Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications is a junior ministerial post in the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications of the Government of Ireland who may perform functions delegated by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.

The current Minister of State is Hildegarde Naughton, TD, who was appointed in 2020.[1][2] Naughton is also Minister of State at the Department of Transport.

List of Parliamentary Secretaries

Department of Lands and Fisheries 1927–1937
Name	Term of Office		Party		Government
Martin Roddy	21 September 1927	9 March 1932		Cumann na nGaedheal	3rd EC • 4th EC • 5th EC
Seán O'Grady	9 March 1932	29 December 1937		Fianna Fáil	6th EC • 7th EC • 8th EC
Department of Lands 1937–1965
Name	Term of Office		Party		Government
Seán O'Grady	29 December 1937	9 February 1943		Fianna Fáil	1st • 2nd
Eamonn Kissane	9 February 1943	1 July 1943		Fianna Fáil	2nd
Jack Lynch	13 June 1951	2 June 1954		Fianna Fáil	6th
Brian Lenihan	11 October 1961	3 November 1964		Fianna Fáil	10th
George Colley	21 November 1964	21 April 1965		Fianna Fáil
Department of Fisheries 1977–1978
Name	Term of Office		Party		Government
Michael Murphy	9 February 1977	5 July 1977		Labour	14th

List of Ministers of State

Department of Fisheries and Forestry 1978–1986
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Tom McEllistrim	23 March 1982	14 December 1982		Fianna Fáil	Forestry	18th
Michael D'Arcy	16 December 1982	18 February 1986		Fine Gael	Fisheries and Forestry	19th
Department of the Marine 1987–1997
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	12 March 1987	12 July 1989		Fianna Fáil	Marine matters	20th
Michael J. Noonan	19 July 1989	11 February 1992		Fianna Fáil		21st
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	13 February 1992	12 January 1993		Fianna Fáil		22nd
Gerry O'Sullivan	14 January 1993	17 November 1994		Labour	Port Development, Safety and Inland Fisheries	23rd
Eamon Gilmore	20 December 1994	26 June 1997		Democratic Left		24th
Department of the Marine and Natural Resources 1997–2002
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Hugh Byrne	8 July 1997	6 June 2002		Fianna Fáil	Aquaculture and Forestry	25th
Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources 2002–2007
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
John Browne	19 June 2002	29 September 2004		Fianna Fáil	Marine	26th
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	29 September 2004	14 February 2006		Fianna Fáil	Marine
John Browne	14 February 2006	14 June 2007		Fianna Fáil	Marine
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 2007–2016
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Tony Killeen	20 June 2007	7 May 2008		Fianna Fáil	Energy	27th[3]
Seán Power	13 May 2008	22 April 2009		Fianna Fáil	Information society and Natural resources	28th[4]
Conor Lenihan	22 April 2009	9 March 2011		Fianna Fáil	Natural resources
Fergus O'Dowd	10 March 2011	15 July 2014		Fine Gael	New ERA	29th[5]
Joe McHugh	15 July 2014	6 May 2016		Fine Gael	Natural resources
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment 2016–2020
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Seán Kyne	19 May 2016	14 June 2017		Fine Gael	Natural resources	30th[6]
	20 June 2017	16 October 2018			Natural resources and Digital development	31st[7]
Seán Canney	16 October 2018	27 June 2020		Independent	Natural resources and Digital development
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications 2020–present
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Hildegarde Naughton	19 July 2020	Incumbent		Fine Gael	Postal Policy and Eircodes	32nd[8]

References

1. "List of Ministers and Ministers of State", Government of Ireland, retrieved 4 January 2021
2. "Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) Order 2020". Irish Statute Book. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
3. "Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (30th Dáil) – Tuesday, 26 June 2007". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
4. "Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (30th Dáil) – Thursday, 8 May 2008". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
5. "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (31st Dáil) – Tuesday, 15 March 2011". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
6. "Appointment of Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (32nd Dáil) – Thursday, 19 May 2016". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
7. "Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (32nd Dáil) – Tuesday, 20 June 2017". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
8. "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Tuesday, 7 July 2020". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 17 January 2021.