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The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Irish: Aire Comhshaoil, Oidhreacht agus Rialtais Áitiúil) is the senior minister at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in the Government of Ireland.

The current Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government is John Gormley, TD. He is assisted by:

Michael Finneran, TD – Minister of State for Housing and Local Services.
Áine Brady, TD – Minister of State for Older People and Health Promotion.

[edit] Overview

The Custom House, Dublin, is the headquarters of the Department.

The Minister is responsible for, amongst other matters:

the environment;
the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland;
heritage;
local authorities and related services;
the supervision of elections including the general election and presidential elections, and electronic voting arrangements.

[edit] List of office-holders

No.		Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
[edit] Minister for Local Government 1919–1924
	1.	W. T. Cosgrave	2 April 1919	9 September 1922	Sinn Féin
	2.	Ernest Blythe	30 August 1922	15 October 1923	Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
	3.	Séamus Burke	15 October 1923	2 June 1924	Cumann na nGaedhael
[edit] Minister for Local Government and Public Health 1924–1947
No.		Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
		Séamus Burke	2 June 1924	23 June 1927	Cumann na nGaedhael
	4.	Richard Mulcahy	23 June 1927	9 March 1932	Cumann na nGaedhael
	5.	Seán T. O'Kelly	9 March 1932	8 September 1939	Fianna Fáil
	6.	P. J. Ruttledge	8 September 1939	14 August 1941	Fianna Fáil
	7.	Éamon de Valera (acting)	15 August 1941	18 August 1941	Fianna Fáil
	8.	Seán MacEntee	18 August 1941	22 January 1947	Fianna Fáil
[edit] Minister for Local Government 1947–1977
No.		Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
		Seán MacEntee	22 January 1947	18 February 1948	Fianna Fáil
	9.	Timothy J. Murphy	18 February 1948	29 April 1949	Labour Party
	10.	William Norton (acting)	3 May 1949	11 May 1949	Labour Party
	11.	Michael Keyes	11 May 1949	13 June 1951	Labour Party
	12.	Paddy Smith (1st time)	13 June 1951	2 June 1954	Fianna Fáil
	13.	Patrick O'Donnell	2 June 1954	20 March 1957	Fine Gael
		Paddy Smith (2nd time)	20 March 1957	27 November 1957	Fianna Fáil
	14.	Neil Blaney	27 November 1957	10 November 1966	Fianna Fáil
	15.	Kevin Boland	10 November 1966	7 May 1970	Fianna Fáil
	16.	Bobby Molloy	9 May 1970	14 March 1973	Fianna Fáil
	17.	James Tully	14 March 1973	5 July 1977	Labour Party
	18.	Sylvester Barrett	5 July 1977	16 August 1977	Fianna Fáil
[edit] Minister for the Environment 1977–1997
No.		Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
		Sylvester Barrett	16 August 1977	15 October 1980	Fianna Fáil
	19.	Ray Burke (1st time)	15 October 1980	30 June 1981	Fianna Fáil
	20.	Peter Barry	30 June 1981	9 March 1982	Fine Gael
		Ray Burke (2nd time)	9 March 1982	14 December 1982	Fianna Fáil
	21.	Dick Spring	14 December 1982	13 December 1983	Labour Party
	22.	Liam Kavanagh	13 December 1983	14 February 1986	Labour Party
	23.	John Boland	14 February 1986	10 March 1987	Fine Gael
	24.	Pádraig Flynn	10 March 1987	8 November 1991	Fianna Fáil
	25.	John P. Wilson (acting)	8 November 1991	14 November 1991	Fianna Fáil
	26.	Rory O'Hanlon	14 November 1991	14 February 1992	Fianna Fáil
	27.	Michael Smith	14 February 1992	14 December 1994	Fianna Fáil
	28.	Brendan Howlin	14 December 1994	26 June 1997	Labour Party
	29.	Noel Dempsey	26 June 1997	22 July 1997	Fianna Fáil
[edit] Minister for Environment and Local Government 1997–2002
No.		Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
		Noel Dempsey	22 July 1997	6 June 2002	Fianna Fáil
[edit] Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 2002–present
No.		Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
	30.	Martin Cullen	6 June 2002	29 September 2004	Fianna Fáil
	31.	Dick Roche	29 September 2004	14 June 2007	Fianna Fáil
	32.	John Gormley	14 June 2007	Incumbent	Green Party

[edit] See also

Irish cabinets since 1919

[edit] External links

Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Contents

[edit] Overview

[edit] List of office-holders

[edit] Minister for Local Government 1919–1924

[edit] Minister for Local Government and Public Health 1924–1947

[edit] Minister for Local Government 1947–1977

[edit] Minister for the Environment 1977–1997

[edit] Minister for Environment and Local Government 1997–2002

[edit] Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 2002–present

[edit] See also

[edit] External links