Minister for Justice (Ireland)

The **Minister for Justice** () is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Justice. The Minister for Justice is responsible for law and order in Ireland.

## List of office-holders

|Name|colspan="2"|Term of office|colspan="2"|Party|Government(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="6"|===Minister for Home Affairs 1919–1924===|||||
|Michael Collins|22 January 1919|1 April 1919||1st DM||
|Arthur Griffith|2 April 1919|22 August 1921||2nd DM||
|Austin Stack|22 August 1921|9 January 1922||3rd DM||
|Eamonn Duggan|10 January 1922|9 September 1922||4th DM1st PG||
|Kevin O'Higgins|30 August 1922|2 June 1924||2nd PG5th DM1st EC2nd EC||
|colspan="6"|===Minister for Justice 1924–1997===|||||
|Kevin O'Higgins|2 June 1924|10 July 1927||2nd EC3rd EC||
|W. T. Cosgrave|10 July 1927|12 October 1927||3rd EC||
|James FitzGerald-Kenney|12 October 1927|9 March 1932||4th EC5th EC||
|James Geoghegan|9 March 1932|8 February 1933||6th EC||
|P. J. Ruttledge|8 February 1933|8 September 1939||7th EC8th EC1st2nd||
|Gerald Boland _(1st time)_|8 September 1939|18 February 1948||2nd3rd4th||
|Seán Mac Eoin|18 February 1948|7 March 1951||5th||
|Daniel Morrissey|7 March 1951|13 June 1951||5th||
|Gerald Boland _(2nd time)_|13 June 1951|2 June 1954||6th||
|James Everett|2 June 1954|20 March 1957||7th||
|Oscar Traynor|20 March 1957|11 October 1961||8th9th||
|Charles Haughey|11 October 1961|8 October 1964||10th||
|Seán Lemass|8 October 1964|3 November 1964||10th||
|Brian Lenihan Snr|3 November 1964|26 March 1968||10th11th12th||
|Mícheál Ó Móráin|27 March 1968|5 May 1970||12th13th||
|Desmond O'Malley|5 May 1970|14 March 1973||13th||
|Patrick Cooney|14 March 1973|5 July 1977||14th||
|Gerry Collins _(1st time)_|5 July 1977|30 June 1981||15th16th||
|Jim Mitchell|30 June 1981|9 March 1982||17th||
|Seán Doherty|9 March 1982|14 December 1982||18th||
|Michael Noonan|14 December 1982|14 February 1986||19th||
|Alan Dukes|14 February 1986|10 March 1987||19th||
|Gerry Collins _(2nd time)_|10 March 1987|12 July 1989||20th||
|Ray Burke|12 July 1989|11 February 1992||21st||
|Pádraig Flynn|11 February 1992|4 January 1993||22nd||
|Máire Geoghegan-Quinn|4 January 1993|15 December 1994||23rd||
|Nora Owen|15 December 1994|26 June 1997||24th||
|John O'Donoghue|26 June 1997|8 July 1997||25th||
|colspan="6"|===Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 1997–2010===|||||
|John O'Donoghue|8 July 1997|6 June 2002||25th||
|Michael McDowell|6 June 2002|14 June 2007||26th||
|Brian Lenihan Jnr|14 June 2007|7 May 2008||27th||
|Dermot Ahern|7 May 2008|23 March 2010||28th||
|colspan="6"|===Minister for Justice and Law Reform 2010–2011===|||||
|Dermot Ahern|23 March 2010|19 January 2011||28th||
|Brendan Smith|20 January 2011|9 March 2011||28th||
|Alan Shatter|9 March 2011|2 April 2011||29th||
|colspan="6"|===Minister for Justice and Equality 2011–2020===|||||
|Alan Shatter|2 April 2011|7 May 2014||29th||
|Frances Fitzgerald|8 May 2014|14 June 2017||29th30th||
|Charles Flanagan|14 June 2017|27 June 2020||31st||
|Helen McEntee|27 June 2020|1 November 2020||32nd||
|colspan="6"|===Minister for Justice 2020–present===|||||
|Helen McEntee|1 November 2020|27 April 2021||rowspan=4|32nd|
|Heather Humphreys|27 April 2021|1 November 2021||||
|Helen McEntee|1 November 2021|25 November 2022||||
|Heather Humphreys|25 November 2022|17 December 2022||||
|Simon Harris|17 December 2022|1 June 2023||rowspan=2|33rd|
|Helen McEntee|1 June 2023|_Incumbent_||||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Minister for Justice
- **insignia**: Irish Department of Justice and Equality logo.png
- **insigniasize**: 230px
- **image**: Helen McEntee in 2018.jpg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **incumbent**: Helen McEntee
- **incumbentsince**: 1 June 2023
- **department**: Department of Justice (Ireland), Department of Justice
- **reports to**: Taoiseach
- **appointer**: President of Ireland
- **seat**: Dublin, Ireland
- **formation**: 22 January 1919
- **inaugural**: Michael Collins (Irish leader), Michael Collins