Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine explained

The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of the Government of Ireland and assists the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.

There are currently two Ministers of State, who were appointed in 2020:

• Senator Pippa Hackett – Minister of State with responsibility for Land Use and Biodiversity; and
• Martin Heydon, TD – Minister of State with responsibility for Research & Development, Farm Safety and New Market Development.^[1]

List of parliamentary secretaries

Name	Term of office		Party		Government
Paddy Smith	1 January 1947	21 January 1947		4th
Gerald Bartley	19 June 1951	2 June 1954		6th
Oliver J. Flanagan	3 June 1954	20 March 1957		7th
Patrick Lalor	21 April 1965	10 November 1966		11th
Don Davern	16 November 1966	2 November 1968		12th
Jerry Cronin	2 July 1969	9 May 1970		13th
Jackie Fahey	9 May 1970	14 March 1973
Michael Pat Murphy	14 March 1973	9 February 1977		14th
Thomas Hussey	5 July 1977	1 January 1978		15th

List of ministers of state

Department of Agriculture 1978–1987
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Thomas Hussey	1 January 1978	11 December 1979			15th
	12 December 1979	17 December 1980		16th
Lorcan Allen	12 December 1979	30 June 1981			16th
Michael Smith	17 December 1980	30 June 1981			16th
Michael D'Arcy	30 June 1981	9 March 1982		Production and Marketing	17th
Ted Nealon	30 June 1981	9 March 1982		Western Development	17th
Lorcan Allen	23 March 1982	14 December 1982		Land Commission, Production and Marketing	18th
Bernard Cowen	23 March 1982	14 December 1982		Disadvantaged Areas	18th
Patrick Hegarty	16 December 1982	10 March 1987		Production	19th
Paul Connaughton Snr	16 December 1982	10 March 1987		Land Structure and Development	19th
Department of Agriculture and Food 1987–1993
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Joe Walsh	12 March 1987	12 July 1989		Food Industry	20th
	19 July 1989	11 February 1992	21st
Séamus Kirk	12 March 1987	12 July 1989		Horticulture	20th
	19 July 1989	11 February 1992		Horticulture	21st
John Browne	13 February 1992	12 January 1993		Food industry	22nd
Liam Hyland	13 February 1992	12 January 1993		Horticulture
Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry 1993–1997
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Liam Hyland	14 January 1993	15 June 1994		Forestry and Rural Development	23rd
Brian O'Shea	14 January 1993	17 November 1994		Food and Horticulture	23rd
Jimmy Deenihan	20 December 1994	26 June 1997			24th
Department of Agriculture and Food 1997–1999
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Noel Davern	8 July 1997	27 September 1999		Livestock breeding and horticulture	25th
Ned O'Keeffe	8 July 1997	27 September 1999		Food	25th
Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development 1999–2002
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Noel Davern	27 September 1999	6 June 2002		Livestock breeding and horticulture	25th
Ned O'Keeffe	27 September 1999	17 February 2001		Food	25th
Éamon Ó Cuív	19 February 2001	6 June 2002		Rural development and the Western Development Commission	25th
Department of Agriculture and Food 2002–2007
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Noel Treacy	19 June 2007	29 September 2004		Food and horticulture	26th
Liam Aylward	19 June 2007	29 September 2004		Animal Health and Welfare; and Customer Service	26th
John Browne	29 September 2004	14 February 2006		Forestry	26th
Brendan Smith	29 September 2004	14 June 2007		Food and Horticulture	26th
Mary Wallace	14 February 2006	14 June 2007		Forestry	26th
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2007–2011
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
John Browne	20 June 2007	7 May 2008		Fisheries	27th
Mary Wallace	20 June 2007	7 May 2008		Forestry	27th
Trevor Sargent	20 June 2007	23 February 2010		Food and Horticulture	27th28th
Tony Killeen	13 May 2008	23 March 2010		Fisheries and Forestry	28th
Ciarán Cuffe	23 March 2010	23 January 2011		Horticulture	28th
Seán Connick	23 March 2010	9 March 2011		Fisheries and Forestry	28th
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 2011–present
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Shane McEntee	10 March 2011	21 December 2012		Food, Horticulture and Food Safety	29th
Tom Hayes	5 June 2013	6 May 2016		Food, Horticulture and Food Safety	29th
Ann Phelan	15 July 2014	6 May 2016		Rural Economic Development	29th
Andrew Doyle	19 May 2016	14 June 2017		Food, Forestry and Horticulture	30th
	20 June 2017	27 June 2020	31st
Pippa Hackett^[2]	27 June 2020	Incumbent		Land Use and Biodiversity	32nd^[3] 33rd^[4] 34th
Martin Heydon	1 July 2020	Incumbent		Research & Development, Farm Safety and New Market Development

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ministers. Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. 4 August 2020. 16 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200716141315/https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/aboutus/ministers/. live.
2. 2021. si. 40. Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2021 . 2 February 2021. 15 February 2021.
3. Web site: Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Tuesday, 7 July 2020. Houses of the Oireachtas. 17 January 2021. 9 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200709181211/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-07/3/. live.
4. Web site: Carroll MacNeill and O'Donnell promoted to junior ministers. RTÉ News. 21 December 2022. 21 December 2022.