The minister for climate, energy and the environment () is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment.
The minister for climate, energy and the environment is Darragh O'Brien, TD. He is also the minister for transport.
He is assisted by two ministers of state: Alan Dillon, TD – Minister of State for the circular economy. Timmy Dooley, TD – Minister of State for the marine
List of office-holders Director of Fisheries 1919–1921NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Seán Etchingham2 April 191926 August 1921 2nd DMSecretary for Fisheries 1921–1922NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Seán Etchingham26 August 19219 January 1922 3rd DMMinister for Fisheries 1922–1928NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Fionán Lynch14 December 19221 September 1928 1st EC2nd EC3rd EC4th ECMinister for Lands and Fisheries 1928–1934NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Fionán Lynch1 September 19289 March 1932 4th EC5th ECP. J. Ruttledge9 March 19328 February 1933 6th ECJoseph Connolly8 February 19331 April 1934 7th ECMinister for Lands 1934–1977NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Joseph Connolly1 April 193429 May 1936 7th ECFrank Aiken3 June 193611 November 1936 7th ECGerald Boland11 November 19368 September 1939 8th EC1st2ndThomas Derrig(1st time)8 September 19392 July 1943 2ndSeán Moylan2 July 194318 February 1948 3rd4thJoseph Blowick(1st time)18 February 19487 March 1951 5thThomas Derrig(2nd time)13 June 19512 June 1954 6thJoseph Blowick(2nd time)2 June 195420 March 1957 7thErskine H. Childers20 March 195723 July 1959 8th9thMícheál Ó Móráin23 July 195926 March 1968 9th10th11th12thPádraig Faulkner26 March 19682 July 1969 12thSeán Flanagan2 July 196914 March 1973 13thTom Fitzpatrick(1st time)14 March 19732 December 1976 14thPaddy Donegan2 December 19769 February 1977 14thMinister for Fisheries 1977–1978NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Paddy Donegan9 February 19775 July 1977 14thBrian Lenihan5 July 197715 July 1978 15thMinister for Fisheries and Forestry 1978–1986NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Brian Lenihan15 July 197811 December 1979 15thPaddy Power12 December 197930 June 1981 16thTom Fitzpatrick(2nd time)30 June 19819 March 1982 17thBrendan Daly(1st time)9 March 198214 December 1982 18thPaddy O'Toole(1st time)14 December 198214 February 1986 19thMinister for Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry 1986–1987NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Liam Kavanagh14 February 198620 January 1987 19thPaddy O'Toole(2nd time)20 January 198710 March 1987 19thMinister for the Marine 1987–1997NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Brendan Daly(2nd time)10 March 198712 July 1989 20thJohn Wilson12 July 198911 February 1992 20th21st Michael Woods(1st time)11 February 199212 January 1993 22ndDavid Andrews12 January 199315 December 1994 23rdHugh Coveney15 December 199423 May 1995 24thSeán Barrett23 May 199526 June 1997 24thMinister for Marine and Natural Resources 1997–2002NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Michael Woods(2nd time)26 June 199727 January 2000 25thFrank Fahey27 January 20006 June 2002 25thMinister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources 2002–2007NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Dermot Ahern6 June 200229 September 2004 26thNoel Dempsey29 September 200414 June 2007 26thMinister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 2007–2016NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Eamon Ryan14 June 200723 January 2011 27th28thPat Carey23 January 20119 March 2011 28thPat Rabbitte9 March 201111 July 2014 29thAlex White11 July 20146 May 2016 29thMinister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 2016–2020NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Denis Naughten6 May 201611 October 2018 30th31stRichard Bruton11 October 201827 June 2020 31stMinister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 2020–2025NameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Eamon Ryan (2nd time)27 June 202023 January 2025 32nd33rd34thMinister for Climate, Energy and the Environment 2025–presentNameTerm of officePartyGovernment(s)Darragh O'Brien23 January 2025Incumbent 35th Notes
See also Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (responsible for the Environment until 2016) Irish Land Commission
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