Government decision in relation to Ministers of State

The Government decision in relation to Ministers of State is as follows:

Fine Gael Ministers of State

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach with Special Responsibility as Government Chief Whip and Defence
Paul Kehoe TD

Minister of State at the Departments of Finance PER and Taoiseach with Special Responsibility for the OPW, Public procurement, and International Banking (incl IFSC)
Simon Harris TD

Minister of State at the Departments of the Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs with Special Responsibility for European Affairs and Data Protection
Dara Murphy TD

Minister of State at the Departments of Education and Skills and Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation With Special Responsibility for Skills, Research and Innovation
Damien English TD

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine With Special Responsibility for Food, Forestry Horticulture and Food Safety
Tom Hayes TD

Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with Special Responsibility for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources.
Joe McHugh TD

Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport with Special Responsibility for Tourism and Sport
Michael Ring TD

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment with Special Responsibility for Housing, Planning and Coordination of the Construction 2020 Strategy
Paudie Coffey TD

Minister of State at the Departments of the Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs with Special Responsibility for the Diaspora
Jimmy Deenihan TD

Labour Ministers of State

Super-Junior : Minister for Business and Employment (at D/Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation) With Special responsibility for small business and collective bargaining.
Ged Nash TD

Minister of State at the Department of Health With Special Responsibility for Primary Care, Mental Health and Disability
Kathleen Lynch TD

Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection with Special Responsibility for Activation
Kevin Humphreys TD

Minister of State at the Departments of Agriculture, Food and Marine and Transport, Tourism and Sport with Special Responsibility for Rural Economic Development (implementation of the CEDRA Report) and rural transport.
Ann Phelan TD

Minister of State at the Departments of Justice and Equality and Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht With Special Responsibility for Equality, New Communities and Culture.
Aodhan O’Ríordain TD

Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with Special Responsibility for ODA, Trade Promotion and North South cooperation.
Sean Sherlock TD