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The Minister for Finance is the title held by the Irish Government Minister responsible for all financial and monetary matters. The office-holder controls the Department Of Finance (''An Roinn Airgeadais'') and is considered one of the most important members of the Irish Government . The current Minister for Finance is Brian Cowen , TD . He is assisted by Tom Parlon , TD, Minister Of State with special responsibility for the Office Of Public Works . OVERVIEW , is the location of the Department Of Finance ]] The Minister for Finance holds the second most important ministerial position in the Irish Cabinet after that of the Taoiseach . He or she is in charge of the Department of Finance (''An Roinn Airgeadais''), responsible for all financial matters in the Republic Of Ireland . Due to the importance of the cabinet post, the Minister for Finance must be a member of Dáil Éireann . One of the most important aspects of the Minister's work is the creation of the annual Budget which is announced to the Dáil in a speech delivered on the first Wednesday of December. In the Budget the Minister details the Government's spending programme for the coming year. In modern Irish Politics it is considered a pre-requisite to hold the position of Minister for Finance prior to becoming Taoiseach . Ministers who held the Finance portfolio and went on to become Taoiseach include Jack Lynch , Charles Haughey , Albert Reynolds , John Bruton and Bertie Ahern . MINISTERS FOR FINANCE 1919-PRESENT
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