Ministers of State of the 23rd Dáil

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On 9 March 1982 the 18th Government of Ireland was officially appointed by Dáil Éireann. The new Fianna Fáil government was led by An Taoiseach, Charles Haughey.

On that day Haughey announced to the Dáil that the Government had appointed Bertie Ahern, TD to the post of Minister for State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip. On 23 March 1982, the Taoiseach announced that the Government had appointed the other Ministers of State.

[edit] Ministers of State (23 March 1982 – 14 December 1982)

Name		Office
	Bertie Ahern	Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Govt. Chief Whip)
		Minister of State at the Department of Defence
	Sylvester Barrett	Minister of State at the Department of Finance
	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	Minister of State at the Department of Education
	Lorcan Allen	Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture
	Ger Connolly	Minister of State at the Department of the Environment
	Tom McEllistrim, Jnr	Minister of State at the Department of Fisheries & Forestry
	Denis Gallagher	Minister of State at the Department of Social Welfare
	Bernard Cowen	Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture
	Gerard Brady	Minister of State at the Department of the Environment
	Terry Leyden	Minister of State at the Department of Posts & Telegraphs
		Minister of State at the Department of Transport
[edit] Changes 28 October 1982 Changes following the appointments of Gerard Brady and Denis Gallagher to the Cabinet.
Name		Office
	Rory O'Hanlon	Minister of State at the Department of Social Welfare
	Niall Andrews	Minister of State at the Department of the Environment
	Seán Calleary	Minister of State at the Department of Trade, Commerce & Tourism
	Jim Fitzsimons	Minister of State at the Department of Industry & Energy

[edit] See also

• Minister of State
• Members of the 23rd Dáil
• Government of the 23rd Dáil

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