As of September 29 , 2004 Ministers at the Department for Education and Science include:
Until September 1997 the department was known simply as the "Department for Education".
The Minister engages in a wide range of activities relating to Education In The Republic Of Ireland , including policy planning, quality assurance and the provision of a broad range of services.
The department officially aims to:
- Promote equity and inclusion
- Promote lifelong learning
- Plan for education that is relevant to personal, social, cultural and economic needs.
In recent years some of these functions have been devolved to statutory authorities, in particular the Higher Education Authority , the National Qualifications Authority and the State Examinations Commission . Irish Universities And Colleges are to a large extent free of government control, with this being largely limited to policy formation and statistics preparation.
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| Name
| Took office
| Left office
| Party
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| 1. | John J. O'Kelly 1 | August 26 , 1921 | January 9 , 1922 | Sinn Féin
| | 2. | Michael Hayes 2 | January 11 , 1922 | September 9 , 1922 | Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
| | 3. | Finian Lynch 2 | 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 | September 30 , 1997 | Fianna Fáil
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#John J. O'Kelly bore the title of ''Secretary for Education''.
#The terms of office of Michael Hayes and Finian Lynch overlap. This is because they were ministers under two different but overlapping political systems. Michael Hayes was a member of the Ministry of the Irish Republic , while Finian Lynch was a minister of the Provisional Government . For a period in 1922 an anomalous situation existed in which these two administrations overlapped.
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