Irish Minister for Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs is responsible for one of Ireland's newest Departments of State. The Department of Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs was established by Government on June 6, 2002, with some 240 staff in 6 locations, mainly in Dublin and Na Forbacha, Co Galway.

The Department has specific responsibility for a range of functions including:

Community Development Programmes

Local Development

the RAPID programmes ,

Coordination of the National Drugs Strategy

Volunteering

Rural Development initiatives

The Department also retains the responsibilities previously held by the former Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands for

• the Irish language
• the Gaeltacht
• the development of Ireland's inhabited off-shore islands.

Table of contents

1 Minister for the Gaeltacht 1956-1993 2 Minister for Arts, Culture & the Gaeltacht 1993-1997 3 Minister for Arts, heritage, Gaeltacht & the Islands 1997-2002 4 Minister for Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs 2002-present 5 See also

Minister for the Gaeltacht 1956-1993

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1.	Richard Mulcahy	June 2, 1956	October 24, 1956	Fine Gael
2.	Patrick Lindsay	October 24, 1956	March 20, 1957	Fine Gael
3.	Jack Lynch	March 20, 1957	June 26, 1957	Fianna Fáil
4.	Micheál Ó Moráin (1st time)	June 26, 1957	July 23, 1959	Fianna Fáil
5.	Gerald Bartley	July 23, 1959	October 11, 1961	Fianna Fáil
	Micheál Ó Moráin (2nd time)	October 11, 1961	March 26, 1968	Fianna Fáil
6.	Pádraig Faulkner	March 27, 1968	July 2, 1969	Fianna Fáil
7.	George Colley	July 2, 1969	March 14, 1973	Fianna Fáil
8.	Tom O'Donnell	March 14, 1973	July 5, 1977	Fine Gael
9.	Denis Gallagher (1st time)	July 5, 1977	December 11, 1979	Fianna Fáil
10.	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	December 12, 1979	June 30, 1981	Fianna Fáil
11.	Paddy O'Toole (1sttime)	June 30, 1981	March 9, 1982	Fine Gael
	Denis Gallagher (2nd time)	March 9, 1982	December 14, 1982	Fianna Fáil
	Paddy O'Toole (2nd time)	December 14, 1982	March 10, 1987	Fine Gael
12.	Charles Haughey	March 10, 1987	February 11, 1992	Fianna Fáil
13.	John P. Wilson	February 11, 1992	January 12, 1993	Fianna Fáil
14.	Michael D. Higgins (1st time)	January 12, 1993	January 21, 1993	Labour

Minister for Arts, Culture & the Gaeltacht 1993-1997

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
	Michael D. Higgins (1st time)	January 21, 1993	November 17, 1994	Labour
15.	Bertie Ahern	November 18, 1994	December 15, 1994	Fianna Fáil
	Michael D. Higgins (2nd time)	December 15, 1994	June 26, 1997	Labour
16.	Síle de Valera	June 26, 1997	July 12, 1997	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Arts, heritage, Gaeltacht & the Islands 1997-2002

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
16.	Síle de Valera	july 12, 1997	June 6, 2002	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs 2002-present

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1.	Eamon Ó Cúiv	June 6, 2002	(still in office)	Fianna Fáil

See also

• Irish cabinets since 1919

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