Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The highest number of women ever in an Irish cabinet is four, a number first reached in 2004–2007, and again in each cabinet from 2014 to the present. However, this amounts to only 27% of the 15 ministers, and has been criticised by the National Women's Council of Ireland as "way off a gender-balanced Cabinet".
Women who are or have been members of the Government of Ireland (Senior minister). For those who served as Ministers of State (Junior minister), see Category:Women ministers of state of the Republic of Ireland.
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, who in 1977 became the first female Parliamentary Secretary; and in 1978 became the first female Minister of State. A Minister of State in Ireland (also called a junior minister) is of non-cabinet rank attached to one or more Departments of State of the Government of Ireland and assists a Minister of that government.
First female Minister of State – Máire Geoghegan-Quinn was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy in 1977 (becoming Minister of State in 1978 when the position was reformed) First female cabinet minister since independence – Máire Geoghegan-Quinn was appointed Minister for the Gaeltacht in 1979
For those who served as Senior ministers, see Category:Women government ministers of the Republic of Ireland. Pages in category "Women ministers of state of the Republic of Ireland" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
Name Year [a] [b] Constituencies represented Party represented Age [c] Family; 1 Constance Markievicz: 1918: Dublin St Patrick's 1918–1921, Dublin South 1921–1922, 1923–1927 [d] Sinn Féin (Fianna Fáil from 1926) 50 2 Kathleen Clarke: 1921: Dublin Mid 1921–1922, June–Sept 1927 Sinn Féin (Fianna Fáil from 1926) 43 widow of Tom ...
List of female members of the European Parliament for Ireland; G. List of female cabinet ministers of the Republic of Ireland; M.
Lists of Ministers of State of Ireland (33 P) Pages in category "Lists of government ministers of Ireland" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.