Minister of State at the Department of Transport

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

The Department of Transport and Power was created in 1959; in 1984, as the Department of Transport, it was abolished and its functions were transferred to the Department of Communications. The Department of the Public Service was created in 1973; in 1987, its original functions were transferred to the Department of Finance, and it is the legal predecessor of the current Department of Transport. For this reason, the lists below show overlapping departments.

, there are two ministers of state: Seán Canney, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for international and road transport, logistics, rail and ports. Canney is also a super junior minister, which is a minister of state in attendance at cabinet, but without a vote. Jerry Buttimer, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for rural transport. Buttimer is also Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht.

List of parliamentary secretaries Department of Transport and Power 1959–1977NameTerm of officePartyGovernmentPatrick Lalor16 November 19662 July 1969 12thDepartment of Tourism and Transport 1977–1978NameTerm of officePartyGovernmentTom Fitzpatrick5 July 19771 January 1978 15thDepartment of the Public Service 1973–1978NameTerm of officePartyGovernmentPatrick J. Reynolds17 December 197625 May 1977 14th

List of ministers of state Department of Tourism and Transport 1978–1980NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentThomas J. Fitzpatrick1 January 197811 December 1979 15thDepartment of Transport 1980–1984NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentPádraig Flynn25 March 198030 June 1981 16thTerry Leyden23 March 198214 December 1982 18thJohn Donnellan16 December 198215 December 1983 19thDepartment of the Public Service 1978–1987NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentRay MacSharry1 January 197811 December 1979 15thSeán Calleary12 December 197930 June 1981 16thJim O'Keeffe13 February 198610 March 1987 19thDepartment of Tourism and Transport 1987–1991NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentDenis Lyons31 March 198712 July 1989 Tourism20th19 July 19897 February 199121stFrank Fahey26 September 19897 February 1991 Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications 1991–1993NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentDenis Lyons7 February 199111 February 1992 Tourism21stFrank Fahey7 February 199111 February 1992 Brendan Kenneally13 February 199212 January 1993 22ndDepartment of Transport, Energy and Communications 1993–1997NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNoel Treacy14 January 199315 December 1994 Energy23rdEmmet Stagg20 December 199426 June 1997 24thAvril Doyle27 January 199526 June 1997 Consumers of Public ServicesDepartment of Public Enterprise 1997–2002NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentJoe Jacob8 July 19976 June 2002 Energy25thDepartment of Transport 2002–2011NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentJim McDaid18 June 20025 October 2004 Road Traffic and Road Haulage26thIvor Callely29 September 20048 December 2005 Traffic Management, Road Haulage and the Irish Aviation Authority14 February 200614 June 2007 Traffic Management, Road Haulage and the Irish Aviation AuthorityNoel Ahern13 May 200822 April 2009 Road Safety28thCiarán Cuffe23 March 201023 January 2011 Sustainable Travel and PlanningDepartment of Transport, Tourism and Sport 2011–2020NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentMichael Ring10 March 20116 May 2016 Tourism and Sport29thAlan Kelly10 March 201111 July 2014 Public and Commuter TransportAnn Phelan15 July 20146 May 2016 Rural TransportPatrick O'Donovan19 May 201614 June 2017 Tourism and Sport30thBrendan Griffin20 June 201727 June 2020 Tourism and Sport31stDepartment of Transport 2020–presentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentHildegarde Naughton27 June 202017 December 2022 International and road transport and logistics32ndJack Chambers21 December 202226 June 2024 33rd34thJames Lawless27 June 202423 January 2025 34thSeán Canney23 January 2025Incumbent International and road transport, logistics, rail and ports35thJerry Buttimer29 January 2025Incumbent Rural transport35th

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