Minister for the Public Service (Ireland)

The Minister for the Public Service was created by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1973. In March 1987 the minister's functions were transferred to the Minister for Tourism & Transport after the department was amalgamated.

[edit] Minister for the Public Service 1973–1987

	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
1.	*Richie Ryan	November 1, 1973	July 5, 1977	Fine Gael
2.	*George Colley	July 5, 1977	December 11, 1979	Fianna Fáil
3.	*Michael O'Kennedy	December 12, 1979	March 24, 1980	Fianna Fáil
4.	Gene FitzGerald (1st time*)	March 24, 1980	June 30, 1981	Fianna Fáil
5.	†Liam Kavanagh	June 30, 1981	March 9, 1982	Labour Party
	†Gene FitzGerald (2nd time)	March 9, 1982	December 14, 1982	Fianna Fáil
6.	John Boland	December 14, 1982	February 14, 1986	Fine Gael
7.	†Ruairi Quinn	February 14, 1986	January 20, 1987	Labour Party
8.	*John Bruton	January 20, 1987	March 10, 1987	Fine Gael
9.	*Ray MacSharry	March 10, 1987	March 20, 1987	Fianna Fáil

The asterisk (*) indicates Ministers who held both the Finance and Public Service portfolios at the same time.

The dagger (†) indicates Ministers who held both the Labour and Public Service portfolios at the same time.

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Government of Ireland Rialtas na hÉireann
An Taoiseach (Prime Minister) \| An Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister)
Agriculture & Food \| Arts, Sport & Tourism \| Communications, Marine & Natural Resources \| Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs \| Defence \| Education & Science \| Enterprise, Trade & Employment \| Environment, Heritage & Local Government \| Finance \| Foreign Affairs \| Health & Children \| Justice, Equality & Law Reform \| Social & Family Affairs \| Transport

Former Government Positions: Communications \| Co-ordination of Defensive Measures \| Economic Affairs \| Fine Arts \| Industries \| Irish \| Labour \| Posts & Telegraphs \| Public Service \| Publicity \| Supplies		edit