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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. The minister has previously been called the Ministers for Education. Duties:

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.

1 Minister for Education 1921-1997

# 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 30August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. Events 1574 Guru Ram Das became the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master 1813 Battle of Kulm French forces defeated by Austrian- Prussian- Russian alliance, 1922 Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
4. Eoin MacNeillEoin MacNeill ( May 15, 1867 October 15, 1945) was an Irish scholar and revolutionary. MacNeill was born in Glenarm, County Antrim. He was educated in Belfast at the Queen's College, Belfast. MacNeill had an enormous interest in Irish history and immersed August 30August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. Events 1574 Guru Ram Das became the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master 1813 Battle of Kulm French forces defeated by Austrian- Prussian- Russian alliance, 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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