Minister of State at the Department of Finance

The Minister of State at the Department of Finance is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Finance of the Government of Ireland. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank. The position was created on 1 January 1978, replacing the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance.

The current Minister of State is Seán Fleming, TD, who was appointed in July 2020.[1][2]

List of office-holders

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance 1924–1978
No.	Name	Term of office		Party		Government
1	John M. O'Sullivan	1 December 1924	27 January 1926		Cumann na nGaedheal	2nd EC
2	Eamonn Duggan	10 May 1926	23 May 1927		Cumann na nGaedheal
3	Séamus Burke	24 June 1927	9 March 1932		Cumann na nGaedheal	3rd EC • 4th EC • 5th EC
4	Hugo Flinn	10 March 1932	28 January 1943		Fianna Fáil	6th EC • 7th EC • 8th EC • 1st • 2nd
5	Seán Moylan	10 February 1943	26 June 1943		Fianna Fáil	2nd
6	Paddy Smith	2 July 1943	31 December 1946		Fianna Fáil	3rd • 4th
7	Seán O'Grady	1 January 1947	18 February 1948		Fianna Fáil	4th
8	Michael Donnellan (1st time)	18 February 1948	13 June 1951		Clann na Talmhan	5th
9	Patrick Beegan (1st time)	13 June 1951	2 June 1954		Fianna Fáil	6th
	Michael Donnellan (2nd time)	2 June 1954	20 March 1957		Clann na Talmhan	7th
	Patrick Beegan (2nd time)	20 March 1957	24 February 1958		Fianna Fáil	8th
10	Gerald Bartley	24 February 1958	23 July 1959		Fianna Fáil	8th • 9th
11	Joseph Brennan	27 July 1959	15 September 1961		Fianna Fáil	9th
12	Donogh O'Malley	11 October 1961	21 April 1965		Fianna Fáil	10th
13	Jim Gibbons	21 April 1965	2 July 1969		Fianna Fáil	11th • 12th
14	Noel Lemass	2 July 1969	14 March 1973		Fianna Fáil	13th
15	Henry Kenny	14 March 1973	30 September 1975		Fine Gael	14th
16	Michael Begley	30 September 1975	25 May 1977		Fine Gael
17	Pearse Wyse	5 July 1977	1 January 1978		Fianna Fáil	15th
Minister of State at the Department of Finance 1978–present
No.	Name	Term of office		Party		Government
1	Pearse Wyse	1 January 1978	11 December 1979		Fianna Fáil	15th
2	Tom McEllistrim	13 December 1979	30 June 1981		Fianna Fáil	16th
3	Joseph Bermingham (1st time)	30 June 1981	9 March 1982		Labour	17th
4	Sylvester Barrett	23 March 1982	14 December 1982		Fianna Fáil	18th
	Joseph Bermingham (2nd time)	16 December 1982	2 February 1986		Labour	19th
5	Avril Doyle	2 February 1986	21 January 1987		Fine Gael
6	Noel Treacy (1st time)	12 March 1987	12 July 1989		Fianna Fáil	20th
7	Brendan Daly	19 July 1989	6 February 1991		Fianna Fáil	21st
8	Vincent Brady	6 February 1991	15 November 1991		Fianna Fáil
9	John O'Donoghue	15 November 1991	13 February 1992		Fianna Fáil
	Noel Treacy (2nd time)	13 February 1992	12 January 1993		Fianna Fáil	22nd
10	Noel Dempsey	14 January 1993	15 December 1994		Fianna Fáil	23rd
11	Phil Hogan	20 December 1994	10 February 1995		Fine Gael	24th
12	Jim Higgins	10 February 1995	24 May 1995		Fine Gael
13	Hugh Coveney	24 May 1995	26 June 1997		Fine Gael
14	Martin Cullen	8 July 1997	6 June 2002		Fianna Fáil	25th
15	Tom Parlon	19 June 2002	20 June 2007		Progressive Democrats	26th
16	Noel Ahern	20 June 2007	13 May 2008		Fianna Fáil	27th
17	Martin Mansergh	13 May 2008	9 March 2011		Fianna Fáil	28th
18	Brian Hayes	10 March 2011	23 May 2014		Fine Gael	29th
19	Simon Harris	15 July 2014	6 May 2016		Fine Gael
20	Eoghan Murphy	19 May 2016	14 June 2017		Fine Gael	30th
21	Michael W. D'Arcy	20 June 2017	27 June 2020		Fine Gael	31st[3]
22	Jack Chambers	1 July 2020	15 July 2020		Fianna Fáil	32nd[4]
23	Seán Fleming	15 July 2020	Incumbent		Fianna Fáil

References

1. "Government Ministers". Government of Ireland. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
2. Murphy, David (15 July 2020). "Dara Calleary named new Minister for Agriculture". RTÉ News. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
3. "Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (32nd Dáil) – Tuesday, 20 June 2017". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
4. "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Tuesday, 7 July 2020". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 3 January 2021.