The Minister for Education & Science is the chief person at the Department of Education & Science is engaged in a wide range of activities covering pllicy planning, quality assurance and providing a broad range of services for education in the Republic of Ireland.
In recent years some of these functions have been given to statutory authorities, in particular the Higher Education Authority, the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland and the State Examinations Commission. Irish universities and colleges are to a large extent free of government control, with this been largely limited to policy formation and statistics prepairation.
List of Ministers for Education & Science
From its inception in 1921 the minister was titled the Minister for Education, in 1997 this changed to the Minister for Education & Science. This change in title was to reflect the importance of science in education rather than new functions of the minister.
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | John J. O'Kelly | August 26, 1921 | January 9, 1922 | Sinn Féin |
| 2. | Michael Hayes | January 11, 1922 | September 9, 1922 | Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin |
| 3. | Finian Lynch | April 1, 1922 | August 30, 1922 | Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin |
| 4. | Eoin MacNeill | August 30, 1922 | November 24, 1925 | Cumann na nGaedhael |
| 5. | John M. O'Sullivan | January 28, 1926 | March 9, 1932 | Cumann na nGaedhael |
| 6. | Tomás Ó Deirg (1st time) | March 9, 1932 | September 8, 1939 | Fianna Fáil |
| 7. | Seán T. O'Kelly | September 8, 1939 | September 27, 1939 | Fianna Fáil |
| 8. | Eamon de Valera (acting) | September 27, 1939 | June 18, 1940 | Fianna Fáil |
| Tomás Ó Deirg (2nd time) | June 18, 1940 | February 18, 1948 | Fianna Fáil | |
| 9. | Richard Mulcahy (1st time) | February 18, 1948 | June 13, 1951 | Fine Gael |
| 10. | Seán Moylon | June 13, 1951 | June 2, 1954 | Fianna Fáil |
| Richard Mulcahy (2nd time) | June 2, 1954 | March 20, 1957 | Fine Gael | |
| 11. | Jack Lynch (1st time) | March 20, 1957 | June 23, 1959 | Fianna Fáil |
| 12. | Patrick Hillery | June 23, 1959 | April 21, 1965 | Fianna Fáil |
| 13. | George Colley | April 21, 1965 | July 13, 1966 | Fianna Fáil |
| 14. | Donagh O'Malley | July 13, 1966 | March 10, 1968 | Fianna Fáil |
| 15. | Jack Lynch (acting) | March 10, 1968 | March 26, 1968 | Fianna Fáil |
| 16. | Brian Lenihan | March 26, 1968 | July 2, 1969 | Fianna Fáil |
| 17. | Pádraig Faulkner | July 2, 1969 | March 14, 1973 | Fianna Fáil |
| 18. | Richard Burke | March 14, 1973 | December 2, 1976 | Fine Gael |
| 19. | Peter Barry | December 2, 1976 | July 5, 1977 | Fine Gael |
| 20. | John Wilson | July 5, 1977 | June 30, 1981 | Fianna Fáil |
| 21. | John Boland | June 30, 1981 | March 9, 1982 | Fine Gael |
| 22. | Martin O'Donoghue | March 9, 1982 | October 6, 1982 | Fianna Fáil |
| 23. | Charles Haughey (acting) | October 7, 1982 | (October 27, 1982 | Fianna Fáil |
| 24. | Gerard Brady | October 27, 1982 | December 14, 1982 | Fianna Fáil |
| 25. | Gemma Hussey | December 14, 1982 | February 14, 1986 | Fine Gael |
| 26. | Patrick Cooney | February 14, 1986 | March 10, 1987 | Fine Gael |
| 27. | Mary O'Rourke | March 10, 1987 | November 14, 1991 | Fianna Fáil |
| 28. | Noel Davern | November 14, 1991 | February 11, 1992 | Fianna Fáil |
| 29. | Séamus Brennan | February 11, 1992 | January 12, 1993 | Fianna Fáil |
| 30. | Niamh Bhreathnach (1st time) | January 12, 1993 | November 17, 1994 | Labour |
| 31. | Michael Smith | November 18, 1994 | December 15, 1994 | Fianna Fáil |
| Niamh Bhreathnach (2nd time) | December 15, 1994 | June 26, 1997 | Labour | |
| 32. | Micheál Martin | June 26, 1997 | January 27, 2000 | Fianna Fáil |
| 33. | Michael Woods | January 27, 2000 | June 6, 2002 | Fianna Fáil |
| 34. | Noel Dempsey | June 6, 2002 | (still in office) | Fianna Fáil |
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