Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport
List of office-holders

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

Section Title: List of office-holders
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Minister for Transport and Power 1959–1977[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

1.	Erskine H. Childers	27 July 1959	2 July 1969	Fianna Fáil

2.	Brian Lenihan	2 July 1969	3 January 1973	Fianna Fáil

3.	Michael O'Kennedy	3 January 1973	14 March 1973	Fianna Fáil

4.	Peter Barry	14 March 1973	2 December 1976	Fine Gael

5.	Tom Fitzpatrick	2 December 1976	5 July 1977	Fine Gael

6.	Pádraig Faulkner	5 July 1977	12 July 1977	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Tourism and Transport 1977–1980[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Pádraig Faulkner	12 July 1977	11 December 1979	Fianna Fáil

7.	George Colley	12 December 1979	25 January 1980	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Transport 1980–1987[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

8.	Albert Reynolds	25 January 1980	30 June 1981	Fianna Fáil

9.	Patrick Cooney	30 June 1981	9 March 1982	Fine Gael

10.	John Wilson (1st time)	9 March 1982	14 December 1982	Fianna Fáil

11.	Jim Mitchell	14 December 1982	10 March 1987	Fine Gael

Minister for Tourism and Transport 1987–1991[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

12.	Ray MacSharry	20 March 1987	31 March 1987	Fianna Fáil

John Wilson (2nd time)	31 March 1987	12 July 1989	Fianna Fáil

13.	Séamus Brennan (1st time)	12 July 1989	7 February 1991	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communication 1991–1993[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Séamus Brennan (1st time)	7 February 1991	11 February 1992	Fianna Fáil

14.	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	11 February 1992	12 January 1993	Fianna Fáil

15.	Charlie McCreevy	12 January 1993	22 January 1993	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Transport, Energy and Communication 1993–1997[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

16.	Brian Cowen	22 January 1993	15 December 1994	Fianna Fáil

17.	Michael Lowry	15 December 1994	30 November 1996	Fine Gael

18.	John Bruton (acting)	30 November 1996	3 December 1996	Fine Gael

19.	Alan Dukes	3 December 1996	26 June 1997	Fine Gael

20.	Mary O'Rourke	26 June 1997	12 July 1997	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Public Enterprise 1997–2002[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Mary O'Rourke	12 July 1997	6 June 2002	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Transport 2002–2011[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Séamus Brennan (2nd time)	6 June 2002	29 September 2004	Fianna Fáil

21.	Martin Cullen	29 September 2004	14 June 2007	Fianna Fáil

22.	Noel Dempsey	14 June 2007	19 January 2011	Fianna Fáil

23.	Pat Carey	20 January 2011	8 March 2011	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 2011–present[edit]

No.	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party

24.	Leo Varadkar	9 March 2011	11 July 2014	Fine Gael

25.	Paschal Donohoe	11 July 2014	6 May 2016	Fine Gael

26.	Shane Ross	6 May 2016	Incumbent	Independent

Sentence(s)

John Bruton (acting) of the Fine Gael party was Minister for Transport, Energy and Communication from 30 November 1996 to 3 December 1996.

final_sentence: John Bruton (acting) of the Fine Gael party was Minister for Transport, Energy and Communication from 30 November 1996 to 3 December 1996.