Minister for Labour
The Minister for Labour (Irish: Aire Oibreachais[1][2]) was originally a position in the Government of the Irish Republic, the self-declared state which was established in 1919 by Dáil Éireann, the parliamentary assembly made up of the majority of Irish MPs elected in the 1918 general election. Constance Markievicz was the first person to hold the post. The office did not continue into the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.
The later office of Minister for Labour was created by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1966[3] as a member of the Government of Ireland.
In 1993, the minister's functions were transferred to the Minister for Enterprise and Employment and was succeeded by the Minister for Equality and Law Reform. In 1997, the minister's functions were passed to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the discontinuation of the office. While the Department of Equality and Law Reform was not formally abolished by legislation (and thus theoretically continues to exist) it ceased to function in practice in 1997 on the merger with the Department of Justice.[4]
Contents
1 List of office-holders
1.1 Minister for Labour 1919–1922
1.2 Minister for Labour 1966–1993
1.3 Minister for Equality and Law Reform 1993–1997
2 References
List of office-holders
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| No. | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Constance Markievicz | 2 April 1919 | 9 January 1922 | Sinn Féin | |
| 2. | Joseph McGrath | 11 January 1922 | 9 September 1922 | Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin | |
| 3. | Patrick Hogan (acting) | 17 July 1922 | 9 September 1922 | Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin | |
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| No. | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
| 1. | Patrick Hillery | 13 July 1966 | 2 July 1969 | Fianna Fáil | |
| 2. | Joseph Brennan | 2 July 1969 | 14 March 1973 | Fianna Fáil | |
| 3. | Michael O'Leary | 14 March 1973 | 5 July 1977 | Labour Party | |
| 4. | Gene Fitzgerald (1st time) [fn 1] | 5 July 1977 | 16 December 1980 | Fianna Fáil | |
| 5. | Tom Nolan | 16 December 1980 | 30 June 1981 | Fianna Fáil | |
| 6. | Liam Kavanagh (1st time) [fn 1] | 30 June 1981 | 9 March 1982 | Labour Party | |
Gene Fitzgerald (2nd time) [fn 1] | 9 March 1982 | 14 December 1982 | Fianna Fáil | ||
Liam Kavanagh (2nd time) [fn 1] | 14 December 1982 | 13 December 1983 | Labour Party | ||
| 7. | Ruairi Quinn [fn 1] | 13 December 1983 | 20 January 1987 | Labour Party | |
| 8. | Gemma Hussey | 20 January 1987 | 10 March 1987 | Fine Gael | |
| 9. | Bertie Ahern | 10 March 1987 | 14 November 1991 | Fianna Fáil | |
| 10. | Michael O'Kennedy | 14 November 1991 | 11 February 1992 | Fianna Fáil | |
| 11. | Brian Cowen | 11 February 1992 | 12 January 1993 | Fianna Fáil | |
| 12. | Mervyn Taylor | 12 January 1993 | 21 January 1993 | Labour Party | |
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| No. | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
| 1. | Mervyn Taylor (1st time) | 21 January 1993 | 17 November 1994 | Labour Party | |
| 2. | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | 18 November 1994 | 15 December 1994 | Fianna Fáil | |
Mervyn Taylor (2nd time) | 15 December 1994 | 26 June 1997 | Labour Party | ||
| 3. | John O'Donoghue | 26 June 1997 | 8 July 1997 | Fianna Fáil | |
- Note
^ abcde Also Minister for the Public Service
References
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^ "Parliamentary Debates". oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie.
^ "Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1966". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
^ "Equality and Law Reform (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1997". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
