Ministers of State of the 32nd Dáil

This is a list of Ministers of State of the 32nd Dáil. On 6 May 2016, the 30th Government of Ireland was nominated by Dáil Éireann on the advice of the Taoiseach, and then appointed by the President. The Fine Gael–Independent coalition was led by the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny.

On that day Kenny announced to the Dáil that he would appoint Regina Doherty, TD to the post of Minister for State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip and Paul Kehoe as Minister of State at the Department of Defence. Finian McGrath, TD was appointed on the same date to the position of Minister of State for Disability. On 19 May 2016, 15 other ministerial appointments were announced.

Ministers of State of the 30th Government (6 May 2016 – present)

Name	Office	Govt. Department(s)	Party		Term
Regina Doherty	Government Chief Whip	Taoiseach		Fine Gael	2016–
Paul Kehoe	Minister of State for Defence	Taoiseach Defence		Fine Gael	2016–
Finian McGrath	Minister of State for Disability Issues	Health Justice and Equality Social Protection		Independent	2016–
Seán Kyne	Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources	Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources		Fine Gael	2016–
Damien English	Minister of State for Housing and Urban Renewal	Housing, Planning and Local Government		Fine Gael	2016–
Dara Murphy	Minister of State for European Affairs, Data Protection and the EU Single Digital Market	Taoiseach Foreign Affairs and Trade Justice and Equality		Fine Gael	2016–
Eoghan Murphy	Minister of State for Financial Services, eGovernment and Public Procurement	Finance Public Expenditure and Reform		Fine Gael	2016–
Patrick O'Donovan	Minister of State for Tourism and Sport	Transport, Tourism and Sport		Fine Gael	2016–
Andrew Doyle	Minister of State for Food, Forestry and Horticulture	Agriculture, Food and the Marine		Fine Gael	2016–
Pat Breen	Minister of State for Employment and Small Business	Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation		Fine Gael	2016–
John Halligan	Minister of State for Training and Skills	Education and Skills Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation		Independent	2016–
Helen McEntee	Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People	Health		Fine Gael	2016–
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy	Minister of State for Health Promotion	Health		Fine Gael	2016–
David Stanton	Minister of State for Justice with special responsibility for Equality, Immigration, and Integration	Justice and Equality		Fine Gael	2016–
Seán Canney	Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief	Public Expenditure and Reform		Independent	2016–
Joe McHugh	Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid	Taoiseach Foreign Affairs and Trade		Fine Gael	2016–
Michael Ring	Minister of State for Regional Economic Development	Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht		Fine Gael	2016–
Catherine Byrne	Minister of State for Communities and the National Drugs Strategy	Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht Health		Fine Gael	2016–

See also

• Minister of State
• Members of the 32nd Dáil
• Government of the 32nd Dáil

External links

• List of Ministers of State – Department of the Taoiseach