
1 January 1978
|
Jack Lynch
|
15th
|
Industry, Commerce and Energy
|
Minister of State[10]
|
1 January 1978
|
11 December 1979
|
15th
|
Education[11]
|
Youth and Sport[12]
|
23 March 1982
|
14 December 1982
|
Charles Haughey
|
18th
|
Taoiseach[13]
|
Co-ordination of Government policy and EC matters[14]
|
12 March 1987
|
12 July 1989
|
20th
|
Taoiseach[15]
|
Co-ordinator of Government Policy and EC matters[16]
|
19 July 1989
|
11 February 1992
|
21st
|
2
|
Mary Flaherty (born 1953)[17]
|
Health[18] Social Welfare
|
Poverty and the Family[19]
|
|
Fine Gael
|
30 June 1981
|
9 March 1982
|
Garret FitzGerald
|
17th
|
3
|
Nuala Fennell (1935–2009[20]
|
Taoiseach[21]
|
Women's Affairs[22]
|
|
Fine Gael
|
16 December 1982
|
10 March 1987
|
Garret FitzGerald
|
19th
|
Justice[23]
|
Family Law Reform[22]
|
7 January 1983
|
10 March 1987
|
4
|
Avril Doyle (born 1949)[24]
|
Finance[25] Environment
|
Office of Public Works Environmental Protection[22]
|
|
Fine Gael
|
13 February 1986
|
10 March 1987
|
Garret FitzGerald
|
19th
|
Taoiseach[26] Finance Transport, Energy and Communications
|
Consumers of Public Services[27]
|
27 January 1995
|
26 June 1997
|
John Bruton
|
24th
|
5
|
Mary Harney[a] (born 1953)[28]
|
Environment[15][29]
|
Protection of the Environment[16]
|
|
Progressive Democrats
|
19 July 1989
|
11 February 1992
|
Charles Haughey
|
21st
|
11 February 1992
|
4 November 1992
|
Albert Reynolds
|
22nd
|
6
|
Mary O'Rourke[a] (born 1937)[30]
|
Industry and Commerce[29]
|
Trade and Marketing[16]
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
13 February 1992
|
12 January 1993
|
Albert Reynolds
|
22nd
|
Enterprise and Employment[31]
|
Labour Affairs[27]
|
14 January 1993
|
15 December 1994
|
23rd
|
7=
|
Eithne FitzGerald (born 1950)[32]
|
Finance[31]
|
Office of the Tánaiste, National Development Plan[27]
|
|
Labour
|
14 January 1993
|
17 November 1994
|
Albert Reynolds
|
23rd
|
Enterprise and Employment[33]
|
Office of the Tánaiste, Labour Affairs[27]
|
20 December 1994
|
26 June 1997
|
John Bruton
|
24th
|
7=
|
Joan Burton[a] (born 1949)[34]
|
Social Welfare[31]
|
Poverty, Tax and Social Welfare Codes[27]
|
|
Labour
|
14 January 1993
|
17 November 1994
|
Albert Reynolds
|
23rd
|
Foreign Affairs[33] Justice
|
Overseas Development Assistance[27]
|
20 December 1994
|
26 June 1997
|
John Bruton
|
24th
|
9
|
Liz McManus (born 1947)[35]
|
Environment[33]
|
Environment[27]
|
|
Democratic Left
|
20 December 1994
|
26 June 1997
|
John Bruton
|
24th
|
10
|
Liz O'Donnell (born 1956)[36]
|
Foreign Affairs[37]
|
Overseas Development Assistance, Human Rights[38]
|
|
Progressive Democrats
|
1 July 1997
|
6 June 2002
|
Bertie Ahern
|
25th
|
|
Minister of State to the Government[38]
|
11 April 2002
|
6 June 2002
|
11
|
Mary Wallace (born 1959)[39]
|
Justice, Equality and Law Reform[37]
|
Equality, Disabilities[38]
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
8 July 1997
|
6 June 2002
|
Bertie Ahern
|
25th
|
Agriculture and Food[40]
|
Forestry[41]
|
14 February 2006
|
14 June 2007
|
26th
|
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food[42]
