irish minister for transport

The Minister for Transport is the senior minister at the Department of Transport (An Roinn Iompair) in the Irish Government. The current Minister for Transport is Martin Cullen, TD; he is assisted by Ivor Callely, TD, Minister of State with special responsibility for certain Traffic Management issues in Dublin and the major cities, Road Haulage, and the Irish Aviation Authority.

Overview

The Minister and the Department are responsible for implementing an integrated transport policy. The integrated policy will be designed as far as possible to overcome existing delays, bottlenecks and congestion and to provide the consumer with greater choice by offering alternative modes of transport. Through the integrated approach the Department will develop and implement policies designed to improve regional balance, and reduce rural isolation and social exclusion. Specific responsibilities which come under the aegis of the Minister for Transport in relation to national roads and to road transport in general include: delivering on the national roads programme as part of the national development plan; implementing the Government's roads safety strategy and related policies for the regulation of vehicle standards; road haulage licensing; driver licensing; and driver testing. In respect of aviation policy, the Department is responsible for ensuring that aviation practices and procedures comply with best international standards; promoting the development of a vibrant, competitive and progressively regulated aviation sector and the provision of adequate airport infrastructure and competitive airport services. In 1991 the functions of the Minister for Communications were transferred to the Minister for Transport.

Minister for Transport & Power 1959–1977

No.	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1.	Erskine Childers	July 27, 1959	July 2, 1969	Fianna Fil
2.	Brian Lenihan	July 2, 1969	January 3, 1973	Fianna Fil
3.	Michael O'Kennedy	January 3, 1973	March 14, 1973	Fianna Fil
4.	Peter Barry	March 14, 1973	December 2, 1976	Fine Gael
5.	Tom Fitzpatrick	December 2, 1976	July 5, 1977	Fine Gael
6.	Pdraig Faulkner	July 5, 1977	July 12, 1979	Fianna Fil

Minister for Tourism & Transport 1977–1980

No.	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
	Pdraig Faulkner	July 12, 1977	December 11, 1979	Fianna Fil
7.	George Colley	December 12, 1979	January 25, 1980	Fianna Fil

Minister for Transport 1980–1987

No.	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
8.	Albert Reynolds	January 25, 1981	June 30, 1981	Fianna Fil
9.	Patrick Cooney	June 30, 1981	March 9, 1982	Fine Gael
10.	John P. Wilson (1st time)	March 9, 1982	December 14, 1982	Fianna Fil
11.	Jim Mitchell	December 14, 1982	March 10, 1987	Fine Gael

Minister for Tourism & Transport 1987–1991

No.	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
12.	Ray MacSharry	March 20, 1987	March 31, 1987	Fianna Fil
	John P. Wilson (2nd time)	March 31, 1987	July 12, 1989	Fianna Fil
13.	Samus Brennan (1st time)	July 12, 1989	February 7, 1991	Fianna Fil

Minister for Tourism, Tranport & Communication 1991–1993

No.	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
	Samus Brennan (1st time)	February 7, 1991	February 11, 1992	Fianna Fil
14.	Mire Geoghegan-Quinn	February 11, 1992	January 12, 1993	Fianna Fil
15.	Charlie McCreevy	January 12, 1993	January 22, 1993	Fianna Fil

Minister for Transport, Energy & Communication 1993–1997

No.	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
16.	Brian Cowen	January 22, 1993	December 15, 1994	Fianna Fil
17.	Michael Lowry	December 15, 1994	November 30, 1996	Fine Gael
18.	John Bruton	November 30, 1996	December 3, 1996	Fine Gael
19.	Alan Dukes	December 3, 1996	June 26, 1997	Fine Gael
20.	Mary O'Rourke	June 26, 1997	July 12, 1997	Fianna Fil

Minister for Public Enterprise 1997–2002

No.	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
	Mary O'Rourke	July 12, 1997	June 6, 2002	Fianna Fil

Minister for Transport 2002–present

No.	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
	Samus Brennan (2nd time)	June 6, 2002	September 29, 2004	Fianna Fil
21.	Martin Cullen	September 29, 2004	(still in office)	Fianna Fil

External link

Department of Transport

Ireland, Transport

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