Government of the 20th Dáil
14th Government of Ireland

Government of the 20th Dáil

Section Title: 14th Government of Ireland
Table Section Text: None

Office	Name	Term	Party

Taoiseach	Liam Cosgrave	1973–77	Fine Gael

Tánaiste	Brendan Corish	1973–77	Labour Party

Minister for Health

Minister for Social Welfare

Minister for Agriculture	Mark Clinton	1973–77	Fine Gael

Minister for Defence	Paddy Donegan	1973–76	Fine Gael

Minister for Education	Richard Burke	1973–76	Fine Gael

Minister for Finance	Richie Ryan	1973–77	Fine Gael

Minister for the Public Service

Minister for Foreign Affairs	Garret FitzGerald	1973–77	Fine Gael

Minister for the Gaeltacht	Tom O'Donnell	1973–77	Fine Gael

Minister for Industry and Commerce	Justin Keating	1973–77	Labour Party

Minister for Justice	Patrick Cooney	1973–77	Fine Gael

Minister for Labour	Michael O'Leary	1973–77	Labour Party

Minister for Lands	Tom Fitzpatrick	1973–76	Fine Gael

Minister for Local Government	James Tully	1973–77	Labour Party

Minister for Posts and Telegraphs	Conor Cruise O'Brien	1973–77	Labour Party

Minister for Transport and Power	Peter Barry	1973–76	Fine Gael

Changes 2 December 1976[edit]

Office	Name	Term	Party

Minister for Education	Peter Barry	1976–77	Fine Gael

Minister for Transport and Power	Tom Fitzpatrick	1976–77	Fine Gael

Minister for Lands	Paddy Donegan	1976–77	Fine Gael

Minister for Defence	Liam Cosgrave	(acting)	Fine Gael

Changes 16 December 1976[edit]

Office	Name	Term	Party

Minister for Defence	Oliver J. Flanagan	1976–77	Fine Gael

Sentence(s)

The Government of the 20th Dáil was led by Liam Cosgrave, the Fine Gael leader, as Taoiseach and Brendan Corish, the Labour Party leader, as Tánaiste.

final_sentence: The Government of the 20th Dáil was led by Liam Cosgrave, the Fine Gael leader, as Taoiseach and Brendan Corish, the Labour Party leader, as Tánaiste.