Minister of State at the Department of Justice explained

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.

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

List of parliamentary secretaries

Name	Term of office		Party		Government
James FitzGerald-Kenney^[1]	8 August 1927	11 October 1927		4th EC
Charles Haughey	24 June 1959	11 October 1961		9th
Brian Lenihan	11 October 1961	3 November 1964		10th

List of ministers of state

Department of Justice 1978–1997
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
David Andrews	1 January 1979	11 December 1979			15th
Seán Doherty^[2]	25 March 1980	30 June 1981			16th
Dick Spring^[3]	30 June 1981	9 March 1982		Law Reform	17th
Nuala Fennell^[4]	7 January 1983	10 March 1987		Family Law Reform	19th
Noel Treacy^[5]	6 February 1991	11 February 1992			21st
Willie O'Dea^[6] ^[7]	13 February 1992	12 January 1993			22nd
	14 January 1993	15 December 1994		23rd
Joan Burton	20 December 1994	26 June 1997			24th
Austin Currie	20 December 1994	26 June 1997		Children
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform 1997–2010
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Mary Wallace	8 July 1997	6 June 2002		Equality and disability	25th
Frank Fahey	21 January 1998	27 January 2000		Children
Mary Hanafin^[8]	27 January 2000	6 June 2002		Children
Willie O'Dea	19 June 2002	29 September 2004		Equality and disability	26th
Brian Lenihan	19 June 2002	14 June 2007		Children
Frank Fahey	29 September 2004	14 June 2007		Equality and disability
Seán Power	20 June 2007	7 May 2008		Equality	27th
Brendan Smith	20 June 2007	7 May 2008		Children
Conor Lenihan	20 June 2007	7 May 2008		Integration
Barry Andrews	7 May 2008	23 March 2010		Children	28th
Conor Lenihan	13 May 2008	22 April 2009		Integration
John Moloney	13 May 2008	23 March 2010		Equality and Disability Issues
John Curran	22 April 2009	23 March 2010		Integration
Department of Justice and Law Reform 2010–2011
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Barry Andrews	23 March 2010	23 January 2011		Children	28th
Mary White	23 March 2010	23 January 2011		Equality and Human Rights; and Integration
John Moloney	23 March 2010	9 March 2011		Disability
Department of Justice and Equality 2011–2020
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Kathleen Lynch	10 March 2011	23 May 2014		Disability and equality	29th
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin	15 July 2014	6 May 2016		New communities and equality
Finian McGrath	6 May 2016	27 June 2020		Disability	30th31st
Dara Murphy	19 May 2016	14 June 2017		Data protection	30th
David Stanton	19 May 2016	14 June 2017		Equality, Immigration, and Integration
	20 June 2017	27 June 2020	31st
Pat Breen	20 June 2017	27 June 2020			Data protection
Charlie McConalogue	1 July 2020	2 September 2020		Law reform	32nd^[9]
Department of Justice 2020–present
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Hildegarde Naughton	27 April 2021	1 November 2021		Criminal justice^[10]	32nd
James Browne	2 September 2020	Incumbent		Law Reform and Youth Justice;^[11] ^[12] Civil justice and immigration (Apr.–Oct. 2021)^[13]	32nd33rd^[14] 34th

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of Government – Fifth Dáil – Parliamentary Secretaries. Government of Ireland. 6 January 2021. 27 November 2018. 4 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210104211334/https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/4e3645-fifth-dail/. live.
2. Web site: Appointment of Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (21st Dáil). 27 March 1980. 23 November 2019. Oireachtas. 8 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210108131206/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-03-27/3/. live.
3. Web site: Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (22nd Dáil). 7 July 1981. 1 February 2020. Oireachtas. 28 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210304/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1981-07-07/14/. live.
4. Web site: Appointment of Minister of State and Allocation of Responsibilities: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (24th Dáil). 26 January 1983. 23 November 2019. Oireachtas. 5 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191105154530/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1983-01-26/19/. live.
5. Web site: Appointment of Member of Government: Statement – Dáil Éireann (26th Dáil). 6 February 1991. 8 February 2020. Oireachtas. 13 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200913115736/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-02-06/18/. live.
6. Web site: Members of Government and Ministers of State: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (26th Dáil). 13 February 1992. 18 January 2020. Oireachtas. 16 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191116163602/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1992-02-13/3/. live.
7. Web site: Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil). 10 February 1993. 18 January 2020. Oireachtas. 9 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191109133603/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-02-10/2/. live.
8. Web site: Ministerial Appointments: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (28th Dáil). 2 February 2000. 28 March 2020. Oireachtas. 12 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210112205259/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-02-02/4/. live.
9. Web site: Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil). 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.
10. si. 2021. 252. Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2021. 18 May 2021. 27 May 2021.
11. si. 2020. 504. Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2020. 3 November 2020. 11 November 2020.
12. si. 2021. 594. Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 3) Order 2021. 9 November 2021. 23 November 2021.
13. si. 2021. 251. Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2021. 18 May 2021. 27 May 2021.
14. Web site: Minister of State appointments. Department of the Taoiseach. gov.ie. 21 December 2022. 21 December 2022.