# Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

A Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine of the Government of Ireland and assists the Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.
There are three Ministers of State:
* Noel Grealish, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for food promotion, new markets, research and development. Grealish is also a super junior minister, which is a minister of state in attendance at cabinet, but without a vote.
* Michael Healy-Rae, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for forestry, farm safety and horticulture.
* Timmy Dooley, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for the marine.

## List of parliamentary secretaries

| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Government |
| Paddy Smith | 1 January 1947 | 21 January 1947 | Fianna Fáil | 4th |
| Gerald Bartley | 19 June 1951 | 2 June 1954 | Fianna Fáil | 6th |
| Oliver J. Flanagan | 3 June 1954 | 20 March 1957 | Fine Gael | 7th |
| Patrick Lalor | 21 April 1965 | 10 November 1966 | Fianna Fáil | 11th |
| Don Davern | 16 November 1966 | 2 November 1968 | Fianna Fáil | 12th |
| Jerry Cronin | 2 July 1969 | 9 May 1970 | Fianna Fáil | 13th |
| Jackie Fahey | 9 May 1970 | 14 March 1973 | Fianna Fáil | 13th |
| Michael Pat Murphy | 14 March 1973 | 9 February 1977 | Labour | 14th |
| Thomas Hussey | 5 July 1977 | 1 January 1978 | Fianna Fáil | 15th |

