The minister of state at the Department of the Climate, Energy and the Environment is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment of the Government of Ireland who may perform functions delegated by the minister for climate, energy and the environment. A minister of state does not hold cabinet rank.

There are currently 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 parliamentary secretaries Department of Lands and Fisheries 1927–1937NameTerm of OfficePartyGovernmentMartin Roddy21 September 19279 March 1932 3rd EC4th EC5th ECSeán O'Grady9 March 1932 29 December 1937 6th EC7th EC8th ECDepartment of Lands 1937–1965NameTerm of OfficePartyGovernmentSeán O'Grady29 December 19379 February 1943 1st2ndEamon Kissane9 February 1943 1 July 1943 2ndJack Lynch13 June 1951 2 June 1954 6thBrian Lenihan11 October 1961 3 November 1964 10thGeorge Colley21 November 1964 21 April 1965 Department of Fisheries 1977–1978NameTerm of OfficePartyGovernmentMichael Pat Murphy9 February 19775 July 1977 14th

List of ministers of state Department of Fisheries and Forestry 1978–1986NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentTom McEllistrim23 March 198214 December 1982 Forestry18thMichael D'Arcy16 December 198218 February 1986 Fisheries and Forestry19thDepartment of Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry 1986–1987NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentJohn Donnellan13 February 198610 March 1987 Fisheries19thMichael Moynihan13 February 198610 March 1987 Tourism19thMichael Smith10 March 198731 March 1987 Forestry20thDenis Lyons10 March 198731 March 1987 Tourism20thDepartment of the Marine 1987–1997NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentPat "the Cope" Gallagher12 March 198712 July 1989 Marine matters20thMichael J. Noonan19 July 198911 February 1992 21stPat "the Cope" Gallagher13 February 199212 January 1993 22ndGerry O'Sullivan14 January 19935 August 1994 Port Development, Safety and Inland Fisheries23rdEamon Gilmore20 December 199426 June 1997 24thDepartment of the Marine and Natural Resources 1997–2002NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentHugh Byrne8 July 19976 June 2002 Aquaculture and Forestry25thDepartment of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources 2002–2007NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentJohn Browne19 June 200229 September 2004 Marine26thPat "the Cope" Gallagher29 September 200414 February 2006 MarineJohn Browne14 February 200614 June 2007 MarineDepartment of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 2007–2016NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentTony Killeen20 June 20077 May 2008 Energy27thSeán Power13 May 200822 April 2009 Information society and Natural resources28thConor Lenihan22 April 20099 March 2011 Natural resourcesFergus O'Dowd10 March 201115 July 2014 New ERA29th Joe McHugh15 July 20146 May 2016 Natural resourcesDepartment of Communications, Climate Action and Environment 2016–2020NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentSeán Kyne19 May 201614 June 2017 Natural resources30th20 June 201716 October 2018Natural resources and Digital development 31stSeán Canney16 October 201827 June 2020 Natural resources and Digital developmentDepartment of the Environment, Climate and Communications 2020–2025NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentHildegarde Naughton27 June 202021 December 2022 Postal Policy and Eircodes32ndOssian Smyth1 July 202023 January 2025 Communications and Circular Economy32nd33rd34thJack Chambers21 December 202226 June 2024 Postal PolicyJames Lawless27 June 202423 January 2025 Postal Policy34thDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment 2025–presentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentAlan Dillon29 January 2025Incumbent Circular economy35thTimmy Dooley23 February 2025 Marine

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