Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment
List of office-holders

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Section Title: List of office-holders
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Director of Fisheries 1919–1921[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

1.	Seán Etchingham	2 April 1919	26 August 1921	Sinn Féin

Secretary for Fisheries 1921–1922[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Seán Etchingham	26 August 1921	9 January 1922	Sinn Féin

Minister for Fisheries 1922–1930[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

2.	Fionán Lynch	14 December 1922	3 April 1930	Cumann na nGaedheal

Minister for Lands and Fisheries 1930–1937[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Fionán Lynch	3 April 1930	9 March 1932	Cumann na nGaedheal

3.	P. J. Ruttledge	9 March 1932	8 February 1933	Fianna Fáil

4.	Joseph Connolly	8 February 1933	29 May 1936	Fianna Fáil

5.	Frank Aiken	3 June 1936	11 November 1936	Fianna Fáil

6.	Gerald Boland	11 November 1936	21 July 1937	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Lands 1937–1977[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Gerald Boland	21 July 1937	8 September 1939	Fianna Fáil

7.	Thomas Derrig (1st time)	8 September 1939	2 July 1943	Fianna Fáil

8.	Seán Moylan	2 July 1943	18 February 1948	Fianna Fáil

9.	Joseph Blowick (1st time)	18 February 1948	7 March 1951	Clann na Talmhan

Thomas Derrig (2nd time)	13 June 1951	2 June 1954	Fianna Fáil

Joseph Blowick (2nd time)	2 June 1954	20 March 1957	Clann na Talmhan

10.	Erskine H. Childers	20 March 1957	23 July 1959	Fianna Fáil

11.	Mícheál Ó Móráin	23 July 1959	26 March 1968	Fianna Fáil

12.	Pádraig Faulkner	26 March 1968	2 July 1969	Fianna Fáil

13.	Seán Flanagan	2 July 1969	14 March 1973	Fianna Fáil

14.	Tom Fitzpatrick (1st time)	14 March 1973	2 December 1976	Fine Gael

15.	Paddy Donegan	2 December 1976	9 February 1977	Fine Gael

Minister for Fisheries 1977–1978[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Paddy Donegan	9 February 1977	5 July 1977	Fine Gael

16.	Brian Lenihan	5 July 1977	15 July 1978	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Fisheries and Forestry 1978–1986[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Brian Lenihan	15 July 1978	11 December 1979	Fianna Fáil

17.	Paddy Power	12 December 1979	30 June 1981	Fianna Fáil

Tom Fitzpatrick (2nd time)	30 June 1981	9 March 1982	Fine Gael

18.	Brendan Daly (1st time)	9 March 1982	14 December 1982	Fianna Fáil

19.	Paddy O'Toole (1st time)	14 December 1982	14 February 1986	Fine Gael

20.	Liam Kavanagh	14 February 1986	19 February 1986	Labour Party

Minister for Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry 1986–1987[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Liam Kavanagh	19 February 1986	20 January 1987	Labour Party

Paddy O'Toole (2nd time)	20 January 1987	10 March 1987	Fine Gael

Brendan Daly (2nd time)	10 March 1987	20 March 1987	Fianna Fáil

Minister for the Marine 1987–1997[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Brendan Daly (2nd time)	20 March 1987	12 July 1989	Fianna Fáil

21.	John Wilson	12 July 1989	11 February 1992	Fianna Fáil

22.	Michael Woods (1st time)	11 February 1992	12 January 1993	Fianna Fáil

23.	David Andrews	12 January 1993	15 December 1994	Fianna Fáil

24.	Hugh Coveney	15 December 1994	23 May 1995	Fine Gael

25.	Seán Barrett	23 May 1995	26 June 1997	Fine Gael

Michael Woods (2nd time)	26 June 1997	12 July 1997	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Marine and Natural Resources 1997–2002[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Michael Woods (2nd time)	12 July 1997	27 January 2000	Fianna Fáil

26.	Frank Fahey	27 January 2000	6 June 2002	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources 2002–2007[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

27.	Dermot Ahern	6 June 2002	29 September 2004	Fianna Fáil

28.	Noel Dempsey	29 September 2004	14 June 2007	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 2007–2016[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

29.	Eamon Ryan	14 June 2007	23 January 2011	Green Party

30.	Pat Carey	23 January 2011	9 March 2011	Fianna Fáil

31.	Pat Rabbitte	9 March 2011	11 July 2014	Labour Party

32.	Alex White	11 July 2014	6 May 2016	Labour Party

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 2016–present[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

33.	Denis Naughten	6 May 2016	11 October 2018	Independent

34.	Richard Bruton	11 October 2018	Incumbent	Fine Gael

Sentence(s)

Brian Lenihan of Fianna Fáil served as Minister for Fisheries and Forestry from 15 July 1978 to 11 December 1979.

final_sentence: Brian Lenihan of Fianna Fáil served as Minister for Fisheries and Forestry from 15 July 1978 to 11 December 1979.