Ministers of State of the 29th Dáil

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On 6 June 2002 the 26th Government of Ireland was officially appointed by Dáil Éireann. The Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democrats coalition was led by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

On that day Ahern announced to the Dáil that the Government had appointed Mary Hanafin, TD to the post of Minister for State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip, and for the Information Society. Dick Roche, TD was appointed on the same date to the position of Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs, with special responsibility for European Affairs. On 18 June 2002, the Taoiseach announced that the Government had appointed with effect from 19 June the other 15 Ministers of State and that the Government had also appointed Mary Hanafin to be Minister of State at the Department of Defence.

1 Ministers of State (19 June 2002 – 14 June 2007)
2 See also

[edit] Ministers of State (19 June 2002 – 14 June 2007)

Name		Office	Party
	Mary Hanafin	Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
	Mary Hanafin	Minister of State at the Department of Defence	Fianna Fáil
	Dick Roche	Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
	Dick Roche	Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (with special responsibility for European Affairs)	Fianna Fáil
	Tom Kitt	Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (with special responsibility for Overseas Development & Human Rights)	Fianna Fáil
	Síle de Valera	Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science (with special responsibility for Adult Education, Youth Affairs and Educational Disadvantage)	Fianna Fáil
	Jim McDaid	Minister of State at the Department of Transport (with special responsibility for Road Traffic including Road Haulage)	Fianna Fáil
	Frank Fahey	Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (with special responsibility for Labour Affairs including Training)	Fianna Fáil
	Noel Treacy	Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food (with special responsibility for Food and Horticulture)	Fianna Fáil
	Willie O'Dea	Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform (with special responsibility for Equality including Disability Issues)	Fianna Fáil
	Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government	Fianna Fáil
	Liam Aylward	Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food (with special responsibility for Animal Health and Welfare and Customer Service)	Fianna Fáil
	John Browne	Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (with special responsibility for the Marine)	Fianna Fáil
	Michael Ahern	Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (with special responsibility for Trade and Commerce)	Fianna Fáil
	Ivor Callely	Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children (with special responsibility for Services for Older People)	Fianna Fáil
	Noel Ahern	Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (with special responsibility for Housing and Urban Renewal)	Fianna Fáil
	Noel Ahern	Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (with special responsibility for Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs)	Fianna Fáil
	Brian Lenihan, Jnr	Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children (with special responsibility for Children)	Fianna Fáil
		Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
		Minister of State at the Department of Education & Science
	Tim O'Malley	Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children (with special responsibility for Disability and Mental Health Services and Food Safety)	Progressive Democrats
	Tom Parlon	Minister of State at the Department of Finance (with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works)	Progressive Democrats
[edit] Changes 29 September 2004
Name		Office	Party
	Tom Kitt	Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
	Tom Kitt	Minister of State at the Department of Defence	Fianna Fáil
	Frank Fahey	Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform (with special responsibility for Equality including Disability Issues)	Fianna Fáil
	Noel Treacy	Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
	Noel Treacy	Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (with special responsibility for European Affairs)	Fianna Fáil
	Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (with special responsibility for the Marine)	Fianna Fáil
	John Browne	Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food (with special responsibility for Forestry)	Fianna Fáil
	Ivor Callely	Minister of State at the Department of Transport (with special responsibility for certain Traffic Management issues in Dublin and the major cities, Road Haulage and the Irish Aviation Authority)	Fianna Fáil
	Seán Power	Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children (with special responsibility for Health Promotion and other matters)	Fianna Fáil
	Batt O'Keeffe	Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (with special responsibility in the area of Environmental Protection)	Fianna Fáil
	Tony Killeen	Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (with special responsibility for Labour Affairs including Training)	Fianna Fáil
	Brendan Smith	Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food (with special responsibility for Food and Horticulture)	Fianna Fáil
	Conor Lenihan	Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (with special responsibility for Overseas Development & Human Rights)	Fianna Fáil
[edit] Changes 14 February 2006 Changes following the resignation of Ivor Callely on 8 December 2005.
Name		Office	Party
	Mary Wallace	Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food (with special responsibility for Forestry)	Fianna Fáil
	John Browne	Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (with special responsibility for the Marine)	Fianna Fáil
	Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	Minister of State at the Department of Transport (with special responsibility for certain Traffic Management issues in Dublin and the major cities, Road Haulage and the Irish Aviation Authority)	Fianna Fáil
[edit] Changes 12 December 2006 Seán Haughey was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science (with special responsibility for Adult Education, Youth Affairs and Educational Disadvantage) after the resignation of Síle de Valera.

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