The minister of state at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Children, Disability and Equality of the Government of Ireland who performs functions delegated by the minister for children, disability and equality. The minister of state does not hold cabinet rank.
, there is one minister of state: Emer Higgins, TD – Minister of State with special responsibility for disability. Higgins is also a super junior minister, which is a minister of state in attendance at cabinet, but without a vote.
List of parliamentary secretaries NameTerm of officePartyGovernmentPatrick Lindsay2 July 195624 October 1956 7thPádraig Faulkner21 April 196510 March 1968 11th12thGerry Collins9 July 19699 May 1970 13thMichael F. Kitt9 May 19705 February 1973
List of ministers of state Department of the Gaeltacht 1978–1993NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentMichael D'Arcy16 December 198218 February 1986 19thDenis Gallagher12 March 198712 July 1989 20thPat "the Cope" Gallagher19 July 198911 February 1992 21st13 February 199212 January 199322ndDepartment of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht 1993–1997NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentPat "the Cope" Gallagher14 January 19939 June 1994 Gaeltacht23rdDonal Carey27 January 199526 June 1997 24thDepartment of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands 1997–2002NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentÉamon Ó Cuív8 July 199719 February 2001 Gaeltacht and the islands25thMary Coughlan19 February 20016 June 2002 Gaeltacht and the islandsDepartment of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 2002–2007NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentNoel Ahern19 June 200229 September 2004 Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs26thPat Carey20 June 20077 May 2008 Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs27thConor Lenihan20 June 20077 May 2008 Integration policy13 May 200822 April 200928thJohn Curran13 May 200822 April 2009 Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs22 April 200923 March 2010Integration and CommunityDepartment of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs 2010–2011NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentMary White23 March 201023 January 2011 Equality, human rights and integration28thDepartment of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth 2020–2025NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentAnne Rabbitte1 July 202023 January 2025 Disability32nd33rd34thJoe O'Brien21 December 202223 January 2025 Integration33rd34thDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality 2025–presentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentHildegarde Naughton23 January 202518 November 2025 Disability35thEmer Higgins18 November 2025Incumbent Disability35th
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