A 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 three ministers of state: Noel Grealish, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for food promotion, new markets, research and development. Grealish is also a super junior minister, which is a minister of state in attendance at cabinet, but without a vote. Timmy Dooley, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for the marine. Niall Collins, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for forestry, farm safety and horticulture.

List of parliamentary secretaries NameTerm of officePartyGovernmentPaddy Smith1 January 194721 January 1947 4thGerald Bartley19 June 19512 June 1954 6thOliver J. Flanagan3 June 195420 March 1957 7thPatrick Lalor21 April 196510 November 1966 11thDon Davern16 November 19662 November 1968 12thJerry Cronin2 July 19699 May 1970 13thJackie Fahey9 May 197014 March 1973 Michael Pat Murphy14 March 19739 February 1977 14thThomas Hussey5 July 19771 January 1978 15th

List of ministers of state Department of Agriculture 1978–1987NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentThomas Hussey1 January 197811 December 1979 15th12 December 197917 December 198016thLorcan Allen12 December 197930 June 1981 16thMichael Smith17 December 198030 June 1981 16thMichael D'Arcy30 June 19819 March 1982 Production and Marketing17thTed Nealon30 June 19819 March 1982 Western Development17thLorcan Allen23 March 198214 December 1982 Land Commission, Production and Marketing18thBernard Cowen23 March 198214 December 1982 Disadvantaged Areas18thPatrick Hegarty16 December 198210 March 1987 Production19thPaul Connaughton Snr16 December 198210 March 1987 Land Structure and Development19thDepartment of Agriculture and Food 1987–1993NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentJoe Walsh12 March 198712 July 1989 Food Industry20th19 July 198911 February 199221stSéamus Kirk12 March 198712 July 1989 Horticulture20th19 July 198911 February 1992 Horticulture21stJohn Browne13 February 199212 January 1993 Food industry22ndLiam Hyland13 February 199212 January 1993 HorticultureDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Forestry 1993–1997NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentLiam Hyland14 January 199315 June 1994 Forestry and Rural Development23rdBrian O'Shea14 January 199317 November 1994 Food and Horticulture23rdJimmy Deenihan20 December 199426 June 1997 24thDepartment of Agriculture and Food 1997–1999NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNoel Davern8 July 199727 September 1999 Livestock breeding and horticulture25thNed O'Keeffe8 July 199727 September 1999 Food25thDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development 1999–2002NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNoel Davern27 September 19996 June 2002 Livestock breeding and horticulture25thNed O'Keeffe27 September 199917 February 2001 Food25thÉamon Ó Cuív19 February 20016 June 2002 Rural development and the Western Development Commission25thDepartment of Agriculture and Food 2002–2007NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNoel Treacy19 June 200729 September 2004 Food and horticulture26thLiam Aylward19 June 200729 September 2004 Animal Health and Welfare; and Customer Service26thJohn Browne29 September 200414 February 2006 Forestry26thBrendan Smith29 September 200414 June 2007 Food and Horticulture26thMary Wallace14 February 200614 June 2007 Forestry26thDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2007–2011NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentJohn Browne20 June 20077 May 2008 Fisheries27thMary Wallace20 June 20077 May 2008 Forestry27thTrevor Sargent20 June 200723 February 2010 Food and Horticulture27th28thTony Killeen13 May 200823 March 2010 Fisheries and Forestry28thCiarán Cuffe23 March 201023 January 2011 Horticulture28thSeán Connick23 March 20109 March 2011 Fisheries and Forestry28thDepartment of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 2011–presentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentShane McEntee10 March 201121 December 2012 Food, Horticulture and Food Safety29thTom Hayes5 June 20136 May 2016 Food, Horticulture and Food Safety29thAnn Phelan15 July 20146 May 2016 Rural Economic Development29thAndrew Doyle19 May 201614 June 2017 Food, Forestry and Horticulture30th20 June 201727 June 202031stPippa Hackett27 June 202023 January 2025 Land use and biodiversity32nd33rd34thMartin Heydon1 July 202023 January 2025 Research and development, farm safety and new market developmentNoel Grealish23 January 2025Incumbent Food promotion, new markets, research and development35thMichael Healy-Rae29 January 202514 April 2026 Forestry, farm safety and horticultureTimmy Dooley23 February 2025Incumbent MarineNiall Collins28 May 2026 Forestry, farm safety and horticulture

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