Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Infobox official post The Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy (Template:Langx) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Climate, Environment and Energy.

The Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy Template:As of is Darragh O'Brien, TD. He is also the Minister for Transport.

He is assisted by two Ministers of State:

• Alan Dillon, TD – Minister of State for the circular economy.
• Timmy Dooley, TD – Minister of State for the marine

List of office-holders

Director of Fisheries 1919–1921
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)Template:Efn
Seán Etchingham	2 April 1919	26 August 1921	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	2nd DM
Secretary for Fisheries 1921–1922
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)
Seán Etchingham	26 August 1921	9 January 1922	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	3rd DM
Minister for Fisheries 1922–1928
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)
Fionán Lynch	14 December 1922	1 September 1928	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	1st ECTemplate:•2nd ECTemplate:•3rd ECTemplate:•4th EC
Minister for Lands and Fisheries 1928–1934
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)
Fionán Lynch	1 September 1928	9 March 1932	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	4th ECTemplate:•5th EC
P. J. Ruttledge	9 March 1932	8 February 1933	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	6th EC
Joseph Connolly	8 February 1933	1 April 1934	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	7th EC
Minister for Lands 1934–1977
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)
Joseph Connolly	1 April 1934	29 May 1936	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	7th EC
Frank Aiken	3 June 1936	11 November 1936	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	7th EC
Gerald Boland	11 November 1936	8 September 1939	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	8th ECTemplate:•1stTemplate:•2nd
Thomas Derrig (1st time)	8 September 1939	2 July 1943	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	2nd
Seán Moylan	2 July 1943	18 February 1948	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	3rdTemplate:•4th
Joseph Blowick (1st time)	18 February 1948	7 March 1951	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	5th
Thomas Derrig (2nd time)	13 June 1951	2 June 1954	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	6th
Joseph Blowick (2nd time)	2 June 1954	20 March 1957	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	7th
Erskine H. Childers	20 March 1957	23 July 1959	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	8thTemplate:•9th
Mícheál Ó Móráin	23 July 1959	26 March 1968	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	9thTemplate:•10thTemplate:•11thTemplate:•12th
Pádraig Faulkner	26 March 1968	2 July 1969	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	12th
Seán Flanagan	2 July 1969	14 March 1973	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	13th
Tom Fitzpatrick (1st time)	14 March 1973	2 December 1976	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	14th
Paddy Donegan	2 December 1976	9 February 1977	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	14th
Minister for Fisheries 1977–1978
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)
Paddy Donegan	9 February 1977	5 July 1977	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	14th
Brian Lenihan	5 July 1977	15 July 1978	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	15th
Minister for Fisheries and Forestry 1978–1986
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)
Brian Lenihan	15 July 1978	11 December 1979	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	15th
Paddy Power	12 December 1979	30 June 1981	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	16th
Tom Fitzpatrick (2nd time)	30 June 1981	9 March 1982	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	17th
Brendan Daly (1st time)	9 March 1982	14 December 1982	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	18th
Paddy O'Toole (1st time)	14 December 1982	14 February 1986	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	19th
Minister for Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry 1986–1987
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)
Liam Kavanagh	14 February 1986	20 January 1987	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	19th
Paddy O'Toole (2nd time)	20 January 1987	10 March 1987	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	19th
Minister for the Marine 1987–1997
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)
Brendan Daly (2nd time)	10 March 1987	12 July 1989	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	20th
John Wilson	12 July 1989	11 February 1992	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	20thTemplate:•21st
Michael Woods (1st time)	11 February 1992	12 January 1993	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	22nd
David AndrewsTemplate:Efn	12 January 1993	15 December 1994	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	23rd
Hugh CoveneyTemplate:Efn	15 December 1994	23 May 1995	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	24th
Seán BarrettTemplate:Efn	23 May 1995	26 June 1997	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	24th
Minister for Marine and Natural Resources 1997–2002
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)
Michael Woods (2nd time)	26 June 1997	27 January 2000	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	25th
Frank Fahey	27 January 2000	6 June 2002	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	25th
Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources 2002–2007
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)
Dermot Ahern	6 June 2002	29 September 2004	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	26th
Noel Dempsey	29 September 2004	14 June 2007	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	26th
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 2007–2016
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)
Eamon Ryan	14 June 2007	23 January 2011	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	27thTemplate:•28th
Pat Carey	23 January 2011	9 March 2011	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	28th
Pat Rabbitte	9 March 2011	11 July 2014	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	29th
Alex White	11 July 2014	6 May 2016	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	29th
Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 2016–2020
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)
Denis Naughten	6 May 2016	11 October 2018	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	30thTemplate:•31st
Richard Bruton	11 October 2018	27 June 2020	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	31st
Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 2020–2025
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)
Eamon RyanTemplate:Efn (2nd time)	27 June 2020	23 January 2025	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	32ndTemplate:•33rdTemplate:•34th
Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy 2025–present
Name	Term of office		Party		Government(s)
Darragh O'Brien	23 January 2025	Incumbent	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	35th

Notes

See also

• Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (responsible for the Environment until 2016)
• Irish Land Commission

External links

• Template:Official website