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Minister for Labour (Ireland)

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The Minister for Labour was originally the name of a government department in the Government of the Irish Republic, the self-declared state which was established in 1919 by Dáil Éireann, the extra-legal parliamentary assembly made up of the majority of Irish MPs elected in the 1918 general election. Countess Markiewicz was the first person to hold the post. The office was abolished in 1922.

The modern title of Minister for Labour was created by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1966 as a member of the Irish Government. The position was for many years a low key ministerial position. In 1993 the minister became the Minister for Equality & Law Reform, in 1997 the functions of the minister were passed to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the abolition of the office.

1 List of office-holders

	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
1.	Countess Markiewicz	April 2, 1919	January 9, 1922	Sinn Féin
2.	Joseph McGrath	January 11, 1922	September 9, 1922	Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
3.	Patrick Hogan (acting)	July 17, 1922	September 9, 1922	Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin

	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
1.	Patrick Hillery	July 13, 1966	July 2, 1969	Fianna Fáil
2.	Joseph Brennan	July 2, 1969	March 14, 1973	Fianna Fáil
3.	Michael O'Leary	March 14, 1973	July 5, 1977	Labour Party
4.	Gene FitzGerald (1st time)*	July 5, 1977	December 16, 1980	Fianna Fáil
5.	Tom Nolan	December 16, 1980	June 30, 1981	Fianna Fáil
6.	Liam Kavanagh (1st time)*	June 30, 1981	March 9, 1982	Labour Party
	Gene FitzGerald (2nd time)*	March 9, 1982	December 14, 1982	Fianna Fáil
	Liam Kavanagh (2nd time)*	December 14, 1982	December 13, 1983	Labour Party
7.	*Ruairi Quinn	December 13, 1983	January 20, 1987	Labour Party
8.	Gemma Hussey	January 20, 1987	March 10, 1987	Fine Gael
9.	Bertie Ahern	March 10, 1987	November 14, 1991	Fianna Fáil
10.	Michael O'Kennedy	November 14, 1991	February 11, 1992	Fianna Fáil
11.	Brian Cowen	February 11, 1992	January 12, 1993	Fianna Fáil
12.	Mervyn Taylor	January 12, 1993	January 21, 1993	Labour Party

The asterisk (*) indicates ministers who held both the Labour and Public Service portfolios at the same time.

	Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
1.	Mervyn Taylor (1st time)	January 21, 1993	November 17, 1994	Labour Party
2.	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	November 18, 1994	December 15, 1994	Fianna Fáil
	Mervyn Taylor (2nd time)	December 15, 1994	June 26, 1997	Labour Party
3.	John O'Donoghue	June 26, 1997	July 8, 1997	Fianna Fáil