Minister of State at the Department of Justice

The Minister of State at the Department of Justice is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Justice of the Government of Ireland who performs duties and functions delegated by the Minister for Justice. A Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank.

The current Minister of State is James Browne, TD, who was appointed in September 2020.^[1]

List of parliamentary secretaries

Name	Term of office		Party		Government
James FitzGerald-Kenney[2]	8 August 1927	11 October 1927		Cumann na nGaedheal	4th EC
Charles Haughey[3]	9 May 1960	11 October 1961		Fianna Fáil	9th
Brian Lenihan	11 October 1961	3 November 1964		Fianna Fáil	10th

List of ministers of state

Department of Justice 1978–1997
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
David Andrews	1 January 1979	11 December 1979		Fianna Fáil		15th
Seán Doherty[4]	25 March 1980	30 June 1981		Fianna Fáil		16th
Dick Spring[5]	30 June 1981	9 March 1982		Labour	Law Reform	17th
Nuala Fennell[6]	7 January 1983	10 March 1987		Fine Gael	Family Law Reform	19th
Noel Treacy[7]	6 February 1991	11 February 1992		Fianna Fáil		21st
Willie O'Dea[8][9]	13 February 1992	12 January 1993		Fianna Fáil		22nd
	14 January 1993	15 December 1994				23rd
Joan Burton	20 December 1994	26 June 1997		Labour		24th
Austin Currie	20 December 1994	26 June 1997		Fine Gael	Children
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform 1997–2010
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Mary Wallace	8 July 1997	6 June 2002		Fianna Fáil	Equality and disability	25th
Frank Fahey	21 January 1998	27 January 2000		Fianna Fáil	Children
Mary Hanafin[10]	27 January 2000	6 June 2002		Fianna Fáil	Children
Willie O'Dea	19 June 2002	29 September 2004		Fianna Fáil	Equality and disability	26th
Brian Lenihan	19 June 2002	14 June 2007		Fianna Fáil	Children
Frank Fahey	29 September 2004	14 June 2007		Fianna Fáil	Equality and disability
Seán Power	20 June 2007	7 May 2008		Fianna Fáil	Equality	27th
Brendan Smith	20 June 2007	7 May 2008		Fianna Fáil	Children
Conor Lenihan	20 June 2007	7 May 2008		Fianna Fáil	Integration
Barry Andrews	7 May 2008	23 March 2010		Fianna Fáil	Children	28th
Conor Lenihan	13 May 2008	22 April 2009		Fianna Fáil	Integration
John Moloney	13 May 2008	23 March 2010		Fianna Fáil	Equality and Disability Issues
John Curran	22 April 2009	23 March 2010		Fianna Fáil	Integration
Department of Justice and Law Reform 2010–2011
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Barry Andrews	23 March 2010	23 January 2011		Fianna Fáil	Children	28th
Mary White	23 March 2010	23 January 2011		Green	Equality and Human Rights; and Integration
John Moloney	23 March 2010	9 March 2011		Fianna Fáil	Disability
Department of Justice and Equality 2011–2020
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Kathleen Lynch	10 March 2011	23 May 2014		Labour	Disability and equality	29th
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin	15 July 2014	6 May 2016		Labour	New communities and equality
Finian McGrath	6 May 2016	27 June 2020		Independent	Disability	30th • 31st
Dara Murphy	19 May 2016	14 June 2017		Fine Gael	Data protection	30th
David Stanton	19 May 2016	14 June 2017		Fine Gael	Equality, Immigration, and Integration
	20 June 2017	27 June 2020				31st
Pat Breen	20 June 2017	27 June 2020		Fine Gael	Data protection
Charlie McConalogue	1 July 2020	2 September 2020		Fianna Fáil	Law reform	32nd[11]
Department of Justice 2020–present
Name	Term of office		Party		Responsibilities	Government
Hildegarde Naughton	27 April 2021	1 November 2021		Fine Gael	Criminal justice[12]	32nd
James Browne	2 September 2020	Incumbent		Fianna Fáil	Law Reform and Youth Justice;[13][14] Civil justice and immigration (Apr.–Oct. 2021)[15]	32nd • 33rd[16] • 34th

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