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The Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth of the Government of Ireland who performs functions delegated by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.

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There are currently two Ministers of State, who were appointed in 2022: [1]

List of parliamentary secretaries

NameTerm of officePartyGovernment
Patrick Lindsay [3] 2 July 195624 October 1956 Fine Gael 7th
Pádraig Faulkner 21 April 196510 March 1968 Fianna Fáil 11th  • 12th
Gerry Collins [4] 9 July 19699 May 1970 Fianna Fáil 13th
Michael F. Kitt [4] 9 May 19705 February 1973 Fianna Fáil

List of ministers of state

Department of the Gaeltacht 1978–1993

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Michael D'Arcy [5] 16 December 198218 February 1986 Fine Gael 19th
Denis Gallagher 12 March 198712 July 1989 Fianna Fáil 20th
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher [6] [7] 19 July 198911 February 1992 Fianna Fáil 21st
13 February 199212 January 1993 22nd

Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht 1993–1997

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher [8] 14 January 19939 June 1994 Fianna Fáil Gaeltacht [9] 23rd
Donal Carey 27 January 199526 June 1997 Fine Gael 24th

Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands 1997–2002

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Éamon Ó Cuív 8 July 199719 February 2001 Fianna Fáil Gaeltacht and the islands 25th
Mary Coughlan 19 February 20016 June 2002 Fianna Fáil Gaeltacht and the islands

Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 2002–2007

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Noel Ahern 19 June 200229 September 2004 Fianna Fáil Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs 26th
Pat Carey [10] 20 June 20077 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs 27th
Conor Lenihan [10] 20 June 20077 May 2008 Fianna Fáil Integration policy
13 May 200822 April 2009 28th
John Curran 13 May 200822 April 2009 Fianna Fáil Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs [11]
22 April 200923 March 2010Integration and Community [12]

Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs 2010–2011

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Mary White [13] 23 March 201023 January 2011 Green Equality, human rights and integration [14] 28th

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth 2020–present

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Anne Rabbitte 1 July 2020Incumbent Fianna Fáil Disability [15] 32nd [16]  • 33rd  • 34th
Joe O'Brien 21 December 2022Incumbent Green Integration 33rd [17]  • 34th

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