Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

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Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
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Incumbent
Roderic O'Gorman
since 27 June 2020
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Member of
Reports to Taoiseach
Seat Dublin, Ireland
Appointer President of Ireland on the nomination of the Taoiseach
Inaugural holder Richard Mulcahy as Minister for the Gaeltacht
Formation 2 June 1956
Website Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Irish: An tAire Leanaí, Comhionannais, Míchumais, Lánpháirtíochta agus Óige) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

The current Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is Roderic O'Gorman, TD.

He is assisted by two Ministers of State:

Overview

The department was created in 1956 as the Department of the Gaeltacht. Its title and functions have changed several times, with the current title adopted in 2020.[2] An office of Minister of State for Children existed from 1994 to 2011. The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media is currently responsible for the Gaeltacht.

List of office-holders

Minister for the Gaeltacht 1956–1993
Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Richard Mulcahy 2 June 1956 24 October 1956 style="width: 5px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | Fine Gael 7th
Patrick Lindsay 24 October 1956 20 March 1957 style="width: 5px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | Fine Gael 7th
Jack Lynch 20 March 1957 26 June 1957 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 8th
Mícheál Ó Móráin (1st time) 26 June 1957 23 July 1959 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 8th • 9th
Gerald Bartley 23 July 1959 11 October 1961 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 9th
Mícheál Ó Móráin (2nd time) 11 October 1961 26 March 1968 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 10th • 11th • 12th
Pádraig Faulkner 27 March 1968 2 July 1969 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 12th
George Colley 2 July 1969 14 March 1973 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 13th
Tom O'Donnell 14 March 1973 5 July 1977 style="width: 5px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | Fine Gael 14th
Denis Gallagher (1st time) 5 July 1977 11 December 1979 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 15th
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn 12 December 1979 30 June 1981 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 16th
Paddy O'Toole (1st time) 30 June 1981 9 March 1982 style="width: 5px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | Fine Gael 17th
Pádraig Flynn 9 March 1982 11 October 1982 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 18th
Denis Gallagher (2nd time) 11 October 1982 14 December 1982 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 18th
Paddy O'Toole (2nd time) 14 December 1982 10 March 1987 style="width: 5px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | Fine Gael 19th
Charles Haughey 10 March 1987 11 February 1992 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 20th • 21st
John Wilson 11 February 1992 12 January 1993 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 22nd
Michael D. Higgins (1st time) 12 January 1993 21 January 1993 style="width: 5px; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (Ireland)" | Labour Party 23rd

Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht 1993–1997
Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Michael D. Higgins (1st time) 21 January 1993 17 November 1994 style="width: 5px; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (Ireland)" | Labour Party 23rd
Bertie Ahern 18 November 1994 15 December 1994 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 23rd
Michael D. Higgins (2nd time) 15 December 1994 26 June 1997 style="width: 5px; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (Ireland)" | Labour Party 24th
Síle de Valera 26 June 1997 12 July 1997 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 25th

Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands 1997–2002
Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Síle de Valera 12 July 1997 6 June 2002 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 25th
Éamon Ó Cuív 6 June 2002 19 June 2002 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 26th

Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 2002–2010
Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Éamon Ó Cuív 19 June 2002 23 March 2010 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 26th • 27th • 28th
Pat Carey 23 March 2010 2 June 2010 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 28th

Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs 2010–2011
Name Entered Office Left Office Party Government(s)
Pat Carey 2 June 2010 9 March 2011 style="width: 5px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | Fianna Fáil 28th

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 2011–2020
Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Frances Fitzgerald 9 March 2011 7 May 2014 style="width: 5px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | Fine Gael 29th
Charles Flanagan 8 May 2014 11 July 2014 style="width: 5px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | Fine Gael 29th
James Reilly 11 July 2014 6 May 2016 style="width: 5px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | Fine Gael 29th
Katherine Zappone 6 May 2016 27 June 2020 style="width: 5px; background-color: Template:Independent politicians in Ireland/meta/color;" data-sort-value="Independent politicians in Ireland" | [[Independent politicians in Ireland|Template:Independent politicians in Ireland/meta/shortname]] 30th • 31st
Roderic O'Gorman 27 June 2020 15 October 2020 style="width: 5px; background-color: #99CC33;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" | Green Party 32nd

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth 2020–present
Name Term of office Party Government(s)
Roderic O'Gorman 15 October 2020 Incumbent style="width: 5px; background-color: #99CC33;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" | Green Party 32nd • 33rd

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