Minister for Social and Family Affairs (Ireland)

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The Minister for Social and Family Affairs is the senior minister at the Department of Social and Family Affairs (Irish: An Roinn Gnothaí Sóisialacha agus Teaghlaigh) in the Irish Government. The current Minister is Séamus Brennan, TD.

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[edit] Overview

The Department was formed in 1947 as the Department of Social Welfare. Its present title dates from 6 June 2002. The Department formulates appropriate social protection policies and administers and manages the delivery of statutory and non-statutory schemes and services. It is also responsible for the delivery of a range of social insurance and social assistance schemes including provision for unemployment, illness, maternity, caring, widowhood, retirement and old age. Payments are made to nearly 950,000 people each week with over 1.5 million people directly benefiting from those payments. The budget spend in 2002 was €9.52 billion.

[edit] List of office-holders

[edit] Minister for Social Welfare 1947–1997

# Name Entered Office Left Office Party
1. *James Ryan (1st time) January 22, 1947 February 18, 1948 Fianna Fáil
2. William Norton February 18, 1948 June 13, 1951 Labour Party
*James Ryan (2nd time) June 13, 1951 June 2, 1954 Fianna Fáil
3. Brendan Corish (1st time) June 2, 1954 March 20, 1957 Labour Party
4. Paddy Smith March 20, 1957 November 27, 1957 Fianna Fáil
5. *Seán MacEntee November 27, 1957 October 11, 1961 Fianna Fáil
6. Kevin Boland (1st time) October 11, 1961 November 10, 1966 Fianna Fáil
7. Joseph Brennan (1st time) November 10, 1966 July 2, 1969 Fianna Fáil
Kevin Boland (2nd time) July 2, 1969 May 7, 1970 Fianna Fáil
Joseph Brennan (2nd time) May 9, 1970 March 14, 1973 Fianna Fáil
*Brendan Corish (2nd time) March 14, 1973 July 5, 1977 Labour Party
8. *Charles Haughey July 5, 1977 December 11, 1979 Fianna Fáil
9. *Michael Woods (1st time) December 12, 1979 June 30, 1981 Fianna Fáil
10. *Eileen Desmond June 30, 1981 March 9, 1982 Labour Party
*Michael Woods (2nd time) March 9, 1982 December 14, 1982 Fianna Fáil
11. *Barry Desmond December 14, 1982 February 14, 1986 Labour Party
12. Gemma Hussey February 14, 1986 March 10, 1987 Fine Gael
Michael Woods (3rd time) March 10, 1987 November 14, 1991 Fianna Fáil
13. Brendan Daly November 14, 1991 February 11, 1992 Fianna Fáil
14. Charlie McCreevy February 11, 1992 January 12, 1993 Fianna Fáil
*Michael Woods (4th time) January 12, 1993 December 15, 1994 Fianna Fáil
15. Proinsias De Rossa December 15, 1994 June 26, 1997 Democratic Left
16. Dermot Ahern June 26, 1997 July 12, 1997 Fianna Fáil

[edit] Minister for Social, Community & Family Affairs 1997–2002

# Name Entered Office Left Office Party
     Dermot Ahern July 12, 1997 June 6, 2002 Fianna Fáil

[edit] Minister for Social & Family Affairs 2002–present

# Name Entered Office Left Office Party
17. Mary Coughlan June 6, 2002 September 29, 2004 Fianna Fáil
18. Séamus Brennan September 29, 2004 Incumbent Fianna Fáil


An asterisk (*) indicates those ministers who held the Health and Social Welfare portfolios simultaneously.

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