Minister for Education and Youth
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use Hiberno-English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Minister for Education and Youth (Template:Langx) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Education and Youth. The current Minister for Education and Youth is Hildegarde Naughton, TD.
She is assisted by one Minister of State:
Functions
The minister engages in a wide range of activities relating to education in Ireland, including policy planning, quality assurance and the provision of a broad range of services.
The department officially aims to:
- Promote equity and inclusion
- Promote lifelong learning
- Plan for education that is relevant to personal, social, cultural and economic needs.
In recent years some of these functions have been devolved to statutory authorities, in particular the Higher Education Authority, the National Qualifications Authority and the State Examinations Commission. Irish universities and colleges are to a large extent free of government control, with this being largely limited to policy formation and statistics preparation.
History
In 1919, the Gaelic League passed a motion calling for the Dáil to appoint a Minister for Irish to promote the use of the Irish language throughout the country, which was read into the record of the Dáil by the Ceann Comhairle.[1] On 29 June 1920, John J. O'Kelly, known in Irish as Seán Ua Ceallaigh, and also by the pen name Sceilg, was appointed as Minister for Irish.[2]
After the Second Dáil met in August 1921, the President Éamon de Valera proposed that this position be altered to that of Minister for Education, saying "It was obvious the Minister in charge should be capable of dealing with the part referring to Irish but he thought the Department should have a wider meaning than at present". This was accepted by the Dáil.[3] The following day, when de Valera proposed his new ministry, O'Kelly was proposed as Minister for Education, continuing in his previous position with an expanded function.[4]
It was given a statutory basis in the Irish Free State as one of the positions in the Executive Council under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924.
List of office-holders
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Minister for Irish 1920–1921 | |||||
| Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s)Template:Efn | ||
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| John J. O'Kelly | 29 June 1920 | 26 August 1921 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 2nd DM | |
Minister for Education 1921–1997 | |||||
| Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s) | ||
| John J. O'KellyTemplate:Efn | 26 August 1921 | 9 January 1922 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 3rd DM | |
| Michael Hayes | 11 January 1922 | 9 September 1922 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 4th DM | |
| Fionán Lynch | 1 April 1922 | 30 August 1922 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 1st PG | |
| Eoin MacNeill | 30 August 1922 | 24 November 1925 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 2nd PG • 5th DM • 1st EC • 2nd EC | |
| John M. O'Sullivan | 28 January 1926 | 9 March 1932 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 3rd EC • 4th EC • 5th EC | |
| Thomas Derrig (1st time) |
9 March 1932 | 8 September 1939 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 6th EC • 7th EC • 8th EC • 1st • 2nd | |
| Seán T. O'Kelly | 8 September 1939 | 27 September 1939 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 2nd | |
| Éamon de Valera (acting)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 27 September 1939 | 18 June 1940 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 2nd | |
| Thomas Derrig (2nd time) |
18 June 1940 | 18 February 1948 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 2nd • 3rd • 4th | |
| Richard Mulcahy (1st time) |
18 February 1948 | 13 June 1951 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 5th | |
| Seán Moylan | 13 June 1951 | 2 June 1954 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 6th | |
| Richard Mulcahy (2nd time) |
2 June 1954 | 20 March 1957 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 7th | |
| Jack Lynch (1st time) |
20 March 1957 | 23 June 1959 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 8th | |
| Patrick Hillery | 23 June 1959 | 21 April 1965 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 9th • 10th | |
| George Colley | 21 April 1965 | 13 July 1966 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 11th | |
| Donogh O'Malley | 13 July 1966 | 10 March 1968 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 11th • 12th | |
| Jack Lynch (acting)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 10 March 1968 | 26 March 1968 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 12th | |
| Brian Lenihan | 26 March 1968 | 2 July 1969 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 12th | |
| Pádraig Faulkner | 2 July 1969 | 14 March 1973 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 13th | |
| Richard Burke | 14 March 1973 | 2 December 1976 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 14th | |
| Peter Barry | 2 December 1976 | 5 July 1977 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 14th | |
| John Wilson | 5 July 1977 | 30 June 1981 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 15th • 16th | |
| John Boland | 30 June 1981 | 9 March 1982 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 17th | |
| Martin O'Donoghue | 9 March 1982 | 6 October 1982 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 18th | |
| Charles Haughey (acting)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 7 October 1982 | 27 October 1982 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 18th | |
| Gerard Brady | 27 October 1982 | 14 December 1982 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 18th | |
| Gemma Hussey | 14 December 1982 | 14 February 1986 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 19th | |
| Patrick Cooney | 14 February 1986 | 10 March 1987 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 19th | |
| Mary O'Rourke | 10 March 1987 | 14 November 1991 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 20th • 21st | |
| Noel Davern | 14 November 1991 | 11 February 1992 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 21st | |
| Séamus Brennan | 11 February 1992 | 12 January 1993 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 22nd | |
| Niamh Bhreathnach (1st time) |
12 January 1993 | 17 November 1994 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 23rd | |
| Michael Smith | 18 November 1994 | 15 December 1994 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 23rd | |
| Niamh Bhreathnach (2nd time) |
15 December 1994 | 26 June 1997 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 24th | |
Minister for Education and Science 1997–2010 | |||||
| Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s) | ||
| Micheál Martin | 26 June 1997 | 27 January 2000 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 25th | |
| Michael Woods | 27 January 2000 | 6 June 2002 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 25th | |
| Noel Dempsey | 6 June 2002 | 29 September 2004 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 26th | |
| Mary Hanafin | 29 September 2004 | 7 May 2008 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 26th • 27th | |
| Batt O'Keeffe | 7 May 2008 | 23 March 2010 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 27th • 28th | |
Minister for Education and Skills 2010–2020 | |||||
| Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s) | ||
| Mary Coughlan | 23 March 2010 | 9 March 2011 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 28th | |
| Ruairi Quinn | 9 March 2011 | 11 July 2014 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 29th | |
| Jan O'Sullivan | 11 July 2014 | 6 May 2016 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 29th | |
| Richard Bruton | 6 May 2016 | 16 October 2018 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 30th • 31st | |
| Joe McHugh | 16 October 2018 | 27 June 2020 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 31st | |
Minister for Education 2020–2025 | |||||
| Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s) | ||
| Norma Foley | 27 June 2020 | 23 January 2025 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 32nd • 33rd • 34th | |
Minister for Education and Youth 2025–present | |||||
| Name | Term of office | Party | Government(s) | ||
| Helen McEntee | 23 January 2025 | 18 November 2025 | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 35th | |
| Hildegarde Naughton | 18 November 2025 | Incumbent | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | ||
- Notes
References
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