Ministers of State of the 28th Dáil

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On 26 June 1997 the 25th Government of Ireland was officially appointed by Dáil Éireann. The Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democrats was led by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

On that day Ahern announced to Dáil Éireann that the Government had appointed Séamus Brennan to the post of Minister for State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip. Bobby Molloy was appointed on the same date to the position of Minister of State to the Government. On 8 July 1997, the Taoiseach announced that the Government had appointed the other Ministers of State.

Contents 1 Ministers of State (8 July 1997 – 6 June 2002) 1.1 Changes 9 October 1997 1.2 Changes 21 January 1998 1.3 Changes 1 February 2000 1.4 Changes 19 February 2001 1.5 Changes 11 April 2002 2 See also

[edit] Ministers of State (8 July 1997 – 6 June 2002)

Name		Office	Party
	Séamus Brennan	Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
		Minister of State at the Department of Defence
	Dick Roche	Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
		Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (with special responsibility for European Affairs)
	Bobby Molloy	Minister of State to the Government	Progressive Democrats
		Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government
	Michael Smith	Minister of State at the Department of Education	Fianna Fáil
		Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment
	Noel Davern	Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture & Food	Fianna Fáil
	Joe Jacob	Minister of State at the Department of Public Enterprise	Fianna Fáil
	Frank Fahey	Minister of State at the Department of Health & Children	Fianna Fáil
	Willie O'Dea	Minister of State at the Department of Education & Science	Fianna Fáil
	Tom Kitt	Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment	Fianna Fáil
	Chris Flood	Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Sport & Recreation	Fianna Fáil
	Dan Wallace	Minister of State at the Department of the Environment & Local Government	Fianna Fáil
	Ned O'Keeffe	Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture & Food	Fianna Fáil
	Hugh Byrne	Minister of State at the Department of Marine & Natural Resources	Fianna Fáil
	Mary Wallace	Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform	Fianna Fáil
	Martin Cullen	Minister of State at the Department of Finance	Fianna Fáil
	Éamon Ó Cuív	Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht & the Islands	Fianna Fáil
	Liz O'Donnell	Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs	Progressive Democrats
	Tom Moffatt	Minister of State at the Department of Health & Children	Fianna Fáil
	Mary Hanafin	Minister of State at the Department of Health & Children	Fianna Fáil
		Minister of State at the Department of Education & Science
[edit] Changes 9 October 1997 Noel Treacy is appointed Minister of State at the Department of Education & Science and Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, following the appointment of Michael Smith to the position of Minister for Defence on the previous day.
[edit] Changes 21 January 1998 Frank Fahey is appointed to the position of Minister of State at the Department of Education & Science and Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform. He retained his existing post as Minister of State at the Department of Health & Children.
[edit] Changes 1 February 2000 Changes following the resignation of Chris Flood and the appointment of Frank Fahey as Minister for the Marine & Natural Resources.
Name		Office	Party
	Eoin Ryan	Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation	Fianna Fáil
	Mary Hanafin	Minister of State at the Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform	Fianna Fáil
[edit] Changes 19 February 2001 Changes following the resignation of Ned O'Keeffe two days earlier.
Name		Office	Party
	Éamon Ó Cuív	Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development	Fianna Fáil
	Mary Coughlan	Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht & the Islands	Fianna Fáil
[edit] Changes 11 April 2002 Liz O'Donnell was appointed Minister of State to the Government in addition to her existing post as Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, following the resignation of Bobby Molloy two days earlier. She did not take over Molloy's post at the Department of the Environment and Local Government.

[edit] See also

• Minister of State
• Members of the 28th Dáil
• Government of the 28th Dáil

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