## List of ministers of state

Department of Agriculture 1978–1987 :
| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Responsibilities | Government |
| Thomas Hussey | 1 January 1978 | 11 December 1979 | | Fianna Fáil | | 15th |
| Thomas Hussey | 12 December 1979 | 17 December 1980 | | Fianna Fáil | | 16th |
| Lorcan Allen | 12 December 1979 | 30 June 1981 | | Fianna Fáil | | 16th |
| Michael Smith | 17 December 1980 | 30 June 1981 | | Fianna Fáil | | 16th |
| Michael D'Arcy | 30 June 1981 | 9 March 1982 | | Fine Gael | Production and Marketing | 17th |
| Ted Nealon | 30 June 1981 | 9 March 1982 | | Fine Gael | Western Development | 17th |
| Lorcan Allen | 23 March 1982 | 14 December 1982 | | Fianna Fáil | Land Commission, Production and Marketing | 18th |
| Bernard Cowen | 23 March 1982 | 14 December 1982 | | Fianna Fáil | Disadvantaged Areas | 18th |
| Patrick Hegarty | 16 December 1982 | 10 March 1987 | | Fine Gael | Production | 19th |
| Paul Connaughton Snr | 16 December 1982 | 10 March 1987 | | Fine Gael | Land Structure and Development | 19th |
| Department of Agriculture and Food 1987–1993 |||||||
| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Responsibilities | Government |
| Joe Walsh | 12 March 1987 | 12 July 1989 | | Fianna Fáil | Food Industry | 20th |
| Joe Walsh | 19 July 1989 | 11 February 1992 | | Fianna Fáil | Food Industry | 21st |
| Séamus Kirk | 12 March 1987 | 12 July 1989 | | Fianna Fáil | Horticulture | 20th |
| Séamus Kirk | 19 July 1989 | 11 February 1992 | | Fianna Fáil | Horticulture | 21st |
| John Browne | 13 February 1992 | 12 January 1993 | | Fianna Fáil | Food industry | 22nd |
| Liam Hyland | 13 February 1992 | 12 January 1993 | | Fianna Fáil | Horticulture | 22nd |
| Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry 1993–1997 |||||||
| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Responsibilities | Government |
| Liam Hyland | 14 January 1993 | 15 June 1994 | | Fianna Fáil | Forestry and Rural Development | 23rd |
| Brian O'Shea | 14 January 1993 | 17 November 1994 | | Labour | Food and Horticulture | 23rd |
| Jimmy Deenihan | 20 December 1994 | 26 June 1997 | | Fine Gael | | 24th |
| Department of Agriculture and Food 1997–1999 |||||||
| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Responsibilities | Government |
| Noel Davern | 8 July 1997 | 27 September 1999 | | Fianna Fáil | Livestock breeding and horticulture | 25th |
| Ned O'Keeffe | 8 July 1997 | 27 September 1999 | | Fianna Fáil | Food | 25th |
| Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development 1999–2002 |||||||
| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Responsibilities | Government |
| Noel Davern | 27 September 1999 | 6 June 2002 | | Fianna Fáil | Livestock breeding and horticulture | 25th |
| Ned O'Keeffe | 27 September 1999 | 17 February 2001 | | Fianna Fáil | Food | 25th |
| Éamon Ó Cuív | 19 February 2001 | 6 June 2002 | | Fianna Fáil | Rural development and the Western Development Commission | 25th |
| Department of Agriculture and Food 2002–2007 |||||||
| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Responsibilities | Government |
| Noel Treacy | 19 June 2007 | 29 September 2004 | | Fianna Fáil | Food and horticulture | 26th |
| Liam Aylward | 19 June 2007 | 29 September 2004 | | Fianna Fáil | Animal Health and Welfare; and Customer Service | 26th |
| John Browne | 29 September 2004 | 14 February 2006 | | Fianna Fáil | Forestry | 26th |
| Brendan Smith | 29 September 2004 | 14 June 2007 | | Fianna Fáil | Food and Horticulture | 26th |
| Mary Wallace | 14 February 2006 | 14 June 2007 | | Fianna Fáil | Forestry | 26th |
| Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2007–2011 |||||||
| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Responsibilities | Government |
| John Browne | 20 June 2007 | 7 May 2008 | | Fianna Fáil | Fisheries | 27th |
| Mary Wallace | 20 June 2007 | 7 May 2008 | | Fianna Fáil | Forestry | 27th |
| Trevor Sargent | 20 June 2007 | 23 February 2010 | | Green | Food and Horticulture | 27th • 28th |
| Tony Killeen | 13 May 2008 | 23 March 2010 | | Fianna Fáil | Fisheries and Forestry | 28th |
| Ciarán Cuffe | 23 March 2010 | 23 January 2011 | | Green | Horticulture | 28th |
| Seán Connick | 23 March 2010 | 9 March 2011 | | Fianna Fáil | Fisheries and Forestry | 28th |
| Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 2011–2025 |||||||
| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Responsibilities | Government |
| Shane McEntee | 10 March 2011 | 21 December 2012 | | Fine Gael | Food, Horticulture and Food Safety | 29th |
| Tom Hayes | 5 June 2013 | 6 May 2016 | | Fine Gael | Food, Horticulture and Food Safety | 29th |
| Ann Phelan | 15 July 2014 | 6 May 2016 | | Labour | Rural Economic Development | 29th |
| Andrew Doyle | 19 May 2016 | 14 June 2017 | | Fine Gael | Food, Forestry and Horticulture | 30th |
| Andrew Doyle | 20 June 2017 | 27 June 2020 | | Fine Gael | Food, Forestry and Horticulture | 31st |
| Pippa Hackett | 27 June 2020 | 23 January 2025 | | Green | Land use and biodiversity | 32nd • 33rd • 34th |
| Martin Heydon | 1 July 2020 | 23 January 2025 | | Fine Gael | Research and development, farm safety and new market development | 32nd • 33rd • 34th |
| Department of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine 2025–present |||||||
| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Responsibilities | Government |
| Noel Grealish | 23 January 2025 | Incumbent | | Independent | Food promotion, new markets, research and development | 35th |
| Michael Healy-Rae | 29 January 2025 | Incumbent | | Independent | Forestry, farm safety and horticulture | 35th |
| Timmy Dooley | 23 February 2025 | Incumbent | | Fianna Fáil | Marine | 35th |