The minister of state at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport is a junior ministerial post in the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport of the Government of Ireland who may perform functions delegated by the minister for culture, communications and sport. A minister of state does not hold cabinet rank.

There is currently one minister of state: Charlie McConalogue, TD – Minister of State for sport and postal policy

List of ministers of state Department of Industry and Energy 1981–1983NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentEdward Collins30 June 19819 March 1982 Oil and Minerals Exploration17thJim Fitzsimons28 October 198214 December 1982 Economic Affairs18thEdward Collins16 December 198215 December 1983 Energy Affairs19thDepartment of Energy 1983–1993NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentEdward Collins13 February 198623 September 1986 Commerce and Services19thRichard Bruton23 September 198610 March 1987 Energy AffairsMichael Smith31 March 198724 November 1988 Forestry20thLiam Aylward25 November 198812 July 1989 Department of Tourism and Trade 1993–1997NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentToddy O'Sullivan20 December 199426 June 1997 24thDepartment of Tourism, Sport and Recreation 1997–2002NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentChris Flood8 July 19971 February 2000 Local development and the National Drugs Strategy Team25thEoin Ryan1 February 20006 June 2002 Local developmentDepartment of Arts, Sport and Tourism 2002–2010NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentMartin Mansergh13 May 20082 May 2010 Arts28thDepartment of Tourism, Culture and Sport 2010–2011Martin Mansergh2 May 20109 March 2011 Arts28thDepartment of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 2011–2016NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentDinny McGinley10 March 201115 July 2014 Gaeltacht Affairs29thJoe McHugh15 July 20146 May 2016 Gaeltacht AffairsAodhán Ó Ríordáin15 July 20146 May 2016 New Communities, Culture and EqualityDepartment of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 2016–2017NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentSeán Kyne19 May 201614 June 2017 Gaeltacht Affairs30thMichael Ring19 May 201614 June 2017 Regional Economic DevelopmentDepartment of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 2017–2020NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentJoe McHugh14 June 201716 October 2018 Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands31stSeán Kyne16 October 201827 June 2020 Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the IslandsDara Calleary1 July 202015 July 2020 Gaeltacht32ndDepartment of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 2020–2025NameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentJack Chambers15 July 202017 December 2022 Gaeltacht and Sport32ndPatrick O'Donovan21 December 20229 April 2024 Gaeltacht33rdThomas Byrne21 December 20229 April 2024 Sport33rdThomas Byrne10 April 202423 January 2025 Gaeltacht and Sport34thDepartment of Culture, Communications and Sport 2025–presentNameTerm of officePartyResponsibilitiesGovernmentCharlie McConalogue29 January 2025Incumbent Sport and postal policy35th

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