MINISTER FOR COMMUNITY, RURAL AND GAELTACHT AFFAIRS

Government of Ireland

The 'Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs' () is the senior minister at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in the Irish Government.
The current Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs is Éamon Ó Cuív, TD. He is assisted by:

★ Pat Carey, TD – Minister of State with special responsibility for Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs.

★ Conor Lenihan, TD – Minister of State with special responsibility for Integration Policy.

Contents
Overview
List of office-holders
Minister for the Gaeltacht 1956–1993
Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht 1993–1997
Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands 1997–2002
Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 2002–present
See also
External link

Overview


The Minister heads one of Ireland's newest Departments of State, established on 6 June, 2002, with some 240 staff in 6 locations: mainly Dublin and Na Forbacha in County Galway.
The Department has specific responsibility for a range of functions including:

★ Community Development Programmes

★ Local Development

★ the RAPID programmes,

★ Coordination of the National Drugs Strategy

★ Volunteering

★ Rural Development initiatives
The Department also retains the responsibilities previously held by the former Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands for

★ the Irish language

★ the Gaeltacht

★ the development of Ireland's inhabited off-shore islands.

List of office-holders


Minister for the Gaeltacht 1956–1993

#NameEntered OfficeLeft OfficeParty
1.Richard MulcahyJune 2, 1956October 24, 1956Fine Gael
2.Patrick LindsayOctober 24, 1956March 20, 1957Fine Gael
3.Jack LynchMarch 20, 1957June 26, 1957Fianna Fáil
4.Micheál Ó Móráin ''(1st time)''June 26, 1957July 23, 1959Fianna Fáil
5.Gerald BartleyJuly 23, 1959October 11, 1961Fianna Fáil
Micheál Ó Móráin ''(2nd time)''October 11, 1961March 26, 1968Fianna Fáil
6.Pádraig FaulknerMarch 27, 1968July 2, 1969Fianna Fáil
7.George ColleyJuly 2, 1969March 14, 1973Fianna Fáil
8.Tom O'DonnellMarch 14, 1973July 5, 1977Fine Gael
9.Denis Gallagher ''(1st time)''July 5, 1977December 11, 1979Fianna Fáil
10.Máire Geoghegan-QuinnDecember 12, 1979June 30, 1981Fianna Fáil
11.Paddy O'Toole ''(1st time)''June 30, 1981March 9, 1982Fine Gael
Denis Gallagher ''(2nd time)''March 9, 1982December 14, 1982Fianna Fáil
Paddy O'Toole ''(2nd time)''December 14, 1982March 10, 1987Fine Gael
12.Charles HaugheyMarch 10, 1987February 11, 1992Fianna Fáil
13.John WilsonFebruary 11, 1992January 12, 1993Fianna Fáil
14.Michael D. Higgins ''(1st time)''January 12, 1993January 21, 1993Labour Party

Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht 1993–1997

#NameEntered OfficeLeft OfficeParty
Michael D. Higgins ''(1st time)''January 21, 1993November 17, 1994Labour Party
15.Bertie AhernNovember 18, 1994December 15, 1994Fianna Fáil
Michael D. Higgins ''(2nd time)''December 15, 1994June 26, 1997Labour Party
16.Síle de ValeraJune 26, 1997July 12, 1997Fianna Fáil

Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands 1997–2002

#NameEntered OfficeLeft OfficeParty
    Síle de Valerajuly 12, 1997June 6, 2002Fianna Fáil

Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 2002–present

#NameEntered OfficeLeft OfficeParty
17.Éamon Ó CuívJune 6, 2002''Incumbent''Fianna Fáil

See also



★ Irish cabinets since 1919

★ Permanent North American Gaeltacht

External link



★ Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

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