Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
(Redirected from Minister of State for Food, Horticulture and Food Safety)
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of the Government of Ireland and assists the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.
There are currently two Ministers of State, who were appointed in 2020:
- Senator Pippa Hackett – Minister of State with responsibility for Land Use and Biodiversity; and
- Martin Heydon, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for Research & Development, Farm Safety and New Market Development.[1][2]
List of parliamentary secretaries
[edit]| Name | Term of office | Party | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddy Smith | 1 January 1947 | 21 January 1947 | Fianna Fáil | 4th | |
| Gerald Bartley | 19 June 1951 | 2 June 1954 | Fianna Fáil | 6th | |
| Oliver J. Flanagan | 3 June 1954 | 20 March 1957 | Fine Gael | 7th | |
| Patrick Lalor | 21 April 1965 | 10 November 1966 | Fianna Fáil | 11th | |
| Don Davern | 16 November 1966 | 2 November 1968 | Fianna Fáil | 12th | |
| Jerry Cronin | 2 July 1969 | 9 May 1970 | Fianna Fáil | 13th | |
| Jackie Fahey | 9 May 1970 | 14 March 1973 | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Michael Pat Murphy | 14 March 1973 | 9 February 1977 | Labour | 14th | |
| Thomas Hussey | 5 July 1977 | 1 January 1978 | Fianna Fáil | 15th | |
List of ministers of state
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Department of Agriculture 1978–1987[edit] | ||||||
| Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Hussey | 1 January 1978 | 11 December 1979 | Fianna Fáil | 15th | ||
| 12 December 1979 | 17 December 1980 | 16th | ||||
| Lorcan Allen | 12 December 1979 | 30 June 1981 | Fianna Fáil | 16th | ||
| Michael Smith | 17 December 1980 | 30 June 1981 | Fianna Fáil | 16th | ||
| Michael D'Arcy | 30 June 1981 | 9 March 1982 | Fine Gael | Production and Marketing | 17th | |
| Ted Nealon | 30 June 1981 | 9 March 1982 | Fine Gael | Western Development | 17th | |
| Lorcan Allen | 23 March 1982 | 14 December 1982 | Fianna Fáil | Land Commission, Production and Marketing | 18th | |
| Bernard Cowen | 23 March 1982 | 14 December 1982 | Fianna Fáil | Disadvantaged Areas | 18th | |
| Patrick Hegarty | 16 December 1982 | 10 March 1987 | Fine Gael | Production | 19th | |
| Paul Connaughton Snr | 16 December 1982 | 10 March 1987 | Fine Gael | Land Structure and Development | 19th | |
Department of Agriculture and Food 1987–1993[edit] | ||||||
| Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
| Joe Walsh | 12 March 1987 | 12 July 1989 | Fianna Fáil | Food Industry | 20th | |
| 19 July 1989 | 11 February 1992 | 21st | ||||
| Séamus Kirk | 12 March 1987 | 12 July 1989 | Fianna Fáil | Horticulture | 20th | |
| 19 July 1989 | 11 February 1992 | Fianna Fáil | Horticulture | 21st | ||
| John Browne | 13 February 1992 | 12 January 1993 | Fianna Fáil | Food industry | 22nd | |
| Liam Hyland | 13 February 1992 | 12 January 1993 | Fianna Fáil | Horticulture | ||
Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry 1993–1997[edit] | ||||||
| Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
| Liam Hyland | 14 January 1993 | 15 June 1994 | Fianna Fáil | Forestry and Rural Development | 23rd | |
| Brian O'Shea | 14 January 1993 | 17 November 1994 | Labour | Food and Horticulture | 23rd | |
| Jimmy Deenihan | 20 December 1994 | 26 June 1997 | Fine Gael | 24th | ||
Department of Agriculture and Food 1997–1999[edit] | ||||||
| Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
| Noel Davern | 8 July 1997 | 27 September 1999 | Fianna Fáil | Livestock breeding and horticulture | 25th | |
| Ned O'Keeffe | 8 July 1997 | 27 September 1999 | Fianna Fáil | Food | 25th | |
Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development 1999–2002[edit] | ||||||
| Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
| Noel Davern | 27 September 1999 | 6 June 2002 | Fianna Fáil | Livestock breeding and horticulture | 25th | |
| Ned O'Keeffe | 27 September 1999 | 17 February 2001 | Fianna Fáil | Food | 25th | |
| Éamon Ó Cuív | 19 February 2001 | 6 June 2002 | Fianna Fáil | Rural development and the Western Development Commission | 25th | |
Department of Agriculture and Food 2002–2007[edit] | ||||||
| Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
| Noel Treacy | 19 June 2007 | 29 September 2004 | Fianna Fáil | Food and horticulture | 26th | |
| Liam Aylward | 19 June 2007 | 29 September 2004 | Fianna Fáil | Animal Health and Welfare; and Customer Service | 26th | |
| John Browne | 29 September 2004 | 14 February 2006 | Fianna Fáil | Forestry | 26th | |
| Brendan Smith | 29 September 2004 | 14 June 2007 | Fianna Fáil | Food and Horticulture | 26th | |
| Mary Wallace | 14 February 2006 | 14 June 2007 | Fianna Fáil | Forestry | 26th | |
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2007–2011[edit] | ||||||
| Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
| John Browne | 20 June 2007 | 7 May 2008 | Fianna Fáil | Fisheries | 27th | |
| Mary Wallace | 20 June 2007 | 7 May 2008 | Fianna Fáil | Forestry | 27th | |
| Trevor Sargent | 20 June 2007 | 23 February 2010 | Green | Food and Horticulture | 27th • 28th | |
| Tony Killeen | 13 May 2008 | 23 March 2010 | Fianna Fáil | Fisheries and Forestry | 28th | |
| Ciarán Cuffe | 23 March 2010 | 23 January 2011 | Green | Horticulture | 28th | |
| Seán Connick | 23 March 2010 | 9 March 2011 | Fianna Fáil | Fisheries and Forestry | 28th | |
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 2011–present[edit] | ||||||
| Name | Term of office | Party | Responsibilities | Government | ||
| Shane McEntee | 10 March 2011 | 21 December 2012 | Fine Gael | Food, Horticulture and Food Safety | 29th | |
| Tom Hayes | 5 June 2013 | 6 May 2016 | Fine Gael | Food, Horticulture and Food Safety | 29th | |
| Ann Phelan | 15 July 2014 | 6 May 2016 | Labour | Rural Economic Development | 29th | |
| Andrew Doyle | 19 May 2016 | 14 June 2017 | Fine Gael | Food, Forestry and Horticulture | 30th | |
| 20 June 2017 | 27 June 2020 | 31st | ||||
| Pippa Hackett[3] | 27 June 2020 | Incumbent | Green | Land Use and Biodiversity | 32nd[4] • 33rd[5] • 34th | |
| Martin Heydon | 1 July 2020 | Incumbent | Fine Gael | Research & Development, Farm Safety and New Market Development | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Ministers and Ministers of State", Government of Ireland, archived from the original on 7 August 2020, retrieved 4 August 2020
- ^ "Ministers". Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 40 of 2021). Signed on 2 February 2021. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Tuesday, 7 July 2020". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ "Carroll MacNeill and O'Donnell promoted to junior ministers". RTÉ News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.