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The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs is the senior minister at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in the Government of Ireland.
   The current Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs is Éamon Ó Cuív, TD. He is assisted by:

Overview

The department was created in 1956 as the Department of the Gaeltacht. Its present title dates from 6 June, 2002 with the formation of the Government of the 29th Dáil. It has some 240 staff in 6 locations: mainly Dublin and Na Forbacha in County Galway.
   The department has specific responsibility for a range of functions including:
  • Community Development Programmes
  • Local Development
  • the RAPID programmes
  • Coordination of the National Drugs Strategy
  • North/South Co-operation
  • Volunteering
  • Rural Development initiatives The department also retains the responsibilities previously held by the former Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands for:
  • the Irish language
  • the Gaeltacht
  • the development of Ireland's inhabited off-shore islands.

    List of office-holders

    Minister for the Gaeltacht 1956–1993
    # Name Entered Office Left Office Party
    1. Richard Mulcahy 2 June 1956 24 October 1956 Fine Gael
    2. Patrick Lindsay 24 October 1956 20 March 1957 Fine Gael
    3. Jack Lynch 20 March 1957 26 June 1957 Fianna Fáil
    4. Micheál Ó Móráin (1st time) 26 June 1957 23 July 1959 Fianna Fáil
    5. Gerald Bartley 23 July 1959 11 October 1961 Fianna Fáil
    Micheál Ó Móráin (2nd time) 11 October 1961 26 March 1968 Fianna Fáil
    6. Pádraig Faulkner 27 March 1968 2 July 1969 Fianna Fáil
    7. George Colley 2 July 1969 14 March 1973 Fianna Fáil
    8. Tom O'Donnell 14 March 1973 5 July 1977 Fine Gael
    9. Denis Gallagher (1st time) 5 July 1977 11 December 1979 Fianna Fáil
    10. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn 12 December 1979 30 June 1981 Fianna Fáil
    11. Paddy O'Toole (1st time) 30 June 1981 9 March 1982 Fine Gael
    Denis Gallagher (2nd time) 9 March 1982 14 December 1982 Fianna Fáil
    Paddy O'Toole (2nd time) 14 December 1982 10 March 1987 Fine Gael
    12. Charles Haughey 10 March 1987 11 February 1992 Fianna Fáil
    13. John Wilson 11 February 1992 12 January 1993 Fianna Fáil
    14. Michael D. Higgins (1st time) 12 January 1993 21 January 1993 Labour Party

    Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht 1993–1997
    # Name Entered Office Left Office Party
    Michael D. Higgins (1st time) 21 January 1993 17 November 1994 Labour Party
    15. Bertie Ahern 18 November 1994 15 December 1994 Fianna Fáil
    Michael D. Higgins (2nd time) 15 December 1994 26 June 1997 Labour Party
    16. Síle de Valera 26 June 1997 12 July 1997 Fianna Fáil

    Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands 1997–2002
    # Name Entered Office Left Office Party
    Síle de Valera 12 July 1997 6 June 2002 Fianna Fáil

    Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 2002–present
    # Name Entered Office Left Office Party
    17. Éamon Ó Cuív 6 June 2002 Incumbent Fianna Fáil

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