The Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (with special responsibility for European Affairs) is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland with special responsibility for European Affairs. The Minister works together with the senior Minister in this department. The Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank. The current incumbent is Dick Roche, TD, who took up the post in 2007.

[edit] Minister of State for European Affairs

No.		Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
	1.	Gay Mitchell	20 December 1994	26 June 1997	Fine Gael
Office abolished
	2.	Dick Roche (1st time)	19 June 2002	29 September 2004	Fianna Fáil
	3.	Noel Treacy	29 September 2004	20 June 2007	Fianna Fáil
		Dick Roche (2nd time)	20 June 2007	Incumbent	Fianna Fáil

[edit] See also

• Minister of State for Europe – the counterpart in the United Kingdom.