Minister for Education and Science (Ireland)

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The Minister for Education and Science is the senior minister at the Department of Education and Science (Irish: An Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta) in the Irish Government.

The current Minister for Education and Science is Mary Hanafin, TD. She is assisted by:

Until September 1997 the department was known simply as the "Department of Education".

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[edit] Overview

The Minister engages in a wide range of activities relating to education in the Republic of Ireland, including policy planning, quality assurance and the provision of a broad range of services.

The department officially aims to:

  • Promote equity and inclusion
  • Promote lifelong learning
  • Plan for education that is relevant to personal, social, cultural and economic needs.

In recent years some of these functions have been devolved to statutory authorities, in particular the Higher Education Authority, the National Qualifications Authority and the State Examinations Commission. Irish universities and colleges are to a large extent free of government control, with this being largely limited to policy formation and statistics preparation.

[edit] List of office-holders

[edit] Minister for Education 1921–1997

# Name Entered Office Left Office Party
1. John J. O'Kelly[1] August 26, 1921 January 9, 1922 Sinn Féin
2. Michael Hayes[2] January 11, 1922 September 9, 1922 Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
3. Finian Lynch[2] April 1, 1922 August 30, 1922 Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
4. Eoin MacNeill August 30, 1922 November 24, 1925 Cumann na nGaedhael
5. John M. O'Sullivan January 28, 1926 March 9, 1932 Cumann na nGaedhael
6. Tomás Ó Deirg (1st time) March 9, 1932 September 8, 1939 Fianna Fáil
7. Seán T. O'Kelly September 8, 1939 September 27, 1939 Fianna Fáil
8. Éamon de Valera (acting) September 27, 1939 June 18, 1940 Fianna Fáil
Tomás Ó Deirg (2nd time) June 18, 1940 February 18, 1948 Fianna Fáil
9. Richard Mulcahy (1st time) February 18, 1948 June 13, 1951 Fine Gael
10. Seán Moylan June 13, 1951 June 2, 1954 Fianna Fáil
Richard Mulcahy (2nd time) June 2, 1954 March 20, 1957 Fine Gael
11. Jack Lynch (1st time) March 20, 1957 June 23, 1959 Fianna Fáil
12. Patrick Hillery June 23, 1959 April 21, 1965 Fianna Fáil
13. George Colley April 21, 1965 July 13, 1966 Fianna Fáil
14. Donagh O'Malley July 13, 1966 March 10, 1968 Fianna Fáil
Jack Lynch (acting) March 10, 1968 March 26, 1968 Fianna Fáil
15. Brian Lenihan March 26, 1968 July 2, 1969 Fianna Fáil
16. Pádraig Faulkner July 2, 1969 March 14, 1973 Fianna Fáil
17. Richard Burke March 14, 1973 December 2, 1976 Fine Gael
18. Peter Barry December 2, 1976 July 5, 1977 Fine Gael
19. John P. Wilson July 5, 1977 June 30, 1981 Fianna Fáil
20. John Boland June 30, 1981 March 9, 1982 Fine Gael
21. Martin O'Donoghue March 9, 1982 October 6, 1982 Fianna Fáil
22. Charles Haughey (acting) October 7, 1982 October 27, 1982 Fianna Fáil
23. Gerard Brady October 27, 1982 December 14, 1982 Fianna Fáil
24. Gemma Hussey December 14, 1982 February 14, 1986 Fine Gael
25. Patrick Cooney February 14, 1986 March 10, 1987 Fine Gael
26. Mary O'Rourke March 10, 1987 November 14, 1991 Fianna Fáil
27. Noel Davern November 14, 1991 February 11, 1992 Fianna Fáil
28. Séamus Brennan February 11, 1992 January 12, 1993 Fianna Fáil
29. Niamh Bhreathnach (1st time) January 12, 1993 November 17, 1994 Labour
30. Michael Smith November 18, 1994 December 15, 1994 Fianna Fáil
Niamh Bhreathnach (2nd time) December 15, 1994 June 26, 1997 Labour
31. Micheál Martin June 26, 1997 September 30, 1997 Fianna Fáil

[edit] Minister for Education & Science 1997–present

# Name Entered Office Left Office Party
Micheál Martin September 30, 1997 January 27, 2000 Fianna Fáil
32. Michael Woods January 27, 2000 June 6, 2002 Fianna Fáil
33. Noel Dempsey June 6, 2002 September 29, 2004 Fianna Fáil
34. Mary Hanafin September 29, 2004 Incumbent Fianna Fáil

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ John J. O'Kelly bore the title of Secretary for Education.
  2. ^ a b The terms of office of Michael Hayes and Finian Lynch overlap. This is because they were ministers under two different but overlapping political systems. Michael Hayes was a member of the Ministry of the Irish Republic, while Finian Lynch was a minister of the Provisional Government. For a period in 1922 an anomalous situation existed in which these two administrations overlapped.

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