Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport

The Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport () is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.

The minister is Patrick O'Donovan, TD. He is assisted by one minister of state:

Charlie McConalogue, TD – Minister of State for sport and postal policy

List of office-holders

The Minister for Economic Planning and Development was created by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1977. The title and functions of the position have changed several times since then.

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Minister for Economic Planning and Development 1977–1980

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|Martin O'Donoghue

|8 July 1977

|11 December 1979

|15th

|Michael O'Kennedy

|12 December 1979

|21 January 1980

|16th

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Minister for Energy 1980–1981

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|Michael O'Kennedy

|21 January 1980

|22 January 1980

|16th

|George Colley

|22 January 1980

|30 June 1981

|16th

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Minister for Industry and Energy 1981–1983

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|Michael O'Leary

|30 June 1981

|9 March 1982

|17th

|Albert Reynolds<br />(1st time)

|9 March 1982

|14 December 1982

|18th

|John Bruton

|14 December 1982

|13 December 1983

|19th

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Minister for Energy 1983–1993

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|Dick Spring

|13 December 1983

|20 January 1987

|19th

|Michael Noonan

|20 January 1987

|10 March 1987

|19th

|Ray Burke

|10 March 1987

|24 November 1988

|20th

|Michael Smith

|24 November 1988

|12 July 1989

|20th

|Bobby Molloy

|12 July 1989

|4 November 1992

|21st22nd

|Albert Reynolds<br />(2nd time)

|4 November 1992

|12 January 1993

|22nd

|Brian Cowen

|12 January 1993

|20 January 1993

|23rd

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Minister for Tourism and Trade 1993–1997

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|Brian Cowen

|20 January 1993

|22 January 1993

|23rd

|Charlie McCreevy

|22 January 1993

|15 December 1994

|23rd

|Enda Kenny

|15 December 1994

|26 June 1997

|24th

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Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation 1997–2002

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|Jim McDaid

|26 June 1997

|6 June 2002

|25th

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Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism 2002–2010

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|John O'Donoghue

|6 June 2002

|14 June 2007

|26th

|Séamus Brennan

|14 June 2007

|7 May 2008

|27th

|Martin Cullen

|7 May 2008

|23 March 2010

|28th

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Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport 2010–2011

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|Mary Hanafin

|23 March 2010

|9 March 2011

|28th

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Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 2011–2016

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|Jimmy Deenihan

|9 March 2011

|11 July 2014

|29th

|Heather Humphreys

|11 July 2014

|6 May 2016

|29th

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Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 2016–2017

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|Heather Humphreys

|6 May 2016

|14 June 2017

|30th

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Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 2017–2020

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|Heather Humphreys

|14 June 2017

|30 November 2017

|31st

|Josepha Madigan

|30 November 2017

|27 June 2020

|31st

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Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 2020–2025

!Name

!colspan="2"|Term of office

!colspan="2"|Party

!Government(s)

|Catherine Martin

|27 June 2020

|23 January 2025

|32nd33rd34th

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