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The Minister of State at the Department of Justice is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Justice of the Government of Ireland who performs duties and functions delegated by the Minister for Justice. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.

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The current Minister of State is James Browne, TD, who was appointed in September 2020. [1]

List of parliamentary secretaries

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
James FitzGerald-Kenney [2] 8 August 192711 October 1927 Cumann na nGaedheal 4th EC
Charles Haughey 24 June 195911 October 1961 Fianna Fáil 9th
Brian Lenihan 11 October 19613 November 1964 Fianna Fáil 10th

List of ministers of state

Department of Justice 1978–1997

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
David Andrews 1 January 197911 December 1979 Fianna Fáil 15th
Seán Doherty [3] 25 March 198030 June 1981 Fianna Fáil 16th
Dick Spring [4] 30 June 19819 March 1982 Labour Law Reform 17th
Nuala Fennell [5] 7 January 198310 March 1987 Fine Gael Family Law Reform 19th
Noel Treacy [6] 6 February 199111 February 1992 Fianna Fáil 21st
Willie O'Dea [7] [8] 13 February 199212 January 1993 Fianna Fáil 22nd
14 January 199315 December 1994 23rd
Joan Burton 20 December 199426 June 1997 Labour 24th
Austin Currie 20 December 199426 June 1997 Fine Gael Children

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform 1997–2010

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Mary Wallace 8 July 19976 June 2002 Fianna Fáil Equality and disability 25th
Frank Fahey 21 January 199827 January 2000 Fianna Fáil Children
Mary Hanafin [9] 27 January 20006 June 2002 Fianna Fáil Children
Willie O'Dea 19 June 200229 September 2004 Fianna Fáil Equality and disability 26th
Brian Lenihan 19 June 200214 June 2007 Fianna Fáil Children
Frank Fahey 29 September 200414 June 2007 Fianna Fáil Equality and disability
Seán Power 20 June 20077 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Equality 27th
Brendan Smith 20 June 20077 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Children
Conor Lenihan 20 June 20077 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Integration
Barry Andrews 7 May 200823 March 2010 Fianna Fáil Children 28th
Conor Lenihan 13 May 200822 April 2009 Fianna Fáil Integration
John Moloney 13 May 200823 March 2010 Fianna Fáil Equality and Disability Issues
John Curran 22 April 200923 March 2010 Fianna Fáil Integration

Department of Justice and Law Reform 2010–2011

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Barry Andrews 23 March 201023 January 2011 Fianna Fáil Children 28th
Mary White 23 March 201023 January 2011 Green Equality and Human Rights; and Integration
John Moloney 23 March 20109 March 2011 Fianna Fáil Disability

Department of Justice and Equality 2011–2020

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Kathleen Lynch 10 March 201123 May 2014 Labour Disability and equality 29th
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin 15 July 20146 May 2016 Labour New communities and equality
Finian McGrath 6 May 201627 June 2020 Independent Disability 30th  • 31st
Dara Murphy 19 May 201614 June 2017 Fine Gael Data protection 30th
David Stanton 19 May 201614 June 2017 Fine Gael Equality, Immigration, and Integration
20 June 201727 June 2020 31st
Pat Breen 20 June 201727 June 2020 Fine Gael Data protection
Charlie McConalogue 1 July 20202 September 2020 Fianna Fáil Law reform 32nd [10]

Department of Justice 2020–present

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Hildegarde Naughton 27 April 20211 November 2021 Fine Gael Criminal justice [11] 32nd
James Browne 2 September 2020Incumbent Fianna Fáil Law reform; [12] [13]
Civil justice and immigration (Apr.–Oct. 2021) [14] 		32nd  • 33rd [15]  • 34th

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  11. ↑ Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2021 ( S.I. No. 252 of 2021 ). Signed on 18 May 2021. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland .Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 27 May 2021.
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