|
Forestry[43]
|
20 June 2007
|
7 May 2008
|
27th
|
Health and Children[44]
|
Health Promotion, Food Safety[45]
|
13 May 2008
|
22 April 2009
|
Brian Cowen
|
28th
|
12
|
Mary Hanafin[a] (born 1959)[46]
|
Health and Children[47] Justice, Equality and Law Reform Education and Science
|
Children[38]
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
1 February 2000
|
6 June 2002
|
Bertie Ahern
|
25th
|
Taoiseach[48] Defence
|
Government Chief Whip, Defence, Information society[41]
|
6 June 2002
|
29 September 2004
|
26th
|
13
|
Mary Coughlan[a] (born 1965)[49]
|
Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands[50]
|
Gaeltacht, The Islands[38]
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
19 February 2001
|
6 June 2002
|
Bertie Ahern
|
25th
|
14
|
Síle de Valera[a] (born 1954)[51]
|
Education and Science[52]
|
Adult Education, Youth Affairs, Educational Disadvantage[41]
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
19 June 2002
|
8 December 2006
|
Bertie Ahern
|
26th
|
15
|
Máire Hoctor (born 1963)[53]
|
Health and Children[42] Social and Family Affairs Environment, Heritage and Local Government
|
Services for Older People[43]
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
9 July 2007
|
7 May 2008
|
Bertie Ahern
|
27th
|
Health and Children[44] Social and Family Affairs Environment, Heritage and Local Government
|
Older People[45]
|
13 May 2008
|
22 April 2009
|
Brian Cowen
|
28th
|
16
|
Áine Brady (born 1954)[54]
|
Health and Children[55] Social and Family Affairs Environment, Heritage and Local Government
|
Older People, Health Promotion[45]
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
22 April 2009
|
9 March 2011
|
Brian Cowen
|
28th
|
17
|
Mary White (born 1948)[56]
|
Justice and Law Reform[57] Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs Education and Skills
|
Equality and Human Rights, Integration[45]
|
|
Green
|
23 March 2010
|
23 January 2011
|
Brian Cowen
|
28th
|
18=
|
Róisín Shortall (born 1954)[58]
|
Health[59]
|
Primary Care[60]
|
|
Labour
|
10 March 2011
|
26 September 2012
|
Enda Kenny
|
29th
|
18=
|
Jan O'Sullivan[a] (born 1950)[61]
|
Foreign Affairs and Trade[59]
|
Trade and Development[60]
|
|
Labour
|
10 March 2011
|
20 December 2011
|
Enda Kenny
|
29th
|
Environment, Community and Local Government
|
Housing and Planning[60][b]
|
20 December 2011
|
11 July 2014
|
18=
|
Kathleen Lynch (born 1953)[62]
|
Justice and Equality[59] Health
|
Disability, Equality, Mental Health[60]
|
|
Labour
|
10 March 2011
|
15 July 2014
|
Enda Kenny
|
29th
|
Health[63]
|
Primary Care, Mental Health, Disability
|
15 July 2014
|
6 May 2016
|
18=
|
Lucinda Creighton (born 1980)[64]
|
Taoiseach[59] Foreign Affairs and Trade
|
European Affairs[60]
|
|
Fine Gael
|
10 March 2011
|
11 July 2013
|
Enda Kenny
|
29th
|
22
|
Ann Phelan (born 1961)[65]
|
Agriculture, Food and the Marine[63] Transport, Tourism and Sport
|
Rural Economic Development, Rural Transport[60]
|
|
Labour
|
15 July 2014
|
6 May 2016
|
Enda Kenny
|
29th
|
23
|
Regina Doherty[a] (born 1971)[66]
|
Taoiseach[67]
|
