Ministers of State of the 24th Dáil

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On 14 December 1982 the 19th Government of Ireland was officially appointed by Dáil Éireann. The new Fine Gael–Labour Party government was led by An Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald.

On that day FitzGerald announced to the Dáil that the Government had appointed Seán Barrett, TD to the post of Minister for State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip. On 16 December 1982, the Taoiseach announced that the Government had appointed the other Ministers of State.

Contents 1 Ministers of State (16 December 1982 – 21 January 1987) 1.1 Changes 7 January 1983 1.2 Changes 18 February 1983 1.3 Changes 15 December 1983 1.4 Changes 2 February 1986 1.5 Changes 18 February 1986 1.6 Changes 23 September 1986 2 See also

[edit] Ministers of State (16 December 1982 – 21 January 1987)

Name		Office	Party
	Seán Barrett	Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Government Chief Whip)	Fine Gael
		Minister of State at the Department of Defence
	Nuala Fennell	Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (with special responsibility for Women's Affairs and Family Law)	Fine Gael
	Ruairi Quinn	Minister of State at the Department of the Environment	Labour Party
	Jim O'Keeffe	Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs	Fine Gael
	Patrick Hegarty	Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture	Fine Gael
	Paul Connaughton	Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture	Fine Gael
	Edward Collins	Minister of State at the Department of Industry & Energy	Fine Gael
	John Donnellan	Minister of State at the Department of Transport	Fine Gael
		Minister of State at the Department of Posts & Telegraphs
	Michael Moynihan	Minister of State at the Department of Trade, Commerce & Tourism	Labour Party
	George Birmingham	Minister of State at the Department of Labour	Fine Gael
	Donal Creed	Minister of State at the Department of Education	Fine Gael
	Michael D'Arcy	Minister of State at the Department of Fisheries & Forestry	Fine Gael
		Minister of State at the Department of the Gaeltacht
	Joseph Bermingham	Minister of State at the Department of Finance	Labour Party
	Séamus Pattison	Minister of State at the Department of Social Welfare	Labour Party
[edit] Changes 7 January 1983 Nuala Fennell was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Justice in addition to her existing post.
[edit] Changes 18 February 1983
Name		Office	Party
	Ted Nealon	Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (with special responsibility for Arts and Culture)	Fine Gael
		Minister of State at the Department of Posts & Telegraphs
[edit] Changes 15 December 1983
Name		Office	Party
	Edward Collins	Minister of State at the Department of Industry, Trade, Commerce & Tourism	Fine Gael
	John Donnellan	Minister of State at the Departments of Health and Social Welfare	Fine Gael
	George Birmingham	Minister of State at the Department of Education	Fine Gael
	Fergus O'Brien	Minister of State at the Department of the Environment	Fine Gael
[edit] Changes 2 February 1986 Changes following a major reshuffle among ministers and junior ministers.
Name		Office	Party
	Fergus O'Brien	Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Government Chief Whip)	Fine Gael
		Minister of State at the Department of Defence
		Minister of State at the Department of the Environment
	Seán Barrett	Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach	Fine Gael
		Minister of State at the Department of Education
	Jim O'Keeffe	Minister of State at the Department of the Public Service	Fine Gael
	Patrick Hegarty	Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture	Fine Gael
		Minister of State at the Department of Industry & Commerce
	George Birmingham	Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs	Fine Gael
	Enda Kenny	Minister of State at the Department of Labour	Fine Gael
		Minister of State at the Department of Education
	Toddy O'Sullivan	Minister of State at the Department of the Environment	Labour Party
	Avril Doyle	Minister of State at the Department of Finance	Fine Gael
		Minister of State at the Department of the Environment

[edit] Changes 18 February 1986

Donal Creed and Michael D'Arcy are removed from office following their refusal to resign in order to facilitate a reshuffle.

[edit] Changes 23 September 1986

Richard Bruton becomes Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Minister of State at the Department of Industry & Commerce, following the dismissal of Edward Collins as a Minister of State.

[edit] See also

• Minister of State
• Members of the 24th Dáil
• Government of the 24th Dáil

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