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The Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media of the Government of Ireland who may perform functions delegated by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.

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There is currently one minister of state:

List of ministers of state

Department of Industry and Energy 1981–1983

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Edward Collins 30 June 19819 March 1982 Fine Gael Oil and Minerals Exploration 17th [1]
Jim Fitzsimons 28 October 198214 December 1982 Fianna Fáil Economic Affairs 18th [2]
Edward Collins 16 December 198215 December 1983 Fine Gael Energy Affairs 19th [3]

Department of Energy 1983–1993

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Edward Collins 13 February 198623 September 1986 Fine Gael Commerce and Services 19th [4] [5]
Richard Bruton 23 September 198610 March 1987 Fine Gael Energy Affairs
Michael Smith 31 March 198724 November 1988 Fianna Fáil Forestry [6] 20th [7] [8]
Liam Aylward 25 November 198812 July 1989 Fianna Fáil

Department of Tourism and Trade 1993–1997

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Toddy O'Sullivan 20 December 199426 June 1997 Labour 24th [9]

Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation 1997–2002

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Chris Flood 8 July 19971 February 2000 Fianna Fáil Local development and the National Drugs Strategy Team 25th [10] [11]
Eoin Ryan 1 February 20006 June 2002 Fianna Fáil Local development

Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism 2002–2010

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Martin Mansergh 13 May 20082 May 2010 Fianna Fáil Arts [12] [13] 28th [14]

Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport 2010–2011

Martin Mansergh 2 May 20109 March 2011 Fianna Fáil Arts 28th [15]

Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 2011–2016

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Dinny McGinley 10 March 201115 July 2014 Fine Gael Gaeltacht Affairs [16] [17] 29th [18] [19]
Joe McHugh 15 July 20146 May 2016 Fine Gael Gaeltacht Affairs [20]
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin 15 July 20146 May 2016 Labour New Communities, Culture and Equality

Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 2016–2017

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Seán Kyne 19 May 201614 June 2017 Fine Gael Gaeltacht Affairs [21] 30th [22]
Michael Ring 19 May 201614 June 2017 Fine Gael Regional Economic Development [23]

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 2017–2020

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Joe McHugh 14 June 201716 October 2018 Fine Gael Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands [24] [25] 31st [26] [27]
Seán Kyne 16 October 201827 June 2020 Fine Gael Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands [28]
Dara Calleary 1 July 202015 July 2020 Fianna Fáil Gaeltacht 32nd [29]

Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 2020–present

NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernment
Jack Chambers 15 July 202017 December 2022 Fianna Fáil Gaeltacht [30] and Sport [31] 32nd [32]
Patrick O'Donovan 21 December 20229 April 2024 Fine Gael Gaeltacht 33rd [33]
Thomas Byrne 21 December 2022Incumbent Fianna Fáil Sport and Physical Education 33rd  • 34th
Thomas Byrne 10 April 2024Incumbent Fianna Fáil Gaeltacht 34th

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