Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government
List of office-holders
Table:
Minister for Local Government 1919–1924[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

1.	W. T. Cosgrave	2 April 1919	9 September 1922	Sinn Féin

2.	Ernest Blythe	30 August 1922	15 October 1923	Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin

3.	Séamus Burke	15 October 1923	2 June 1924	Cumann na nGaedheal

Minister for Local Government and Public Health 1924–1947[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Séamus Burke	2 June 1924	23 June 1927	Cumann na nGaedheal

4.	Richard Mulcahy	23 June 1927	9 March 1932	Cumann na nGaedheal

5.	Seán T. O'Kelly	9 March 1932	8 September 1939	Fianna Fáil

6.	P. J. Ruttledge	8 September 1939	14 August 1941	Fianna Fáil

7.	Éamon de Valera (acting)	15 August 1941	18 August 1941	Fianna Fáil

8.	Seán MacEntee	18 August 1941	22 January 1947	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Local Government 1947–1977[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Seán MacEntee	22 January 1947	18 February 1948	Fianna Fáil

9.	Timothy J. Murphy	18 February 1948	29 April 1949	Labour Party

10.	William Norton (acting)	3 May 1949	11 May 1949	Labour Party

11.	Michael Keyes	11 May 1949	13 June 1951	Labour Party

12.	Paddy Smith (1st time)	13 June 1951	2 June 1954	Fianna Fáil

13.	Patrick O'Donnell	2 June 1954	20 March 1957	Fine Gael

Paddy Smith (2nd time)	20 March 1957	27 November 1957	Fianna Fáil

14.	Neil Blaney	27 November 1957	10 November 1966	Fianna Fáil

15.	Kevin Boland	10 November 1966	7 May 1970	Fianna Fáil

16.	Bobby Molloy	9 May 1970	14 March 1973	Fianna Fáil

17.	James Tully	14 March 1973	5 July 1977	Labour Party

18.	Sylvester Barrett	5 July 1977	16 August 1977	Fianna Fáil

Minister for the Environment 1977–1997[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Sylvester Barrett	16 August 1977	15 October 1980	Fianna Fáil

19.	Ray Burke (1st time)	15 October 1980	30 June 1981	Fianna Fáil

20.	Peter Barry	30 June 1981	9 March 1982	Fine Gael

Ray Burke (2nd time)	9 March 1982	14 December 1982	Fianna Fáil

21.	Dick Spring	14 December 1982	13 December 1983	Labour Party

22.	Liam Kavanagh	13 December 1983	14 February 1986	Labour Party

23.	John Boland	14 February 1986	10 March 1987	Fine Gael

24.	Pádraig Flynn	10 March 1987	8 November 1991	Fianna Fáil

25.	John Wilson (acting)	8 November 1991	14 November 1991	Fianna Fáil

26.	Rory O'Hanlon	14 November 1991	14 February 1992	Fianna Fáil

27.	Michael Smith	14 February 1992	14 December 1994	Fianna Fáil

28.	Brendan Howlin	14 December 1994	26 June 1997	Labour Party

29.	Noel Dempsey	26 June 1997	22 July 1997	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Environment and Local Government 1997–2002[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Noel Dempsey	22 July 1997	6 June 2002	Fianna Fáil

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 2002–2011[edit]

No.	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party

30.	Martin Cullen	6 June 2002	29 September 2004	Fianna Fáil

31.	Dick Roche	29 September 2004	14 June 2007	Fianna Fáil

32.	John Gormley	14 June 2007	23 January 2011	Green Party

33.	Éamon Ó Cuív	23 January 2011	9 March 2011	Fianna Fáil

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government 2011–2016[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

34.	Phil Hogan	9 March 2011	11 July 2014	Fine Gael

35.	Alan Kelly	11 July 2014	6 May 2016	Labour Party

Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government 2016–2017[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

36.	Simon Coveney	6 May 2016	14 June 2017	Fine Gael

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government 2017–present[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

37.	Eoghan Murphy	14 June 2017	Incumbent	Fine Gael

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