Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach
List of office-holders

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach

Section Title: List of office-holders
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Parliamentary Secretary to the President 1922–1937[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

1.	Daniel McCarthy	6 December 1922	31 March 1924	Cumann na nGaedheal

2.	James Dolan	19 June 1924	24 June 1927	Cumann na nGaedheal

3.	Eamonn Duggan	24 June 1927	9 March 1932	Cumann na nGaedheal

4.	Gerald Boland	9 March 1932	7 February 1933	Fianna Fáil

5.	Patrick Little	8 February 1933	29 December 1937	Fianna Fáil

Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach 1937–1977[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Patrick Little	29 December 1937	26 September 1939	Fianna Fáil

6.	Paddy Smith	27 September 1939	2 July 1943	Fianna Fáil

7.	Eamonn Kissane	2 July 1943	18 February 1948	Fianna Fáil

8.	Liam Cosgrave	18 February 1948	13 June 1951	Fine Gael

9.	Donnchadh Ó Briain (1st time)	13 June 1951	2 June 1954	Fianna Fáil

10.	Denis J. O'Sullivan	2 June 1954	20 March 1957	Fine Gael

Donnchadh Ó Briain (2nd time)	20 March 1957	11 October 1961	Fianna Fáil

11.	Joseph Brennan	11 October 1961	21 April 1965	Fianna Fáil

12.	Michael Carty	21 April 1965	2 July 1969	Fianna Fáil

13.	Desmond O'Malley	2 July 1969	7 May 1970	Fianna Fáil

14.	David Andrews	8 May 1970	14 March 1973	Fianna Fáil

15.	John Kelly	14 March 1973	5 July 1977	Fine Gael

16.	Patrick Lalor	5 July 1977	1 January 1978	Fianna Fáil

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach 1978–present[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Patrick Lalor	1 January 1978	1 July 1979	Fianna Fáil

17.	Michael Woods	1 July 1979	11 December 1979	Fianna Fáil

18.	Seán Moore	13 December 1979	30 June 1981	Fianna Fáil

19.	Gerry L'Estrange	30 June 1981	11 November 1981	Fine Gael

20.	Fergus O'Brien (1st time)	11 November 1981	9 March 1982	Fine Gael

21.	Bertie Ahern	9 March 1982	14 December 1982	Fianna Fáil

22.	Seán Barrett (1st time)	14 December 1982	13 February 1986	Fine Gael

Fergus O'Brien (2nd time)	13 February 1986	10 March 1987	Fine Gael

23.	Vincent Brady	10 March 1987	14 November 1991	Fianna Fáil

24.	Dermot Ahern	15 November 1991	11 February 1992	Fianna Fáil

25.	Noel Dempsey	11 February 1992	15 December 1994	Fianna Fáil

Seán Barrett (2nd time)	15 December 1994	23 May 1995	Fine Gael

26.	Jim Higgins	24 May 1995	26 June 1997	Fine Gael

27.	Séamus Brennan	26 June 1997	6 June 2002	Fianna Fáil

28.	Mary Hanafin	6 June 2002	29 September 2004	Fianna Fáil

29.	Tom Kitt	29 September 2004	7 May 2008	Fianna Fáil

30.	Pat Carey	7 May 2008	23 March 2010	Fianna Fáil

31.	John Curran	23 March 2010	9 March 2011	Fianna Fáil

32.	Paul Kehoe	9 March 2011	6 May 2016	Fine Gael

33.	Regina Doherty	6 May 2016	14 June 2017	Fine Gael

34.	Joe McHugh	14 June 2017	16 October 2018	Fine Gael

35.	Seán Kyne	16 October 2018	Incumbent	Fine Gael

Sentence(s)

Fergus O'Brien (1st time) from Fine Gael was the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach from 11 November 1981 to 9 March 1982.

final_sentence: Fergus O'Brien (1st time) from Fine Gael was the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach from 11 November 1981 to 9 March 1982.