irish minister for labour

The modern title of Minister for Labour was created by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1966 as a member of the Irish Government. The postition was for many years a low key ministerial position. In 1993 the minister became the Minister for Equality & Law Reform, in 1997 the functions of the minister were passed to the Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform on the abolition of the office.

Minister for Labour 1919-1922

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1.	Countess Markievicz	April 2, 1919	January 9, 1922	Sinn Fin
2.	Joseph McGrath	January 11, 1922	September 9, 1922	Pro-Treaty Sinn Fin
3.	Patrick Hogan (acting)	July 17, 1922	September 9, 1922	Pro-Treaty Sinn Fin

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1.	Patrick Hillery	July 13, 1966	July 2, 1969	Fianna Fil
2.	Joseph Brennan	July 2, 1969	March 14, 1973	Fianna Fil
3.	Michael O'Leary	March 14, 1973	July 5, 1977	Labour Party
4.	*Gene FitzGerald (1st time)*	July 5, 1977	December 16, 1980	Fianna Fil
5.	Tom Nolan	December 16, 1980	June 30, 1981	Fianna Fil
6.	*Liam Kavanagh (1st time)*	June 30, 1981	March 9, 1982	Labour Party
	*Gene FitzGerald (2nd time)*	March 9, 1982	December 14, 1982	Fianna Fil
	*Liam Kavanagh (2nd time)*	December 14, 1982	December 13, 1983	Labour Party
7.	**Ruair Quinn	February 14, 1986	January 20, 1987	Labour Party
8.	Gemma Hussey	January 20, 1987	March 10, 1987	Fine Gael
9.	Bertie Ahern	March 10, 1987	November 14, 1991	Fianna Fil
10.	Michael O'Kennedy	November 14, 1991	February 11, 1992	Fianna Fil
11.	Brian Cowen	February 11, 1992	January 12, 1993	Fianna Fil
12.	Mervyn Taylor	January 12, 1993	January 21, 1993	Labour Party

The double asterisk ** shows Ministers who held both the Labour and Public Service portfolios at the same time.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1.	Mervyn Taylor (1st time)	January 21, 1993	November 17, 1994	Labour
2.	Mire Geoghegan-Quinn	November 18, 1994	December 15, 1994	Fianna Fil
	Mervyn Taylor (2nd time)	December 15, 1994	June 26, 1997	Labour
4.	John O'Donoghue	June 26, 1997	July 8, 1997	Fianna Fil

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