Government Chief Whip[b]
|
|
Fine Gael
|
6 May 2016
|
14 June 2017
|
Enda Kenny
|
30th
|
24=
|
Helen McEntee[a] (born 1986)[68]
|
Health[69]
|
Mental Health, Older People
|
|
Fine Gael
|
19 May 2016
|
14 June 2017
|
Enda Kenny
|
30th
|
Foreign Affairs and Trade[70]
|
European Affairs
|
20 June 2017
|
27 June 2020
|
Leo Varadkar
|
31st
|
24=
|
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (born 1963)[71]
|
Health[69]
|
Health Promotion
|
|
Fine Gael
|
19 May 2016
|
14 June 2017
|
Enda Kenny
|
30th
|
24=
|
Catherine Byrne (born 1956)[72]
|
Health[69] Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
|
Communities, National Drugs Strategy
|
|
Fine Gael
|
19 May 2016
|
14 June 2017
|
Enda Kenny
|
30th
|
Health[70]
|
Health Promotion, National Drugs Strategy
|
20 June 2017
|
27 June 2020
|
Leo Varadkar
|
31st
|
27
|
Mary Mitchell O'Connor[a] (born 1959)[73]
|
Education and Skills[74]
|
Higher Education[b]
|
|
Fine Gael
|
14 June 2017
|
27 June 2020
|
Leo Varadkar
|
31st
|
28=
|
Hildegarde Naughton (born 1977)[75]
|
Transport[76] Environment, Climate and Communications
|
International and Road Transport and Logistics Postal Policy and Eircodes[b]
|
|
Fine Gael
|
27 June 2020
|
21 December 2022
|
Micheál Martin
|
32nd
|
Health
|
Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy
|
21 December 2022
|
10 April 2024
|
Leo Varadkar
|
33rd
|
Taoiseach[77]
|
Government Chief Whip[b]
|
21 December 2022
|
Incumbent
|
Leo Varadkar
|
33rd
|
Education
|
Special education and inclusion
|
10 April 2024
|
Incumbent
|
Simon Harris
|
34th
|
28=
|
Pippa Hackett[78]
|
Agriculture, Food and the Marine[76][77]
|
Land Use and Biodiversity[b]
|
|
Green
|
27 June 2020
|
21 December 2022
|
Micheál Martin
|
32nd
|
21 December 2022
|
Incumbent
|
Leo Varadkar
|
33rd
|
Simon Harris
|
34th
|
30=
|
Josepha Madigan[a] (born 1970)[79]
|
Education[80][77]
|
Special Education and Inclusion
|
|
Fine Gael
|
1 July 2020
|
21 December 2022
|
Micheál Martin
|
32nd
|
21 December 2022
|
22 March 2024
|
Leo Varadkar
|
33rd
|
30=
|
Anne Rabbitte (born 1973)[81]
|
Health[80] Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth[77]
|
Disability
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
1 July 2020
|
21 December 2022
|
Micheál Martin
|
32nd
|
21 December 2022
|
Incumbent
|
Leo Varadkar
|
33rd
|
Simon Harris
|
34th
|
30=
|
Mary Butler (born 1973)[82]
|
Health[80][77]
|
Mental Health, Older People
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
1 July 2020
|
21 December 2022
|
Micheál Martin
|
32nd
|
21 December 2022
|
Incumbent
|
Leo Varadkar
|
33rd
|
Simon Harris
|
34th
|
33
|
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (born 1980)[83]
|
Finance[77]
|
Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance
|
|
Fine Gael
|
21 December 2022
|
10 April 2024
|
Leo Varadkar
|
33rd
|
Foreign Affairs
|
European Affairs
|
10 April 2024
|
Incumbent
|
Simon Harris
|
34th
|
34
|
Emer Higgins (born 1985)[84]
|
Enterprise, Trade and Employment
|
Employment Affairs and Retail Businesses
|
|
Fine Gael
|
10 April 2024
|
Incumbent
|
Simon Harris
|
34th
|