Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment

The minister of state at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment of the Government of Ireland and assists the minister for enterprise, tourism and employment. A minister of state does not hold cabinet rank.

There are currently two ministers of state: Niamh Smyth, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for trade promotion, artificial intelligence and digital transformation Alan Dillon, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for small businesses and retail

List of parliamentary secretaries Department of Industry and Commerce 1927–1977NameTerm of officePartyGovernmentJames Dolan11 October 19279 March 1932 4th EC5th ECSeán Moylan21 July 19379 February 1943 8th EC1st2ndSeán O'Grady9 February 194331 December 1946 2nd3rd4thLiam Cosgrave24 February 194813 June 1951 5thPatrick Crotty2 June 195420 March 1957 7thGerald Bartley20 March 195724 February 1958 8thMichael Hilliard24 February 195823 June 1959 Seán Flanagan21 April 196510 November 1966 11thGerry Collins2 July 19699 May 1970 13thJohn Bruton14 March 197325 May 1977 14thDepartment of Industry, Commerce and Energy 1977–1978NameTerm of officePartyGovernmentMáire Geoghegan-Quinn5 July 19771 January 1978 15th

List of ministers of state Department of Industry, Commerce and Energy 1978–1980NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentMáire Geoghegan-Quinn1 January 197811 December 1979 15thRay Burke1 January 197811 December 1979 Department of Industry, Commerce and Tourism 1980–1981NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentRay Burke12 December 197915 October 1980 16thThomas Meaney25 March 198030 June 1981 Denis Gallagher15 October 198030 June 1981 Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism 1981–1983NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentMichael Begley30 June 19819 March 1982 Tourism17thSeán Calleary28 October 198214 December 1982 Tourism18thMichael Moynihan16 December 198220 January 1987 Tourism19thDepartment of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism 1983–1986NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentEdward Collins15 December 198323 September 1986 Commercial Affairs19thDepartment of Industry and Commerce 1986–1993 NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentPatrick Hegarty13 February 198610 March 1987 19thRichard Bruton23 September 198610 March 1987 Energy AffairsSéamus Brennan12 March 198712 July 1989 Trade and Marketing20thSeán McCarthy12 March 198712 July 1989 Science and TechnologyTerry Leyden19 July 198911 February 1992 Trade and Marketing21stMichael Smith19 July 198915 November 1991 Science and TechnologyMary O'Rourke13 February 199212 January 1993 Trade and Marketing22ndMichael Ahern13 February 199212 January 1993 Science and TechnologyDepartment of Enterprise and Employment 1993–1997 NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentMary O'Rourke14 January 199315 December 1994 Labour Affairs23rdSéamus Brennan14 January 199315 December 1994 Commerce and TechnologyPat Rabbitte20 December 199426 June 1997 Commerce, science and technology and consumer affairs24thEithne FitzGerald20 December 199426 June 1997 Labour AffairsDepartment of Enterprise, Trade and Employment 1997–2010 NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentMichael Smith8 July 19979 October 1997 Science and technology25thNoel Treacy9 October 199718 June 2002 Science and technologyTom Kitt8 July 199718 June 2002 Labour affairs, consumer rights and international tradeFrank Fahey18 June 200229 September 2004 Labour Affairs26thMichael Ahern18 June 200220 June 2007 Trade and Commerce20 June 200713 May 2008Innovation Policy27thTony Killeen29 September 200420 June 2007 Labour Affairs26thSeán Haughey20 June 200713 May 2008 Lifelong Learning and School Transport27th13 May 20089 March 201128thBilly Kelleher20 June 200713 May 2008 Labour Affairs27th13 May 200821 April 200928th22 April 20099 March 2011Trade and Commerce28thJohn McGuinness9 July 200713 May 2008 Trade and Commerce27th13 May 200821 April 200928thJimmy Devins9 July 20077 May 2008 Disability Issues and Mental Health27th13 May 200821 April 2009Science, Technology and Innovation28thJohn Moloney13 May 200822 March 2010 Equality, Disability Issues and Mental HealthConor Lenihan22 April 20099 March 2011 Science, Technology, Innovation and Natural ResourcesDara Calleary22 April 200922 March 2010 Labour AffairsDepartment of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation 2010–2011NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentJohn Moloney23 March 20109 March 2011 Disability Issues and Mental Health28thDara Calleary23 March 20109 March 2011 Public Service Transformation and Labour AffairsDepartment of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 2011–2017NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentJohn Perry10 March 201115 July 2014 Small Business29thSeán Sherlock19 March 201115 July 2014 Research and InnovationDamien English15 July 201419 May 2016 Skills, Research and InnovationGed Nash15 July 20146 May 2016 Business and EmploymentPat Breen19 May 201620 June 2017 Employment and Small Business30thJohn Halligan19 May 201620 June 2017 Training and SkillsDepartment of Business, Enterprise and Innovation 2017–2020NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentPat Breen20 June 201727 June 2020 Trade, Employment, Business31stJohn Halligan20 June 201727 June 2020 Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and DevelopmentDepartment of Enterprise, Trade and Employment 2020–2025NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentDamien English1 July 202017 December 2022 Employment affairs and retail businesses32ndRobert Troy1 July 202024 August 2022 Trade promotionDara Calleary31 August 202217 December 2022 Trade promotion, digital and company regulationDamien English21 December 202212 January 2023 Employment affairs and retail businesses33rdDara Calleary21 December 202223 January 2025 Trade promotion, digital and company regulation33rd34thNeale Richmond13 January 202310 April 2024 Employment affairs and retail businesses33rdEmer Higgins10 April 202423 January 2025 Business, employment and retail34thDepartment of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment 2025–presentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNiamh Smyth29 January 2025IncumbentTrade promotion, artificial intelligence and digital transformation35thAlan DillonSmall businesses and retail

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