Minister for the Public Service

The Minister for the Public Service was a senior post in the Government of Ireland, it was created by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1973. In March 1987 the minister's functions were transferred to the Minister for Tourism and Transport after the department was amalgamated.

Minister for the Public Service 1973–1987

No.	Name	Term of office
1.	Richie Ryan^{[n 1]}	1 November 1973	5 July 1977	Fine Gael
2.	George Colley^{[n 1]}	5 July 1977	11 December 1979	Fianna Fáil
3.	Michael O'Kennedy^{[n 1]}	12 December 1979	24 March 1980	Fianna Fáil
4.	Gene Fitzgerald^{[n 1]} (1st time)	24 March 1980	30 June 1981	Fianna Fáil
5.	Liam Kavanagh^{[n 2]}	30 June 1981	9 March 1982	Labour Party
	Gene Fitzgerald^{[n 2]} (2nd time)	9 March 1982	14 December 1982	Fianna Fáil
6.	John Boland	14 December 1982	14 February 1986	Fine Gael
7.	Ruairi Quinn^{[n 2]}	14 February 1986	20 January 1987	Labour Party
8.	John Bruton^{[n 1]}	20 January 1987	10 March 1987	Fine Gael
9.	Ray MacSharry^{[n 1]}	10 March 1987	20 March 1987	Fianna Fáil

Footnotes

1 2 3 4 5 6 Ministers who held both the Finance and Public Service portfolios at the same time.
1 2 3 Ministers who held both the Labour and Public Service portfolios at the same time.

Government of Ireland

Political posts	Taoiseach (prime minister) Tánaiste (deputy prime minister)

Ministries	Agriculture, Food and the Marine Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Children and Youth Affairs Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Defence Education and Skills Environment, Community and Local Government Finance Foreign Affairs and Trade Health Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Justice and Equality Public Expenditure and Reform Social Protection Transport, Tourism and Sport

Former ministries	Communications Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs Co-ordination of Defensive Measures Economic Affairs Fine Arts Industries Irish Labour Posts and Telegraphs Public Service Publicity Supplies

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