The minister of state at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration of the Government of Ireland who performs duties and functions delegated by the minister for justice, home affairs and migration. A minister of state does not hold cabinet rank.

There are currently two ministers of state: Colm Brophy, TD – Minister of State for Migration Catherine Ardagh, TD – Minister of State for International law, law reform and youth justice

List of parliamentary secretaries NameTerm of officePartyGovernmentJames FitzGerald-Kenney8 August 192711 October 1927 4th ECCharles Haughey9 May 196011 October 1961 9thBrian Lenihan11 October 1961 3 November 1964 10th

List of ministers of state Department of Justice 1978–1997NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentDavid Andrews1 January 197911 December 1979 15thSeán Doherty25 March 198030 June 1981 16thDick Spring30 June 19819 March 1982 Law Reform17thNuala Fennell7 January 198310 March 1987 Family Law Reform19thNoel Treacy6 February 199111 February 1992 21stWillie O'Dea13 February 199212 January 1993 22nd14 January 199315 December 199423rdJoan Burton20 December 199426 June 1997 24thAustin Currie20 December 199426 June 1997 ChildrenDepartment of Justice, Equality and Law Reform 1997–2010NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentMary Wallace8 July 19976 June 2002 Equality and disability25thFrank Fahey21 January 199827 January 2000 ChildrenMary Hanafin27 January 20006 June 2002 ChildrenWillie O'Dea19 June 200229 September 2004 Equality and disability26thBrian Lenihan19 June 200214 June 2007 ChildrenFrank Fahey29 September 200414 June 2007 Equality and disabilitySeán Power20 June 20077 May 2008 Equality27thBrendan Smith20 June 20077 May 2008 ChildrenConor Lenihan20 June 20077 May 2008 IntegrationBarry Andrews7 May 200823 March 2010 Children28thConor Lenihan13 May 200822 April 2009 IntegrationJohn Moloney13 May 200823 March 2010 Equality and Disability IssuesJohn Curran22 April 200923 March 2010 IntegrationDepartment of Justice and Law Reform 2010–2011NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentBarry Andrews23 March 201023 January 2011 Children28thMary White23 March 201023 January 2011 Equality and Human Rights; and IntegrationJohn Moloney23 March 20109 March 2011 DisabilityDepartment of Justice and Equality 2011–2020NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentKathleen Lynch10 March 201123 May 2014 Disability and equality29thAodhán Ó Ríordáin15 July 20146 May 2016 New communities and equalityFinian McGrath6 May 201627 June 2020 Disability30th31stDara Murphy19 May 201614 June 2017 Data protection30thDavid Stanton19 May 201614 June 2017 Equality, Immigration, and Integration20 June 201727 June 202031stPat Breen20 June 201727 June 2020 Data protectionCharlie McConalogue1 July 20202 September 2020 Law reform32ndDepartment of Justice 2020–2025NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentHildegarde Naughton27 April 20211 November 2021 Criminal justice32ndJames Browne2 September 202023 January 2025 Law Reform and Youth Justice;Civil justice and immigration (Apr.–Oct. 2021)32nd33rd34thDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 2025–presentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNiall Collins29 January 202528 May 2026 International law, law reform and youth justice35thColm Brophy23 February 2025Incumbent MigrationCatherine Ardagh28 May 2026Incumbent International law, law reform and youth justice

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