Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection

The minister of state at the Department of Social Protection is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Social Protection of the Government of Ireland who may perform functions delegated by the minister of social protection. A minister of state does not hold cabinet rank.

List of parliamentary secretaries Department of Social Welfare 1951–1977NameTerm of officePartyGovernmentMichael Kennedy19 June 19512 June 1954 6th21 March 195711 November 19618th9thJohnny Geoghegan9 July 196914 March 1973 13thFrank Cluskey14 March 19735 July 1977 14th

List of ministers of state Department of Social Welfare 1980–1997NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentTom Nolan25 March 198017 December 1980 16thThomas Hussey17 December 198030 June 1981 Mary Flaherty30 June 19819 March 1982 Poverty and the Family17thDenis Gallagher23 March 198227 October 1982 Social Welfare Claims18thRory O'Hanlon28 October 198214 December 1982 Social Welfare ClaimsFergus O'Brien16 December 198215 December 1983 Social Welfare Information19thJohn Donnellan15 December 198310 March 1987 Social Welfare InformationSéamus Pattison15 December 198320 January 1987 Social Welfare AdministrationJoan Burton14 January 199315 December 1994 EC Poverty Plans and Tax and Social Welfare Codes23rdBernard Durkan20 December 199426 June 1997 24thDepartment of Social and Family Affairs 2007–2010NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentMáire Hoctor9 July 20077 May 2008 Older People27th13 May 200822 April 200928thÁine Brady22 April 20099 March 2011 Older People and Health PromotionDepartment of Social Protection 2010–2017NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentKevin Humphreys15 July 20146 May 2016 Employment, Community and Social Support29thFinian McGrath6 May 201614 June 2017 Disability Issues30thDepartment of Employment Affairs and Social Protection 2017–2020NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentFinian McGrath20 June 201727 June 2020 Disability Issues31stPat Breen20 June 201727 June 2020 Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data ProtectionDepartment of Social Protection 2020–presentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentDamien English19 July 202012 January 2023 Employment Affairs and Retail Business32nd33rdNeale Richmond13 January 202310 April 2024 Employment Affairs and Retail BusinessJoe O'Brien19 July 202023 January 2025 Community Development and Charities32nd33rd34thEmer Higgins10 April 202423 January 2025 Business, Employment and Retail34th

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